This is as usual a bone of contention. I am reading some of the post on this subject, but I am opting to reply to the very first post on this thread. "ICANN Is Not the Internet Content Police" is the position as on 12 June 2015. Technically, Content Delivery Networks that can be under the purview of ICANN come into focus when certain "web content" has a high potential to go viral or [like in UK] citizens need to be aware of some crimes in the near neighbourhood. Policing is an intricate idea in itself. For example: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of policing. It was established in 1978. It became "Police Studies: International Review of Police Development" in 1977 after merging with the American Journal of police. The real concern is when in trouble who should one look up to without taking law and enforcement into one's hands ? There are content filters supported by many web browsers and one can use content filters on the server side too. The server side filters operate as commands. For example : filter r/33/-97/200 t/n It used to be a tedium to check the specific ports and configuration. Now there are many good tools. Server-side content filters block harmful content before it reaches the user’s device. They are installed on a key network device [firewall, load balancer, VPN gateway, email server], where they filter traffic based on a configurable set of rules. There are advantages and disadvantages. Does ICANN see any conflict in making the DNS happen with all good properties such as stability and resilience due to the provisions of Server Side Filters? Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Gopal T V 0 9840121302 https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/57545 https://www.facebook.com/gopal.tadepalli ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. T V Gopal Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering College of Engineering Anna University Chennai - 600 025, INDIA Ph : (Off) 22351723 Extn. 3340 (Res) 24454753 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ________________________________ From: CPWG <cpwg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org> Sent: 17 May 2024 16:09 To: cpwg@icann.org <cpwg@icann.org> Subject: [CPWG] Jury still out on ICANN’s content policing powers Interesting article summarising where we are: https://domainincite.com/29888-jury-still-out-on-icanns-content-policing-pow...