[governance] Op-Ed from first board chair of Public Interest Registry calling for sale to be halted

[Ayden Férdeline]

Dear all,

The founding chair of the board of the Public Interest Registry has published an Op-Ed today stating (emphasis added), "For those who care about the future of internet governance, the preservation of the .ORG domain should be a top priority. Not every piece of the internet should be privatized, not every domain put on the auction block. ICANN should block this sale and if does not, national governments, including the United States, should weigh in. This may be the last opportunity to preserve the internet that many of us still believe in."

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/473537-save-the-org-domain-and-all-it-symbolizes

Given the author's credentials and knowledge of what the Public Interest Registry was intended to represent, I think this piece is very significant.

Kind regards,
Ayden Férdeline
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