June 2019 - APAC-Discuss - lists.icann.org

Fwd: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NomCom updates
by Nadira Alaraj July 2, 2019

July 2, 2019

Dear At-large community, I would like to thank you for the trust and the rich experience that I went through during my 2 years term at the NomCom. Reading Anriette update as a NomCom delegate for the NCUC, I wouldn't have written my experience in a better or nicer way. Hence I would like to thank Anriette for allowing me to share her piece with AT-LARGE community. I aslo happy to provide any further questions to new ALAC delegates to the NomCom. Best wishes Nadira AL-Araj ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette(a)apc.org> Date: Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 15:44 Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NomCom update Dear all My term on NomCom has come to an end. In the next month or so you will be informed of the results of the efforts of the 2019 NomCom. While the results will hold some disappointment for some excellent candidates who did not make it, I believe that our selections overall will add value and diversity (particularly diversity in terms of experience, background, perspective and region) to ICANN. I also think we struck a good balance between continuity on the one hand, and new people/ideas/perspectives on the other. {snip...} ... to share more about the experience and workload. Bruna already shared the criteria. I copy them below, and add a few additional thoughts. *Experience:* What is not mentioned explicitly in the official criteria is how valuable board experience is. If you have served on boards, even if they are not like the ICANN board which has a far heavier workload than most boards, that helps a lot. Experience in recruitment is even more valuable in my view. If you have worked with recruitment processes (particularly ones that have to adhere to labour law that demands fairness in recruitment procedure) that helps a lot. Having experience in interviewing people is also very helpful. *Knowledge of ICANN:* You do need good knowledge of ICANN overall, particularly of the specific role and characteristics of the leadership roles that NomCom recruits for and of the unique role of NomCom - remember NomCom is note the only mechanism for finding people for leadership roles. My knowledge of ICANN was good overall but limited by the limitations of my experience in ICANN and not nearly as 'insider' or detailed as that of many others in this space. During my first term I had to work hard to fill the 'depth' gap in my knowledge of how ICANN works. Fortunately this was not hard. There is a lot of material to read, and people to talk to and learn from. Being on NomCom has been a really good learning experience for me. *Time required:* Between the March and June meetings you probably need to dedicate an average of about 22 hours a week. That includes calls, the face-to-face meetings mentioned below as well as an online intersessional and the work you do on your own reviewing candidates and work done with others on interviewing candidates and follow up on references. This does not include time traveling or getting visas (which, as those who need to get them know, can be significant). Prior to that you have to attend meetings and calls and do outreach, meet with members of the community and work on various NomCom committees but the volume of time needed is less. *Attitude:* Be open to learn and listen to others. Have the confidence to disagree and question in a constructive manner. Be able to ask for help when you need it. Put ICANN's overall interest first, as opposed to that of a particularly stakeholder group or constituency. If you don't have a clear understanding of what ICANN's overall interest is at the particular time that NomCom is doing its work, then think about it, read, and talk to people; having clarity in your own mind about this is important, even if your individual understanding might vary a bit from that of others. Always maintain critical thinking and an analytical understanding of the specifics of the ICANN multistakeholder model and the current status of its development (or evolution) and the expectations it has to meet. I am available to any candidate for NCUC NomCom appointee who has further questions. Anriette “Section 8.4. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE DELEGATES Delegates to the ICANN Nominating Committee shall be: 1. Accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence, with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and with experience and competence with collegial large group decision-making; 2. Persons with wide contacts, broad experience in the Internet community, and a commitment to the success of ICANN; 3. Persons whom the selecting body is confident will consult widely and accept input in carrying out their responsibilities; 4. Persons who are neutral and objective, without any fixed personal commitments to particular individuals, organizations, or commercial objectives in carrying out their Nominating Committee responsibilities; 5. Persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential impact of ICANN's activities on the broader Internet community who are willing to serve as volunteers, without compensation other than the reimbursement of certain expenses; and 6. Persons who are able to work and communicate in written and spoken English.” Other criteria (retrieved from the Nominating Committee email): - Eligibility Exception - No person who is an employee of or paid a consultant to ICANN (including the Ombudsman) shall simultaneously serve in any of the Nominating Committee positions as described in Article 8, Section 8.2 of ICANN’s Bylaws ( https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article8) - The person should be able to join monthly teleconferences (typically 15:00 or 16:00 UTC). Note that the committee's workload will increase significantly during Apr/May/June 2020 when the candidate assessment process will be at its busiest. Conference calls are held more frequently (typically weekly and the duration of the calls may last up to 3 hours) during this time as well. - The person should be willing to work in a large, consensus-oriented committee. - All 2020 NomCom members should be able to attend the following ICANN meetings (travel and hotel accommodations will be provided for all meetings): - ICANN66 | Montréal, Canada: 2-7 November 2019 (1st official meeting of 2020 NomCom) - ICANN67 | Cancún, Mexico: 7-12 March 2020 (outreach and training meeting) - Intersessional | (Location tentative - Los Angeles, United States): TBD April 2020 (assessment meeting) - ICANN68 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 22-25 June 2020 (selection meeting) As you gather from the criteria above, it is very important that the applicants for this position be active members of NCUC, involved with ICANN and its various working groups and show proven interest in NCUC work and understand the dynamics of ICANN and groups existing within ICANN. ----------------------------- Anriette Esterhuysen Senior advisor on internet governance, policy advocacy and strategic planning Association for Progressive Communicationsapc.orgafrisig.organriette(a)apc.org On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 8:36 PM Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette(a)apc.org> wrote: > Dear all > > Another NomCom cycle is nearing its end. NomCom has just completed a > series of online intersessional meetings - three four-hour long calls - and > we have come up with the finalised list of candidates for open ICANN > leadership positions. Between now and Marrakesh we will follow up with > candidates' references, and prepare for the final selection process which > will take place in Marrakesh during ICANN65. > > At the close of the application period in late March, NomCom had received > 127 applications in total: 56 from Africa; 35 from Asia Pacific; 13 from > Europe; 21 > from Latin America and the Caribbean; and 2 from North America. There were > 42 female and 85 male applicants. Several applicants applied for more than > one position. The low number of NA candidates is simply a result of the > fact that the complement of board members from North America is full at > present and we were not appointing anyone for ALAC from NA in this round. > The gender breakdown is disappointing. In my view addressing this should be > given serious consideration by future NomComs. The 2018 figures looked > better. > > At an intersessional meeting in Los Angeles from 10-13 April NomCom > members reviewed and discussed each of the 128 applications and produced a > long list of 58 candidates. From late April to mid-May applicants we took > another close look at candidates' applications and background material, and > conducted voice with all of them. > > The final list consists of a total of 24 shortlisted candidates in total > for all the positions: Board, PTI Board; GNSO; ccNSO; ALAC-Africa; > ALAC-Asia Pacific; ALAC Latin American and the Caribbean. The number of > candidates per position varies from 7 to 2. As I said above, we will > finalise our selections in Marrakesh, including interviewing Board and PTI > Board candidates face-to-face. The public announcement of the final > selection, however, will only be made from late August to September. > > I am very happy to report that we had excellent candidates - that is not > new of course. However, what is particularly rewarding is that we also had > excellent candidates from Africa which indicates we manage to respond > effectively to a challenge identified in 2018. There is also good diversity > in the shortlist from the perspective of insiders vs. outsiders, and the > background and experience of candidates. > > Below is a reminder of the 2019 NomCom Timeline. I also attach the May > 2019 NomCom update. > > Finally, my second term on NomCom is coming to an end. This means it is > time for NCUC to identify someone new. I am available to share information > about the workload and skills needed with anyone who is interested. > > Thanks again to the NCUC for appointing me and to NCUC leadership for > their support. It has been very positive experience. I have learnt more > about ICANN than in the previous 20 years :) It is hard work, frustrating > at times, but rewarding to see how a group of very diverse individuals can > work together effectively to produce what I trust will again be an > impressive group of people that will add value to ICANN. > > Thank you also to NomCom leadership: Damon Ashcraft (chair), Jay Sudowski > (incoming chair) and Zahid Jamil (outgoing chair) for creating a very > constructive and respectful work environment. As for the ICANN staff > support team, they have been excellent. We would never be able to do this > without them. > > Sincere regards > > Anriette Esterhuysen > > > > > > > 2019 NomCom Timeline: > > ----------------------------- > Anriette Esterhuysen > Senior advisor on internet governance, policy advocacy and strategic planning > Association for Progressive Communicationsapc.orgafrisig.organriette(a)apc.org > > _______________________________________________ > Ncuc-discuss mailing list

