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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Update from Bali –
Pre- IGF</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This year’s
Pre-Internet Governance Forum which was held yesterday set the tone for this
week. Today is Day 1 of the IGF! It’s finally here!!! Yesterday was like a
barometer testing how stakeholders generally would be engaging in the
discussions and dialogue on the diverse issues on Internet Governance. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Remote participation
is available over IPv6! :)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">About Indonesia</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It was also great to hear the CTO of Telecom Indonesia give a
general update on ICT and the Internet in Indonesia. By the way Indonesia is also
the world’s second largest biodiversity and the fourth largest country on the
earth being home for 250, 588, 688 people. If you are curious about their
resource allocations visit: </span><a href="http://bgp.potaroo.net/iso3166/v4cc.html"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://bgp.potaroo.net/iso3166/v4cc.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In 2011, Indonesia ranked 95 on the ICT
Development Index, see: </span><a href="http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/mis2012/MIS2012_without_Annex_4.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/mis2012/MIS2012_without_Annex_4.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IGF Schedule</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">To see today’s Schedule, visit: <a href="http://igf2013.or.id/schedule/">http://igf2013.or.id/schedule/</a><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Snippets from
Yesterday</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">High Level Leaders
Meeting</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It was a great meeting for testing the mercury levels of how
institutions were feeling about Internet Governance. There seemed to be
consensus that there needs to be improvement when it comes to Internet Governance.
The meeting was hosted by the Indonesian Government where representatives of
public sector, civil society and private sector were invited. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What I Heard</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">[There were many
speakers but am picking that which stood out]</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The nature of improvement is at this stage ambiguous except for
the Japanese Government making calls for increased functionality of the
Government Advisory Committee (GAC) within ICANN. Brazil’s Government
representative wants more democracy on the Internet and advised the delegates
that they would be hosting and Internet Governance meeting in Brazil next year.
There was overwhelming consensus by governments that cyber security is critical
in the wake of vulnerabilities and threats. The US Government representative
pointed out those unlawful non state activities that threaten the Internet
should be addressed. The Chinese Government advocated social and economic
rights. APNIC CEO Paul Wilson, Chair of the Number Registry Organisation (NRO)
and MAG member emphasized the need to rebuild trust and leaders to collaborate
and have aggressive cooperation. Citizen’s Lab advised that there should be
caution in terms of the reaction of stakeholders to recent revelations by
Edward Snowden and the threats of excessive regulation by governments. Google
representative said that Surveillance was nothing new and done by all and not
just the US government.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Jovan Kurbalija, Director of Diplo Foundation said, “Make no
mistake, Internet Governance is in crisis”. Kurbalija suggested that there are
challenges and there needs to be change and empathy. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What I Observed [How I interpreted what they were saying]</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I won’t go into all of
the speakers but just some key snippets that in my view helps set the tone and
context for the IGF this year.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">US</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">When the US government
made comments about unlawful activity by non-state actors which in my view
canvasses stakeholders within the private sector such as when Google had to pay
$22.5million in fines for Safari tracking. The US government has to be commended
for having machinery that allows for redress when it comes to corporate
surveillance. However not countries have policies and laws that enable
regulators to address breaches. Google has come under fire by Australian
Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand Police – Cyber Crime Unit. There are other
commercial stakeholders who exploit big data for commercial purposes. VeriSign
reports in its recent quarterly update that Transparency Market Research
highlighted that Global Big Data market was worth USD $6.3 billion in 2012 and is
expected to reach USD $48.3 billion by 2018, at a compound annual growth rate
of 40.5 percent from </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2012 to 2018.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I would have preferred
if the US Government representative sat next to other country representatives
rather than ICANN and ISOC CEO to be less clique and more global. In diplomacy,
even seating arrangements speaks volume. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">China</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">They are probably
relieved to have the spotlight on government surveillance shift from them to the
US (tongue in cheek). They highlighted social and economic aspects of human
rights over the internet. To me this is diplomatic speak for increase in access
and empowering communities to build stronger IP backbones and would include
things like culture such as multilingualism and diversity on the Internet in
forms of expression as well as through Internationalized Domain Names.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Japan</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The suggestion to
increase GAC functionality is a cry for more robust representation from
governments into the policy processes. Indirectly they were saying that they
are happy to have institutions carry on with their administration functions except
to instill incremental changes.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Brazil</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am assuming that
