[NCSG-PC] Fwd: ICANN83 session participation request: RrSG DNS Abuse: Example Review and Panel Discussion

Mon May 19 14:02:17 EEST 2025

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Hi Rafik,

Thank you for thinking of me. I would be happy to participate in the session.

In terms of examples of abuse reports, I’m not entirely clear on what they are looking for, but I have compiled a couple of examples below that I’m aware of that have had a negative impact on freedom of expression, which would provide a human rights angle to the discussion. ARTICLE 19 is following the topic of DNS abuse to advocate for the preservation of ICANN’s narrow definition of DNS abuse, and to broaden the ICANN’s community awareness of how domain blocking as part of DNS abuse ‘mitigation’ can be used as a tool to limit freedom of expression. It is with this lens in mind that I selected the examples below, but I would be happy to amend if this is not what they are looking for.

I’m also happy to be put in touch with the session organizers directly if that would be helpful. @farzaneh badii<mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>, @Sara Ali<mailto:saraaliahm639 at gmail.com>, others, if there examples you would like to contribute, please feel free to share!

Best,

Michaela

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  1.  In March 2025, a number of independent media websites were blocked from using the domain “.ni”. Among those affected were Confidencial, La Prensa, 100% Noticias, and Onda Local. The measure was carried out by the government-run National Engineering University (UNI), the institution that administers all the domains under .ni, via NIC.NI, the organization charged with the administration and functioning of the geographic top-level domain corresponding to Nicaragua. This measure represents an additional attack on independent journalism in Nicaragua, where the dictatorship has closed or confiscated 61 Nicaraguan media outlets. Report of this incident can be found here<https://havanatimes.org/news/nicaraguan-gov-blocks-independent-media-from-their-domain/>.
  2.  The Venezuelan organization, Ve Sin Filtros, published a report<https://vesinfiltro.com/noticias/2025-03-26-venezuela-digital-repression-elections/> documenting digital censorship during Venezuela’s electoral period (spanning July 2024 – January 2025). During this period, the organization documented the blocking of domains that hosted content on human rights issues, social networking, political criticism, new media, and censorship circumvention tools (among other areas). The report outlines the impact on the media sector and provides insights into the broader digital environment in Venezuela.

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From: NCSG-PC <ncsg-pc-bounces at lists.ncsg.is> on behalf of Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, 16 May 2025 at 23:56
To: ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
Subject: [NCSG-PC] Fwd: ICANN83 session participation request: RrSG DNS Abuse: Example Review and Panel Discussion
Hi all,

RrSG is asking if we can designate a representative from NCSG to be in their session "DNS Abuse: Example Review and Panel Discussion" on Wednesday, 11 June, from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm local time.

As Farzaneh will be a speaker in ALAC plenary on DNS abuse, I think Michaela can join this session as NCSG rep. Any concern?

Best,

Rafik
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Hello Rafik,

The RrSG is planning our ICANN83 session “DNS Abuse: Example Review and Panel Discussion”, where we will invite panelists from across the ICANN Community as well as session attendees to review examples of DNS Abuse reports and tell us what they think the best outcome would be.

The goal of the session is to better understand varying perspectives on how DNS Abuse is addressed and consider what further work is necessary to further improve the security, stability, and resilience of the DNS.

This session will take place in Prague on Wednesday, 11 June, from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm local time.

We invite you to designate someone from the NCSG to join the panel and to provide example DNS Abuse reports to use in the session; we need to confirm panelists and receive the examples by 4 June at the latest.

If you prefer to do one but not the other (e.g. provide examples but not join the panel) we still appreciate your input; if you prefer not to participate at all, please let us know as soon as possible.

We would ask you to provide two or three example DNS Abuse reports to be used in the session and encourage you to choose real-life reports instead of ‘synthetic’ or made up examples. Please remove any Personal Data before sharing. You may redact the domain as well; if you choose to do so, please let us know. Please provide the example exactly as you would report it to a registrar.

While we will include all the provided examples in the session slides, we do not anticipate that we will be able to discuss all the examples provided by every group as the session will prioritize the discussion. Note that example scenarios will not be provided to panelists in advance of the session, in order to capture real-time and dynamic reactions to these situations. The audience will also be encouraged, via Zoom poll, to provide their own assessments.

We look forward to hearing back from you and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about this request.

Thank you,

Sarah Wyld

RrSG Communications & Outreach Subgroup Lead

in coordination with

Luc Seufer & Reg Levy

Co-Chairs RrSG DNS Abuse Subgroup
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