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It figures. See this as another first step in reclaiming the “unruly” Internet for the political and economic elite. We know they aren’t happy with the Net, that they missed the train and that the Internet now is a bastion of idealism, freedom, unbusinesslike practises, dissent and activism.

The U.S. Commerce Department has ordered companies that administer internet addresses to stop allowing customers to register .us domain names anonymously using proxy services.

The move does not affect owners of .com and .net domains. But it means website owners with .us domains will no longer be able to shield their name and contact information from public eyes.

Source: Wired