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ATLAS III: List of funded travelers
by Satish Babu June 29, 2019

June 29, 2019

Dear APRALO Community, Pls see below for an important announcement from Maureen Hilyard, ALAC Chair: -- A final check has been made of the Travellers List and everything is now in order. Travel arrangements to Marrakech by the Selection Committee held up the final decisions on the selected travellers. Therefore, a 6.30am meeting was held on their first day in Marrakech to ensure that the final list was compiled. I must thank RALO Chairs for the superb group of people they offered to this ATLAS process as members of the Selection Committee. They did an amazing job for which I am extremely grateful. ☺ Congratulations to the 60 successful travellers. Be prepared for a little more work in the lead up to Montreal. It will be worth while to be totally engaged in the preparation so that you get full value out of the training you will experience. The list can be found on the *ATLAS III Home Page*, under "*Participants and Travel*" Click here <https://community.icann.org/display/ATLAS3/At-Large+Summit+III+Home>. A formal announcement will be made on Thursday at the session on the preparation for ICANN66. Maureen ALAC Chair --- With kind regards, satish

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ATLAS III and NASIG2019
by Satish Babu June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019

Dear APRALO Community, Here's a piece of information for participants who have been short-listed for ATLAS III. The second edition of the North American School of Internet Governance (NASIG, http://northamericansig.org/) is being organized at Montréal for two days (31 Oct and 1 Nov 2019) just prior to ICANN66. A few seats have been kept apart by NASIG organizers for ATLAS III participants who want to participate in NASIG. Those who would like to take advantage of this opportunity are required to apply at the form available at: https://forms.gle/tqvRH4PxV76oCrJs6 (this is a Google Form. If anyone is unable to access the form, please contact me off-list) for pre-registration. Pls note that NASIG does *not* provide travel support, but will provide hotel accommodation (for two nights) and fee waiver for selected participants. For more details, please contact the organizers (contact details are available on the form). With kind regards satish

