The Domain Was the Containment Unit. ICANN Is Reconsidering That.
For two years, domain accountability in DNS abuse enforcement has effectively meant one report, one domain, one mitigation decision. That’s the practical scope of the obligation ICANN’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement has placed on registrars since April 2024 — investigate the domain named in the complaint, mitigate it if the evidence holds, move to the next…