Two US companies stop registering new domain names in China
Two U.S. companies that sell Internet addresses to Web sites said Wednesday they had stopped registering new domain names in China because the Chinese government has begun demanding pictures and other identification documents from their customers.
Christine Jones, executive vice president and general counsel of Go Daddy, said the company’s decision was not a reaction to Google but instead reflects its concern about the security of its customers and “the chilling effect of 417066-001 ” of the new Chinese government requirements.”We just made a decision that we didn’t want to act as an agent of the Chinese government,” Jones told lawmakers.
Separately, a company that offers similar services, Network Solutions LLC, also said Wednesday it had stopped handling China Web registrations in December, for the same reason.”China’s policy of opening up remains unchanged,” Zhong said through an interpreter for hp dv2000 battery . “We still welcome foreign investment.”
Go Daddy — a company known for risque ads that mock congressional hearings — has been registering domain names in China since 2005 under authorization from the China Internet Network Information Center, a quasi-government agency of hp pavilion dv8000 battery . The company currently manages about 27,000 “.cn” domain names. That’s a small slice of Chinese Web sites, and “.cn” names continue to be available through other resellers.
Go Daddy said the agency has always made the company, known as a registrar, collect customer names, addresses and other contact information since it began registering “.cn” Internet hp 530 domain names. But late last year, Go Daddy said, the Chinese agency changed its policy to require “.cn” domain name registrars to also collect head shots, business identifications and signed registration forms from new customers and then forward that information to the agency.
Now, Jones said, the company won’t register new names. She did not say how much of the company’s revenue the business was bringing in.Network Solutions said in a statement that it dropped the service in December because the Chinese policy was “intrusive” and would have placed a burden on its customers.
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