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Pre-ICANN65 Policy Report
by Satish Babu June 12, 2019

June 12, 2019

Dear all The pre-ICANN65 Policy Report is available at https://go.icann.org/pre65 for your reference. With kind regards, satish

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NITPAA Monthly, May 2019 | Afghanistan ICT Updates from one Place
by Waleed Khaliqi June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

Hello Everyone, I hope you are doing well. Please find our second NewsLetter, and do not hesitate to forward it widely. Attached, you can find the PDF version as well, If you may have any difficulties reading it here. Or download it from here<http://nitpaa.org.af/nitpaa-monthly/> [cid:image001.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] Afghanistan ICT Updates from one Place [Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/NITPAA/> [Twitter]<https://twitter.com/nitpaafg?lang=en> [Youtube]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrjSrq86OLaVbtlwqafh--A/playlists> [Dribbble]<http://nitpaa.org.af/> [SlideShare]<https://pt.slideshare.net/NITPAA> [GitHub]<https://github.com/NITPAA/> [cid:image008.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] Workshop on Block Chain, IT Emerging Technologies, and Cyber Security The National IT Professionals Association of Afghanistan Successfully conducted another workshop on “Crypto Currencies & Block Chain, IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies, and Cyber Security “at SALAM University on May 29, where more than 130 students attended the event. Thanks to our generous host SALAM University and the speakers of the sessions Mr. Maiwand Ludin, Mr. A Khalil Azizi, Mr. Abdul Saboor who took their time and efforts to share their thoughts and experiences with the community. The event started with the recitation of some verses of the Quran, and then Mr. Shamsullah Shams, President of NITPAA, welcomed the participants. While addressing the audience, Mr. Shams shared some of his upcoming plans for the NITPAA members, “There are a lot of other similar opportunities coming forward; we have the plan to organize other similar series for you” he said. The videos of the sessions will be uploaded on NITPAA YouTube Channel and the slides will be shared through NTIPAA forum with the whole community. To download the presentation files of the above-mentioned topics, please do not hesitate to join NITPAA forum. The first five copies of Jovan Kurbalija’s “An Introduction to Internet Governance” reached Kabul [cid:image009.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] The Book “An Introduction to Internet Governance”, which was selected as the Book of the Month for December 2017 by the United Nations Library in Geneva, is recognized worldwide as a leading publication on digital governance, covering the policy aspects related to infrastructure, security, economic, legal, digital rights, socio-cultural, and development issues. It provides a comprehensive overview of the main issues and actors in the field through a practical framework for analysis and discussion. The book, which is now in its seventh edition, has been translated into 10 languages and has been adapted as a textbook for academic courses worldwide. The National IT Professionals Association of Afghanistan is pleased to announce that five out of ten copies of the 7th addition of the book has reached Kabul and are secure at the NITPAA library. On behalf of the Afghan Community, NITPAA leadership would like to express its gratitude to its local and International friends and partners, especially to Mr. Leonid Todorov, general manager of apTLD, for their continues support to Afghan community. The books are part of a generous support to Afghanistan School on Internet Governance (AfSIG 2019) by DiploFoundation. System Crash: Worse Than a Sick Employee? [cid:image010.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] Websites Hosted by Aryan ICT Solutions were down for almost Two weeks. A system crash can hurt any-sized company, but for a small business, it can be extremely costly. Recently, Aryan ICT solutions single point of failure caused more than 15000 websites to be down for more than two weeks. As per the information’s, the companies CEO Mr. Aryan, who slipped in a coma following a car accident, was the only person having access to the servers. On May 8, Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief & development (ACBAR), a national, independent NGO that provides a platform for information-sharing and networking for national international NGO’s in Afghanistan, announced that their website, ACBAR.org hosted by Aryan ict solutions, is down due to technical problem. This caused problems to thousands of young Afghan job seekers who were visiting acbar.org’s job center. Aryan ICT Solutions, started out on early 2006, provides shared, Reseller, VPS hosting and Dedicated server in Afghanistan. The system crash and companies CEO being in coma at the same time raised a lot of questions in social media. The disaster took place just after Afghanistan IT Companies Association (AITCA), during the first consultative meeting on 20 April, blamed government for competing in the market, and asked to create opportunities for the private companies by outsourcing its projects. Though, most of the servers were up and running again after, almost, two weeks, but The damage left behind was extensive. ترامپ برای حفاظت از شبکه های کامپیوتری وضعیت اضطراری اعلام کرد [cid:image011.