"The development means the domain-name suffix, the part of a Web address after the dot -- such as "com" or "org" -- could now be in a language like Japanese or Hindi. Until now, that part of the address had to use the Roman alphabet under the Internet's system of addresses, overseen by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, a private, nonprofit organization. The change follows Icann's decision in 2003 to allow the part of a domain name preceding the dot, called the secondary-level domain name, to be in a language that uses a non-Roman alphabet...."
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Interesting. Both arguments have merit. On the one hand, this is a multilingual world and there's no justification for restricting domains or extensions to English. On the other hand, allowing domains in multiple languages will result in chaos on the internet, and as the article pointed out, huge opportunities for scammers and phishers. In the end I think reality itself will win out... reality being that billions of human beings do not speak English but have a right to access and use the internet. If its chaos, its chaos. So is the world itself.
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Interesting. Both arguments have merit. On the one hand, this is a multilingual world and there's no justification for restricting domains or extensions to English. On the other hand, allowing domains in multiple languages will result in chaos on the internet, and as the article pointed out, huge opportunities for scammers and phishers. In the end I think reality itself will win out... reality being that billions of human beings do not speak English but have a right to access and use the internet. If its chaos, its chaos. So is the world itself.