ICANN submits 9th Status Report to U.S. gov't

[Chris Chiu]

ICANN has submitted its latest status report to the United States Department of Commerce. Among other things, in the report, ICANN only makes a passing and indirect reference to its legal battle with Verisign, which claims that ICANN has violated contract and antitrust law in reacting to several Verisign initiatives. ICANN also continues to claim that it "does not create or make Internet policy. Rather, policy is created through a bottom-up, transparent process involving all necessary constituencies and stakeholders in the Internet Community." However, the document does not mention that ICANN abolished public elections (to fill seats on its Board of Directors) nearly two years ago; nor does it say whether the organization will resume such elections in the near future.

See
http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights

Sincerely,
Christopher Chiu
Technology Policy Analyst
American Civil Liberties Union

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