| No. | Recommendation | Recipient | Thematic Group Source | Assignees | Status |
| 17 | ICANN needs to be sensitive to the fact that social media are blocked in certain countries and, in conjunction with technical bodies, promote credible alternatives | ICANN GSE Staff; ICANN CIIO | TG2 |
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Notes:
Input from Social Media Working Group:
- Review the social media platforms blocked in certain countries/regions (e.g.http://citizenlab.org/) & alternative platforms local to those countries/regions
- Assignees (Beran Dondeh Gillen, Bukola Fawole, Murray McKercher, Glenn McKnight) to research alternative social media platforms in countries that block Facebook, Twitter, and/or YouTube & report back to the group via mailing list and future WG call
- Assignees to to contact the citizen lab and find out previous research on this subject
- Glenn McKnight to follow up with the other assignees on this Rec
- Ariel Liang & Murray McKercherto explore ICANN's Wechat account
Input from Technology Taskforce:
At-Large Workshop on “TOR and alternative naming mechanisms to the DNS” held at ICANN Singapore 2014 https://community.icann.org/x/7CPRAg
TTF has looked at Group Chat services (https://community.icann.org/x/Hr3hAg) such as Slack, HipChat and Hall.
At-Large Social Media WG is researching alternative social media platforms where traditional ones are blocked.
While the TTF considered listing several platforms/services that allow access to blocked services, it was felt that even listing such services could be construed as endorsing breaking of national laws, irrespective of whether we (global At-Large) think such laws/restrictions are unjust.