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Deadline extended, state regulators ask for time to weigh in: .Org updates

Deadline extended, state regulators ask for time to weigh in: .Org updates

Deal delayed another 30 days as ICANN works through deal blowback.

ICANN logoICANN and Public Interest Registry have mutually agreed to extend the time that ICANN has to review Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) answers to its questions regarding the sale of .org to Ethos Capital by 30 days. ICANN also states that it will be asking more questions.

Separately, The National Association of State Charities Officials has written to ICANN (pdf) to ask it to allow time for regulators to review the transaction. The association’s members include attorneys general, Secretary of State offices and other groups in charge of preventing the misuse of charitable assets.

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