GAC pipes up on MAPO with silly claim that absence of controversy on Internet leads to security....

[Robin Gross]

http://gac.icann.org/system/files/GAC_on_MoPo_August_4_2010_0.pdf

GAC has spoken.  GAC sent a letter to ICANN Board this week:

"The GAC firmly believes that the absence of any controversial
strings in the current universe of top-level domains (TLDs) to date
contributes directly to the security and stability of the domain name
and addressing system (DNS) and the universal resolvability of the
system...."

So the governments claim there can be NO controversial tlds.  How
enlightening!    And of course the old "security and stability"
argument is trotted out to try to justify such an outrageous demand
and curtailment of freedom.

Obviously this is not an issue of "security" of the Internet, but of
trying to prevent people from being exposed to viewpoints that some
govts don't like.

Let's see if the Board turns a few cartwheels to please govts on this
one.

Robin


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