Who Decides Country Codes? ICANN and Internet Domains Explained

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By TaiwanPlus

Who decides which country gets which country code domain — and how did the tiny island of Tuvalu turn its domain into one of the main sources of national income? Behind every click lies ICANN, the nonprofit shaping how the internet is run across borders. Samiran Gupta, ICANN’s vice president of stakeholder engagement and APAC managing director, reveals how country code domains are assigned, why some are blocked and how cyberthreats like DDoS attacks and phishing put the system at risk.