NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Top-Level Domain, Icann, Digital Divide
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Decide which top level domain names get accepted etc How respect it to be unbiased if closely connected to powerful government. Technical issues emerged in economic, political, and legal concerns. Social manipulation with introduction generic tldn controversies, have to pay a lot for it. Big companies can be duplicates as a fake website. Confusing to users to see which are legitimate (fraud) Have to pay much more to potential domain names to avoid fraud. Company buys up a bunch of website names and bank of fact that down the road that site is something someone wants to use and buy it from them. Controlling and censoring adult content in schools etc Did"t think it was a big deal at all. Another way to relocate and organize internet tra c. Name of website is a dead giveaway as to what kind of content is being viewed. Reputation if the police think predators are on those sites, unfairly associated with illegal content.