A tiny island nation is clashing with ICANN to own its space on the web
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 launched proceedings that could have profound repercussions for who controls the internet. The Govern...