<div dir="ltr">On that note, maybe it's interesting to stress a major difference between ICANN and other players in the environment.<div><br></div><div>All major platforms that are intermediaries in the content provision scenario voiced for a long time the same claim that their businesses did not allow them to engage in content regulation. However, as the service they provide evolves and essentially diversifies in nature, keeping that claim is becoming harder and harder to the point that they have already admitted that crossing that line might be needed in some cases. This is probably where Adela's concern would fit.</div><div><br></div><div>ICANN, though, continues to essentially perform DNS coordination. The interplay with content does not happen in the absolute majority of its operations, and it is almost never direct.</div><div><br></div><div>Irregular uses of digital resources are a tough issue that needs to be faced for the sake of security and stability on the Internet, which is relevant to everyone. But it would not even be advisable to span that control among various spaces and communities with different scopes, mainly ones which are not mandated to do so. 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<br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-10-29 20:35 GMT-03:00 Sam Lanfranco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca" target="_blank">lanfran@yorku.ca</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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All, <br>
<br>
From the beginning there has always been what amounts to a strict
demarcation, to distinguish between "domain name abuse" and "content
regulation". ICANN, by the very nature of its mandate and its remit,
must steer clear of "content regulation". This does not downplay the
difficult and complex issues around content on the Internet, and
around efforts at content regulation, but it underscores the simple
fact that ICANN is not in the business of content regulation, and
will/should never venture into that area. <br>
<br>
There are ample other policy venues in which to address the complex
and thorny issues surrounding content regulation. Many of us are
involved in those venues as well, as venues with a distinct remit in
their own right. I join others in endorsing the proposed statement
and find nothing in the wording that I take issue with.<br>
<br>
Sam Lanfranco (ncsg/npoc)<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<i>On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>>
wrote:<br>
Dear NCSG members:<br>
<br>
In the next email I will send a proposed statement about domain
abuse. Those<br>
of you involved with NCUC will recognize it, it has been
circulated on the<br>
NCUC list and discussed extensively there.<br>
<br>
We would also like to get the endorsement of NCSG as a whole for
this<br>
statement. So I send it to the NCSG list for you to review.</i><br>
<br>
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<br>
<b>Proposed statement on domain abuse and content regulation</b><br>
<br>
<font color="#660000">As civil society stakeholders concerned about
individual rights and freedom<br>
of expression on the Internet, we think it is important to
maintain a clear<br>
distinction between illegal content and domain name abuse. We wish
to<br>
clarify and reaffirm ICANN’s limited mission.<br>
<br>
Domain abuse involves cases in which the domain itself is causing
problems,<br>
such as domains that facilitate fraud and exploit confusion,
support<br>
phishing via confusing or deceptive strings, or domains that
support botnet<br>
command and control operations.<br>
<br>
We are concerned that the concept of “domain abuse” is being
stretched to<br>
include various forms of allegedly “illegal” or “undesirable”
content on<br>
webpages, listservs and email addresses associated with domain
names. This<br>
includes the use of domain names for political speech, personal
expression<br>
and competitive discussions. An overly-broad definition of “domain
abuse”<br>
would require ICANN to enter the realm of decision-maker or judge
on whether<br>
the webpage was a copyright-infringement or fair use, involved
legal use of<br>
a trademark to criticize a company’s products or practices or
trademark<br>
infringement, and whether hate speech, whose definition and legal
status<br>
varies from country to country, was legitimate or not.<br>
<br>
We believe that content that is allegedly illegal or objectionable
is not<br>
“domain abuse” and is best addressed through other,
well-established legal<br>
and regulatory methods, or through cooperative and self-regulatory
action by<br>
Internet service providers. Neither ICANN nor its contracted
parties should<br>
try to make DNS policy become the nexus for global content
regulation.<br>
<br>
We remind all participants that ICANN’s mission, as defined in
Section<br>
1.1.(a)(i) of its bylaws, is narrowly confined to policies “for
which<br>
uniform or coordinated resolution is reasonably necessary to
facilitate the<br>
openness, interoperability, resilience, security and/or stability
of the<br>
DNS.” That clearly does not include content regulation. Moreover,
the bylaws<br>
contain a specific prohibition on regulating “services that use
the<br>
Internet's unique identifiers or the content that such services
carry or<br>
provide, outside the express scope of Section 1.1(a).”<br>
<br>
Expansion of ICANN’s mission into content regulation will further
politicize<br>
ICANN, and overload DNS policy with extraneous concerns that
threaten the<br>
openness and interoperability of the DNS.<br>
<br>
Accordingly, we call upon the ICANN board and all ICANN policy
processes to<br>
adopt a precise and narrow definition of domain abuse, one that is<br>
consistent with ICANN’s limited mission.<br>
</font><br>
<br>
<br>
Dr. Milton L. Mueller<br>
Professor, School of Public Policy<br>
Georgia Institute of Technology
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