From daveb at dslprime.com Tue Dec 1 05:56:25 2015 From: daveb at dslprime.com (Dave Burstein) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 05:56:25 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Moving towards active development support in GLOBAL CONNECT Message-ID: Carolina, Manu and all Like Carolina, I apologize for any cross posting. With respect, I profoundly disagree with the U.S. approach. I will only speak briefly on this call because there is an agenda to move. I do hope you will consider a different approach, grounded in the economics and technical requirements. I'm writing about developing affordable networks for all. Human rights are also important but I bring no special expertise to that subject. Theme: *The role of Americans and I believe my government should be to support the needs of poorer countries, not to drive the agenda in our preferred paths.* First. We should recognize that the folks who have built MTN to almost 200 million subscribers know a heck of a lot more about how to build affordable networks than I do. That's true for virtually any of the other lawyers and policy people working thousands of miles away. Bharti is serving more customers than AT&T & Verizon combined. They have many peers of exceptional ability. This is just being practical and honest. Most of the real experts are not in New York or in Washington. *We should concentrate on items in our power to change,* like the cost of international transit and the taxes our giant companies do and don't pay. We should not waste our efforts on factors primarily decided domestically, like the level of taxes and subsidies or the structure of the national industry. (Africa will pass the U.S. in Internet users around 2018. With help from Cisco, I reported that in 2012, one of the first reporters to notice. India is also going to pass the U.S. in about two years. The BRICs already have more Internet users than the U.S. and the rest of Europe combined. Every quarter, the Global South is adding 10-20M more Internet users than the North.) Second. My personal belief is that *the U.S. and Americans should primarily work on what we can do*,* not what we are urging others to do.* In particular, we should change policies that divert funds from poorer countries to richer ones. Our companies need to follow principles of fair trade and dealings. They should support the economies in which they are doing business. These wouldn't seem to be particularly controversial but lead to very different policies than our current ones. -------------------------- For three years, I've been asking engineers and business people what are the largest issues raising network costs and reduce Internet use. The Africans have shown particular wisdom. This is what I've been learning. Please add your suggestions. We need a Code of Conduct here. - *High backhaul/transit costs double or triple the cost of providing broadband in most of Africa. *A megabit costs $0.50-$3 in most of the U.S. and much of Europe. The same megabit in Lagos on 2014 cost $170, 100x as much. 50-90% of the difference is cartel pricing, based on undersea costs where there is more competition. ​ ​ We should support national efforts for bargaining leverage. Our companies should not use their market power to gouge. (This is by far the largest factor driving up costs. It's the same issue the U.S. Broadband Plan discovered in most badly served rural areas. The Africans have already built dozens of IXC's. It's insulting to pretend they need us to educate them. Unfortunately, while they are generally a good tool, they rarely can solve more than 10%-20% of cost problem here.) - ​​ - *Multinational giants should pay reasonable taxes. *The U.S. should make i t so. Facebook & Google tax avoidance is far higher than their "charitable endeavors." Most African leaders will tell you they don't need charity, just a fair deal on taxes and trade. France and England can't get Google or Apple to pay taxes. What chance does Cameroon or Thailand have without strong support from the giant's home countries? Changes in telecom pricing have sucked hundreds of millions in taxes/fees and probably more from some of the poorest countries. - - Columbia Professor Raul Katz just did an important study that concluded Internet companies are making enormous profits in middle income countries. The products have mostly been developed and paid off in richer countries and at most a skeleton staff does things like sellnig some advertising. In one example, Katz found a company like Facebook is probably earning an 80% return. - - Multinationals should hire and invest in the countries in which they do business. In years gone past, companies like IBM made sure to invest where they sold. There are 130M? Facebook users in India. Many of them can code, sell and manage. Looking a little further ahead, two enormous problems are developing. - *High royalties may soon double or triple the cost of a low end smartphone. * Hundreds of millions fewer people will connect. Carlos Slim of Telmex told me at the Broadband Commission the $50 smartphone will connect two billion more people. On a mass product like a smartphone, a "reasonable" royalty would be something like 5-10%. Intel calculates royalties may soon be $140 on a mid-priced phone. On inexpensive phones, Microsoft, Qualcomm and similar royalties may be more than the total cost to build it. Every international agreement calls for "reasonable" royalties and it's time to make that so. - *Some companies have** developed enormous market power. *We all hate unnecessary regulation but also learned in our first economics class how damaging a monopoly can be. Columbia Professors Eli Noam and Raul Katz are doing seminal work on how Internet companies with scale have enormous cost advantages and have often developed "monopoly-like" pricing power. That scale will continue to make it hard or impossible for new companies to succeed. Google has a reported 90% market share in search in Europe. Facebook has more active users in India than there are broadband connections including wireless. How many substantial competitors have developed to Google and Facebook the last five years? Almost none. ------------------------------------------- While the American proposals place importance on human rights, the Core Principles do almost nothing practical for development. They need to be made concrete and clear. ​Let's look at the proposals​ > *III - Core Principles* >>> >>> The core principles of this initiative are: >>> >>> 1) Countries integrate Internet connectivity as a key part of their >>> national development strategy and budget process and consult with all >>> stakeholders in doing so; >>> >> ​Nearly every country has produced broadband plans doing just this. ICT is an enormous part of the government strategy from Rewanda​ to India tp Mexico. Ho Hum 2) International financial institutions and international development organizations prioritize digital access, including in the projects they support; ​The World Bank has done just that for over a decade.​ HoHum 3) All stakeholders promote the linkage between the use of technology, expression, transparency and innovation; and the overall social, economic, and political benefits reaped from connectivity; ​To the extent this relates to human rights, I defer to those with greater expertise. ​ 4) All stakeholders promote dialogue and action on how to harness, deploy, and enable innovative technologies to support quality, affordable and sustainable connectivity for the unconnected, particularly in power-deficient communities. The last thing we need is more dialogue. From the Internet Society to WSIS to the ITU, everybod ​y​ ​has ​talked and talked. 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It was a long > process with many hands. > > -- > *Steve Anderson* > Executive Director | OpenMedia.org | *The Internet Needs You -->>* > http://openmedia.org > 604-837-5730 > Follow me on Twitter > Friend me on Facebook > > **You have the right to link to content and services of your choice online > -->> Save The Link * > > > *Confidentiality Warning:* > > * This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, > retransmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use > of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return > e-mail, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. 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Merci.* > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > >> Here is some more information about the Idea Rating Sheets activity from >> the Best Bits João Pessoa meeting. >> >> Apologies that because presentations in the previous session overran >> considerably, we couldn't properly complete the Idea Rating Sheets in the >> following session. Nonetheless to my pleasant surprise, even though we had >> to compress that activity into less than a quarter of the time that it was >> meant to occupy, we still received an amazing 32 ideas. A few people were >> able to rate those ideas using the paper Idea Rating Sheets before we >> closed, but for those who didn't, you have the opportunity to do so using >> digitised versions that I have uploaded as a questionnaire here: >> >> http://bestbits.net/limesurvey/index.php?r=survey/index/sid/645723&lang=en >> >> Most of them are ideas for strategies to wrest back control of Internet >> policy issues from closed trade negotiations; but a few ideas are on >> broader topics (which is fine, because the original plan if we'd had more >> time was to seek ideas on a range of Internet governance reforms and >> innovations). >> >> This activity was just a taste for an upcoming invitation-only meeting in >> Brussels on January 27-28, 2016, at which we will be hosting private expert >> dialogue to work on possible reforms to processes of trade negotiation that >> bear on these Internet-related issues, that would bring them in line with >> norms of transparency and public participation, drawn in part from the >> discourse surrounding Internet governance. If you would like to apply to >> participate at this event and believe that you have expertise to >> contribute, we welcome you to express your interest. Some travel funding >> is available for those in need. More information and a registration form >> for expressing interest in attending are available here: >> >> https://www.eff.org/event/trade-reform-meeting >> >> -- >> Jeremy Malcolm >> Senior Global Policy Analyst >> Electronic Frontier Foundationhttps://eff.orgjmalcolm at eff.org >> >> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >> >> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >> >> Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt >> PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 >> OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD >> >> Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide:https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This report will be an input into the two day Strategy Meeting on Catalyzing Reform of Trade Negotiation Processes to be held in Brussels in January (eff.org/trade-reform-registration), and in turn there'll be a detailed report prepared about that in January or February. -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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With a lot of hard work from the civil society people in ICANN, and in collaboration with other constituencies, we have managed to include in the proposed plan.a change to ICANN's bylaws to include a commitment to respect human rights, as well as an interim bylaw which demands the development of a framework for interpretation and implementation of ICANN's human rights commitment. The inclusion of the commitment to human rights will only happen if the plan and the bylaw get approved. For this I would like to ask your support. I would like to ask you to submit a public comment in support for the human rights bylaw, which is defined in Annex 6 [0] of the draft report [1]. The comment period is open for public comment (up to December 21, 23:59 UTC) The process of sending in a comment in easy: simply write an email to: comments-draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-30nov15 at icann.org I know this time of the year is quite busy, and therefore Tatiana Tropina and I have prepared a sample email for you below which you can simply copy and paste in an email and add your organization at the beginning of paragraph 1 and 2 and send it off. But if you would like to write your own comment you're of course more than invited to do so. Best, Niels [0] https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-ccwg-accountability-pr oposal-annex-6-30nov15-en.pdf [1] https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal - -2015-11-30-en __________________SAMPLE COMMENT_______________________ <> appreciates the opportunity to submit comments on the CCWG-Accountability Draft Work Stream 1 Recommendations. We would like to thank the CCWG on Accountability for its hard work in compiling this report. This is a crucial step in the transition of the oversight over ICANN from the US government to the global community, which is generally welcomed. <> especially welcomes the inclusion of the bylaw language reaffirming and clarifying ICANN’s obligation to respect human rights. We find the proposal for bylaw language on human rights to be clear and balanced. We appreciate the fact that it limits the commitment to ICANN's mission and operations only and provides a clear distinction between ICANN's adherence to respect human rights and obligation to enforce human rights, placing the latter outside of the scope of the ICANN's mission. We are aware of the discussions on the inclusion of particular human rights related international legal instruments, such as Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), into the bylaw language. We welcome the proposed version of the bylaw language, which does not refer to particular international legal instruments. In our view, there is no need to outline specific international documents in the bylaws since there is no reason in principle why particular instruments (e.g. the UDHR) should be referenced at the expense of other important international treaties. At the same time, we agree that the issues related to the applicability of international instruments in the context of ICANN's commitment to respect human rights must be addressed in Work Stream 2. We strongly support the proposal to include the interim bylaw for the purpose of ensuring that Work Stream 2, which will facilitate the development of the framework for interpretation of the human rights commitment, will take place. We further agree with the issues identified in Annex 6 of the Draft which will be the subject of further work in Workstream 2. We hope that Workstream 2 will be carried out in the same collaborative, inclusive and open manner as the whole work of CCWG up to now and will result in a clear framework for interpretation and implementation of ICANN's commitment to human rights. - -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWZ3OFAAoJEAi1oPJjbWjp+SgH/1VCG6sJrMRU+Uky3HCx8K/H rUh4n1UXY7ZwVatXyVhRhifhJKxAIzlMBTnUl2YpSiIZiuOd/PIuSp2WM49/NL5u uGW++osBoaXgNCgngo7J5B0ROzt3+RIobCpZNOuWp1SQIQkqR+8RNzleSxZ6EN9q ZtHljyudGXIckpgQf7Mzp5TqmAyNO2lxlCekKTol2NeT78EVndzbKbToz8yA08Yb RfFuF6yEv7Fk2LmIaUNV6Gnhbbnf3TpXX1mB6I0I9EO4vydLBQ7gOlE9BhBrz0J/ s7O5ntjW2Z+PJW9MNyOM6CJLJwVCwKbDiLH8S8wynmA0+YKn/WdbCq8KXdqRgBU= =puoS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From raquino at gmail.com Tue Dec 8 19:38:50 2015 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 21:38:50 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] =?UTF-8?Q?Idea_Rating_Sheets_from_Best_Bits_Jo?