[CPWG] Something of actual importance to end-users

[Evan Leibovitch]

https://freespeech.com/2023/04/19/red-alert-icann-and-verisign-proposal-would-allow-any-government-in-the-world-to-seize-domain-names/

Let's briefly put aside the boasting about ALAC's incremental involvement
in the trivial agendas set by ICANN's vested interests. Here's a real
example of an issue that can negatively affect end-users. The aims of the
proposed modification may be laudable, but there's too much room for
arbitrariness and too much potential to curb political speech unwanted by a
government.

BTW ... Why was this not already flagged by ALAC as cause for concern? Why
did I have to find out about this in the media rather than from the inside.
Was ALAC intending to ignore it?

This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. ALAC is obsessed with the trivial
and the self-absorbed, but asleep during the issues that actually affect
the constituency we're supposed to serve.

Does ALAC have what it takes to fight for the public interest on something
that actually matters?
Is it capable of balancing the various intertwining issues? If the CPWG
meets on this issue I'll be there.

Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch / @el56
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