And good news we have you there as well, Divina. (C'est bon signe)

2018-01-14 12:53 UTC−08:00, Divina MEIGS <[log in to unmask]>:
> I'll be very happy to discuss with Veni Markovski... as I have been
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>> Message du 14/01/18 20:36
>> De : "Stephanie Perrin"
>> A : [log in to unmask]
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>> Objet : Re: [NCSG-Discuss] FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to
>> a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.
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>> That sounds like a great idea to me!
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> On 2018-01-14 2:31 PM, farzaneh badii wrote:
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> We can  invite Veni to our NCSG open meeting at ICANN 61. I think direct
> communication would be better and ncsg open meeting in PR might have better
> remote participation and more members would join.
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> O Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:12 PM "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"  wrote:
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>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Stephanie Perrin
>> Gesendet: So 14.01.2018 18:30
>> An: [log in to unmask]
>> Betreff: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN]
>> to a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.
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>> Personally, I am not worried at all about Veni Markovski being the rep
>> here, he has been around a long time and has a great reputation.  He was
>> originally on CPSR.  I also think it is important that ICANN have
>> representation here, to defend against any bright ideas folks may come
>> up with to make ICANN the "one-stop-shopping" centre approach that some
>> parties have wanted/expected it to take.  I do think we should invite
>> Mr. Markovski to brief us in the future on what is going on with this
>> group.
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>> Kind regards,
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>> Stephanie Perrin
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>> On 2018-01-13 8:40 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>> > Hopefully they have joined to make the case for why the technical
>> > community should not be involved in content regulation. But I fear I'm
>> > giving them too much benefit of the doubt. There should be
>> > transparency and community involvement in these important discussions,
>> > but sadly I know there won't be, and all we can probably hope for is a
>> > vague blog post after the fact.
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>> > - Ayden
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>> >> -------- Original Message --------
>> >> Subject: Re: FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new
>> >> high level group on fake news and online disinformation.
>> >> Local Time: 13 January 2018 2:15 PM
>> >> UTC Time: 13 January 2018 13:15
>> >> From: [log in to unmask]
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> >> Thank you Sam. We are championing for ICANN not to become a content
>> >> regulator and ICANN staffer get appointed to EC initiative on fake
>> >> news and online disinformation. I really wonder why. Why should ICANN
>> >> be even involved with this?
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>> >> Farzaneh
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>> >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Sam Lanfranco  >> > wrote:
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>> >>     FYI:
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>> >>     The European Commission (EC) has appointed 39 experts to a new
>> >>     High Level Group (HLEG) on fake news and online disinformation.
>> >>     It comprises representatives of the civil society, social media
>> >>     platforms, news media organisations, journalists and academia.
>> >>     Professor dr. Madeleine de Cock Buning is nominated to chair the
>> >>     Group.
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>> >>     The ICANN person in the HLEG  is Veni Markovski, currently
>> >>     ICANN's Vice-President for UN engagement, based in New York.
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