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] دونالد ترامپ رئیس جمهور آمریکا برای حفاظت از شبکه های کامپیوتری آمریکا در مقابل تهدید "نیروهای متخاصم خارجی" وضعیت اضطراری اعلام کرده است. او با امضای یک فرمان اجرایی عملا شرکت های آمریکایی را از استفاده از فناوری های ارتباطات راه دور (تلکام) خارجی که تهدیدی امنیتی برای این کشور تلقی می شوند منع کرد. آقای ترامپ در دستور خود از هیچ شرکت به خصوصی نام نبرد. با این حال تحلیلگران می گویند که این دستور عمدتا متوجه شرکت عظیم تلکام چینی، هواوی، است. بعضی کشورها ابراز نگرانی کرده اند که دولت چین ممکن است از محصولات هواوی برای مقاصد جاسوسی استفاده کند. این شرکت که بزرگترین تولیدکننده تجهیزات تلکام جهان است اتهام بهره برداری از محصولاتش برای جاسوسی یا خرابکاری را تکذیب کرده است. براساس بیانیه کاخ سفید هدف از دستور آقای ترامپ "حفاظت از آمریکا مقابل نیروهای متخاصم خارجی است که فعالانه و به طور روزافزون مشغول ایجاد و بهره برداری از نقاط ضعفی در ساختار و سرویس های فناوری اطلاعاتی و راه دور هستند." این فرمان به وزیر بازرگانی اجازه می دهد "معاملاتی که منبع تهدید غیرقابل قبولی برای امنیت ملی هستند را مسدود کند." هواوی در واکنش به این فرمان در بیانیه ای نوشت که آماده و مایل است برای رسیدن به تدابیر موثری که در مورد امنیت محصولاتش به آمریکا اطمینان می دهد با دولت ترامپ گفتگو کند. این گروه استدلال کرد که تصمیم تازه به ضرر رقابت و توسعه در آمریکا خواهد بود و افزود: "به علاوه محدودیت های نامعقول ناقض حقوق هواوی است و مسائل حقوقی دیگری را پدید می آورد.". دولت آمریکا قبلا سازمان های دولتی را از استفاده از محصولات هواوی منع کرده بود و متحدان خود را به اقدامی مشابه ترغیب کرده است. استرالیا و نیوزیلند هم استفاده از تجهیزات این شرکت چینی در شبکه های موبایل "۵ جی" را ممنوع کرده اند. اما هواوی قویا این ادعاها را رد می کند. در همین حال با افزایش نگرانی های امنیتی در مورد محصولات هواوی در شبکه های "۵ جی" لیانگ هوا رئیس این شرکت گفت که مایل است در جریان ملاقاتی در روز سه شنبه در لندن "با دولت ها موافقتنامه های عاری از ابزار تجسسی" امضا کند. آمریکا و چین در یک سال اخیر درگیری نبردی تجاری با اعمال تعرفه های سنگین بر کالاهای یکدیگر بوده اند که اخیرا بعد از شکست مذاکرات دوباره اوج گرفته است. آمریکا جمعه پیش تعرفه ها بر حدود ۲۰۰ میلیارد دلار کالای چینی را بیش از دو برابر کرد و چین هم تعرفه های تازه ای علیه واردات از آمریکا اعمال کرد. مخابراتي شرکتونه دې د خلکو اندېښنو او اعتراضونو ته جدي پاملرنه وکړي [cid:image012.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] کابل، 21 می، داکتر عبدالله عبدالله رسمی فیسبوک پانه د هیواد اجرائیه رئیس ډاکټر عبدالله عبدالله د شمالي افریقا او منځني ختیز لپاره د ایم-تی-ان مخابراتي شرکت له مرستیال ښاغلي اسماعیل جارودي سره په لیدنه کې په افغانستان کې د دې شرکت د پانګونې د زیاتېدو، د خدماتو د کیفیت ښه کولو او د شبکې د کاروونکیو اندېښنو ته د رسیدګۍ غوښتنه وکړه. ام ان ټي مخابراتي شرکت مرستیال ډاډ راکړ، چې دوی به د کیفیت ښه کولو، قیمت را ښکته کولو او د کارونکیو اندېښنو ته ځواب ووايي او دغه ستونزې به په بنسټیز ډول حل کړي. . IEC Asked To Reverse Decision On Use Of Biometric System [cid:image013.jpg@01D51F80.0EF72310] ToloNews 24 May 2019 Presidential candidates said the decision to ignore biometric system will undermine elections transparency. In reaction to a recent decision by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on not using biometric system in parts of the electoral process, a number of presidential candidates said the decision should be reversed as it has been made to “engineer the upcoming polls” in favor of certain candidates. Article 19 of the election law says that all the electoral process, including voter registration, should be carried out by use of biometric system, but the election commission has said due to lack of time and resources, the commission cannot use biometric devices in the voter registration process – which will start on June 8. The election commission, however, has said that biometric devices will be used on the Election Day. “The way will be opened for fraud if technology and biometric were not used in the elections. No doubt, it is not acceptable for us and we will insist on the use of biometric as a principle,” presidential candidate Abdul Latif Pedram said. “The amendments made in the (election) law says that the process should not go forward without the use of biometric system. When the government does not provide the materials for biometric and we do not have a transparent election, it means misusing the opportunity for those who are in power,” presidential candidate Noorul Haq Ulumi said. Former National Security Advisor and presidential candidate Mohammad Haneef Atmar said the biometric system has the capacity to ensure transparency in the upcoming elections. “All recommendations should be considered in a bid to prevent fraud. We will be very regretful if the total plan be ignored and if they bring legal and technical reasons for not using biometric system,” he told TOLOnews. “What will be the next option if we ignore the use of biometric system? What is the alternative? I want to see it. All election teams should make a joint decision in order to have a transparent and fair election,” presidential candidate and head of Massoud Foundation Ahmad Wali Massoud told TOLOnews. چه کسی در حال جاسوسی از شما است؟ [cid:image014.