<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">FYI — the affiliations have been updated and Veni Markovski is now listed as “Internet expert.”<div class=""><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/experts-appointed-high-level-group-fake-news-and-online-disinformation" class="">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/experts-appointed-high-level-group-fake-news-and-online-disinformation</a><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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</a><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 21, 2018, at 5:21 PM, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" class="">farzaneh.badii@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It seems like Veni has not been appointed by ICANN to this group and is not representing ICANN there in any shape or form. If you still have questions and want to talk to him at NCSG Open Session, I can arrange the meeting.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank" class="">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div class="">Dear Divina,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Congratulations on your appointment! It is comforting to know that we have an NCUC member on this High Level Group.<br class=""><br class="">Best wishes,</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="m_-2701091327686798700protonmail_signature_block"><div class="m_-2701091327686798700protonmail_signature_block-user"><div class="">Ayden <br class=""></div></div><div class="m_-2701091327686798700protonmail_signature_block-proton m_-2701091327686798700protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class="m_-2701091327686798700protonmail_quote"><span class=""><div class="">-------- Original Message --------<br class=""></div><div class="">Subject: Re: FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.<br class=""></div></span><div class=""><div class="h5"><div class="">Local Time: 14 January 2018 9:53 PM<br class=""></div><div class="">UTC Time: 14 January 2018 20:53<br class=""></div><div class="">From: <a href="mailto:divina.meigs@ORANGE.FR" target="_blank" class="">divina.meigs@ORANGE.FR</a><br class=""></div><div class="">To: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class=""><br class=""></p><div class="">I'll be very happy to discuss with Veni Markovski... as I have been appointed to that High Level Expert Group as well... let me know if you need me to push some issues from the perspective of academia and/or civil society<br class=""></div><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">divina<br class=""></p><p class=""> <br class=""></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><div class="">Divina Frau-Meigs<br class=""></div><div class="">Présidente Défi 8 ANR, Présidente Savoir*Devenir<br class=""></div><div class="">Chaire UNESCO Savoir Devenir à l'ère du développement numérique durable<br class=""></div><div class="">Porteuse des projets ANR TRANSLIT, CIP ECO, ERASMUS+ ECFOLI, UNESCO radicalisation<br class=""></div><div class="">TEDx TALK on YouTube : http:// <a href="http://bit.ly/2qJa7A1" target="_blank" class="">bit.ly/2qJa7A1</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class=""> <br class=""></p><p class=""> <br class=""></p><p class=""> <br class=""></p><p class=""> <br class=""></p><p class=""> <br class=""></p><p class=""> <br class=""></p><blockquote style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#ff0000 2px solid" class=""><div class="">> Message du 14/01/18 20:36<br class=""></div><div class="">> De : "Stephanie Perrin" <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA" target="_blank" class="">stephanie.perrin@MAIL.<wbr class="">UTORONTO.CA</a>><br class=""></div><div class="">> A : <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class=""></div><div class="">> Copie à : <br class=""></div><div class="">> Objet : Re: [NCSG-Discuss] FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.<br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><p class="">> That sounds like a great idea to me!<br class=""></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><div class="">> cheers Stephanie<br class=""></div><div class="">><br class=""></div><p class=""><br class=""></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="m_-2701091327686798700moz-cite-prefix"><div class="">On 2018-01-14 2:31 PM, farzaneh badii wrote:<br class=""></div><div class="">><br class=""></div></div><blockquote class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">We can invite Veni to our NCSG open meeting at ICANN 61. I think direct communication would be better and ncsg open meeting in PR might have better remote participation and more members would join. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class=""><div class="">O Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:12 PM "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <<a href="mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de" target="_blank" class="">wolfgang.kleinwaechter@<wbr class="">medienkomm.uni-halle.de</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div class="">><br class=""></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">1++ to Stephanie<br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> wolfgang<br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br class=""></div><div class="">> Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Stephanie Perrin<br class=""></div><div class="">> Gesendet: So 14.01.2018 18:30<br class=""></div><div class="">> An: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class=""></div><div class="">> Betreff: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.<br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> Personally, I am not worried at all about Veni Markovski being the rep<br class=""></div><div class="">> here, he has been around a long time and has a great reputation. He was<br class=""></div><div class="">> originally on CPSR. I also think it is important that ICANN have<br class=""></div><div class="">> representation here, to defend against any bright ideas folks may come<br class=""></div><div class="">> up with to make ICANN the "one-stop-shopping" centre approach that some<br class=""></div><div class="">> parties have wanted/expected it to take. I do think we should invite<br class=""></div><div class="">> Mr. Markovski to brief us in the future on what is going on with this group.<br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> Kind regards,<br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> Stephanie Perrin<br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> <br class=""></div><div class="">> On 2018-01-13 8:40 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:<br class=""></div><div class="">> > Hopefully they have joined to make the case for why the technical<br class=""></div><div class="">> > community should not be involved in content regulation. But I fear I'm<br class=""></div><div class="">> > giving them too much benefit of the doubt. There should be<br class=""></div><div class="">> > transparency and community involvement in these important discussions,<br class=""></div><div class="">> > but sadly I know there won't be, and all we can probably hope for is a<br class=""></div><div class="">> > vague blog post after the fact.<br class=""></div><div class="">> ><br class=""></div><div class="">> > - Ayden<br class=""></div><div class="">> ><br class=""></div><div class="">> ><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> -------- Original Message --------<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> Subject: Re: FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> high level group on fake news and online disinformation.<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> Local Time: 13 January 2018 2:15 PM<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> UTC Time: 13 January 2018 13:15<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> From: <a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank" class="">farzaneh.badii@GMAIL.COM</a><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> To: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class=""></div><div class="">> >><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> Thank you Sam. We are championing for ICANN not to become a content<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> regulator and ICANN staffer get appointed to EC initiative on fake<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> news and online disinformation. I really wonder why. Why should ICANN<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> be even involved with this?<br class=""></div><div class="">> >><br class=""></div><div class="">> >><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> Farzaneh<br class=""></div><div class="">> >><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Sam Lanfranco <<a href="mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca" target="_blank" class="">lanfran@yorku.ca</a><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca" target="_blank" class="">lanfran@yorku.ca</a>>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div class="">> >><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> FYI:<br class=""></div><div class="">> >><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> The European Commission (EC) has appointed 39 experts to a new<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> High Level Group (HLEG) on fake news and online disinformation.<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> It comprises representatives of the civil society, social media<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> platforms, news media organisations, journalists and academia.<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> Professor dr. Madeleine de Cock Buning is nominated to chair the<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> Group.<br class=""></div><div class="">> >><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> The ICANN person in the HLEG is Veni Markovski, currently<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> ICANN's Vice-President for UN engagement, based in New York.<br class=""></div><div class="">> >><br class=""></div><div class="">> >> --<br class=""></div><div class="">> >> Farzaneh<br class=""></div><div class="">> ><br class=""></div><div class="">><br class=""></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">-- <br class=""></div><div class="">><br class=""></div></div><div class="m_-2701091327686798700gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span class="m_-2701091327686798700font" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Farzaneh</span><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">><br class=""></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div>
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