Public order test unworkable, says GAC
22 June 2010
Fionn O'Raghallaigh, Brussels
The morality and public order test for new gTLDs is unworkable, says the Governmental Advisory Committee, in a move that could further delay the launch of new gTLDs
In a series of discussions the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), including with the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the Icann Board on Tuesday June 22 at the Icann meeting in Brussels, the GAC made it clear that it thinks the proposed morality and public order test is unworkable. The ALAC group broadly agreed.
In frank exchanges with the Board - which also involved debates over what constitutes advice from the GAC to the Board - the government body made it clear that it feels the warnings on morality and public order it has made since March 2007 have been ignored.
Soon to be former Chair of the GAC Janis Karklins said that the body...
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