Will ICANN establish a multistakeholder "High Level Expert Group to identify controversies in new Top Level Domains (HILEGIC-nTOLEDO)? w ________________________________ Von: NCSG-NCUC im Auftrag von Robin Gross Gesendet: Fr 06.08.2010 18:20 An: [log in to unmask] Betreff: GAC pipes up on MAPO with silly claim that absence of controversy on Internet leads to security.... http://gac.icann.org/system/files/GAC_on_MoPo_August_4_2010_0.pdf GAC has spoken. GAC sent a letter to ICANN Board this week: "The GAC firmly believes that the absence of any controversial strings in the current universe of top-level domains (TLDs) to date contributes directly to the security and stability of the domain name and addressing system (DNS) and the universal resolvability of the system...." So the governments claim there can be NO controversial tlds. How enlightening! And of course the old "security and stability" argument is trotted out to try to justify such an outrageous demand and curtailment of freedom. Obviously this is not an issue of "security" of the Internet, but of trying to prevent people from being exposed to viewpoints that some govts don't like. Let's see if the Board turns a few cartwheels to please govts on this one. Robin IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org <http://www.ipjustice.org/> e: [log in to unmask]