A sale that would have transferred control of the dot-org domain to a private-equity firm was blocked Thursday in a move that sent up a cheer among nonprofits and their advocacy groups.
“We’re glad that the online home for millions of nonprofits worldwide will continue to be run by a nonprofit,” said Rick Cohen, chief communications officer for National Council of Nonprofits, in a statement.
After months of delays amid heavy opposition to the sale, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, the internet’s most prominent governing body, concluded that the ownership transfer would not serve the public interest.
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