That’s kinda wild to me. You’d think there’d be some sort of checks to make sure certain domains are only used by people who have been vetted as reputable.
Though I suppose in the age of misinformation being everywhere it’s not too surprising.
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TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 2 days ago
There are some domain names that have requirements but nothing like you’re thinking. The only one I would consider automatically providing useful information would be .gov.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Who should do this vetting though? The internet was built up with the idea of technical neutrality - everything else came on top. TLDs came later and were used to either describe the origin of a page or its intended(!) use. That leads to the case that not only can a propaganda outlet mark itself as “info” - it’s actually historically correct to do so as it’s about what the host wants to communicate.
ICANN, the organisation behind the TLDs, actually always struggles with this btw. A more recent example was the decision which domain should be reserved for local name services. It took y long time (I think years overall) to get to: .lan
Thavron@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I think .gov is actually regulated?
NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 days ago
.gov and .mil are controlled by the American government and they are reserved for use by American government websites and American military websites respectively.