[CPWG] Something of actual importance to end-users

[Evan Leibovitch]

TBH I care less about the registrants in this matter than about end-users
being denied access to important Internet destinations.

There is also a related issue here in that the rationale for this measure
is to remove domains engaging in end-user abuse (phishing, malware, etc)
and illegal activity. So perhaps the proposed change may be desirable in
principle but flawed in execution.

Anyway, thanks for getting involved in it.

- Evan


On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 1:22 PM Jonathan Zuck via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
wrote:

> Wait so we DO care about registrants?! ;)
>
> Seriously, we just assigned two people to read the agreement, yesterday,
> and report back to the CPWG.
>
> *Jonathan Zuck*
> *Director*, Future of Work Project
> Innovators Network Foundation
> www.InnovatorsNetwork.org
>
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> *From:* CPWG <cpwg-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Evan Leibovitch via
> CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 20, 2023 12:12:27 PM
> *To:* CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
> *Subject:* [CPWG] Something of actual importance to end-users
>
>
> 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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