<div dir="ltr">Dear NCUC members,<div>FYI<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mueller, Milton L</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">milton@gatech.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 10:48 PM<br>Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] An important message about the RVC debate<br>To: NCSG <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a> <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg8763768537557764354">
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After attending the first few days of ICANN 79 and watching online Monday's panel discussion on so-called registry voluntary contracts, I wrote this blog which addresses the issues debated. I hope you find this informative and that we can work together in ICANN
to stop ICANN from eviscerating its fundamental bylaw against content regulation.</div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.internetgovernance.org/2024/03/05/public-and-private-power-in-internet-content-regulation-icann-and-registry-voluntary-commitments/" id="m_-2203601785356542903LPlnk" target="_blank">https://www.internetgovernance.org/2024/03/05/public-and-private-power-in-internet-content-regulation-icann-and-registry-voluntary-commitments/</a></span></div>
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Is censorship something that only happens when state actors do it, or can private actors engage in it as well? That crucial Internet governance debate is taking place in two venues: The U.S. Supreme Court, which will rule on two state laws that try to regulate
the way platforms moderate content, and ICANN, which is […]</div>
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