GoDaddy to Stop Offering Chinese Domain Names

[xxMATTGxx]

As of today, popular domain registrar GoDaddy plans to stop registering .cn (China) domain names due to the country’s new restrictions that require more personally identifiable information from registrants.

Reports detail that GoDaddy is explaining its decision — announced today — before the Congressional Executive Commission on China, which is holding a hearing related to Google and Internet control.

During the hearing, GoDaddy’s Christine Jones explains that the decision has to do with new requirements that require .cn domain registrants to provide a headshot along with additional Chinese business identification information.

When asked directly, Jones admits that GoDaddy was involved as a victim in the December cyber attack , which she says was “designed to disable websites that somebody doesn’t like.”

She claims, however, that Google’s public acts around uncensored search did not play into GoDaddy’s decision, instead she says that GoDaddy no longer wanted to “act as agent of the Chinese government.”

http://mashable.com/2010/03/24/godad...%28Mashable%29


China may as well not even have internet. :/

[HotelUser]

Shots fired.

[The Professor]

Keep digging China, the companies are finally growing some balls and there's nothing you can do to stop it

[Markeh]

In the next 6 months, at this rate, anyone with built-in Wi-Fi will end up being shot.

[Jack!]

First google, now everyones following, say goodbye to internet china

[lTraditional]

Yeh, it is either China uses the US or UK companies and translate it all or they might aswell give up on the internet because most domain registration hosting sites which used to host china domain names have stopped hosting them!!