= =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=A3o_Pessoa_meeting?= In-Reply-To: <5667703F.1010503@eff.org> References: <565347B6.3020709@eff.org> <5667703F.1010503@eff.org> Message-ID: Hi Jeremy Thanks for the reply We'll certainly follow the next steps you've outlined []s On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > On 8/12/2015 12:21 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > > Hi > > > > So where will the names of those who answered be available? > > Thanks for your interest! I'll be preparing a consolidated report of > the Idea Rating Sheets completed at the Best Bits meeting and online at > bestbits.net/limesurvey, with those that we'll be completing at a > similar session at next week's Global Congress on IP and the Public > Interest, before the end of the year. This report will be an input into > the two day Strategy Meeting on Catalyzing Reform of Trade Negotiation > Processes to be held in Brussels in January > (eff.org/trade-reform-registration), and in turn there'll be a detailed > report prepared about that in January or February. > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt > PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 > OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD > > Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide: > https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Yannis Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum APrIGF Taipei 2016 27 Jul - 29 Jul 2016 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology http://2016.aprigf.asia Open Call for Pre-Events/Workshop Proposals Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is one of the key regional initiatives on Internet governance which provides an open platform for multi-stakeholders to discuss and identify issues and priorities, and ultimately advances the development of Internet governance in the Asia Pacific region as well as bring forward and contribute to the wider global Internet community. Hosted by the National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association (NIIEPA), the main conference will be held from 27 - 29 July 2016 at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) with pre-events on Day 0 (26 July) and a new 2-day Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance (APSIG) before the main conference. Our Multi-Stakeholder Steering Group(MSG) now would like to call upon the community to contribute to the program development process and suggest any pre-events or workshop proposals for 2016 with the overarching theme "A New Internet Era”. More details on the suggested sub-themes could be found at http://2016.aprigf.asia/program/themes/. Online Submission Form: http://2016.aprigf.asia/program/ Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: 2 Feb 2016 (Tue), 24:00 UTC **Read the online submission guide before you submit a proposal! If you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat at sec at aprigf.asia. If you are interested to follow any news and updates about APrIGF and discuss relevant issues, you may subscribe to the mailing list discuss at aprigf.asia by sending in subscription request. We also welcome any Internet-related organisation to become a sponsor. Please visit the 2016 website or contact sec at aprigf.asia for more information. 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Alas this commitment is extremely weak, so weak in fact that it appears to me that including it with that particular wording may be well worse than not including anything at all on human rights. Specifically, the proposed human rights bylaw reads: “*Within* *its* *mission* *and* *in* *its* *operations*, ICANN will respect internationally recognized human rights. This commitment does not in any way create an obligation for ICANN, or any entity having a relationship with ICANN, to protect or enforce human rights _beyond_ _what_ _may_ _be_ _required_ _by_ _applicable_ _law_. In particular, this does not create any _additional_ obligation for ICANN to respond to or consider any complaint, request or demand seeking the enforcement of human rights by ICANN.” (boldface and underlinings for emphasis in the original) In my view, the main point of a human rights article in the bylaws would be to ensure that ICANN recognizes and respects an obligation regarding human rights that goes beyond the obligations that all California corporations have anyway under applicable law. Further, I find the language in that draft bylaw highly inappropriate insofar it suggests that human rights obligations can possibly be limited to what is "required by applicable law". After all, the proper way to view human rights is to view them as having higher precedence than all other laws and rights. This must be looked at in the context of ICANN being under US jurisdiction and the interpretation of many fundamental rights by US courts being so much worse than e.g. the work of the UN human rights rapporteurs -- especially when human rights of people are concerned who are neither citizens nor residents of the US. Greetings, Norbert From lists at digitaldissidents.org Wed Dec 9 07:38:28 2015 From: lists at digitaldissidents.org (Niels ten Oever) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 13:38:28 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Request for comments on ICANN's CCWG Accountability draft proposal In-Reply-To: <20151209110018.6ad1108a@quill> References: <56677385.5000402@digitaldissidents.org> <20151209110018.6ad1108a@quill> Message-ID: <566820C4.1060807@digitaldissidents.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi Norbert, Thank you for your close reading and quick reaction. I think there might be some misunderstanstandings though which I would be happy to explain inline: On 12/09/2015 11:00 AM, Norbert Bollow wrote: > On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 01:19:17 +0100 Niels ten Oever > wrote: > >> With a lot of hard work from the civil society people in ICANN, >> and in collaboration with other constituencies, we have managed >> to include in the proposed plan.a change to ICANN's bylaws to >> include a commitment to respect human rights, as well as an >> interim bylaw which demands the development of a framework for >> interpretation and implementation of ICANN's human rights >> commitment. > > Alas this commitment is extremely weak, so weak in fact that it > appears to me that including it with that particular wording may be > well worse than not including anything at all on human rights. > I would politely disagree, but I also do not understand the logic of why not including something is better than including something. Sounds a bit defeatist. > Specifically, the proposed human rights bylaw reads: > > “*Within* *its* *mission* *and* *in* *its* *operations*, ICANN > will respect internationally recognized human rights. This > commitment does not in any way create an obligation for ICANN, or > any entity having a relationship with ICANN, to protect or enforce > human rights _beyond_ _what_ _may_ _be_ _required_ _by_ > _applicable_ _law_. In particular, this does not create any > _additional_ obligation for ICANN to respond to or consider any > complaint, request or demand seeking the enforcement of human > rights by ICANN.” (boldface and underlinings for emphasis in the > original) > > In my view, the main point of a human rights article in the bylaws > would be to ensure that ICANN recognizes and respects an > obligation regarding human rights that goes beyond the obligations > that all California corporations have anyway under applicable law. > What you want is exactly what the bylaw says. ICANN will respect human rights. But will not protect or enforce human rights, since this is the role of states. I think you would appeciate the difference between the role of ICANN and the role of states. This is exactly the differentiation as it is made for instance in the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. > Further, I find the language in that draft bylaw highly > inappropriate insofar it suggests that human rights obligations can > possibly be limited to what is "required by applicable law". That is not true, the applicable law part is only in relation to 'protect and enforce human rights'. > After all, the proper way to view human rights is to view them as > having higher precedence than all other laws and rights. Agree > This must be looked at in the context of ICANN being under US > jurisdiction and the interpretation of many fundamental rights by > US courts being so much worse than e.g. the work of the UN human > rights rapporteurs -- especially when human rights of people are > concerned who are neither citizens nor residents of the US. Agree, that is why the commitment to respect human rights so important, and the commitment to develop and framework for that in the interim bylaw. So I think we want the same, and I think this bylaw will help us get there. > > Greetings, Norbert > All the best, Niels - -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWaCDDAAoJEAi1oPJjbWjpD0wH/R/QkkZM0/4/YMbnahIPQtSw 8eTGvW/bbcn0vfK4PYbErYpO4Vr3+GISYLeSR7ZCvUr8amf09ACrdATCK/lHaRZ3 EY7UTxMcW2qCN6iJmE3YX2IQKEhH3FDrSephjQWRF48u4v6h49I3kUKBCH5en9SB Nju/yCh9jz3dU+te1fTmfdo02eS7RalrRCSyCTwpMd4xLWZFZRGDp7pmtdc200p8 OxjuaJ1mHMjPhKnhMdACwEglO6KoL1oh+la5jFxVJIvS/AVDpy3hvMiuVgMBvtI9 JJUGS8hg+TdGB15RWu87MPnTZFjlfEjAw7uCj0CrUtqHiAyYdoELiRmSFEawyIQ= =NKmc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From nb at bollow.ch Wed Dec 9 10:17:24 2015 From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 16:17:24 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Request for comments on ICANN's CCWG Accountability draft proposal In-Reply-To: <566820C4.1060807@digitaldissidents.org> References: <56677385.5000402@digitaldissidents.org> <20151209110018.6ad1108a@quill> <566820C4.1060807@digitaldissidents.org> Message-ID: <20151209161724.2a367f56@quill> On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 13:38:28 +0100 Niels ten Oever wrote: > On 12/09/2015 11:00 AM, Norbert Bollow wrote: > > Alas this commitment is extremely weak, so weak in fact that it > > appears to me that including it with that particular wording may be > > well worse than not including anything at all on human rights. Upon consideration of the points raised by Niels, I have changed my mind on this, and I now think that the proposed human rights bylaw is much better than the alternative of having no such bylaw at all (even if I still regard some aspects of the particular wording as highly problematic.) Many thanks to Niels for clarifying that aspect which I had misunderstood. > I would politely disagree, but I also do not understand the logic of > why not including something is better than including something. Sounds > a bit defeatist. That strong concern was based on *incorrectly* reading the proposed bylaw as at least allowing the interpretation that according to it, ICANN's human rights related responsibilities would be limited to the *legally* *enforceable* obligations which are shared by all California corporations. With the relevant laws of the US and the state of California of course having been written with business entities in mind, without giving any thought to the possibility that one California corporation might end up being in charge of some aspect of governance on a global scale. I would argue that every organization that undertakes governance activities automatically has very significant human rights related responsibilities which go way beyond what can reasonably expected of all business enterprises. I would further insist that that these responsibilities exist regardless of whether this fact is recognized in the bylaws or not. Of course, recognizing this fact in the bylaws is good and important, provided that this is done in a way that does not purport to reduce or limit those human rights related responsibilities. Making these responsibilities explicit is after all a very good step towards getting ICANN to actually act accordingly. On the other hand, anything that substantively limits ICANN's set of human rights related responsibilities to a smaller set than the full set of responsibilities (which ICANN already implicitly has anyway) would IMO be a major loss. We must not give up on any human right in any respect regardless of whether California courts might do so e.g. in relation to people who are not US citizens or residents. > > Specifically, the proposed human rights bylaw reads: > > > > “*Within* *its* *mission* *and* *in* *its* *operations*, ICANN > > will respect internationally recognized human rights. This > > commitment does not in any way create an obligation for ICANN, or > > any entity having a relationship with ICANN, to protect or enforce > > human rights _beyond_ _what_ _may_ _be_ _required_ _by_ > > _applicable_ _law_. In particular, this does not create any > > _additional_ obligation for ICANN to respond to or consider any > > complaint, request or demand seeking the enforcement of human > > rights by ICANN.” (boldface and underlinings for emphasis in the > > original) > > > > In my view, the main point of a human rights article in the bylaws > > would be to ensure that ICANN recognizes and respects an > > obligation regarding human rights that goes beyond the obligations > > that all California corporations have anyway under applicable law. > > > > What you want is exactly what the bylaw says. ICANN will respect human > rights. But will not protect or enforce human rights, since this is > the role of states. I think you would appeciate the difference between > the role of ICANN and the role of states. > > This is exactly the differentiation as it is made for instance in the > UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. In the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, the term “respect human rights” is used to denote the global standard of expected conduct for all business enterprises wherever they operate. So, as currently drafted, the bylaw appears to say that ICANN's set of human rights related responsibilities should consist exactly of what is (from this international human rights perspective) expected of California based business enterprises, regardless of the fact that ICANN has a global governance role, while business enterprises don't or at least shouldn't have such a role. Of course I agree that ICANN cannot have a kind of role that could correspond to the responsibility of governments to protect and enforce human rights. After all, the governance function for which ICANN has been created is quite different from the functions of national governments. I would suggest that