[Advisors] ICANN70 starts next week -- possible session of interest

[Marita Moll]

Hello advisors. Here is an article about ICANN70 which starts on Monday, 
Mar. 22. It includes links to the registration site and some info about 
general sessions that might be of interest. One session of particular 
interest (Tuesday) might be: Reimagining ICANN's Role; Responding to 
National Pressures

This panel will address the potential impact of national legislation and 
regulation on ICANN as the operator of the unique identifiers that 
underpin the Internet. And explore how  ICANN's At Large stakeholder 
group, which represents Internet end users, can effectively ensure that 
the voices of those impacted globally are heard through ICANN's 
multistakeholder model.

https://www.circleid.com/posts/20210318-icann70-virtual-community-forum-what-to-expect/ 
<https://www.circleid.com/posts/20210318-icann70-virtual-community-forum-what-to-expect/>

This is a topical session because, in seeking to stem various forms of 
abuse on the Internet, the European Union has begun to challenge the 
concept (quite a sacred concept in the U.S. -- see section 230 of the 
Communications Decency Act) that Internet service providers cannot be 
held responsible for the content flowing on their systems. This will be 
a clash of cultures, just as the E.U. regulations on privacy have caused 
a major rethink on how personal data is handled in the domain name space.

Marita


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