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] بی بی سی بیست دوم ماه مه 2019 در دو هفته اخیر دو اتفاق مهم افتاد. یکی این‌که فهمیدیم می‌شود از طریق یک تماس بی‌پاسخ واتس‌اپی روی گوشی شما جاسوس‌افزار نصب کرد، و دیگری این‌که شهر سان فرانسیسکو اعلام کرد که قصد دارد استفاده از فناوری تشخیص چهره را ممنوع کند. در این مقاله نگاهی خواهیم داشت به برخوردمان با فناوری‌هایی که از یک طرف به ما کمک می‌کنند تا مجرمان را دستگیر کنیم، و از طرف دیگر می‌توانند تمام حرکات ما را تحت نظر داشته باشند. وقتی فیسبوک، صاحب اپلیکیشن پیام‌رسان واتس‌اپ، متوجه ایرادی در این نرم‌افزار شد که به مزاحمان اجازه می‌داد تا از طریق یک تماس بی‌پاسخ در تلفن هوشمند شما جاسوس‌افزار نصب کنند، با روراستی بی‌سابقه‌ای درباره افراد احتمالی پشت پرده این جاسوس‌افزار اظهار نظر کرد. این شرکت در جلسه‌ای که با خبرنگاران داشت گفت که این حمله "تمامی مولفه‌های" یک شرکت خصوصی مشخص را دارا بود. این شرکت با دولت‌ها برای ساخت جاسوس‌افزارهایی که در تلفن‌های هوشمند نصب می‌شوند همکاری می‌کند. فرض عمومی بر این بود که شرکت مورد نظر همان گروه ان‌اس‌او است، شرکتی اسرائیلی که قبلا هم به فروش جاسوس‌افزار پگاسوس به موسساتی که فعالان حقوق بشر را تحت نظر دارند متهم شده بود. مرکز سیتیزن لب در دانشگاه تورنتو که حمله‌های سایبری به نهادهای مدنی را ردگیری می‌کند، چند سالی است که فعالیت‌های این گروه را زیر نظر دارد. جان اسکات‌ریلتون، یکی از محققان ارشد این مرکز، می‌گفت که تصمیم فیسبوک برای اعلام صریح طرف مسئول نشان می‌دهد که این شرکت "به شدت از رفتار این سازنده جاسوس‌افزار شاکی است." او می‌گوید مرکز سیتیزن لب پیش از این دیده بود که جاسوس‌افزار پگاسوس گروه ان‌اس‌او برای نظارت بر خبرنگاران، وکلا و فعالان مکزیکی استفاده می‌شود. البته در آن مرحله شیوه مرسوم همچنان همان متقاعد کردن مردم به باز کردن یک لینک بود. امنیت عمومی اما آن‌ها اخیرا متوجه این روش جدید سوء استفاده از اپلیکیشن واتس‌اپ شدند. هدف در آن مورد خاص یکی از وکلای حقوق بشر مستقر در لندن بود که با برخی از فعالان مکزیکی کار می‌کرد - حمله‌ای که نهایتا موفق نبود. او می‌گوید این جاسوس‌افزار خیلی موذی است: "به محض این‌که به تلفنی راه پیدا می‌کند، آن تلفن عملا به یک جاسوس در جیب قربانی تبدیل می‌شود. می‌توانند میکروفن را روشن کنند، می‌توانند پیام‌های رمزدار را از روی تلفن بردارند، به عکس‌های خصوصی دست پیدا کنند، و غیره." گروه ان‌اس‌او می‌گوید که محصولاتش توسط نهادهای مجری قانون برای مقابله با تروریسم و رفتار مجرمانه استفاده شده است. "این سیستم توسط شرکت بهره‌برداری نمی‌شود و، بعد از بررسی‌های سختگیرانه و اعطای پروانه، نهادهای اطلاعاتی و مجریان قانون تصمیم می‌گیرند که چطور از این فناوری برای کمک به ماموریت‌های خود در راه حفظ امنیت عمومی استفاده کنند." اکثریت سهام گروه ان‌اس‌او چند ماهی می‌شود که در اختیار گروه سرمایه‌گذاری نوالپینا قرار دارد. استیون پیل، رئیس این گروه در لندن، حالا از اعضای هیات مدیره ان‌اس‌او است. از او خواستیم با ما مصاحبه کند. وقت نداشت، ولی روابط عمومی نوالپینا نامه سرگشاده‌ای را به ما نشان داد که در ماه آوریل خطاب به تعدادی از نهادهای مردمی، از جمله سیتیزن لب، نوشته شده بود - یعنی پیش از کشف جاسوس‌افزار واتس‌اپ. در این نامه سرگشاده به تفصیل از رفتار پیشین گروه ان‌اس‌او دفاع شده است. در عین حال تعهداتی هم مبنی بر این‌که مالکیت نوالپینا به معنی احترام به حقوق بشر خواهد بود داده شده است: "ما انتظار داریم که همه شرکت‌های تحت مالکیتمان رفتار درستی از خود به نمایش بگذارند و به مسئولیت‌های اجتماعی خود عمل کنند." تشخیص چهره شرکت دیگری که به خاطر فناوری‌های نظارتی در کانون توجه عموم قرار دارد آمازون است. در جلسه مجمع عمومی این شرکت که هفته آینده برگزار می‌شود، قرار است که سهام‌داران آمازون پیشنهادی را به بحث بگذارند که از شرکت می‌خواهد که فروش فناوری تشخیص چهره به دولت آمریکا را قطع کند. این رای‌گیری بلافاصله بعد از این‌ برگزار می‌شود که سان فرانسیسکو اولین شهری شد که استفاده از فناوری تشخیص چهره را در نهادهای عمومی ممنوع می‌کند. نظارت بیش از اندازه در فضاهای عمومی باعث افزایش ناآرامی‌ها شده است. ماری بث گلگر، نماینده نهادهای کاتولیکی که در آمازون سرمایه‌گذاری کرده‌اند، می‌گوید نگرانی‌ها هم به کیفیت فناوری مربوط می‌شود و هم به نحوه استفاده از آن: "حتی اگر دقتش ۱۰۰ درصد هم باشد ما به خاطر تاثیراتی که ممکن است بر جامعه بگذارد علاقه‌ای به استفاده از آن در اجرای قانون نداریم." آمازون، دقیقا مثل ان‌اس‌او، اصرار دارد که از این فناوری به شیوه‌های کاملا مثبتی استفاده می‌شود، مثل یافتن قربانیان قاچاق کودک. اما وقتی از این شرکت پرسیده شد که آیا باید موارد سوء استفاده از این فناوری را رصد کند یا نه، ایان ماسینگام، از اعضای خدمات وب آمازون، تاکید می‌کند که این کار وظیفه ما نیست: "مسئولیت رسیدگی به این مسائل با سیاست‌گذاران و دولت‌ها است." فناوری نظارتی - چه تشخیص چهره باشد چه جاسوس‌افزار - صنعتی شدیدا سودآور و محرمانه است. اما شرکت‌های فعال در این بخش باید از این پس خود را برای نظارت بیشتر آماده کنند. د مخابراتو او معلوماتي ټکنالوجۍ وزیر محترم شهزاد آريوبي د ام ټي ان مخابراتي شرکت ګروپ دعمومي مرستيال محترم اسماعیل جرودی سره ولیدل. [cid:image015.jpg@01D51F80.0EF72310] د مخابراتو او معلوماتي ټکنالوجۍ وزیر محترم شهزاد آريوبي نن د خپل کار په دفتر کې د ام ټي ان مخابراتي شرکت ګروپ د عمومي مرستيال محترم اسماعیل جرودی او په افغانستان کې ددغه شرکت د ټولو مسؤولينو سره ولیدل. د ليدنې په ترڅ کې دواړو خواوو د افغانستان د مخابراتو سکټور کې ددغه شرکت د پانګونې، د مبایل له لارې د معاشاتو د تاديې خدماتو پراختيا، د ډارک فایبر له لارې د نوري فایبر شبکې پراختيا، د خدماتو کېفيت ته ځانګړې پاملرنې او د انټرنېټ د بېو د کمښت په اړه هر اړخيزه خبرې وکړې. مایکروسافت از هوش مصنوعی برای بهترنویسی کار می‌گیرد [cid:image016.