A bit +1 to Niall's call for sharing more technical clarity with policymakers (and the world). This seems like a very positive direction for this group.  

An overall suggestion -- I think it would make sense to frame such as document as an examination of content blocking (pertinent social issue whose importance is clear to people who may not know what DNS is). After announcing the scope, we then enumerate the technical issues (explain DNS!) and methods and concerns. I.e. create a technical guide to a politically/socially relevant issue, making it easier for non-experts to recognize its importance, and recognize how to profitably connect the information contained to pending decisions (etc.). 

With that, I would be happy to help whoever leads pull together a draft, but I don't have the expertise to lead drafting.

Cheers,
Meredith 



On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Patrik Fältström <paf@frobbit.se> wrote:
May I for domain blocking with the help of DNS also recommend reading of SSAC document SAC-050 and SAC-056:

<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents>

   Patrik Fältström
   SSAC Chair

On 7 nov 2013, at 19:29, Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have already been talking to folk in the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on this, among other things. Their focus is on cross-border / human rights.
>
> Gordon
>
> On 7 Nov, 2013, at 16:00, Carsten Schiefner <ripe-wgs.cs@schiefner.de> wrote:
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>> All -
>>
>> anyone willing to take the lead for this?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>      -C.
>>
>> On 30.10.2013 11:27, Niall O'Reilly wrote:
>>>     Hello.
>>>
>>>     Erika's mention of the need "to decrease the gap in the dialogue between governments and the technical community"
>>>     and a current thread on the bind-users mailing list made me wonder whether the report I mention in the message
>>>     below is as well known as I think it deserves to be outside the DNS technical community and certain parts of the
>>>     wider French Internet community.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Best regards,
>>>     Niall O'Reilly
>>
>
>




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Meredith Whittaker
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