Hi everyone,

We just submitted our comment on PPSAI working group report (http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-ppsai-initial-05may15/msg11285.html) . 

Thanks to our members involved in the working group and who had/have to spend hours in confcalls, briefing and drafting to increase awareness about what is going on. 

You can find all statements submitted for the report here: http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-ppsai-initial-05may15/threads.html , more than 11000 individual and organisations comments submitted.

For this report, things sounds different this time because it went to mainstream media and more people are aware about this ongoing policy discussion. I am copying here several articles but also online petitions (a non-exhaustive list)):

• http://www.wired.com/2015/07/unassuming-web-proposal-make-harassment-easier/
• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/powerful-coalition-letter-highlights-danger-icanns-new-domain-registration  
• https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150623/17321931439/icanns-war-whois-privacy.shtml
  
• https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150707/12264631576/icanns-threat-to-privacy-is-not-theoretical.shtml 
• https://www.savedomainprivacy.org/
  
• http://onlineabuseprevention.org/letter-to-icann-july-2015/
• http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150703_confessions_of_an_ex_opponent_of_whoisprivacy/
  
• http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/domain-name-whois-anonymity-hangs-in-the-balance-under-icann-proposal/
  
• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/06/changes-domain-name-rules-place-user-privacy-jeopardy
• http://feministing.com/2015/07/02/icannt-even-new-internet-standards-could-make-doxing-easier-than-ever/
  
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/07/domain_privacy_furor_continues/ 
  

this is a good example to highlight why ICANN policies are important and critical even if they may sound cryptic or narrow.

Best Regards,

Rafik Dammak

NCSG chair

ncsg.is & @NCSG_ICANN