Wired is reporting that Internet Registrar GoDaddy.com has decided to stop selling .cn domain names as domain name holders in China would be required to provide photo ID:
GoDaddy’s top lawyer Christine Jones told Congress Wednesday that the new rules were an “attempt to exercise censorship on the subject matter hosted on domain names.”
“We are concerned for the safety of current domain name holders and about the chilling effect it could have for new registrants,” Jones said.
Jones made her statement at a Wednesday convening of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, a bicameral and bi-partisan legislative group.
With Google and reportedly Dell leaving the country, will there be any U.S. Businesses left to do business with China? At this point one has to wonder.
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GoDaddy Now The Latest To Flee China
Wired is reporting that Internet Registrar GoDaddy.com has decided to stop selling .cn domain names as domain name holders in China would be required to provide photo ID:
GoDaddy’s top lawyer Christine Jones told Congress Wednesday that the new rules were an “attempt to exercise censorship on the subject matter hosted on domain names.”
“We are concerned for the safety of current domain name holders and about the chilling effect it could have for new registrants,” Jones said.
Jones made her statement at a Wednesday convening of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, a bicameral and bi-partisan legislative group.
With Google and reportedly Dell leaving the country, will there be any U.S. Businesses left to do business with China? At this point one has to wonder.
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