What the heck happened with .org? | The Mozilla Blog

The Internet Finally Belongs to Everyone

ICANN might not be perfect. But it just might be the future.

Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed

The private events group, cofounded by Peter Thiel, says a “criminal” hacker is behind a breach that exposed members’ personal details. WIRED found no evidence a break-in was needed to access the files.

Trademark Infringement - ICANN

As a domain name registrant, you have certain obligations for your domain name registration and its usage, governed by your agreement with the registrar.

Why the Gates Foundation Abandoned Article Processing Charges (and What They’re Doing Instead)

In 2024, the Gates Foundation updated their Open Access Policy to redirect funds from APCs to support more equitable models. Ashley Farley explains their thinking and vision for the future.

W Social (@wsocial.eu)

This is not a leak. It is public information all our users have given consent when they verified

The .blog Bait & Switch

The .blog registry backtracked on its promise to send popular domains to auction.

gtlds.fyi — New gTLD applications

ICANN Reveal Day 2026: the names and companies in the next gTLD round.

Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)

#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source! This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected! My full article - with a great analysis by @aral@mastodon.ar.al: 🔗: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/ #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech

Keep the Internet free

On August 26, 2026, the United States placed the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati on its terrorism sanctions list, accusing it of providing online services to violent groups. Since 2001 the collective has offered free email, hosting and other tools to activists, and it rejects the accusations entirely. Two days later its website disappeared from the internet — not because the machines were switched off, but because the address that leads people to them stopped working.