Update by ICANN’s Government Engagement team (Mandy Carver ICANN SVP, Government & IGO Engagement; Rebecca McGilley ICANN Organization Director Government and IGO Engagement, Alexey Trepykhalin, IGO engagement at ICANN; Nora Mari, Government & IGO Engagement; Elena Plexida, Vice President, Government & IGO Engagement) regarding Internet related public policy issues, including international / intergovernmental and national (municipal) normative, legislative and regulatory proposals that may impact ICANN’s technical mission, policies and processes. Session had a section focused on legal/regulatory developments in the Asia-Pacific region. Mandy Carver- general intro statements about relevant challenges / perceptions out there like potential capture of MSM model, activities by governments and IGOs like ITU in DNS space, among others Alexey Trepykhalin- IGO Activities: cybersecurity deliberations at UN; ITU Plenipotentiary 26 September will be most important. Election of SG will be significant. Also ITU-Plenipotenciary (ITU PP-22) to discuss several Resolutions (#101, 102, 130, 133, 180) that affect IP/DNS, IDNs, and the MSM model, therefore also ICANN’s Mission of security and interoperability of Internet. Nora Mari- Legislation update: EU: 1) Digital Services Act to come into force in 1/2024; 2)The Network and Information Security 2 (NIS2) Directive to achieve a high common level of cybersecurity across EU Member States to move forward in October. Elena Plexida: EU proposals on Geographical Indicators; AI Regulations; EU digital identity framework; Discussions about future legislation on “fair share” - “Fair share' is a proposal to make the most traffic-intensive platforms pay the cost of connectivity. The platforms call it an 'internet traffic tax'. BEREC (Body of European Regulators of Electronic Comms) discussing. Mandy Carver- APAC Developments: 1) China’s PIPL (Personal Information Protection Law) took effect Nov 2021 - similar to GDPR. 2) Several Indian developments (IT Act 2000, as amended & regs; 3) Personal Data Protection laws in Thailand, Japan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh. Other: Vietnam & Cambodian acts/decrees on Internet use, management. -Queue opens- -All in person commenters were thankful and recognized good work of ICANN Orgs IGO engagement team to keep Community updated. -Online commenter from Russia criticized ICANNs characterization of ITU and Russian activities as negative and spoke at length about jurisdictional issues and supposed jurisdictional / extraterritorial ICANN overreach. Mandy Carver replied and defended that they are not interpreting anything; they are restating what is expressed in specific statements and resolutions. -African online commenter focused on alleged impacts of ICANN on digital sovereignty. -Discussions on need for Community to participate in IGF and other events, to be aware and impact “Internet fragmentation” and other relevant discussions. -EU Commission Rep to GAC: trying to address issues where we see them. On Internet / DNS Fragmentation, Open Internet: “lets collaborate (EU / ICANN). Defense of MSM model. Let’s improve things together.” Javier Rúa-Jovet +1-787-396-6511 twitter: @javrua skype: javier.rua1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua