[article] Whois? Whowas. So what's next for ICANN and its vast database of domain-name owners?

[Ayden Férdeline]

This article in The Register is an excellent summary of the situation ICANN finds itself in today vis a vis WHOIS and the GDPR.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/01/whats_next_for_whois_and_icann/

"...Having ignored warnings from European data regulators for more than 15 years that Whois was breaking European privacy laws, the regulators fought back. And now ICANN has to deal with the uncomfortable reality that is no longer the internet's god but an administrative body required to do its job and no more.

So what will become of Whois, ICANN and the US-led internet? We should know in the next year.

ICANN has said it will devise a new Whois model within 12 months. Having been forced into a box on its policies, it will almost certainly have to listen to those voices it has ignored for a decade – and that will mean that the all-powerful US corporate interests within the organization have little choice but to continually back down in their demands.

Whether others take this opportunity to increase their influence within the body, only time will tell.

ICANN as an organization also has an opportunity to change with the times. The CEO and board have been able to see first hand how they were given terrible advice time and again from their own staff. The next year would be a good time to clean house and install a more diverse, open-minded and international team..."
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