Keep the Core Neutral Coalition

== Keep the Core Neutral ==

Join the coalition and sign the petition to protect free expression and innovation in domain name policy at ICANN.

http://www.keep-the-core-neutral.org

Plans are being made to create many more top-level Internet domains (like ".com" or ".net"). In the near future there will be a lot more of ".anythingyouwant" domains. But special interests want to censor these domain names for moral, political or commercial reasons ... or any reason at all!

Don't let them set up a censorship system at the very core of the Internet! Sign our petition and join our coalition -- let your voice be heard at ICANN, where this policy is being made right now.

Campaign Manager: Dan Krimm Email: Dan (at) ipjustice (dot) org

"Keep The Core Neutral" Coalition Launches at ICANN Board Meeting in San Juan:

Global Petition Urges ICANN to Protect Free Expression and Innovation in Domain Name Policy

Media release: http://www.keep-the-core-neutral.org/node/26

Global Petition to ICANN Board of Directors:

Everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas without interference through any media, including cyberspace.

As the new generic top-level domain name space emerges and policy choices are made about how ideas may be expressed at the Internet's top-level, we ask ICANN to keep the core neutral of non-technical disputes and choose policies that respect freedom of expression and permit innovation in the new domain name space.

Encouraging the free flow of information is a foundational principle of public policy decisions related to information and communication technology. Freedom of expression rights, which are fundamental in an Information Society, foster democratic participation, individual empowerment, and economic development.

Cyberspace remains a unique and special place that bridges ancient divisions, where diverse communities interact readily, and all views are welcome. But only if these attributes are valued by policymakers who set Internet governance rules and incorporated into policies about how ideas may be expressed in domain names.

We ask that ICANN stay within its technical mandate and refrain from embedding particular national, regional, moral, or religious policy objectives into global rules over the use of language in domain names. It would be dangerous "mission-creep" for ICANN to adjudicate between conflicting policy objectives and set global standards for expression that are enforced through ICANN's technical function. Please do not allow ICANN to become a convenient lever of global control by those seeking to censor unpopular or controversial expression on the Internet.

Please keep the Internet’s technical core neutral from national or other ideological conflicts, allowing freedom and innovation to flourish in cyberspace.

Sign petition at:

 http://www.keep-the-core-neutral.org/petition