Stop the .ORG Takeover

Stop the .ORG Takeover

Started
November 19, 2019
Petition to
Jon Nevett (CEO, Public Interest Registry) and 2 others
Signatures: 1,150Next Goal: 1,500
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Why this petition matters

Started by Jacob Malthouse

Have you heard the news? Control of the .ORG domain is being sold to a private equity firm.

Nonprofits around the world rely on .ORG. It's become synonymous with the nonprofit sector. 

Yet the Internet Society has decided to sell it, in a betrayal of its 2002 promise to have all .ORG decisions driven by the nonprofit sector.

Over twenty-four organizations including the European Climate Foundation, the Electronic Fontier Foundation, and the National Council of Nonprofits have signed a letter in opposition. 

You can read the letter with their concerns.

Can they count on your help? 

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Signatures: 1,150Next Goal: 1,500
Support now
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Decision Makers

  • Jon NevettCEO, Public Interest Registry
  • Andrew SullivanCEO, Internet Society
  • Goran MarbyCEO, ICANN