The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is demanding that Domain registrars do a better job of policing election interference from foreign actors posing as U.S. government or media websites. In a letter to to Domain registrars including GoDaddy, NameCheap, and Verisign Intel chairman Mark Warner [D-VA] complained about what he called the industry’s “apparent inattention […]
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Intelligence Chairman Warns Domain Registrars To Check Foreign Election Interference
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is demanding that Domain registrars do a better job of policing election interference from foreign actors posing as U.S. government or media websites. In a letter to to Domain registrars including GoDaddy, NameCheap, and Verisign Intel chairman Mark Warner [D-VA] complained about what he called the industry’s “apparent inattention to abuses by foreign actors engaged in covert influence,”, Warner warned about potential confusion for voters during an elecion year. Unless the indstry does a better job of policing itself Warner warns there may need to be-quote-“legislative remedies that promote greater diligence across the global domain name ecosystem.”