On 5/19/25 5:21 AM, Lutz Donnerhacke via At-Large wrote:
https://domainincite.com/31049-icann-kills-off-diversity-and-inclusion It's a pity.
More than a pity. ICANN's footprint is worldwide. Yet here is ICANN dancing to a foul tune of hate, bias, and discrimination being played by exactly one of the more than 150 national governments. That might make those other countries wonder "what tune can our country play to make ICANN dance to our policy whims?" And it might add to the skepticism of people in those other countries who wonder whether ICANN is really an aspect of US hegemony. The process of fracturing the Internet into regional, cultural, religious, or corporate internets is slow - but this move by ICANN is, in my eyes, a big wedge and sledge that significantly weakens the bonds that hold ICANN and the Internet together. One might ask "Who in ICANN decided on this change?" And "why?". --karl--