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A week after Mr. Leibowitz voiced his concern at these hearings, the FTC sent a letter to ICANN to further explicate the concerns it has regarding the TLD expansion program. They were specifically concerned about the level of safety measures in place to protect both businesses and consumers. The FTC also mentioned that many of their concerns were also raised by ICANN's [[GAC]]. A primary concern was the effectiveness and accuracy of [[Whois]] information in combatting spam and phishing activities; they not ehtat they already deal with enough inaccurate and misleading information, and worry that the TLD expansion will only multiply the problems they encounter. They made the following recommendations:

"1. Implement the new gTLD program as a pilot program and substantially reduce the number of gTLDs that are introduced in the first application round;

2. Strengthen ICANN’s contractual compliance program, in particular by hiring additional compliance staff;

"# Implement the new gTLD program as a pilot program and substantially reduce the number of gTLDs that are introduced in the first application round;

3. Develop a new ongoing program to monitor consumer issues that arise during the first round of implementing the new gTLD program;

# Strengthen ICANN’s contractual compliance program, in particular by hiring additional compliance staff;

4. Conduct an assessment of each new proposed gTLD’s risk of consumer harm as part of the evaluation and approval process, and;

# Develop a new ongoing program to monitor consumer issues that arise during the first round of implementing the new gTLD program;

# Conduct an assessment of each new proposed gTLD’s risk of consumer harm as part of the evaluation and approval process, and;

improve the accuracy of Whois data, including by imposing a registrant verification requirement."<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/12/16/ftc-letter-to-icann FTC Letter to ICANN, news.dot-nxt.com]</ref>

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 A week after Mr. Leibowitz voiced his concern at these hearings, the FTC sent a letter to ICANN to further explicate the concerns it has regarding the TLD expansion program. They were specifically concerned about the level of safety measures in place to protect both businesses and consumers. The FTC also mentioned that many of their concerns were also raised by ICANN's [[GAC]]. A primary concern was the effectiveness and accuracy of [[Whois]] information in combatting spam and phishing activities; they not ehtat they already deal with enough inaccurate and misleading information, and worry that the TLD expansion will only multiply the problems they encounter. They made the following recommendations:
-"1. Implement the new gTLD program as a pilot program and substantially reduce the number of gTLDs that are introduced in the first application round;
-. Strengthen ICANN’s contractual compliance program, in particular by hiring additional compliance staff;
+"# Implement the new gTLD program as a pilot program and substantially reduce the number of gTLDs that are introduced in the first application round;
-. Develop a new ongoing program to monitor consumer issues that arise during the first round of implementing the new gTLD program;
+# Strengthen ICANN’s contractual compliance program, in particular by hiring additional compliance staff;
-. Conduct an assessment of each new proposed gTLD’s risk of consumer harm as part of the evaluation and approval process, and;
+# Develop a new ongoing program to monitor consumer issues that arise during the first round of implementing the new gTLD program;
+# Conduct an assessment of each new proposed gTLD’s risk of consumer harm as part of the evaluation and approval process, and;
 improve the accuracy of Whois data, including by imposing a registrant verification requirement."<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/12/16/ftc-letter-to-icann FTC Letter to ICANN, news.dot-nxt.com]</ref>