<div><div dir="auto">I shared for his technical reasoning. Which is one of the clearest one I have seen that provides evidence that PIR has taken action. </div><div dir="auto">The blog also mentions that this is not the first in this year that PIR is doing this. </div><div dir="auto">Also this is not the first time that the registry gets involved. And the EU and other places are not free from these kinds of actions either. We need to think about processes and transparency when such actions are taken. </div></div><div><div><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM Carlos Vera <<a href="mailto:cveraq@gmail.com" target="_blank">cveraq@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Bortzmeyer repeatedly calls what happened "censorship" and makes very strong political statements against Trump and against the US prosecution. Those are the author's opinions, not the results of his technical analysis.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Carlos Vera</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">El ago 29, 2026, a la(s) 14:16, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:00001deb507b73c5-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">00001deb507b73c5-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> escribió:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="auto">We need to demand more transparency in their processes and having to follow “the applicable law” doesn’t mean that 1) they have to just follow the order without consultation 2) provide no transparency whatsoever 3) this was not a court order, they need to provide at least an explanation. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Here is Stephane’s explanation of what happened <div style="font-size:inherit"><a href="https://www.bortzmeyer.org/autistici.html" style="font-size:inherit" target="_blank">https://www.bortzmeyer.org/autistici.html</a></div></div></div><div><div><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM Kenechukwu Okekenta <<a href="mailto:00002122db04c5e1-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">00002122db04c5e1-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Thank you for sharing, Niels. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It was quite informative and eye-opening. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards. </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">Engr. Kenechukwu Okekenta fNSIG</span></b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>IT </b><b style="font-size:12.8px">Project Coordinator, </b><b style="font-size:12.8px">Support Specialist, </b><span style="font-size:small"><b>Security Analyst,</b> </span><b style="font-size:12.8px">Certified Data Privacy Expert and Educator</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/kenechukwu-okekenta" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><br></b></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 20:04 Kathy Kleiman <<a href="mailto:00001e85639e37fc-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">00001e85639e37fc-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Niels,<br>
<br>
Good to see you back. We don't have anyone on PIR's Advisory Board <br>
right now, but I am on the PIR Board. That of course means I am not <br>
involved with daily operations (although I was years ago). Let's discuss <br>
offline and get back to the group together.<br>
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Best, Kathy<br>
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On 8/28/2026 11:42 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> Who is currently our representative on the PIR board? It is quite <br>
> unsettling that PIR has taken away the .org registration from an <br>
> Italian NGO following Trump government's executive order.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://sabotmedia.noblogs.org/the-server-called-paranoia-defend-autistici-inventati-before-september-25/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sabotmedia.noblogs.org/the-server-called-paranoia-defend-autistici-inventati-before-september-25/</a> <br>
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> Best,<br>
><br>
> Niels<br>
><br>
><br>
-- <br>
Kathy Kleiman<br>
Past President, Domain Name Rights Coalition<br>
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