correspondingly, the human rights obligations which should be understood as resulting from the governance function for which ICANN is responsible are of a different kind. > > Further, I find the language in that draft bylaw highly > > inappropriate insofar it suggests that human rights obligations can > > possibly be limited to what is "required by applicable law". > > That is not true, the applicable law part is only in relation to > 'protect and enforce human rights'. You're right that the applicable law part is only in relation to 'protect and enforce human rights', and I must admit that in my first reading of the proposed bylaw, it was not sufficiently clear to me that "respect", "protect" and "enforce" must here be understood as terms of art, with the effect that the "applicable law" part in fact does not in any way reduce the acknowledgement of the responsibility to respect human rights. So that is indeed fully general, as appropriate, and I was mistaken to think otherwise. I still think however that organizations which engage in any form of global governance have human rights responsibilities that go beyond the responsibility to respect human rights in the sense in which that term is used in the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. Therefore I still view the proposed bylaw as problematic, with the remaining concern however not being about what it explicitly says, but because it looks at ICANN's human rights responsibilities from the perspective of the "respect" / "protect" / "enforce" model which is fine for business enterprises and for states and for the relationships between them, but which in my view is not at all adequate for an entity like ICANN. > > After all, the proper way to view human rights is to view them as > > having higher precedence than all other laws and rights. > > Agree > > > This must be looked at in the context of ICANN being under US > > jurisdiction and the interpretation of many fundamental rights by > > US courts being so much worse than e.g. the work of the UN human > > rights rapporteurs -- especially when human rights of people are > > concerned who are neither citizens nor residents of the US. > > Agree, that is why the commitment to respect human rights so > important, and the commitment to develop and framework for that in the > interim bylaw. > > So I think we want the same, and I think this bylaw will help us get > there. I now agree that in regard to this particular concern which I highlighted in my first posting in this thread, the proposed "human rights bylaw" should indeed "help us get there" -- at least to the extent that anything in the bylaws can help us get there. Greetings, Norbert From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Tue Dec 1 09:14:32 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 09:14:32 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: TPP Series In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Sean Flynn* Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Subject: TPP Series To: IP-ENFORCEMENT at roster.wcl.american.edu *Infojustice and IP-Watch have launched a blog series analyzing the Trans Pacific Partnership intellectual property provisions by leading experts around the world. The series will publish weekly through the first quarter of 2016. Jon Band’s most recent article is enclosed below. 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URL: From willi.uebelherr at riseup.net Thu Dec 10 07:53:19 2015 From: willi.uebelherr at riseup.net (willi uebelherr) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:23:19 -0430 Subject: [bestbits] The decentralization of IP addresses Message-ID: <566975BF.2060208@riseup.net> Dear friends, this is the contribution from Jefsey on the Governance list to this discussion. many greetings, willi Coro, Venezuela At 18:59 29/11/2015, Jean-Christophe Nothias wrote: >Third, challenging the Internet architecture seems to be a red line, >something that no multistakeholder/status quo champion could ever >discuss, debate, think of. They should think twice. And not because >of the ITU, but >1. because of the US obstructive stance, >2. and because technology calls for innovation and disruption JC, Let me be clear about this in order to not create unnecessary confusion or dispute. The red line is about the Internet medium layer architecture vs its Catenet basis. This is not a question of technical dogma but rather of technical focus, options, experience, capacity and societal/political stability. A. I will explain why it is a UNIX/NETIX perspectives opposition B. I will shortly explain the root of the confusion C. I will explain the current open trend D. I will eventually consider Willi's position A. the UNIX/NETIX opposition The internet (cf. IEN 48 https://www.rfc-editor.org/ien/ien48.txt) has architected the Internet project as the ARPANET catenet, along the Louis Pouzin terminology understood by ARPA as "roughly [meaning] "the collection of packet networks which are connected together."" Vint explains that it is not enough for a practical implementation and sets the objectives and constraints of an ARPANET catenet internetting. He then documents his own objectives. There are two targets and one key contribution. 1. Vint Cerf's first objective (specific to the internet use of the catenet): to permit the internal technology of a [TCP/IP] data network to be optimized for local operation and to be readily interconnected into an organized catenet. This means that everyone must use an inter-network optimized technology. And the IP local addressing scheme must extend to the global network. This differs from the two other parallel contributions: 1.1. by the ITU: to build a catenet through an external technology (X.75) optimized to support local technology interconnections, with a local technology (X.25) optimized to use that international technology and using its global purpose X.121 addressing scheme. 1.2. by Tymnet (which was the only internationally used technology from 1977 to 1987) of which architecture used a meta-technology and addressing scheme approach to interconnect every local and international protocol and addressing scheme, and eventually services (my responsibility). 2. Vint Cerf's fundamental contribution This is Vint's main contribution because it is universal. He states: "The term "local" is used in a loose sense, here, since it means "peculiar to the particular network" rather than "a network of limited geographic extent." A satellite-based network such as the ARPA packet satellite network, therefore, has "local" characteristics (e.g. broadcast operation) even though it spans many thousands of square miles geographically speaking." This, together with Louis Pouzin's catenetting actually defined glocality as a local virtual network global reach. I.e. what I call a VGN (virtual glocal network). This is something difficult for IETF people to consider because they are only referred to twice in RFCs as being outside of the "end to end". 2.1. In RFC 1958 (internet architecture): "The network's job is to transmit datagrams as efficiently and flexibly as possible. Everything else should be done at the fringes." 2.2. In RFC 5895 (mapping characters in IDNA2008): "It should be noted that this document does not specify the behavior of a protocol that appears "on the wire". It describes an operation that is to be applied to user input in order to prepare that user input for use in an "on the network" protocol. As unusual as this may be for a document concerning Internet protocols, it is necessary to describe this operation for implementors ... This because local typing, etc. is to be supported by local subsidiarity in order "to reduce the surprise for users and is likely to be slightly (or sometimes radically) different depending on the locale of the user". This means that mapping/unmapping is to happen outside "of the wire" (end to end), at the fringe. IDNA2008 may call for fringe to fringe operations. Those are "OSI presentation layer six" operations. However, there is no "presentation layer six" in the internet layer stake. Hence, the possibility of presentation layer six based "network application services". I called them "Extended Services" in 1984, when I created the Tymnet/Extended Services department. They came above the TCP like internet "value added" services, above the IP like catenet "basic services". Problem: one of the T/ES services was to transparently map 17 million IP addresses (RFC 923) to X.121 addresses in order to deploy its global applications as network open services rather than edge proprietary businesses. This extended addressing service not only allowed global competition with the US, but it also put the Internet in bad shape because the presentation layer six concerns security, languages, and intelligent exchanges (through formats). The issue was architectonical: was EDP to be computer (US UNIX industry) or network (Tymnet/PTT NETIX) centered? In addition, it was a national security issue: UNIX internet systems had no protection against non-US protected accesses established through T/ES. It was also a strategic political/industrial issue within the deregulation context where AT&T was dismantled, killing its own X.25 technology development. Tymnet then started proposing X.75/TCP/IP/Tymnet technology to the seven FCC regulated "Baby Bells" (Regional Bell Operating Companies) the same as they had already leased and operated the five FCC regulated IRCs (international records carriers) and all the other foreign Operators and PTTs (except BT) throughout the world. As a result, the Tymnet 100% parent company was purchased by McDonnell Douglas, the military-industrial leader of the time. They closed my T/ES by mid-1986 and sent their own people to the first IETF meeting. The digisphere had to be NSA-compatible. 3. Vint Cerf's second objective Vint Cerf's second motivation was "to allow new networking technology to be introduced into the existing catenet while remaining functionally compatible with existing systems. This allows for the phased introduction of new, and obsolescence of old, networks without requiring a global simultaneous change." In blunt and clear words, it was to seamlessly expand new TCP/IP features in order to compete and overcome the Tymnet and ITU's X.75/25 capabilities. In other words, to do worse than me! They fired me and froze Vint's ambitions: this was the "statUS-quo" strategy. However, Vint Cerf persisted, created ISOC, chaired ICANN, and joined Google. His TCP/IP technology was more adequate to handle open source than Tymnet and more versatile that the ITU approach. It called for 25 years but he eventually reached the verges of his second objective, powerfully threatening the status quo. While the WCIT was to show that the various foreign NSAs objected to the US NSA's global surveillance. As a result, the State Department supported the ISOC/GSN cooperation, the OpenStand statement, the minority vote in Dubai, the Snowdenia, the NTIA statement, the Lynn St Amour/Don Tapscott report, etc. that eventually led to the ICANN reshuffling, and to Jari Arko's 2015/01/08 blog post stating : "Our work is not yet complete. There are a number of steps still in front of us. They include the following: * Both the numbers and names communities need to complete their proposals. We at the IETF will continue to engage with them with their work, just as they assisted us with ours. * Later, the IANA Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will assemble a complete proposal and gather community feedback on the result. When ready, they will submit the final proposal to the NTIA. * The NTIA must then consider and approve the proposal. * Finally, it must be implemented. " An IETF/WG on the IANA Transition had supported this IETF allegiance to the NTIA, hence its decision to become the technical body of the "GAFAMUSCC" RFC 6852 "global community" embracing "a modern paradigm for standards where the economics of global markets, fueled by technological advancements, drive global deployment of standards regardless of their formal status. In this paradigm standards support interoperability, foster global competition, are developed through an open participatory process, and are voluntarily adopted globally. These voluntary standards serve as building blocks for products and services targeted at meeting the needs of the market and consumer, thereby driving innovation. Innovation in turn contributes to the creation of new markets and the growth and expansion of existing markets." I appealed this with the IESG and IAB in order to make sure that this was the true consensual decision of the IETF. http://iuwg.net/index.php/History#Evolution. With the consequence documented there: the decision to start an XLIBRE (http://xlibre.net) RFC 6852 global community for those wishing to research and test aside from the US/Google technically correct use of the world digital ecosystem. Thinking of themselves as their own VGN masters or Intelligent, Internet Users (IUsers), rather than as ICANN (IN) DNS Class consumers. B. The root of the confusion The root of the confusion is that, as I indicated it, the ARPA, Tymnet and PTT models covered both the lower and upper layers. Therefore, people used PSS (packet switch PTT services) and the Internet as a global digital solution without differentiating the layers. This was increased by the habit to confuse the internet and the web. Today, most of the World Digital Ecosystem Governance considerations are internet centric. With laws around the world not making a difference between "Internet", "the Internet", "the internet" and "internet" for what is actually the Catenet Model for the ARPANET-internetworking. In addition, there is an addressing system confusion between centralized (Copernican, geocentric), decentralized (Newtonian, heliocentric) for what is distributed (Einsteinian, cosmological). C. The current open trend There certainly is a US effort to build on the 1986/2012 momentum to keep industrial, commercial, and political control of the WDE (world digital ecosystem). However, experience and technology show that this is a BUG. This bug is to want to "Be Unilaterally Global". This was a 1986 misunderstanding due to the 1977 push to the international catenet given by the FCC (VAN license to Tymnet and Telenet and naming to Tymnet). However, this was only a US "go" that matched the European "OKs" simultaneously gathered by Robert Tréhin (head of the Tymnet European Operations, TEO) in building the public catenet. In essence, an international network is multilateral. Communications' multilaterality is managed by the ITU. When we interconnected the Internet catenet to the public global catenet, the US had to protect it from the non-UNIX systems. This led to the US strategy of replacing the ITU by the NTIA. Firewalls have been deployed. IAB has eventually engaged in working on a secure protocol stack. It is time now for the BUG to be fixed. Actually this is urgent. Before the IoT deploys significantly because, by nature, it has to be BUG proof. No one anywhere in the world wants their fridge to be under US NSA and Google surveillance. However, the way it is made must not hurt the network development and stability. So Vint Cerf's second objective can only be deployed by subsidiarity. To develop and deploy additional compatible services that will eventually be able to replace the existing architecture. The XLIBRE trend seems to be to: 1. capitalize on IP for the catenet for the basic services. 