Hi Rebecca, definitely we should bring up it through GNSO council, we should discuss about that. for WG, there are some like those about Whois for example. Rafik 2009/11/1 Rebecca MacKinnon <[log in to unmask]> > Andrew, yes, Google is a founding member of the Global Network Initiative > and is working with GNI to develop a human rights assessment process for > Internet companies and hopefully the ICT sector more broadly. Perhaps ICANN > staff might be more willing to listen to GNI members Google, Yahoo, and > Microsoft than to non-commercial users. > > Milton, glad you like the idea. If our GNSO councilors are interested in > bringing this up through the GNSO, or if anybody participating in the > various working groups wants to use the GNI principles on privacy and free > expression as a benchmark for whether basic standards are being met on that > front please let me know what other contacts/info you need. > > Meanwhile I will plan to submit something with this suggestion in the DAG > public comments as well. > > Cheers, > Rebecca > > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Andrew A. Adams <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> milton Mueller wrote: >> > This is a fantastic idea, Rebecca. >> > As you may know, some of us have been trying to get free expression >> concerns >> > as an officially recognized part of ICANN's agenda for some time (back >> to >> > the beginning, in fact). >> > We learned during the new gTLD policy making process (e.g., the >> "morality >> > and public order" section) how difficult that will be and we have >> learned >> > that the U.S. government is completely indifferent, at least the >> Commerce >> > Department that controls relations with ICANN. >> >> I recently attended a talk by David Drummond, Chief Legal Officer and >> Senior >> VP at Google, on Technology and Freedom of Speech. He (and by extension, >> Google, since he was speaking officially for the company) have a policy of >> promoting freedom of speech quite broadly. They might be a useful ally in >> such an effort. >> > > > > -- > IMPORTANT: My Hong Kong University e-mail ([log in to unmask]) will stop working > in January. Please use my gmail instead (see below). > > Rebecca MacKinnon > Open Society Fellow | Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org > Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, University of Hong > Kong > > UK: +44-7759-863406 > USA: +1-617-939-3493 > HK: +852-6334-8843 > Mainland China: +86-13710820364 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rmack > Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/rebeccamack > >