Who are the people that can be part of At Large? This is a question we hear often and are always happy to answer given the unique nature of the At Large community within ICANN.
In general, if If you are a person or belong to an organisation that follows, cares and is enthusiastic about how the Internet affects Internet Governance issues such as Digital Divide, Net Neutrality, Privacy, Security) as they affect end users, then At Large your place is the place for you. Specifically, if you are end users, Internet societies, academia and consumer ICT groups that care about Internet Governance issues, you can come to At Large.
At Large gives a voice to the masses on discussions ranging from privacy (WHOIS), security (DNSSEC), e-commerce, human rights and the IANA Transition to name a few. Through its working groups and sub committees, At Large gives end users the chance to
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within the At Large Community. At-Large Community represents the interest of Internet end users in ICANN activites as they relate to the domain name system (DNS). These include policies that
- govern how people can register and use domain names,
- policies ensuring ensure local languages are available as domain names
- freedom of speech
- protection of minors
- policies that govern names
- govern your country code TLD Top Level Domain (ccTLD) and and
- policies that govern govern how generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) are made available .
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- worldwide
You can become a member of this vibrant community that helps shape the internet's future with opportunities to collaborate regularly online through virtual working group and sub committee meetings. Face to face meetings are convened three times a year across the five regions of Africa,Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia and Australasia and North America.
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