2. consider alternatives to the internet "TCP" added value. This has started with XMPP, named content networking, SDN, etc. 3. develop and deploy "intersem" extended services experiments for a multi-vendor LIBRE (LIBRE even of the Libre) smart interoperability. The interest of this is that it respects the experience acquired since the late 1960s. This is what I call "reconsiderative" innovation, which is neither "incrementative" nor disruptive. If I would start it all again, how would I do it, now that I can use all that I have learned and others have developed since then? D. Willi's position More often than notWilli's position does not make IETF technical sense. There are two ways to react: - In bashing Willi for his lack of technical understanding. - In protesting against the IETF for not publishing standards that: --- Either permit developers to meet Willi's technical needs --- Or documenting their RFCs within a graded framework the first layer of which is understandable by Internet Users (IUsers) without needing to be smart Intelligent Users (IUsers). You will note that my language uses the same term ("IUser") in both cases, and in many other cases such as is the case for (http://xlibre.net/index.php/IUse) individual, informed, independent, innovative, industrious, inventive, insatiable, imaginative, impartial, impecunious, inevitable, inflexible, insisting, insupportable, inexhaustible, ingenious, interactive, interdisciplinary, interested, interrogator, interventionist, irreducible, irritating, etc. lead user. For a merchant, the customer is the problem, for a technician it is the user. And the customer and the user are king. I am not sure I understand what Willi may ask, but I am sure I am to consider it carefully because IETF and technically correct people are sustainable and "incrementative", Willi asks us to be disruptive and what I call reconsiderative. By the way, this is what the IAB reconsideration of the protocol stack is exactly about. The real need is for all of the Willis of the world, which Willi represents, feel that their dataspheres are secure, at ease with their networking experience, and the master of their own glocal digitality. jfc From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Thu Dec 10 10:20:35 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:20:35 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] In the US, the internet economy contributed $966 billion to the GDP in 2014, Message-ID: *FIRST IN MT: WEB CONTRIBUTES ALMOST $1T TO GDP, INTERNET ASSOCIATION SAYS * - The Internet's economic power has more than doubled since 2007, the Internet Association estimates in a new report out this morning, The Web contributed $966 billion to the U.S. GDP in 2014, IA estimates, compared to $438 billion in 2007. That contribution outpaces the telecom, construction, and food industries, IA says. 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Confirmed Speaker Highlights (To Date) - David Kaye , UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression - Nicole Wong , Former US Deputy CTO, Legal Director for Products @Twitter, VP & Deputy GC for Google - Salil Shetty , Secretary General of Amnesty International, and former Director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign - Bruce Schneier , Internationally renowned security technologist, cryptographer, privacy specialist, and author of 13 books - Eileen Donahoe , Director of Global Affairs at Human Rights Watch, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations - Matthew Prince , Co-Founder and CEO of CloudFlare, a website performance and security service that processes more than 5% of global web requests - Judith Lichtenberg , Executive Director at Global Network Initiative, previously Head of Regulatory Affairs & Digital Rights at Vodafone Netherlands - Ron Deibert , Director of the Citizen Lab, renowned author (including Access Controlled), and founder of Psiphon, one of the world’s leading digital censorship circumvention services - Stephen Lowe , Head of Business and Human Rights/Freedom of Expression Team, Human Rights and Democracy Department, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Ejim Dike , Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network, and former Director of the Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center. - Dan Bross , Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft - Joe Cannataci , UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy - Cindy Cohn , Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - Chris Riley , Head of Public Policy, Mozilla - Paul Nemitz , Director for Fundamental Rights and Union Citizenship, European Commission. - Esra'a Al Shafei, Founder and director of Mideast Youth, a network of online platforms marginalized voices throughout the Middle East and North Africa, Bahrain - Yasmin Green , Head of Research and Development for Google Ideas - Jillian York , Director for International Freedom of Expression Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - Barton Gellman , Journalist, bestselling author, and Pulitzer Prize-winner on the global surveillance disclosure - Morgan Marquis-Boire , Director of Security for First Look Media, contributing writer for The Intercept, and Senior Researcher and Technical Advisor at the Citizen Lab - Walid Al-Saqaf , Board Trustee for the Internet Society (ISOC) - Lisl Brunner , Facilitator for the Telecommunications Industry Dialogue at The Global Network Initiative - Chinmayi Arun , Research Director of Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University, Delhi - Kenneth Carter , Counsel at CloudFlare, a website performance and security service that processes more than 5% of global web requests - Rebecca MacKinnon , Author of Consent of the Networked, Co-founder of Ranking Digital Rights, GNI and Global Voices - Esther Dyson , Entrepreneur, angel investor, and Principal of EDventure Holdings - Ronaldo Lemos , founder of the Center for Technology & Society at the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School Brazil - Christian Dawson , Chairman and co-founder of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) - Nicole Karlebach , Senior Legal Counsel, Business & Human Rights at Yahoo - Kevin Bankston , Director of the Open Technology Institute (OTI) at New America - Andrew Puddephat, Director, Global Partners and Associates - Katie Shay , Legal Counsel, Business & Human Rights at Yahoo - Brett Solomon , Executive Director and Co-founder, Access Now - Elinor Buxton, ‎Senior Cyber Research Analyst at Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Government - Eve Chaurand , General Counsel, Change.org, an online petition tool with over 100 million users - Wesley Diphoko , Founder of KayalabsOnline, an ICT4Development NGO based in South Africa - Ben Rowswell , Canada’s Ambassador to Venezuela, former chargé d’affaires in Baghdad/ deputy head of mission in Kabul, Afghanistan - Andrew McLaughlin , entrepreneur-in-residence at betaworks, former Deputy CTO at the White House, and former Director of Global Public Policy at Google. - David Pashman , General Counsel at Meetup, co-chair of policy committee of NY Tech Meetup. - Keith Winstein , Stanford Secure Internet of Things Project - Jochai Ben-Avie , Senior Global Policy Manager at Mozilla, former Policy Director at Access Now If you have any questions please feel free to ask Access Now's Rightscon Coordinator Nick ( conference at accessnow.org.) or if you prefer to email me on (ephraim at accessnow.org) -- Best Regards, ​​ *Ephraim Percy Kenyanito* Website: http://about.me/ekenyanito Twitter: @ekenyanito PGP: E6BA8DC1 ​Blog: https://thediaryofaglobalcitizen.wordpress.com/ View this email in your browser Dear friends, As someone who has participated in RightsCon in the past, we wanted to provide you with the opportunity to help shape the agenda of the world's leading conference on the future of the internet. *Due to popular demand, we've extended our program session submission deadline to Monday, December 14th.* That means now is your time to act quickly and help shape the agenda at RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016. You can submit your program session or Demo Room proposal , and find our special ticket discount policy for session organizers and speakers, on our website. *Who you're joining: RightsCon speakers to date* RightsCon 2016 is shaping up to be better than ever, with some of the world's leading experts on technology and human rights confirmed to speak - including *Bruce Schneier* (renowned security expert), *Nicole Wong* (former US Deputy CTO), *Salil Shetty* (Secretary General of Amnesty International), *Mathew Prince* (Co-Founder and CEO of CloudFlare), and many more. See here for our complete confirmed speakers list to date! *For more information on tickets, registration, and more* Visit our ticket and event info page to find more information about our official venue, or contact me at nickd at accessnow.org with any questions you may have. Looking forward to seeing how your submissions will help shape the RightsCon program! Best wishes, Nick Dagostino, RightsCon Coordinator P.S. 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For more information, see here . ---------------------- Becky Lentz, PhD Associate Professor of Communication Studies Department of Art History/Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West, Arts Building, W-265 Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5 Phone 514.398.4995 Fax 514.398.8557 Email: becky.lentz at mcgill.ca http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deji at accessnow.org Thu Dec 10 13:29:21 2015 From: deji at accessnow.org (Deji Olukotun) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:29:21 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] =?UTF-8?Q?Oped=3A_France_says_it_won=E2=80=99t_ban_Tor?= =?UTF-8?Q?=2C_but_the_threat_to_anonymity_is_still_real?= Message-ID: Hi to All, Apologies for cross-posting. Kindly have a look at our oped on Tor and human rights. We'd appreciate your help in sharing the article widely. Best, Deji http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/france-ban-tor-anonymity-threat-real/ France says it won’t ban Tor, but the threat to anonymity is still real Opinion Brett Solomon Gustaf Bjorksten Dec 10, 2015, 11:42am CT http://bit.ly/1XZr4jx The French newspaper *Le Monde *received leaked documents last week indicating that the Interior Ministry recommended banning the use of Tor to help fight terrorism. This is a reactionary and misguided response that would undermine the security of vulnerable people not only in France but all over the world. Worse, it’s the latest in a series of encroachments on privacy in France, which passed four new pieces of legislation to fight terrorism in the past two years. On Wednesday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls seemed to reassure Internet users by stating on television that the banning of Tor was not part of “the expected path” for the government (“*pas une piste envisagée*”). This is a welcome gesture, but not a definitive commitment. Until we see the final text of the bill proposed by the Interior Ministry, everything is still on the table. It’s time to set the record straight on why banning Tor is a terrible idea for human rights and privacy. Tor is a free and open network of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor anonymizes internet traffic by sending data along a path with random checkpoints. At each checkpoint, which Tor calls “relays,” the data takes a new random path. Each relay only knows which relay came immediately before it, and no relay can trace the entire path of data from start to finish. In countries where Tor is blocked, there are special, unpublished relays known as “bridges” that allow users access to Tor so that they can reach the free internet. What you’re uploading and downloading with Tor is encrypted, and the website you’re visiting is anonymized. Tor and other anonymizing technologies are mainstays of human rights in the digital age. Tor is used by journalists to conduct research, communicate with sources, and to report anonymously. At Access Now, we run Tor exit relays to provide capacity to the Tor network and we recommend Tor in much of the work we do on our 24-hour Digital Security Helpline. We’ve seen the tremendous positive impact Tor can have for users at risk such as LGBTQ advocates operating in hostile environments, human rights lawyers researching government abuse, religious and ethnic minorities communicating in conflict zones, and journalists targeted by online harassment. More importantly, Tor affects all of us. Anonymity is essential for free expression. As United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye described in a landmark report , anonymity deserves strong protection because it enables individuals to exercise their rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age. “States should not restrict encryption and anonymity,” Kaye clearly stated. We’re also concerned about how the technical measures that might be required to ban Tor would affect human rights. What did the Interior Ministry in France have in mind when they proposed this? French authorities might need to spy on every piece of citizen communication on the French network to stop Tor, eerily reminiscent of the Great Firewall of China . Or law enforcement might rely on a system of informants, such as internet service providers, to rat out users -- harming the trust that enables societies to thrive in the face of real threats. We’ve already seen abuses of the new surveillance powers in France during the climate talks when law enforcement confined climate activists to their homes . We can’t allow terrorist attacks to empower officials to ram through knee-jerk, poorly considered measures that trample upon human rights. In the United States, politicians are also making increasingly brazen remarks as they jockey for position on the presidential campaign trail. Both Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton -- once a proponent of internet freedom -- and Republican candidate Donald Trump have played down concerns about free expression on the internet and have put forth more and more outlandish ways of fighting Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and other threats. Their willingness to throw human rights under the bus is deeply alarming. If a nation like France were to ban Tor, there is little to stop repressive regimes from quickly following suit. We need to stand together to support the Tor network in the face of this latest attack. *Brett Solomon is the executive director of Access Now (**accessnow.org* *), an organization that defends and extends the digital rights of users at risk around the world. Gustaf Bjorksten is chief technologist of Access Now. Click here to donate to the **Tor Project* *, the non-profit organization that supports Tor, and follow us **on Twitter* * or **on Facebook* *.