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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>A couple of small points for those who are following the issue:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This is a proposal now, not yet implemented. The time to comment in opposition is now. Do so …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The proposal says that the request for social media will be “voluntary.” So … if it does become law, know your rights and “just say no.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The risk, of course, is that once in place as voluntary, down the road it gets converted to mandatory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Paul Rosenzweig<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>O: +1 (202) 547-0660<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>M: +1 (202) 329-9650<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>VOIP: +1 (202) 738-1739<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.redbranchconsulting.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>My PGP Key: <a href="http://redbranchconsulting.com/who-we-are/public-pgp-key/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://redbranchconsulting.com/who-we-are/public-pgp-key/</span></a> <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sonia H.<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 12, 2016 10:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: ‘Your Facebook and Twitter Accounts, Please’: A Dangerous Proposal from U.S. Customs and Border Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for sharing this Ayden!<br><br>On Friday, 12 August 2016, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br>This is perhaps outside of the NCSG's activities, but I agree with you that this is a very problematic proposal. The Center for Democracy & Technology has published a blog post outlining why this is a terrible idea, along with some actions you can take if you also disagree with the notion that entering a country under a visa-waiver programme should entail turning over access to your social media handles:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="https://cdt.org/blog/your-chance-to-say-no-to-proposed-social-media-questioning-on-us-customs/" target="_blank">https://cdt.org/blog/your-chance-to-say-no-to-proposed-social-media-questioning-on-us-customs/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Ayden<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 4:41 AM, Poomjit Sirawongprasert <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','poomjit@GMAIL.COM');" target="_blank">poomjit@GMAIL.COM</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wants to begin asking foreign visitors to the United States for their social media accounts. This proposal threatens not only the free speech rights of foreign visitors, but also those of their families and anyone who’s spoken with them via social media.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="http://www.freepress.net/blog/2016/08/10/a-dangerous-proposal-from-us-customs-and-border-protection" target="_blank">http://www.freepress.net/blog/2016/08/10/a-dangerous-proposal-from-us-customs-and-border-protection</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>That's what Thailand has done, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Poomjit<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Ayden Férdeline<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Ayden+Férdeline+SOI" target="_blank"><span style='background:white'>Statement of Interest</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sonia<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>