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

[Collin Kurre]

FYI — the affiliations have been updated and Veni Markovski is now listed as “Internet expert.”
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/experts-appointed-high-level-group-fake-news-and-online-disinformation <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/experts-appointed-high-level-group-fake-news-and-online-disinformation>

Collin Kurre
Digital Programme
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> On Jan 21, 2018, at 5:21 PM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Farzaneh
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> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> wrote:
> Dear Divina,
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> Congratulations on your appointment! It is comforting to know that we have an NCUC member on this High Level Group.
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> Best wishes,
> 
> Ayden
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>> Subject: Re: FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.
>> Local Time: 14 January 2018 9:53 PM
>> UTC Time: 14 January 2018 20:53
>> From: divina.meigs at ORANGE.FR <mailto:divina.meigs at ORANGE.FR>
>> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
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>> 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
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>> > Message du 14/01/18 20:36
>> > De : "Stephanie Perrin" <stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA <mailto:stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA>>
>> > A : NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
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>> > Objet : Re: [NCSG-Discuss] FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.
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>> > That sounds like a great idea to me!
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>> > cheers Stephanie
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>> On 2018-01-14 2:31 PM, farzaneh badii wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> O Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:12 PM "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de <mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>> wrote:
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>> 1++ to Stephanie
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>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Stephanie Perrin
>> > Gesendet: So 14.01.2018 18:30
>> > An: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> > Betreff: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new high level group on fake news and online disinformation.
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>> > Personally, I am not worried at all about Veni Markovski being the rep
>> > here, he has been around a long time and has a great reputation.  He was
>> > originally on CPSR.  I also think it is important that ICANN have
>> > representation here, to defend against any bright ideas folks may come
>> > up with to make ICANN the "one-stop-shopping" centre approach that some
>> > parties have wanted/expected it to take.  I do think we should invite
>> > Mr. Markovski to brief us in the future on what is going on with this group.
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>> > Kind regards,
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>> > Stephanie Perrin
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>> > On 2018-01-13 8:40 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>> > > Hopefully they have joined to make the case for why the technical
>> > > community should not be involved in content regulation. But I fear I'm
>> > > giving them too much benefit of the doubt. There should be
>> > > transparency and community involvement in these important discussions,
>> > > but sadly I know there won't be, and all we can probably hope for is a
>> > > vague blog post after the fact.
>> > >
>> > > - Ayden
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>> > >> -------- Original Message --------
>> > >> Subject: Re: FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new
>> > >> high level group on fake news and online disinformation.
>> > >> Local Time: 13 January 2018 2:15 PM
>> > >> UTC Time: 13 January 2018 13:15
>> > >> From: farzaneh.badii at GMAIL.COM <mailto:farzaneh.badii at GMAIL.COM>
>> > >> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> > >>
>> > >> Thank you Sam. We are championing for ICANN not to become a content
>> > >> regulator and ICANN staffer get appointed to EC initiative on fake
>> > >> news and online disinformation. I really wonder why. Why should ICANN
>> > >> be even involved with this?
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>> > >> Farzaneh
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>> > >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Sam Lanfranco <lanfran at yorku.ca <mailto:lanfran at yorku.ca>
>> > >> <mailto:lanfran at yorku.ca <mailto:lanfran at yorku.ca>>> wrote:
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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.
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> Farzaneh
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>> Farzaneh
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