* -- Deji Olukotun Senior Global Advocacy Manager Access Now | accessnow.org tel: +1 415-935-4572 | @dejiridoo PGP: 0x6012CDA8 Fingerprint: 3AEE 4194 F70E C806 A810 857A 6AD5 8F48 6012 CDA8 *Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter on digital rights, the Access Express: accessnow.org/express * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best Gangesh On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Carlos Afonso wrote: > Hi Gangesh, > > Thanks for the very helpful analysis of the Dec.07 draft. > > From the reference to NETmundial in your good document, I quote: > > "Two interesting additions have been made in this section. First, a > reference to Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) which remains in square > brackets and second the hosting of the NETMundial Initiative which is > suggested for closure. In light of these two additions, the absence [or > avoidance] of any mention of ICANN and the IANA Transition Process > becomes apparent." > > Quoting para 59 of the draft: > > "59. We welcome the successful hosting by Brazil of the NETMundial > Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance in > Sao Paulo on 23 and 24 April 2014. [Suggested for Closure]" > > Please note the reference in the above para of the draft has nothing to > do with the so-called NETmundial Initiative. > > fraternal regards > > --c.a. > > On 10-12-15 05:03, Gangesh S. Varma wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > While the final negotiations of the WSIS+10 Review are underway please > find > > CCG"s analysis of the 7 December draft outcome document here > > < > https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/wsis10-review-process-update-dissecting-the-draft-outcome-document/ > >. > > This post highlights the changes in the latest draft and the key issues > > that remain in each section. > > > > As you may be aware, comments are being received at > ungawsisreview at un.org. > > We hope that the post will help identify some of the key issues remaining > > and help stakeholders contribute to the review process. We welcome any > > feedback that you may have. > > > > Apologies for cross-posting. > > > > Thanks and regards > > > > Gangesh > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > -- > Carlos A. Afonso > Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br > CGI.br - http://cgi.br > > GPG 0x9EE8F8E3 > -- Gangesh Sreekumar Varma | Senior Fellow Centre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Cell: (+91) 8447159123 | Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.ccgtlr.org . www.nludelhi.ac.in | Twitter: @ccgdelhi . @gangeshvarma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It's generally agreed by anyone independent that the American USF program has done a terrible job of bringing broadband to rural areas. Really. If you don't believe me, consult Scott Wallsten (Chief Economist of the U.S. broadband plan), Greg Ross of Stanford, or Tom Hazlett of George Mason. They are the top academics in this field. (German regulator Matthias Kurth showed how to do it better.) 2) That we could find a way to incorporate net neutrality into the U.S. proposal. (Almost all the participants strongly supported it.) Manu couldn't do that without a complete turnaround in current State Department policy. The U.S., since at least 2012, has taken a strong position against including Net Neutrality in Internet governance. We made sure to keep it out of the ITU treaty, successfully pressed to not have it included in Net Mundial, and opposed it in the WSIS draft. The State Department position on neutrality, presented most effectively by Julie Zoller, is that we didn't think governments should get involved so it didn't belong in the governance meetings. I pointed out that Barack Obama was a strong supporter of neutrality and it was in his campaign platform. There was extensive back and forth in ITAC. 3) That the U.S. should educate poorer countries on creating an enabling environment, especially through competition. I love solving problems through competition. It is actually working quite well in most major cities in the developing world. Everyone can see it, so they don't need the U.S. to educate them. Africa and India are both about to pass the U.S. in number of Internet users. With 4G networks rapidly deploying to nearly all major cities, the key deployment problem today is reaching rural areas and those hard to serve. As the U.S. rural deployment has demonstrated, competition is highly unlikely to solve rural problems. We're talking about areas that struggle to have even one provider, much less the 4-7 normally needed for competition to do it's magic. In 2008, the U.S. had 5% of homes unserved, about ten times as many as Britain or France. 6 years later, that figure has only gone down to 4% despite $7B in stimulus that was supposed to sove that problem. ------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sana.pryhod at gmail.com Fri Dec 11 09:42:46 2015 From: sana.pryhod at gmail.com (Oksana Prykhodko) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:42:46 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] CCG's Update on WSIS+10: Dissecting the Draft Outcome Document (7 December) In-Reply-To: References: <566ACF7C.1030109@cafonso.ca> Message-ID: +1 to Carlos On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Gangesh S. Varma < gangesh.varma at nludelhi.ac.in> wrote: > Dear Carlos, > > Thank you very much for pointing this out. I've edited the post > accordingly. > > Best > > Gangesh > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Carlos Afonso wrote: > >> Hi Gangesh, >> >> Thanks for the very helpful analysis of the Dec.07 draft. >> >> From the reference to NETmundial in your good document, I quote: >> >> "Two interesting additions have been made in this section. First, a >> reference to Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) which remains in square >> brackets and second the hosting of the NETMundial Initiative which is >> suggested for closure. In light of these two additions, the absence [or >> avoidance] of any mention of ICANN and the IANA Transition Process >> becomes apparent." >> >> Quoting para 59 of the draft: >> >> "59. We welcome the successful hosting by Brazil of the NETMundial >> Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance in >> Sao Paulo on 23 and 24 April 2014. [Suggested for Closure]" >> >> Please note the reference in the above para of the draft has nothing to >> do with the so-called NETmundial Initiative. >> >> fraternal regards >> >> --c.a. >> >> On 10-12-15 05:03, Gangesh S. Varma wrote: >> > Dear All, >> > >> > While the final negotiations of the WSIS+10 Review are underway please >> find >> > CCG"s analysis of the 7 December draft outcome document here >> > < >> https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/wsis10-review-process-update-dissecting-the-draft-outcome-document/ >> >. >> > This post highlights the changes in the latest draft and the key issues >> > that remain in each section. >> > >> > As you may be aware, comments are being received at >> ungawsisreview at un.org. >> > We hope that the post will help identify some of the key issues >> remaining >> > and help stakeholders contribute to the review process. We welcome any >> > feedback that you may have. >> > >> > Apologies for cross-posting. >> > >> > Thanks and regards >> > >> > Gangesh >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > >> >> -- >> Carlos A. Afonso >> Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br >> CGI.br - http://cgi.br >> >> GPG 0x9EE8F8E3 >> > > > > -- > > Gangesh Sreekumar Varma | Senior Fellow > Centre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi > | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Cell: (+91) 8447159123 | Fax: > (+91) 11-280-34256 | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.ccgtlr.org > . www.nludelhi.ac.in | Twitter: @ccgdelhi > . @gangeshvarma > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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GDCO is the winner of information > for development award (i4d 2007 awards e-India) for the inclusion of the > disabled, GDCO is the winner of i4d 2008 awards for the best innovations > at the grassroots Telecentres and the winner of i4d 2009 for the > initiatives of civil society for development (e-agriculture project and > other e-services).. ..it is the winner of eWorld award 2011. it is the > winner of best innovative NGO working on ICT for community development in > Sudan. The winner of best album in Telecentre 2011 Philippines .. it the > founder of the first Telecentre academy in Africa and middle east and the > thirteen in world ..The Digital City of Eindhoven (DSE) Netherlands (the > founder and well-known partner of GDCO in Netherlands) donated 750 > computers and more than ten projects were established using ICT for > community development and one of them is e-agriculture. GDCO & SPEG > (foundation of eindhoven volunteers for gedaref projects) started new > partnership for community development including people with disability > (especially deaf), gedaref university, (faculty of medicine) > e-agriculture, > SeVO and other project > > > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Gangesh S. Varma < > gangesh.varma at nludelhi.ac.in> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> While the final negotiations of the WSIS+10 Review are underway please >> find CCG"s analysis of the 7 December draft outcome document here >> . >> This post highlights the changes in the latest draft and the key issues >> that remain in each section. >> >> As you may be aware, comments are being received at ungawsisreview at un.org. >> We hope that the post will help identify some of the key issues remaining >> and help stakeholders contribute to the review process. 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Please consider taking a look at opportunities for research meet ups and much more in Montreal next summerŠ > Become a Volunteer: https://fsm2016.org/en/simpliquer/devenir-benevole/ > Internships: https://fsm2016.org/en/simpliquer/stages/ Please alert potentially interested networks, friends, and colleagues. Best, Becky Lentz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aarti.bhavana at nludelhi.ac.in Sat Dec 12 03:33:21 2015 From: aarti.bhavana at nludelhi.ac.in (Aarti Bhavana) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:03:21 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Summary of CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal Message-ID: Dear All, As you may be aware, the CCWG-Accountability opened the 3rd draft proposal for public comments. Since this is a rather voluminous document, we have prepared a short summary of the key recommendations of the proposal, which can be found here . Please feel free to get back with comments or suggestions. Warm regards, Aarti Bhavana -- Aarti Bhavana | Research Fellow Centre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Cell: (+91) 965-464-6846 | Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.ccgtlr.org | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raquino at gmail.com Sun Dec 13 14:42:26 2015 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:42:26 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Civil Society Coordination Group - chair and BB representative positions open In-Reply-To: <56479534.8000609@eff.org> References: <56479534.8000609@eff.org> Message-ID: Hello Since there's still time to send suggestions for BestBits representative, I'd like to nominate Nadira Alaraj from ISOC Palestine. Nadira is ICANN fellow 53 and 55 and in IGF2015 helped many newcomers in IG follow the debates. Thank you Renata Aquino Ribeiro Researcher On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > Thanks to those who came to the Best Bits meeting last week. With all > of the ensuing activity at the IGF, we have not yet managed to put > together a report of the meeting, but this will be sent soon (along with > some photos of the event). > > However there is one item that had been on the agenda for the final > session of the day that I neglected to bring up, and this was about the > Civil Society Coordination Group, which is the small group of > representatives of civil society networks in the Internet governance > space that coordinates joint nomination of civil society representatives > for positions such as the IGF MAG. > > Since its inception, Ian Peter has been the chair of the CSCG and I have > been the Best Bits representative. But Ian is stepping down, and I am > also willing to step down, so I would like to invite you to consider any > suggestions for replacements. The positions are not very demanding in > terms of time, but they can sometimes require you to respond quickly > when a nomination opportunity comes up on short notice. > > The chair should be someone who is well organised, can act in a neutral > manner, and has a track record of involvement with the Internet > governance community. The Best Bits representative should also be > someone who is well connected with the community and whose particular > responsibility will be to liaise with our list about the opportunities > that come up, and to relay and explain our suggestions to the rest of > the CSCG. > > If anyone is interested in either of these positions, or would like to > nominate someone else who may be interested, please let me know. > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt > PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 > OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD > > Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide: > https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nadira.araj at gmail.com Mon Dec 14 13:05:57 2015 From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:05:57 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] Civil Society Coordination Group - chair and BB representative positions open In-Reply-To: References: <56479534.8000609@eff.org> Message-ID: Dear All, I would like to thank Renata for her kind nomination. It was great to attend the BestBits meeting and get to be familiar with the many of you behind the emails. Although the responsibilities entailed is within my competency, and I'm familiar with many civil society organizations but my focus and involvement is in MENA region. I still see it is early for me to be among those nominated for this role, however if you seem to accept someone with some faults along the learning curve then I have no problem of being considered in the nomination list. Best wishes, Nadira <#151a1912891340e9_DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > Hello > > Since there's still time to send suggestions for BestBits representative, > I'd like to nominate Nadira Alaraj from ISOC Palestine. > Nadira is ICANN fellow 53 and 55 and in IGF2015 helped many newcomers in > IG follow the debates. > > Thank you > > Renata Aquino Ribeiro > Researcher > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > >> Thanks to those who came to the Best Bits