Commerce Dept Criticizes ICANN On New TLDs

In a letter sent to ICANN last week, Meredith Baker, the head of the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration stated that is not clear “whether the potential consumer benefits outweigh the potential costs“.

It also goes on to say that “ICANN needs to ensure that the plan would not jeopardize the stability and security of the Internet addressing system.”

Finally, we have someone in the Commerce Department who can see this obvious fundamental problems with what ICANN is proposing. Lets hope this letter is the precursor to stopping this really stupid idea. Keep up the good work Meredith.

More information: USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Arizona Daily Star, The Salt Lake Tribune, Las Vegas Sun.