# ICANN82 Briefing

The ICANN82 Community Forum, held in Seattle, WA, from March 8-13, 2025, addressed pressing issues in the domain name industry. This briefing provides key insights from the forum, focusing on developments in gTLD policy, efforts to combat DNS abuse, and updates to domain registration data access protocols. As ICANN moves forward under new CEO Kurtis Lindqvist, the discussions at ICANN82 are crucial for shaping the future of the domain name system.

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