meeting last week. With all >> of the ensuing activity at the IGF, we have not yet managed to put >> together a report of the meeting, but this will be sent soon (along with >> some photos of the event). >> >> However there is one item that had been on the agenda for the final >> session of the day that I neglected to bring up, and this was about the >> Civil Society Coordination Group, which is the small group of >> representatives of civil society networks in the Internet governance >> space that coordinates joint nomination of civil society representatives >> for positions such as the IGF MAG. >> >> Since its inception, Ian Peter has been the chair of the CSCG and I have >> been the Best Bits representative. But Ian is stepping down, and I am >> also willing to step down, so I would like to invite you to consider any >> suggestions for replacements. The positions are not very demanding in >> terms of time, but they can sometimes require you to respond quickly >> when a nomination opportunity comes up on short notice. >> >> The chair should be someone who is well organised, can act in a neutral >> manner, and has a track record of involvement with the Internet >> governance community. The Best Bits representative should also be >> someone who is well connected with the community and whose particular >> responsibility will be to liaise with our list about the opportunities >> that come up, and to relay and explain our suggestions to the rest of >> the CSCG. >> >> If anyone is interested in either of these positions, or would like to >> nominate someone else who may be interested, please let me know. >> >> -- >> Jeremy Malcolm >> Senior Global Policy Analyst >> Electronic Frontier Foundation >> https://eff.org >> jmalcolm at eff.org >> >> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >> >> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >> >> Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt >> PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 >> OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD >> >> Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide: >> https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From wjdrake at gmail.com Tue Dec 15 05:45:18 2015 From: wjdrake at gmail.com (William Drake) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:45:18 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] New book: The Working Group on Internet Governance: 10th Anniversary Reflections Message-ID: <81A20DE1-3D72-4EC1-A84F-2CC0093F2663@gmail.com> Apologies for cross-posting In case anyone is interested, just in time for the WSIS+10 Review, yesterday the APC released the below book, which is edited by myself and populated by various familiar IG mavens. The free PDF version is available now from the APC website, and in a week or so there also will be e-book and print on demand versions at Amazon and other dealers for a couple dollars. Best Bill -------------------- PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New publication: The Working Group on Internet Governance - 10th Anniversary Reflections JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 14 December 2015 – 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The UN General Assembly reviewed the progress made over the past decade and negotiated a text that addresses a number of global Internet governance issues. 2015 is also the 10th anniversary of a multistakeholder experiment that helped bring the WSIS to a successful conclusion: the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). Convened in 2004, the WGIG assembled 40 representatives of governments and stakeholders who engaged in months of intensive peer-level dialogue and collective analysis. The WGIG process was an important turning point and catalyst in the intergovernmental recognition of multistakeholder processes for Internet governance. In June 2005, the WGIG released a widely noted report that advanced a “broad definition” of Internet governance; holistically addressed a range of policy issues; offered four competing models for the ”oversight” of critical Internet resources; and proposed the establishment of the Internet Governance Forum. The report significantly influenced the final agreement adopted by WSIS. This book, edited by William J. Drake and published by APC with the support of APNIC, CGI.br , ICANN and Internet Society, reflects on the WGIG’s procedural and substantive contributions to the evolving global Internet governance dialogue and institutional ecosystem. Written by former WGIG members and others who played key roles in the debates on the WGIG and WSIS, the volume is a follow-up to a book produced in the summer of 2005: William J. Drake, ed., Reforming Internet Governance: Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance . Topics include: historical overview; understanding Internet governance; institutionalizing multistakeholder cooperation; from oversight to stewardship; Internet governance for development; and closing reflections. Authors include: Fiona Alexander, Peng Hwa Ang and Sherly Haristya, Karen Banks and Anriette Esterhuysen, Nitin Desai, Avri Doria, William J. Drake, Raúl Echeberría, Baher Esmat, Juan Fernández González, Hartmut R. Glaser and Diego R. Canabarro, David Hendon, Jānis Kārkliņš, Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Jovan Kurbalija, Markus Kummer, Olivier Nana Nzépa, Alejandro Pisanty, Paul Wilson and Pablo Hinojosa, and Michael Yakushev. The full publication can be downloaded here About the Association for Progressive Communications The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network and non-profit organisation founded in 1990 that wants everyone to have access to a free and open internet to improve lives and create a more just world. apc.org PO Box 29755 Melville, GT 2109 South Africa Media contact Flavia Fascendini APC Communications flavia at apc.org ********************************************************* William J. Drake International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, ICANN, www.ncuc.org william.drake at uzh.ch (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists), www.williamdrake.org Internet Governance: The NETmundial Roadmap http://goo.gl/sRR01q ********************************************************* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I don't think it necessarily matters that you are new, so long as the other participants are happy for you to execute the role. All that is required is to liaise between the Best Bits list and the other members of the CSCG whenever we have the opportunity to contribute towards a joint civil society appointment. It will be helpful for you to continue to improve your familiarity with the nominees for positions, but you can always ask people to send introductions to the list if you are not familiar with them. I would support your candidacy. 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It is funded by a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (StG-2014_639379 DATACTIVE), with Stefania Milan as Principal Investigator. https://data-activism.net/people/ ---------------------- Becky Lentz, PhD Associate Professor of Communication Studies Department of Art History/Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West, Arts Building, W-265 Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5 Phone 514.398.4995 Fax 514.398.8557 Email: becky.lentz at mcgill.ca http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please note that you can answer this research anonymously, but for better results, we ask that you do include your organization name if you can. Also, if you do not note your organization, we cannot return the raw survey data to you. The survey will take less than 30 minutes, and we hope it will be helpful to all of us for years to come. Thank you and please let us know if you have any questions. Best, Carolina, Melanie and Michael -- *Melanie Penagos* *International Policy Associate* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * +1 (202) 861-0020 ext. 122 | skype: melanie.penagos | @ampenagos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Wed Dec 16 07:29:15 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 07:29:15 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: Children and Mobile Technology - Online Course In-Reply-To: <89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d6f1ce9e7f2.20151216105056@mail57.atl91.mcsv.net> References: <89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d6f1ce9e7f2.20151216105056@mail57.atl91.mcsv.net> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *DiploMail* Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Subject: Children and Mobile Technology - Online Course To: Carolina Is this email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser *Children and Mobile Technology - Online Capacity Building Course* *This seven-week online course is offered by the GSMA’s Capacity Building in Mobile Sector Regulation initiative, in cooperation with DiploFoundation. The course is aimed primarily at staff and management of national telecommunications regulatory authorities. Participation in this course is fully funded by the GSMA.* Children and young people are among the most avid users of mobile technologies, which can have a tremendous positive impact on their lives. Like any tool, however, mobile technologies can be used to cause harm, and parents, governments and industry have a role in protecting and supporting children who are connected. This course looks at the issue from several angles, including cultural differences regarding children’s use of mobile devices, child online protection and whether regulation is necessary. Course topics include: - Children in the digital age - Rights, opportunities, and risks - Policies, roles, and responsibilities - Online child sexual abuse - Combatting online child sexual abuse - Formulating a national strategy for child online safely *Learning methodology* Combining the GSMA’s expertise on children and mobile technology with Diplo’s highly interactive online learning methodology, this course is conducted entirely online over seven weeks. Reading materials and tools for online interaction are provided through an online classroom. Each week, participants read an assigned module text, adding questions and comments as hypertext entries. The course tutor, guest experts, and other participants read and respond to these entries, creating interaction based on the module text. Participants complete short quizzes and join online meetings to discuss the week’s topic. During the final week, participants complete a written assignment designed to help them apply course topics to their own context. The course requires *five to six hours* of study time per week. *Who should apply* This course is aimed primarily at staff and management of national telecommunications regulatory authorities. Priority will be given to applicants from developing countries. Applications from professionals working in other institutions or fields relevant to child online protection will be considered if places remain in the course session. Participation is fully funded by the GSMA. There is no tuition fee for selected applicants. *Course reviews* *I can honestly say that I have gotten a wealth of knowledge from this course. These tools will now help me to be better able to contribute to the Internet landscape in my country; something I intend to do without delay.* -Ervin Williams, Director of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, St Kitts and Nevis *This course has provided me with some necessary tools required to address child online protection; furthermore it established appropriate networks. The most practical thing that I can take away from this course is the sample strategy, this will be the basis on which a child online protection initiative or even cybersecurity can be founded.* - Cecily Faasau, Legal Counsel, Office of the Regulator, Samoa *How to apply* Please visit http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses/children to read more and apply online. The next course starts on *1 February 2016*. Apply by *11 January 2016*. Like us on FaceBook Follow us on Twitter Our website Our network *Copyright © 2015 DiploFoundation, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you attended DiploFoundation's course(s). ------------------------------ [ unsubscribe from this list | update your subscription preferences | forward to a friend ] -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lea at gp-digital.org Wed Dec 16 10:06:39 2015 From: lea at gp-digital.org (Lea Kaspar) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:06:39 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] WSIS+10 HLM Civil Society Speakers Message-ID: Dear all, As a member of the civil society speaker selection committee for the WSIS High Level Meeting set up by UNDESA, I'm writing to share a short update regarding the speaker selection process. We (the selection committee) have just been informed by UNDESA that Office of the President of the General Assembly has made two changes to the civil society speakers nominated for WSIS+10. Tatiana Kapinga, who was unable to secure a US visa, and Anriette Esterhuysen, who was unable to stay to address the meeting, were replaced by Deborah Brown of APC and Matthew Shears of Center for Democracy and Technology. While not wishing to be critical of either of the people chosen, members of the Civil Society Selection Committee believe that, despite the short timeframe, it should have been consulted about these changes. In particular, we are concerned that the changes made by OPGA resulted in four of our five speakers being from WEOG areas. This lack of geographic balance is unfortunate, and could have been avoided. We will convey our disappointment to OPGA at a later stage, but wanted civil society networks to be aware of this issue. Best wishes, *Lea Kaspar* Head of Programmes and International Policy | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Development House, 56–64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT T: +44 (0)20 7549 0337 | M: +44 (0)7583 929216 | Skype: l.kaspar gp-digital.