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] واشنگتن – صدای امریکا – 19 ثور - باختر شرکت مایکروسافت گفته است که به زودی گزینۀ موسوم به "ایده‌ها" را در محصولات آنلاین خود به کار می‌بنندد که استفاده از آن کاربران را در بهترنویسی از نظر دستور زبان، املا و انشا کمک خواهد کرد. مایکروسافت گفته است که در صورت نوشتن یک عبارت یا جملۀ پیچیده، گزینۀ یاد شده بهترین شکل نوشتاری عبارت را به کاربر پیشنهاد کرده و حتا آن را بدون کوچکترین تغییر محتوایی، بازنویسی می‌کند. ابزار جدید مایکروسافت، همچنان به کاربران تخمین دقیق زمانی را که برای خواندن متن مورد نظرشان نیاز است، فراهم می‌کند. حتا مخفف‌هایی که در نوشته به کار گرفته می‌شود، بر اساس اطلاعاتی که در سیستم کارگزاری شده است، توسط گزینۀ "ایده‌ها" به گونۀ مشرح نوشته می‌شود. همچنین گزینۀ یاد شده به گونۀ خودکار نکات کلیدی نوشته یا مطلب را گردآوری و خلاصه می‌کند. این گزینه برای خواننده و نویسندۀ مطلب، خلاصۀ یک مقالۀ طولانی را در چند سطر مختصر فراهم می‌کند. قرار است این گزینه در ماه جون سال ۲۰۱۹ به محصول "آفیس انسایدرز" شرکت مایکروسافت افزوده شود و تا خزان همین سال در دسترس تمام کاربران مایکروسافت قرار خواهد گرفت. فریده بابک President Ghani appoints new acting minister for communications and information technology [cid:image017.jpg@01D51F80.0EF72310] Friday, 24 May 2019, Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has appointed Mohammad Fahim Hashemi as the new acting minister of communications and information technology. The Office of the Chief of Staff of President Palace issued a statement earlier this evening confirming Mr. Hashemi’s appointment. According to a statement released by Office of Chief of Staff of Presidential Palace, President Ghani has issued a decree appointing Mohammad Fahim Hashemi as acting minister of communications and information technology. The statement further added that President Ghani has appointed Mr. Hashemi as per the Article 11 and Item 64 of the Constitution of Afghanistan. The Office of Chief of Staff of President Palace also added in its statement that the State Minister in Parliamentary Affairs is obliged to introduce Mr. Hashemi to the Lower of the Parliament to obtain vote of confidence from the lawmakers. U.S. Requiring Social Media Information From Visa Applicants [cid:image018.png@01D51F80.0EF72310] The New York Times, June 2, 2019 Visa applicants to the United States are required to submit any information about social media accounts they have used in the past five years under a State Department policy that started on Friday. Such account information would give the government access to photos, locations, dates of birth, dates of milestones and other personal data commonly shared on social media. “We already request certain contact information, travel history, family member information, and previous addresses from all visa applicants,” the State Department said in a statement. “We are constantly working to find mechanisms to improve our screening processes to protect U.S. citizens, while supporting legitimate travel to the United States.” In March 2017, President Trump asked the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of homeland security and the director of national intelligence to put in effect “a uniform baseline for screening and vetting standards and procedures,” according to a memo published in the Federal Register. Requiring information about the social media accounts of visa applicants was part of that. The move represents a step up from a September 2017 measure in which the Homeland Security Department proposed and enacted a regulation calling for the surveillance of social media use of all immigrants, including naturalized citizens. During the Obama administration, the State Department began to ask visa applicants to voluntarily submit their social media information. “This seems to be part and parcel of the same effort to have an extraordinary broad surveillance of citizens and noncitizens,” Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, said on Sunday of the latest development. “Given the scope of the surveillance efforts, it is hard to find a rational basis for the broad surveillance the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security have been doing for almost two years.” The added requirement could dissuade visa applicants, who may see it as a psychological barrier to enter the United States. “This is a dangerous and problematic proposal, which does nothing to protect security concerns but raises significant privacy concerns and First Amendment issues for citizens and immigrants,” Hina Shamsi, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project, said on Sunday. “Research shows that this kind of monitoring has chilling effects, meaning that people are less likely to speak freely and connect with each other in online communities that are now essential to modern life.” The social media web today is a map of our contacts, associations, habits and preferences. This kind of requirement will result in suspicion of surveillance of travelers and their networks of friends, families and business associates, Ms. Shamsi said, adding that the government had failed to explain how it would use this information. Editors’ Picks My Husband Wore Really Tight Shorts to the Eclipse Party At Work, Everyone Is in Fact Talking About You All the Time Why 1999 Was Hollywood’s Greatest Year Further, the government has been unable to prove that social media can provide reliable indications that identify a security threat, she said. “In the absence of any such indicators, what we’ve seen domestically and abroad is government officials penalizing people’s speech, religious affiliation and other conduct,” she said. Update on NITPAA Scholarship programs In order to improve and retain the skills of our fellow members, the National IT Professionals Association of Afghanistan, in collaboration with Milestone Institute of Computer Science, announced some full and partial scholarships. only one member out of those registered for Intro to Programming with Java, announced on 11th April, was able to get the scholarship and start attending the classes. In order to take advantage of these opportunities, please do not forget to become our member by registering here. 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Brief Update on the CCAOI - ISOC Delhi Pre ICANN65 Discussion
by Amrita June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

