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title: "Governments want anti-abuse rules in place before new domain endings go live"
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date: "2026-10-27T11:45:23Z"
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# Governments want anti-abuse rules in place before new domain endings go live

## in plain words

Governments that advise ICANN want stronger rules against online abuse. They say new domain endings should wait until those rules are in place. They also want registrars to check who owns a domain before it works online.

ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee, known as the GAC, has published its communiqué from the ICANN meeting in Bali, which it held from October 17 to 22. The communiqué was released on October 26. Sixty-seven members and eight observers took part. It does not contain a formal consensus advice to the ICANN Board, and the June communiqué from Seville did not either.

The GAC wants new rules on checking related domains to be in force before new gTLDs enter the DNS. Under the proposal, if a domain is shown to be abused, registrars would also investigate other domains held by the same customer, account or pattern. The committee also suggests that registrars share information with one another, which it says could curb abuse much faster.

Registrars must generally check the data of a new domain formally within 15 days under their contracts, and confirm the registrant's email address or phone number. The GAC again recommends that this check be completed before a new domain becomes reachable in the DNS. It points to studies linking checks before activation with less abuse, and says malicious domains in some campaigns are often active only briefly.

The communiqué says registrars are willing to discuss the deadline further. The GAC proposes continuing these talks until the next ICANN meeting in Lisbon in March, through a policy process or contract changes. In Bali, ICANN's contractual compliance team also reported an ongoing case against a registrar that did not stop abuse quickly enough. The communiqué does not name the registrar.

Finally, the GAC expects ICANN and applicants to make letters of support or non-objection for geographic names and community applications available publicly where this is permitted.

Source: [Domain Brief](https://domainbrief.de/artikel/die-regierungen-wollen-strengere-regeln-gegen-missbrauch-bevor-neue-endungen-onl)