The AFNIC contributes to the French electoral web campaign Observatory

The Internet Rights Forum (Forum des droits sur l'internet) has launched a Web Campaign Observatory. Its mission is to follow as closely as possible the usage of the French electoral campaign during the 2007-2008 period, to find out what the new political forms of communication are and formulate propositions.

The Web Campaign Observatory has published on January 31st, 2007 its first conclusion report .
This document handles contestable practices of domain name registrations and usage, including reserved signs or designations used by the candidates to the presidential elections.

As the elections nears, the AFNIC often faces these kinds of problems. This is why the AFNIC whishes to salute the publication of this conclusion report and add some comments.

The AFNIC has sent to the Internet Rights Forum a note on the different leads brought up by this conclusion report.

Download the note sent by the AFNIC to the Internet Rights Forum (65 Ko - In French only)

About the Internet Rights Forum

The Internet Rights Forum is an organization supported by the French government, competent on legal and social matters on the Internet. Its mission is to inform the public and organize consultations between public authorities, companies and users around these questions. The Internet Rights Forum also offers a mediation service for the general public. The Forum has today almost 70 members, public organizations, associations and private companies.
Further information.

About the AFNIC

Non-profit organization, the AFNIC is in charge of the administrative and technical management of the .fr (France) and .re (Reunion Island) Internet domain names.
The AFNIC brings together public and private members: representatives from the French government, Internet users and Internet Service Providers.
Further information.