Hi Jason 
The article isn't relevant to the Fellowship program per say but it's an op piece worth sharing. 
As to the Fellowship  the  discussion started with some Fellows complaining about he arbitrariness of the decision to use Facebook.  The general view in the NCUC list made mention of the lack of access to Facebook in certain countries and the platform in general .   I suggested we at the TTF  we look at the concerns and suggest alternatives

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On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Jason Hynds <jason.hynds@partsinc.biz> wrote:
 Hi,
  1. Is there a way to see the concerns in the conversation NCUC thread re "the arbitrary use of FACEBOOK for the ICANN Fellows"?
  2. Is it within our mandate as TTF to consider, discuss and advise?
  3. I don't quite understand how the article relates to anything of ICANN or the ICANN Fellows.
  4. Specific to the article issues of Internet access, Internet literacy which are the actual challenges related to the Facebook Free Basics on-ramp, they may seem better tackled by another I* organisation.
Regards,

Jason Hynds




On 7/28/2017 09:08, Glenn McKnight wrote:
Hi Folks

In a recent discussion on the NCUC  list we saw a serious backlash to the arbitrary use of FACEBOOK for the ICANN Fellows.   
This was retracted but its illustrative of the lack of awareness of issues facing many folks that don't have access to Facebook or  have serious concerns about  Facebook rules

I am adding to this discussion an article on THE VERGE on Facebook issues 


 
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