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca Wed Dec 16 10:13:43 2015 From: roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca (Becky Lentz) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:13:43 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] new book: Global Governance through Trade Message-ID: This may be of interest to some on this list working on trade/governance... http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/global-governance-through-trade The 'new generation' of EU trade policies aims to advance public goods - such as promoting sustainable development, protecting human rights and enhancing governance in third states. These developments raise important questions surrounding extraterritoriality, coherence and legitimacy. In Global Governance through Trade leading scholars provide a cohesive overview of relevant papers and case studies to answer these questions and provide an in-depth assessment of the European Union's new trade policies. ---------------------- Becky Lentz, PhD McGill University From jmalcolm at eff.org Wed Dec 16 19:36:56 2015 From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 06:06:56 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Criteria of Meaningful Stakeholder Inclusion in Internet Governance Message-ID: <567203A8.5040809@eff.org> Dear all, The final version of the paper "Criteria of Meaningful Stakeholder Inclusion in Internet Governance" that I presented at the 2015 Best Bits meeting and at the GigaNet meeting the following day has just been published in Internet Policy Review here: http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/criteria-meaningful-stakeholder-inclusion-internet-governance Many thanks to those who gave feedback on the draft, including the reviewers at IPR. At the Best Bits meeting there was also interest expressed in collaborating on some kind of outreach or other activities around the criteria, which could help us in advocating for the kind of multi-stakeholder processes we want, and against those phony kinds that we don't want. This was my intent in writing the piece to begin with, so I was glad that others felt the same. For those who wish to collaborate on this, please contact me (off-list is fine), and I can start what we used to call a "fluid working group" on this topic. The practical next steps are entirely up for discussion, but might include any of the following (just brainstorming here!): * A Best Bits sign-on statement based loosely on the article. * A simplified one-pager based loosely on the article (similarly to how a short set of "10 Punchy Principles" were distilled from the Internet Rights and Principles Charter). * An open letter (or a set of these) to governments or institutions that we feel are misusing the term "multi-stakeholder" to imply that they are more open to meaningful stakeholder participation than they really are. * A meeting with such governments or institutions to discuss possible reforms. * Development of a logo, seal, award or certification for processes or institutions that we think come up to a high standard. * A joint blog where we analyze particular processes or institutions, one at a time, to assess how well they measure up to the criteria. * Formation of an IGF Dynamic Coalition or an activity under the auspices of the NETmundial Initiative to execute para 72(i) of the Tunis Agenda ("assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in Internet governance processes"). * Any other good ideas that any of you might come up with. Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you soon if you are interested in collaborating. Please also share the article widely if you'd like to. -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The judge could have just threaten the company with gigantic fines or possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the whole service - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own principles, not in a vacuum - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal rational for the blocking - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law in Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 17-12-15 10:55, Carolina Rossini wrote: > all we know is: > > - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under legal > confidentiality ("justice secret") > > - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo courts > > - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp > > - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - > http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 > > - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the Sao > Bernardo Judge - > http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp > > - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to provide > data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB used old > arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did not have > the jurisdiction > > - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction > > - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was disproportional > and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not only the company. > The judge could have just threaten the company with gigantic fines or > possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the whole service > > - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own principles, > not in a vacuum > > - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under > justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal > rational for the blocking > > - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of > internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from > 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements > > - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law in > Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > From raquino at gmail.com Thu Dec 17 11:42:28 2015 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:42:28 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Just adding some info: Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the fines Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour []s Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" escreveu: > all we know is: > > - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under legal > confidentiality ("justice secret") > > - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo courts > > - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp > > - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - > http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 > > - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the Sao > Bernardo Judge - > http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp > > - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to provide > data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB used old > arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did not have > the jurisdiction > > - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction > > - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was disproportional > and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not only the company. > The judge could have just threaten the company with gigantic fines or > possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the whole service > > - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own > principles, not in a vacuum > > - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under > justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal > rational for the blocking > > - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of > internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from > 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements > > - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law in > Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated > -- > > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Plus it is more secure and you can erase messages :-) On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > Hi > > Just adding some info: > Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the fines > > Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger > > Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour > > []s > Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" > escreveu: > >> all we know is: >> >> - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under legal >> confidentiality ("justice secret") >> >> - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo courts >> >> - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp >> >> - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - >> http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 >> >> - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the Sao >> Bernardo Judge - >> http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp >> >> - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to provide >> data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB used old >> arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did not have >> the jurisdiction >> >> - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction >> >> - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was disproportional >> and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not only the company. >> The judge could have just threaten the company with gigantic fines or >> possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the whole service >> >> - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own >> principles, not in a vacuum >> >> - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under >> justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal >> rational for the blocking >> >> - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of >> internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from >> 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements >> >> - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law in >> Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated >> -- >> >> *Carolina Rossini * >> *Vice President, International Policy* >> *Public Knowledge* >> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Plus it is more secure and you can erase messages :-) > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro > wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Just adding some info: >> Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the fines >> >> Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger >> >> Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour >> >> []s >> Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" >> escreveu: >> >>> all we know is: >>> >>> - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under legal >>> confidentiality ("justice secret") >>> >>> - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo courts >>> >>> - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp >>> >>> - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - >>> http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 >>> >>> - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the Sao >>> Bernardo Judge - >>> http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp >>> >>> - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to provide >>> data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB used old >>> arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did not have >>> the jurisdiction >>> >>> - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction >>> >>> - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was >>> disproportional and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not >>> only the company. The judge could have just threaten the company with >>> gigantic fines or possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the >>> whole service >>> >>> - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own >>> principles, not in a vacuum >>> >>> - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under >>> justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal >>> rational for the blocking >>> >>> - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of >>> internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from >>> 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements >>> >>> - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law in >>> Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated >>> -- >>> >>> *Carolina Rossini * >>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>> *Public Knowledge* >>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >> > > > -- > > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From willi.uebelherr at riseup.net Wed Dec 2 12:27:18 2015 From: willi.uebelherr at riseup.net (willi uebelherr) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 12:57:18 -0430 Subject: [bestbits] Moving towards active development support in GLOBAL CONNECT In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <565F29F6.20407@riseup.net> Dear Deirdre, Dave Burstein wrote: "... Our companies should not use their market power to gouge. ..." We are here not in the church or in any other form of theatre. There, any people can formulate this and do it. But we live in the reality and should use the reality. Never, we can realize with the companies or state institutions from Europe or North America, and also from any continent, an open and free access to the internet. We have to organize itself. In the design, it is more simple. We have only to look, what we need. In the construction, it is more difficult, because we need the technical components. And with any text on any paper or other media we never can create it. "*Some companies have** developed enormous market power. *We all hate unnecessary regulation but also learned in our first economics class how damaging a monopoly can be." Can be? We are not here in the preschool. Every monopoly is in principle a damage. That is the purpose for a monopoly. I don't understand, why you distribute this text? Maybe, you can explain me to understand. many greetings, willi Coro, Venezuela Am 01/12/2015 um 07:12 p.m. schrieb Deirdre Williams: > An alternative view of the Global Connect Initiative. > This is Part 1 of 2. > Deirdre > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dave Burstein > Date: 1 December 2015 at 06:56 > Subject: [bestbits] Moving towards active development support in GLOBAL > CONNECT > To: Carolina Rossini > Cc: " bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>" < > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>, "redlatam at lists.accessnow.org" < > redlatam at lists.accessnow.org>, "marcocivil at listas.ensol.org.br" < > marcocivil at listas.ensol.org.br>, "IP-ENFORCEMENT at ROSTER.WCL.AMERICAN.EDU" < > IP-ENFORCEMENT at roster.wcl.american.edu>, "infosoc at tacd.org" < > infosoc at tacd.org>, "Bhardwaj, Manu" > > > Carolina, Manu and all > > Like Carolina, I apologize for any cross posting. > > With respect, I profoundly disagree with the U.S. approach. I will only > speak briefly on this call because there is an agenda to move. I do hope > you will consider a different approach, grounded in the economics and > technical requirements. > > I'm writing about developing affordable networks for all. Human rights are > also important but I bring no special expertise to that subject. > > Theme: *The role of Americans and I believe my government should be to > support the needs of poorer countries, not to drive the agenda in our > preferred paths.