News tagged “domain-policy” · tldlog

New US site-blocking bill targets ISPs and DNS resolvers, exempts VPNs

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:39:20 GMT

Senator Thom Tillis and Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the DEFEND IP Act, a bicameral bill letting copyright holders obtain court orders to block foreign pirate sites via large ISPs and public DNS resolvers like Cloudflare, while exempting VPN services.

Source: torrentfreak.com

CENTR publishes simplification checklist for EU ccTLD rules

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:11:43 GMT

CENTR released a Simplification Checklist outlining principles it wants applied to EU legislation affecting ccTLD registries. The document was presented at CENTR’s 2026 General Assembly Policy Session to Thibaut Kleiner, Director at the European Commission’s DG CNECT. It covers cybersecurity, consumer protection, data protection, business data access, electronic identification, registry roles and Better Regulation, urging legal clarity ahead of the EU’s Digital Fitness Check.

Source: CENTR

auDA panel recommends tightening .com.au and .net.au eligibility rules

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:24:58 GMT

An auDA review panel has recommended scrapping the option to register .com.au or .net.au domains based on services, goods or events offered, leaving mainly registered names, acronyms or Australian trademarks as valid grounds.

Source: domainbrief.de