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internet overseer ICANN to reclaim the .nu top-level domain. The .nu domain has never been in the hands of the Niuean people, with control currently resting with the Internet Foundation of Sweden (IIS), the body in charge of that country’s .se space. “This is the big one,” says Pär Brumark, the Swedish domains expert who is leading a delegation on behalf of Niue to claim its space. This article was originally published in BI Australia by Jack Kerr. A tiny island microstate has today l...

Getty Images Niue, a tiny island nation in the Pacific, is launching proceedings with internet overseer ICANN to reclaim the .nu top-level domain. The .nu domain has never been in the hands of the Niuean people, with control currently resting with the Internet Foundation of Sweden (IIS), the body in charge of that country’s .se space. “This is the big one,” says Pär Brumark, the Swedish domains expert who is leading a delegation on behalf of Niue to claim its space. A tiny island microst...

AP Photo/Nick Perry Niue, a tiny island nation in the Pacific, is launching proceedings with internet overseer ICANN to reclaim the .nu top-level domain. The .nu domain has never been in the hands of the Niuean people, with control currently resting with the Internet Foundation of Sweden (IIS), the body in charge of that countrys .se space. "This is the big one," says Pär Brumark, the Swedish domains expert who is leading a delegation on behalf of Niue to claim it...

Whats Niue? Pacific Island Fights Internet Colonisation, Pushes for Control Over Top-Level Domain © AP Photo / Charles Krupa Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202012161081479900-whats-niue-pacific-island-fights-internet-colonisation-pushes-for-control-over-top-level-domain/ In the internet age, having sovereignty over ones own net is synonymous with control over an important national asset that can generate hundreds of millions of doll...