Tomorrow's GNSO council meeting, DNS Abuse Small Team recommendations approval

[farzaneh badii]

Hi all,

As we mentioned during the PC meeting, we are planning to vote on approving
the small team recommendations on DNS abuse. There were three
recommendations that were prioritized, two of which seem to be interesting
to investigate. But we (as discussed on this mailing list) had
grave concerns about the associated domain check. Here is the small team
report:
https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/draft/dns-abuse-small-team-report-04aug25-en.pdf
<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/draft/dns-abuse-small-team-report-04aug25-en.pdf>
 So tomorrow I will vote for adoption of small team's DNS abuse
recommendation but I am planning to read this statement:

"NCSG approves the DNS Abuse Small Team Report. However, we wish to
formally record our concern regarding the inclusion of *associated domain
checks* as a potential DNS abuse mitigation measure.

While we support effective and proportionate approaches to combating DNS
abuse, we have consistently emphasized the need for due process at both the
registration, detection and enforcement stages. Associated domain checks
risk enabling overly broad or arbitrary enforcement—particularly if
implemented without robust safeguards to ensure registrants are informed,
have a meaningful opportunity to respond, and are protected from collateral
harm.

Such measures could lead to disproportionate take-down and suspensions and
the targeting of legitimate registrants through bulk association-based
criteria, undermining fairness, transparency, and accountability. We are
also disappointed that due process and access to remedy have not been
prioritized by other stakeholders in this work. Domain name registrants are
not inherently criminals, and DNS abuse mitigation measures should reflect
that presumption.

We therefore cannot support the inclusion of associated domain checks
unless and until clear, transparent, and consistently applied due process
mechanisms are in place."



Farzaneh
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