FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.

[Olévié Kouami]

Dear Sam,
Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
+1 @Ayden. Good questions !
And i'm adding one else which is as followed :
What and how was the process of these appointements ? Was the principle of
transperancy applies in this case ?

My 2 cents.
Warm regards and cheers !
Olevie

Le 13 janv. 2018 08:40, "Zalnieriute, Monika" <Monika.Zalnieriute at eui.eu> a
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> Yes, indeed, thats a very interesting question! So much of non-involvement
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> level group on fake news and online disinformation.
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> Thanks for sharing this, Sam. Looking over the list of 39 experts
> <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/experts-appointed-high-level-group-fake-news-and-online-disinformation>,
> it is a pity that no representatives of groups which advocate for freedom
> of expression were chosen. That aside, I hope ICANN shares with us the
> position that it is going to be taking into these discussions. What is
> ICANN's goal for participating here, and what is Mr Markovski tasked with
> achieving, I wonder?
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> — Ayden
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> Subject: FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new high level
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> FYI:
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> The European Commission (EC) has appointed 39 experts to a new High
> Level Group (HLEG) on fake news and online disinformation.
> It comprises representatives of the civil society, social media
> platforms, news media organisations, journalists and academia.
> Professor dr. Madeleine de Cock Buning is nominated to chair the Group.
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> The ICANN person in the HLEG  is Veni Markovski, currently ICANN's
> Vice-President for UN engagement, based in New York.
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