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Maarten Botterman, center, chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, speaks before accepting a petition of more than 35,000 signatures and about 700 companies during a protest Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Los Angeles outside ICANN's headquarters which is the regulatory body for domain names. The company that controls the dot-org online universe is putting the registry of domain names up for sale, and the nonprofits that often use the suffix in their websites are raising concerns about the move. ICANN is meeting this weekend and is expected to rule by mid-February on plans by private-equity firm Ethos Capital to buy the Public Interest Registry for $1.1 billion.

Maarten Botterman, center, chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, speaks before accepting a petition of more than 35,000 signatures and about 700 companies during a protest Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Los Angeles outside ICANN's headquarters which is the regulatory body for domain names. The company that controls the dot-org online universe is putting the registry of domain names up for sale, and the nonprofits that often use the suffix in their w…

January 30, 2020