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ICANN

British  
/ ˈaɪkæn /

acronym

  1. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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She attacked ICANN, the panel of engineers and technologists established in 1998.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

No. ICANN, which regulates all top-level domains, will ultimately have to approve or halt the sale.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2020

But its best shot at stopping the pending sale lies with ICANN, which can veto any change in ownership out of concern for the security, reliability or stability of the .org domain.

From Reuters • Jan. 7, 2020

That’s not clear, and it’s uncharted territory for ICANN, which is still awaiting the response to its December 9th request for information.

From The Verge • Dec. 17, 2019

Also weighing in was Esther Dyson, the founding chairman of ICANN, who tweeted that she was “appalled” at what she called “the great .ORG heist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2019