Brazil wants increased participation and to have forums more democratic. It
remains unclear whether they are referring to administration or meaningful
participation from other nation states and stakeholders in the coordinating
bodies. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It is helpful to
separate this core issue from the other notion that they alluded to in their
speech and increasing local Internet Exchange points to avoid local traffic
getting routed offshore and being exposed. From an end user perspective having
local IXPs have a direct correlation to greater room for increasing local
content, lower costs and increasing infrastructure which is in sync with
building a vibrant and open internet community.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Civil Society</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It would be great for
the two speakers from civil society to have invited comments from the rest of
civil society as they were developing their speeches. Whilst they identified
the security and vulnerabilities, I felt that they could have done more to
clearly and concisely highlight the solutions. Throughout this week as, civil
society engages in the various workshops, it is critical that we not only raise
the issues and vulnerabilities but also suggest solutions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Today, the IGC is
meeting during lunch hour where we will discuss a few things, one of which is
how we can coordinate civil society input into workshops aside from
administrative matters. For those who wish to skype into the session let us
know by emailing: <a href="mailto:coordinators@igcaucus.org">coordinators@igcaucus.org</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">GigaNet</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Apparently for much of
the day, there was standing room only. I attended two sessions at the Giganet
where a Panelist presented a Study on Transferring Blocks and Routing
Information. The other session that I attended was on Surveillance and Snowden.
</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Final Thoughts and Wish List</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am personally not
worried about the future of the Internet Governance. However, I feel that we
need to create a culture where we can openly discuss concerns without
retreating into our caves. I find that in the 8<sup>th</sup> Internet
Governance stakeholders need to zero into the core critical issues rather than
skirting superficially over the issues. For me, my list is clear:</span></p>
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<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Meaningful
participation:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">a.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In Policy processes,
representations into various administration </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">b.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Capacity Building</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">c.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Multilingualism –
Freedom of Expression, IDNs</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Strengthening Integrity
of National and Global Standards bodies and building trust in light of the
following situations</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">a.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Patenting things which
are RFCs eg. </span><a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121011_perspective_on_verisign_patent_application_on_domain_transfers/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121011_perspective_on_verisign_patent_application_on_domain_transfers/</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">b.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Compromised Algorithms <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/can-you-trust-nist/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=101013">http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/can-you-trust-nist/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=101013</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in">(I have been told that the issue was not
the standard but the implementation of the standard)</p>
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<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Increasing
Accountability and Transparency in the way things are governed and administered
both on a global, regional and national scale.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Deliberate and
Conscious Strategic Engagement on Shifting Away from Territorialism of Actors
and stakeholders in Internet Governance to aggressive collaboration,
coordination of resources and energy to create a robust and open internet.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">5.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Pursue dialogue using
the Internet Governance Human Rights principles as a base for complex policy
discussions.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">6.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bug the MAG to arrange
for a sports side event where people can just learn to relax and disagree on
certain issues and not take it personally where constituencies become insulated
instead of porous.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What is your wish list?</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Social Media</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As per Anriette’s
email:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For everything: #IGF2013</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<span style="background-repeat:initial initial">Internet
as engine for growth - #IG4D</span><br>
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<span style="background-repeat:initial initial">Human
Rights, Freedom of Expression - #HR</span><br>
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<span style="background-repeat:initial initial">Security
- Legal and other frameworks - #SEC</span><br>
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<span style="background-repeat:initial initial">Principles
of Multistakeholder Cooperation - #MS</span><br>
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<span style="background-repeat:initial initial">Internet
Governance Principles: #IGP</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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