The .self TLD Is Real Now: ICANN Application Filed

A nonprofit founded in Colorado eight months ago wants to hand every self-hoster a free domain and put "surveillance capitalism" in its mission statement. That's the pitch behind .self, a proposed top-level domain from the Human-Centered Computing Foundation, and as of this month it's cleared its first real hurdle with ICANN: acceptance into the Applicant Support Program, the discount track for applicants who can't stomach the standard $227,000 gTLD application fee.

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