ICANN
Britishacronym
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A favorite Russian target is a group of experts known as ICANN, which oversees the internet’s system of domain names.
From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022
That request was denied by DNS overseer ICANN, which warned a revocation could have “devastating and permanent effects on the trust and utility of this global system.”
From The Verge • Apr. 11, 2022
The firm counts a recent former head of ICANN, the internet’s governing authority, as one of its advisers.
From Reuters • Jan. 7, 2020
One is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, the web’s Playa Vista-based governing body, which could rule on the transfer any day now.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2019
ICANN: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a nonprofit that establishes naming standards on the internet to ensure that computers can communicate with one another.
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2016
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