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Hello all,<br>
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I am happy that the SSAC has been so responsive to a point we have
raised in Copenhagen and which has been debated in IETF circles.
This is quite significant since proponents in the use of emojis have
been supported by several large firms that saw this as a potentially
huge new market, completely disregarding the potential for a. lack
of universal access and b. misuse, thanks to its very nature.<br>
Once again, full marks for the SSAC!<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
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Olivier<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/05/2017 03:14, Julie Hammer
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<div class="">Please note that the following SSAC Report has been
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<div class=""><b class="">SAC093: SSAC Advisory on the Use of
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cannot be adequately
mitigated without significant changes to Unicode or IDNA (or
both), the SSAC
recommends that the ICANN Board reject any TLD (root zone label)
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<p class=""> - Because the risks identified in the Advisory
cannot be adequately
mitigated without significant changes to Unicode or IDNA
(or both), the SSAC strongly
discourages the registration of any domain name that
includes emoji in any of its labels.
The SSAC also advises registrants of domain names with
emoji that such domains may
not function consistently or may not be universally
accessible as expected.</p>
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<p class="">This Reports is attached and can also be found
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