Dear All, For those who may be interested, sharing a brief update on Pre ICANN65 interactive online discussion on 7 June, organised by CCAOI and ISOC Delhi. The objective of the webinar was for providing community members an overview of the upcoming Policy meeting of ICANN to be held in Marrakech from 24-28 June. Moderated by Amrita Choudhury, Director CCAOI, President, ISOC Delhi, the session was attended by over 50 people from 10 countries, covering three continents. Samiran Gupta from ICANN provided an overview of the meeting, agenda <https://65.schedule.icann.org/meetings?classes%5b%5d=Groups%3A%3AMeetings%3 A%3AMeeting> and expected policies to be discussed. Aftab Siddqui, Chair, Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC <https://aso.icann.org/> ) provided an overview of the Number Council. Brajesh Jain, NomCom Member shared about the timelines and expected candidate interviews by NomCom <https://www.icann.org/nomcom2019> in Marrakech. This was followed by a discussion of five key hot policy topics which would be discussed during this meeting. Pam Little from Ali Baba and GNSO <https://gnso.icann.org/en> member presented an overview of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP), highlighting the approach, timelines, priority items in the phase 2 process. Cheryl Langdon Orr, ALAC <https://atlarge.icann.org/> Liaison to GNSO shared her concern about the lack of proportionate representation of end users and other communities in the process. Justine Chew, APRALO Individual member provided an overview of the Subsequent Procedure, the process, the work tracks and the discussions therein. Remarking on the debate of whether there should be another round of gTLD auction or not. Little advised on waiting to see how the community responded to it in the policy development process. Rahul Gossain, Director, Ministry of Electronics and IT <https://meity.gov.in/> , Government of India and GAC <https://gac.icann.org/> Representative updating on the developments of the Dot Amazon case where the ICANN Board has approved the domain name but five Andean Presidents have opposed this decision, also highlighted the impact of the case on future Issues Satish Babu, APRALO <https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/apralo> Chair, shared an overview of the evolving ICANN Multistakeholder model, outlining the list of issues, and the ALAC perspective on the key issues Dr. Ajay Data, Chairman, Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG <https://uasg.tech/> ) shared in brief the current focus and initiatives of the group to make domain names universally accepted. The presentations of some of the speakers are available here <https://app.box.com/s/evfp4q9867dx1d4mskyxirjxs1me0l4a> . How to join a working group, contribute to ICANN community and get updates of the policy development process were the other questions raised by participants. A post ICANN65 read out was also requested by participants with updates from the technical communities. Regards, Amrita

