New York Times Joins Washington Post Urging For Delay in New TLDs

New York Times Joins Washington Post Urging For Delay in New TLDs #news #domaining #domain

The New York Times has joined the Washington Post in urging ICANN to rethink and delay its introduction of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) saying "a pilot program to work out problems before expanding the system" would be a better option, just as the three month application period is scheduled to open in a little over two weeks. The two editorials raised similar points. The New York Times says "a plethora of new suffixes is just as likely to cause confusion for consumers and enable malefactors to use the new arenas for deception. Icann expects 500 to 1,000 applications in next year's 90-day application window. Before it approves any of them, it needs to slow down and put in place better safeguards against consumer fraud." Raising concerns of cybersquatting, the Times says the "Web is full of sites that masquerade as legitimate companies to sell pirated goods or steal consumer...

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