title: The new health-related top-level domains are coming: will cureforcancer.health go to the highest bidder?
abstract: In 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened a new round of applications for generic top-level domain (gTLD) names, receiving 1930 applications, of which at least 18 were related to health (eg, ".doctor", ".health", ".med"). The entry of new, commercial players applying to create health-related names reopens the debate on the role of international organizations, governments, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders regarding the safeguards and policies needed to protect consumers.
authors.affiliation: Techna Institute, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. editor@jmir.org.
authors.forename: Gunther
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6479-5330
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eysenbach
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006262:Health; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008511:Medicine
keywords: global community health; health information sources; quality health information; top-level domains