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ISOC India Mumbai (an ICANN ALS) newsletter
by Prateek Pathak June 9, 2019

June 9, 2019

Dear All, Apologies for cross posting. As an ICANN ALS,we have just launched our first newsletter.You are invited to read our newsletter and share your feedbacks/comments.For future versions,we would write to you and get your work featured in our newsletter. Regards, Prateek.

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] Invitation to Interactive Pre ICANN65 discussion on 7June 6 UTC
by Amrita June 7, 2019

June 7, 2019

For those who may be interested, a gentle reminder we would be starting *The Pre ICANN65 Online interactive Discussion TODAY in 15 mins : 7 June 6:00 UTC (11:30 India Time)*. Please use this link for joining the meeting and not the one earlier sent: https://isoc.zoom.us/j/354610235 From: Amrita [mailto:amritachoudhury@ccaoi.in] Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 1:03 PM To: 'At Large' Subject: Invitation to Interactive Pre ICANN65 discussion on 7June 6 UTC Dear All, CCAOI and ISOC Delhi invites you to an interactive online Pre ICANN65 Discussion on 7 June at 6:00 UTC. The objective of this interactive discussion would be to share an overview of the policies expected to be discussed during the Marrakech Policy forum meeting from 24-27 June, with community members from the APAC region. The first 65 mins of the webinar would have experts from different stakeholder communities sharing and commenting on five key policy issues expected to be discussed during the meeting and would be followed by a 15 mins interactive community discussion. To join the meeting on 7 June @ 6 UTC (11:30 AM India Time) please use this link: https://isoc.zoom.us/j/227000244 Tentative agenda being, 1. Overview of ICANN65 by Samiran Gupta, ICANN 5 mins 2. Discussion on five key policies expected to be discussed in Marrakech 50 mins - Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) by Pam Little, GNSO - Subsequent Procedure- Speaker name to be updated soon - Dot Amazon Issue by Rahul Gossain, GAC Representative, Government of India - ICANN Multistakeholder model by Satish Babu, APRALO Chair - Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) by Ajay Data, Chairman UASG 3. Stakeholder update 10 mins - NomCom by Brajesh Jain, Nom Com representative - ASO AC by Aftab Siddiqui, ASO AC/NRO NC 4. Interactive discussion 15 mins Request if you can share the invite with your ALS members. Regards, Amrita

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NomComRIWG Webinar (13 June 2019, 23:00 UTC)
by Satish Babu June 6, 2019

June 6, 2019

Dear APRALO Community, Pls see below for an announcement from the NomCom Review Implementation Working Group regarding the status update webinar scheduled for 13 June 2019, 23:00 UTC. With kind regards, satish --- Dear colleagues, *The NomCom Review Implementation Working Group (NomComRIWG) leadership will conduct a webinar to provide a status update* on its work on *Thursday, 13 June 2019 @23:00 UTC* [local time <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Webinar+-+NomCom+…> ]. The webinar, held instead of a community-wide session during ICANN65, will be an opportunity to inform the community of the NomComRIWG’s mandate, work progress, community outreach efforts and next steps, as well as a Q&A session. More information, including how to join the webinar is available here <https://community.icann.org/x/AIuGBg>. If you have any questions about the NomComRIWG’s work and/or *would like to receive a calendar invitation for the webinar, please send an email to mssi-secretariat(a)icann.org <mssi-secretariat(a)icann.org>.*

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Fwd: [ALAC] ssac 105, IoT and DNS
by Ali Almeshal June 5, 2019

June 5, 2019

For those who interested. Sent from my iPhone >> >> >>> On Jun 5, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Andrei Kolesnikov <andrei(a)rol.ru> wrote: >>> >>> Dear colleagues, SSAC published very interesting report regarding DNS and Internet of things, opportunities, risks and challenges. >>> Please refer to https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-105-en.pdf >>> >>> best regards, --andrei >>> >>> -- >>> Andrey Kolesnikov >>> RIPN.NET >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>

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