[Ncsg-discuss] 1 to 1 call with ICANN CEO

[Haziq Jeelani]

Hi Rafik,

Two topics from my perspective :

   1.

   How is ICANN addressing AI-enabled DNS abuse (automated phishing,
   fraudulent domain generation at scale)?
   2.

   Is ICANN developing AI/ML tools internally for policy analysis, abuse
   detection, or WHOIS data quality — and if so, how is the non-commercial
   community being consulted on algorithmic transparency and bias?

Happy to elaborate if useful.

Best, Haziq

On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Kathy for the comments.
> Everyone, please share your questions/topics/
>
> Rafik
>
>
> Le mer. 4 févr. 2026 à 02:23, Kathy Kleiman <kathy at dnrc.tech> a écrit :
>
>> On 2/3/2026 9:28 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>>
>>
>> Sending a reminder to get your suggestions and topics for the meeting
>> with ICANN CEO.
>>
>> Hi Rafik, Juan and Wisdom,
>>
>> Yes, I have a topic. I’m concerned that ICANN, for the sake of its own
>> integrity and in completion of clear commitments made long ago (1999),
>> needs to hold *a full and fair review of the Uniform Dispute Resolution
>> Policy (UDRP).*  The UDRP was ICANN’s first consensus policy and it is
>> just over 25 years old.  Noncommercials and the ICANN Community were
>> promised a full and fair review of the UDRP – its rules and procedures –
>> within a few years of adoption and that never happened.
>>
>> Then again in 2016, at the start of the Review of All Rights Protection
>> Mechanisms – Phase 1 [Uniform Rapid Suspension and Trademark
>> Clearinghouse], *we were promised a full and fair review of the UDRP
>> when Phase 2 started*. If you check the charter materials of the GNSO
>> Council, the UDRP review should include the questions asked by NCSG,
>> including: examining freedom of expression protections, assessing the
>> fairness and balance, checking whether notices to registrants are being a)
>> received and b) in a language they understand, and much more.
>>
>> You were in Dublin and I was not, but from a distance, I saw WIPO and its
>> representatives lobbying ICANN and the GNSO for a *fast and short UDRP
>> review* – one focused on the issues that “insiders” care about,
>> particularly attorneys who regularly work on UDRP cases before WIPO.
>>
>> *But no one is talking about the 97% of the Registrants who are
>> defaulting* *– nor what we can do to ensure the UDRP Review is full and
>> fair.*  Before we expand the DNS with New gTLDs with IDNs, how do we
>> ensure that the UDRP is “fit for purpose” and fully and fairly reviewed,
>> and that registrants and trademark owners alike are being treated equally
>> and fairly by the UDRP providers?
>>
>> *Particularly for Registrants who do not speak English, cannot afford
>> lawyers, and have never heard of WIPO or the UDRP (the very registrants we
>> were promised would be protected in 1999), how can Kurt and the Board help
>> us to facilitate a full and fair review of the UDRP?*
>>
>> Best and tx,
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>
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