[Ncsg-discuss] PIR and Autistici/Inventati

[Kathy Kleiman]

Hi Niels and All,

I checked with PIR and learned the following:  This was an instance 
where the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a financial 
enforcement agency of the US Department of the Treasury specifically put 
these specific domain names on the “Specially Designated National” or 
“SDN” list. The action was taken by Identity Digital (handling Registry 
Service Provider processes), which is legally required to monitor the 
SDN list for domains and if there’s a direct match, suspend the name to 
comply with US OFAC obligations as a service provider. As US-based 
companies, both ID and PIR are bound to follow US law.

OFAC maintains an appeals process for someone seeking to get their name 
removed from the list: 
https://ofac.treasury.gov/specially-designated-nationals-list-sdn-list/filing-a-petition-for-removal-from-an-ofac-list. 
If the domain names get removed from the SDN list, the suspensions can 
be lifted.

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Best regards, Kathy

>
> On 8/28/2026 11:42 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Who is currently our representative on the PIR board? It is quite 
>> unsettling that PIR has taken away the .org registration from an 
>> Italian NGO following Trump government's executive order.
>>
>> https://sabotmedia.noblogs.org/the-server-called-paranoia-defend-autistici-inventati-before-september-25/ 
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Niels
>>
>>
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Kathy Kleiman
Past President, Domain Name Rights Coalition