"......and a
U.S.-based private body that administers domains across the world."
the first use of the term. They could have place ICAAN in this sentence, and it would have made the 2 following sentences much easier to read.
"But in 2008, the
U.S. administrative body changed its policy..."
and "Web sites must apply to
the U.S. body to be able to use...."
I mean, it's really shoddy to refer to something three times in a short article without simply naming it. If ICAAN's name was insignificant, then why is it referred to 3 times?
It's not beside the point because a generally shoddy article makes me think the facts stated in the article are unreliable. And it points to a general ignorance and lack of curiosity in the media.
Yet, I agree that the shoddy report is not all that important to this thread. Since others decided to comment, I'm just following up on it.