In November 2017 the Board requested that the ccNSO (and the GNSO) engage with the SSAC to more fully understand the risks and consequences of using a domain name that includes emoji in any of its labels, and inform their respective communities about these risks. The Tech WG and ccNSO programme WG have scheduled meetings with members of SSAC respectively at TEch Day and the ccNSO meeting days in San Juan, during ICANN61.
The Board also requested the ccNSO (and GNSO) to integrate conformance with IDNA2008 and its successor into their relevant policies so as to safeguard security, stability, resiliency and interoperability of domain names.
On 26 February 2018, the ccNSO Council constituted the Emoji Study Group (ESG) to provide it with a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the use of Emoji in second level domains as well as any current practices by ccTLDs which accept such registrations. For more details please refer tohttps://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/emoji-sld-purpose-scope-activities-26feb18-en.pdf
A draft final report has been produced and the ccNSO Study Group on use of Emoji as second level domains invites input from the community. The report also be presented at the ccNSO Members meeting in Marrakech. The consultation period will close June XXX.
