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Governments Concerned Over ICANN's Complex, Lengthy and Ambiguous Processes

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  • Feb 12, 2015 11:13 AM PDT
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The world's governments have told domain name overseer ICANN that its processes are "complex, lengthy and ambiguous" and warned that they may be ineffective at dealing with domain-name abuse or fraud. The extraordinary statement comes in the official communiqué of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of ICANN, published today following a week-long meeting in Singapore.

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