A well-balanced argument. They have identified the confusability issues as well as the need to accomodate new users.

.ws is the country code for Samoa in the Pacific. ☺

On 29/05/2017 11:34 pm, "Satish Babu" <sb@inapp.com> wrote:

Here's a response to the SSAC Advisory from the Domain Research Group:

https://medium.com/@Emoji_Domains/ssac-response-d8d2ad6e800c

Ironically, the content is also available at I❤️ICANN.ws.

satish
On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Vanda Scartezini <vanda@scartezini.org> wrote:
Quite serious group SSAC. I loved to be part of the group during the 3 years I have been there. Julie is also playing a great role pushing issues from our interest to them!

Applause.

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HAPPY 2017!

From: <alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Olivier Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 4:12 AM
To: Julie Hammer <julie.hammer@bigpond.com>, ALAC ExCom <alac-excom@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, ICANN Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>, 'ALAC List' <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [ALAC] [ALAC-LT] SAC095 SSAC Advisory on the Use of Emoji in Domain Names Published
Hello all,

I am happy that the SSAC has been so responsive to a point we have raised in Copenhagen and which has been debated in IETF circles. This is quite significant since proponents in the use of emojis have been supported by several large firms that saw this as a potentially huge new market, completely disregarding the potential for a. lack of universal access and b. misuse, thanks to its very nature.
Once again, full marks for the SSAC!
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 27/05/2017 03:14, Julie Hammer wrote:
Hi Everyone,

Please note that the following SSAC Report has been published:

SAC093: SSAC Advisory on the Use of Emoji in Domain Names dated 25 May 2017

In summary:

- Because the risks identified in the Advisory cannot be adequately mitigated without significant changes to Unicode or IDNA (or both), the SSAC recommends that the ICANN Board reject any TLD (root zone label) that includes emoji.

- Because the risks identified in the Advisory cannot be adequately mitigated without significant changes to Unicode or IDNA (or both), the SSAC strongly discourages the registration of any domain name that includes emoji in any of its labels. The SSAC also advises registrants of domain names with emoji that such domains may not function consistently or may not be universally accessible as expected.

This Reports is attached and can also be found on the SSAC Reports webpage.

Cheers, Julie

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