<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please note that the following SSAC Report has been published:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">SAC093: SSAC Advisory on the Use of Emoji in Domain Names dated 25 May 2017</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In summary:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Because the risks identified in the Advisory 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) that includes emoji.</div>
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<div class="column"><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></div></div></div>
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<div class="column"><p class="">This Reports is attached and can also be found on the <a href="https://www.icann.org/groups/ssac/documents" class="">SSAC Reports</a> webpage.</p></div></div></div><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers, Julie</div>
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