But this idea (ICANN must use its power to suppress anything controversial or it will come back to haunt it) is one of the WORST guides to policy we can possibly have. Such a view not only would make ICANN responsible for the views of anyone to which it hands a domain, it encourages it to regulate and suppress any form of expression that offends anyone – which means, of course that almost any significant form of expression could be targeted. In American legal theory, we call this the heckler’s veto.



From: Sam Lanfranco [mailto:[log in to unmask]]



"These episodes around gTLDs are going to come back to haunt ICANN in ways that will not be pleasant.". :-(