<div dir="ltr"><div>I agree that this is deeply troublesome and offer the example of the dot pharmacy designation as the entities that created it and authorize websites have deep ties to the pharmaceutical industry and a vested interest in keeping drug prices high, so they will only authorize sites that charge inflated prices for medications. Since access to drugs can be a matter of life and death, this elevates the importance and urgency of the issue. </div><div><br></div><div>I found the Facebook story interesting, and was wondering if we should be trying to advise the FTC on these matters? Although I am located in the DC area, my expertise is in healthcare rather than online matters such as this. These issues affect healthcare greatly and if I can be helpful in any way, I would love to play a role in moving the discussion forward.</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Tracy Cooley </div><div>Executive Director </div><div>Campaign for Personal Prescription Importation </div><div><a href="https://personalimportation.org" target="_blank">https://personalimportation.org</a> </div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:39 PM Mitch Stoltz <<a href="mailto:mitch@eff.org">mitch@eff.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
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I find the new registry agreements deeply troubling. They
effectively give registries the authority, even the obligation, to
determine if web content is legal, truthful, "fraudulent," etc. and
to wield domain suspension as a remedy for all manner of speech
regulation. There's so much popular anger at platforms like Facebook
over their content moderation right now that I can't understand why
registries want to get into that business. And yet many of them seem
eager.<br>
Mitch<br>
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<div class="gmail-m_-8120302082647724883moz-cite-prefix">On 5/14/19 5:04 AM, dorothy g wrote:<br>
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Have you been following the discussion around the nature of
changes in the Registry agreements, that allow registries to
become content police?</div>
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AM Collin Kurre <<a href="mailto:collin@article19.org" target="_blank">collin@article19.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi everyone,</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Thanks for
getting this conversation started, Farell! Jumping in to
share some additional context useful for our Stakeholder
Group:<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The USA may
have chosen to avoid regulation up to this point, but
many countries have done the opposite. Efforts to
regulate content are particularly relevant to the DNS,
as there are an abundance of "voluntary" or legally
mandated DNS filters currently deployed by ISPs around
the world. [0] It's difficult to gauge the extent of DNS
blocking as many of these agreements are not made
publicly available for scrutiny by consumers or civil
society. </font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">At the end of
the day, DNS blocking is a half-baked solution. Often
times it's merely an inconvenience for people seeking
banned content [1]. At best it thwarts access to
allegedly unlawful content without addressing the
offense in itself. Moreover, the widespread
implementation of new protocols like DNS-over-HTTPS
(DoH) or -TLS (DoT) by US-based companies like Google,
Cloudflare, and Mozilla will likely disrupt this status
quo, once again raising questions about centralization
and jurisdiction. <br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">So far,
regulatory measures floated to address this evolving
technical landscape generally range from bad to worse in
terms of freedom of expression and access to
information. These include blocking IP addresses to
prevent users from connecting to entire servers, or
deploying allowlists instead of blocklists. These issues
aren't yet at the forefront of discussions within ICANN,
but we should be aware of them to anticipate changes on
the horizon.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Best,<br>
Collin</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">[0] See for
example:
<a class="gmail-m_-8120302082647724883gmail-m_1938190869887437290moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_blocking_in_the_United_Kingdom#ISP_Default_network_blocking" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_blocking_in_the_United_Kingdom#ISP_Default_network_blocking</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">[1] Consider
The Pirate Bay's infinite mirrors: <a class="gmail-m_-8120302082647724883gmail-m_1938190869887437290moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://proxybay.ist" target="_blank">https://proxybay.ist</a></font><br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I agree with
Dorothy. ALso extremely relevant to us as we
volunteer in this MS group: was the decision not to
regulate the Internet a sound one? If not what
needs tweaking and how? Not so much to do with the
DNS, it is true...but any kind of monopoly breakup
may have some relevance to us.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">cheers
Stephanie</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">PS the
future does tend to take its own sweet time to
reveal all....look at how long it has taken people
to realize what FB is doing with all our data!<br>
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is beyond privacy, it is to do with hegemony and
control without accountability. It is to do with how
we should organise our digital future. As to
influence, the future will reveal all.</div>
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at 8:50 PM Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>>
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Kindly excuse brevity and typos</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks Farell,
There are many excellent articles on
this topic but from a co-founder this
will have a lot of influence.</div>
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<div dir="auto">SO: While I do not downplay the
privacy issues, I don't think the article of a
co-founder who already cashed out of FB would
add the much significant influence expected.</div>
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May 13, 2019 at 7:03 PM Farell FOLLY
<<a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">farell@benin2point0.org</a>>
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All,</div>
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found this article about
facebook and privacy
particularly
interesting. It has
nothing to do directly
with domain names but It
can educate more on how
and why users should
take more care about
their data and how it is
processed.` Also, it
pointes out the danger
of monopoly versus a
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