ICANN is Broken

The ICANN Board’s recent resolution to suspend an accountability safeguard hardcoded in its bylaws may represent the final straw that breaks the community’s trust in ICANN. Most community members, including its own Board Chair, acknowledge that its current policy development and implementation processes are not working efficiently. However, the Board’s decision to suspend the mechanism that could address these inefficiencies only seeks to preserve the status quo and the economic interests of these dominant market participants. [Read More]