Important blog post about the ICANN Accountability CCWG

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I support reappropriation of the misappropriated term.

The public interest  with respect to names should be what ICANN focuses
on as it commits itself to that in the bylaws.

avri

On 23-Dec-14 12:56, William Drake wrote:
> Hi
>
>> On Dec 22, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu
>> <mailto:mueller at syr.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> Indeed, if you pay careful attention to ICANN's past 5-8 years you
>> find that the term is most commonly used by the BC and most
>> frequently invoked by GAC, Steve DelBianco and Marilyn Cade, usually
>> to justify policies that we don't support
>
> To me this is an argument for contesting and hopefully
> re-appropriating the term in line with a coherent vision that reflects
> our values, rather for than dismissing the concept as inherently
> flawed and to be avoided (which it will not be).  This is precisely
> where civil society should be weighing in forcefully with
> counter-hegemonic discourse, rather than letting others control things
> by default because nobody bothers to push back.
>
> Bill

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