Public Interest Registry (PIR)

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Public role: Current public evidence covers 6 domain references, 1 public website, 5 supporting public references; services, assets, and relationship context should be read with that evidence boundary.
Information type: Public Interest Registry (PIR) appears in United States of America (the) with 6 domain references, 1 public website, 5 supporting public references but no confirmed operator yet; BTW tracks it to link these public clues to a responsible organisation and its relationships.

Last updated: 2026-07-12

Legal type:RegistryNot yet assessed

nic.charityNot yet assessed

nic.foundationNot yet assessed

nic.givesNot yet assessed

nic.givingNot yet assessed

publicinterestregistry.orgNot yet assessed

rdap.publicinterestregistry.orgNot yet assessed

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Service:Registry / RIR serviceNot yet assessed· 1 record

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The autistici.org Hold Has a Timestamp but No Public Decision Receipt
PIR’s RDAP service records exactly when `autistici.org` changed and which registry controls remain applied. It cannot tell the public who connected a US sanctions designation to that domain-wide action, which rule governed the choice, why it happened before a wind-down licence expired, or how a narrower remedy was assessed.
Primary articlePublished 2026-09-20
Who Could Stop the .ORG Sale? PIR, ICANN and the Legal Objects Behind the Ethos Capital Rejection
The proposed transfer of Public Interest Registry to an Ethos Capital affiliate drew petitions, government scrutiny and accountability challenges, but none operated as a freestanding veto. The deal failed because authority was divided among a private purchase agreement, corporate approvals, Pennsylvania conversion proceedings and ICANN’s time-limited contract—and because ICANN withheld the consent only it could give before the transaction parties terminated their own bargain.
Primary articlePublished 2026-07-31

Conflicting record:duplicate_domainNot yet assessedConflicting accounts