* > > First. We should recognize that the folks who have built MTN to almost 200 > million subscribers know a heck of a lot more about how to build affordable > networks than I do. That's true for virtually any of the other lawyers and > policy people working thousands of miles away. Bharti is serving more > customers than AT&T & Verizon combined. They have many peers of exceptional > ability. This is just being practical and honest. Most of the real experts > are not in New York or in Washington. > > *We should concentrate on items in our power to change,* like the cost of > international transit and the taxes our giant companies do and don't pay. > We should not waste our efforts on factors primarily decided domestically, > like the level of taxes and subsidies or the structure of the national > industry. > > (Africa will pass the U.S. in Internet users around 2018. With help from > Cisco, I reported that in 2012, one of the first reporters to notice. India > is also going to pass the U.S. in about two years. The BRICs already have > more Internet users than the U.S. and the rest of Europe combined. Every > quarter, the Global South is adding 10-20M more Internet users than the > North.) > > Second. My personal belief is that *the U.S. and Americans should primarily > work on what we can do*,* not what we are urging others to do.* In > particular, we should change policies that divert funds from poorer > countries to richer ones. Our companies need to follow principles of fair > trade and dealings. They should support the economies in which they are > doing business. > > These wouldn't seem to be particularly controversial but lead to very > different policies than our current ones. > -------------------------- > For three years, I've been asking engineers and business people what are > the largest issues raising network costs and reduce Internet use. The > Africans have shown particular wisdom. This is what I've been learning. > Please add your suggestions. We need a Code of Conduct here. > > > - *High backhaul/transit costs double or triple the cost of providing > broadband in most of Africa. *A megabit costs $0.50-$3 in most of the > U.S. and much of Europe. The same megabit in Lagos on 2014 cost $170, 100x > as much. 50-90% of the difference is cartel pricing, based on undersea > costs where there is more competition. > ​ ​ > We should support national efforts for bargaining leverage. Our > companies should not use their market power to gouge. (This is by far the > largest factor driving up costs. It's the same issue the U.S. Broadband > Plan discovered in most badly served rural areas. The Africans have already > built dozens of IXC's. It's insulting to pretend they need us to educate > them. Unfortunately, while they are generally a good tool, they rarely can > solve more than 10%-20% of cost problem here.) > - ​​ > > - *Multinational giants should pay reasonable taxes. *The U.S. should > make i > t > so. Facebook & Google tax avoidance is far higher than their "charitable > endeavors." Most African leaders will tell you they don't need charity, > just a fair deal on taxes and trade. France and England can't get Google > or Apple to pay taxes. What chance does Cameroon or Thailand have without > strong support from the giant's home countries? Changes in telecom pricing > have sucked hundreds of millions in taxes/fees and probably more from some > of the poorest countries. > - > - Columbia Professor Raul Katz just did an important study that > concluded Internet companies are making enormous profits in middle income > countries. The products have mostly been developed and paid off in richer > countries and at most a skeleton staff does things like sellnig some > advertising. In one example, Katz found a company like Facebook is probably > earning an 80% return. > - > - Multinationals should hire and invest in the countries in which they > do business. In years gone past, companies like IBM made sure to invest > where they sold. There are 130M? Facebook users in India. Many of them can > code, sell and manage. > > Looking a little further ahead, two enormous problems are developing. > > > - *High royalties may soon double or triple the cost of a low end > smartphone. * Hundreds of millions fewer people will connect. Carlos > Slim of Telmex told me at the Broadband Commission the $50 smartphone will > connect two billion more people. On a mass product like a smartphone, a > "reasonable" royalty would be something like 5-10%. Intel calculates > royalties may soon be $140 on a mid-priced phone. On inexpensive phones, > Microsoft, Qualcomm and similar royalties may be more than the total cost > to build it. Every international agreement calls for "reasonable" royalties > and it's time to make that so. > > > > - *Some companies have** developed enormous market power. *We all hate > unnecessary regulation but also learned in our first economics class how > damaging a monopoly can be. Columbia Professors Eli Noam and Raul Katz are > doing seminal work on how Internet companies with scale have enormous cost > advantages and have often developed "monopoly-like" pricing power. That > scale will continue to make it hard or impossible for new companies to > succeed. Google has a reported 90% market share in search in Europe. > Facebook has more active users in India than there are broadband > connections including wireless. How many substantial competitors have > developed to Google and Facebook the last five years? Almost none. > > ------------------------------------------- > > While the American proposals place importance on human rights, the Core > Principles do almost nothing practical for development. They need to be > made concrete and clear. > > ​Let's look at the proposals​ > > > >> *III - Core Principles* >>>> >>>> The core principles of this initiative are: >>>> >>>> 1) Countries integrate Internet connectivity as a key part of their >>>> national development strategy and budget process and consult with all >>>> stakeholders in doing so; >>>> >>> > ​Nearly every country has produced broadband plans doing just this. ICT is > an enormous part of the government strategy from Rewanda​ to India tp > Mexico. Ho Hum > > > 2) International financial institutions and international development > organizations prioritize digital access, including in the projects they > support; > > ​The World Bank has done just that for over a decade.​ HoHum > > > 3) All stakeholders promote the linkage between the use of technology, > expression, transparency and innovation; and the overall social, economic, > and political benefits reaped from connectivity; > > ​To the extent this relates to human rights, I defer to those with greater > expertise. > > ​ > 4) All stakeholders promote dialogue and action on how to harness, deploy, > and enable innovative technologies to support quality, affordable and > sustainable connectivity for the unconnected, particularly in > power-deficient communities. > > The last thing we need is more dialogue. From the Internet Society to WSIS > to the ITU, everybod > ​y​ > > ​has ​talked and talked. > We do need action, but neither here nor in the longer version did I find > anything concrete or new likely to make much of a difference. > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Thu Dec 17 12:12:35 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:12:35 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ops, here the link for the InternetLab article http://blogs.estadao.com.br/deu-nos-autos/entenda-a-decisao-que-pode-tirar-o-whatsapp-do-ar-no-brasil/ On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Carolina Rossini < carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: > two new pieces of information > - MC was used by the judge > - FB/WA had been notified 2 times within the criminal procedure (that is > under seal) to collaborate with the investigation. Both times the company > refused to collaborate. > and I am loving the memes > > > http://tecnologia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2015/12/16/desespero-pela-falta-de-whatsapp-ja-domina-a-rede-veja-memes.htm > > InternetLab on the issue (in Portuguse - easy google translate) > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Carolina Rossini < > carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Telegram it is!!! Plus it is more secure and you can erase messages :-) >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro < >> raquino at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Just adding some info: >>> Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the fines >>> >>> Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger >>> >>> Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour >>> >>> []s >>> Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" >>> escreveu: >>> >>>> all we know is: >>>> >>>> - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under legal >>>> confidentiality ("justice secret") >>>> >>>> - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo >>>> courts >>>> >>>> - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp >>>> >>>> - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - >>>> http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 >>>> >>>> - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the Sao >>>> Bernardo Judge - >>>> http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp >>>> >>>> - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to provide >>>> data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB used old >>>> arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did not have >>>> the jurisdiction >>>> >>>> - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction >>>> >>>> - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was >>>> disproportional and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not >>>> only the company. The judge could have just threaten the company with >>>> gigantic fines or possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the >>>> whole service >>>> >>>> - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own >>>> principles, not in a vacuum >>>> >>>> - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under >>>> justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal >>>> rational for the blocking >>>> >>>> - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of >>>> internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from >>>> 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements >>>> >>>> - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law in >>>> Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Carolina Rossini * >>>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>>> *Public Knowledge* >>>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>>> >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Carolina Rossini * >> *Vice President, International Policy* >> *Public Knowledge* >> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> > > > -- > > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From javier at accessnow.org Thu Dec 17 12:13:41 2015 From: javier at accessnow.org (Javier Pallero) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:13:41 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] [RedLatAm] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good news! The judge issuing the preliminary injunction to restore whatsapp considered disproportionality as a problem. http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/tecnologia/desembargador-libera-acesso-ao-whatsapp-em-todo-o-pais-9wdkje9590dc3io35v0vpaspi Now, the main action is going to the Court of Appeals (so the matter of the blocking sanction is not solved yet) It will be solved around February, since tomorrow is the last working day of the brazilian judiciary for the year. We are putting together a post. I will share it as soon as it is ready. --- *Javier Pallero* Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas Access Now | accessnow.org PGP 0xEBFD028A Fingerprint 0503 FBA1 10B2 B83C 61FC FE3B 4E7E EBDD EBFD 028A *Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril de 2016: rightscon.org * On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Carolina Rossini < carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: > two new pieces of information > - MC was used by the judge > - FB/WA had been notified 2 times within the criminal procedure (that is > under seal) to collaborate with the investigation. Both times the company > refused to collaborate. > and I am loving the memes > > > http://tecnologia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2015/12/16/desespero-pela-falta-de-whatsapp-ja-domina-a-rede-veja-memes.htm > > InternetLab on the issue (in Portuguse - easy google translate) > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Carolina Rossini < > carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Telegram it is!!! Plus it is more secure and you can erase messages :-) >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro < >> raquino at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Just adding some info: >>> Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the fines >>> >>> Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger >>> >>> Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour >>> >>> []s >>> Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" >>> escreveu: >>> >>>> all we know is: >>>> >>>> - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under legal >>>> confidentiality ("justice secret") >>>> >>>> - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo >>>> courts >>>> >>>> - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp >>>> >>>> - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - >>>> http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 >>>> >>>> - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the Sao >>>> Bernardo Judge - >>>> http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp >>>> >>>> - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to provide >>>> data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB used old >>>> arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did not have >>>> the jurisdiction >>>> >>>> - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction >>>> >>>> - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was >>>> disproportional and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not >>>> only the company. The judge could have just threaten the company with >>>> gigantic fines or possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the >>>> whole service >>>> >>>> - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own >>>> principles, not in a vacuum >>>> >>>> - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under >>>> justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal >>>> rational for the blocking >>>> >>>> - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of >>>> internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from >>>> 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements >>>> >>>> - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law in >>>> Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Carolina Rossini * >>>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>>> *Public Knowledge* >>>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>>> >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Carolina Rossini * >> *Vice President, International Policy* >> *Public Knowledge* >> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> > > > -- > > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > > _______________________________________________ > RedLatAm mailing list > RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org > https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Thu Dec 17 12:32:56 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:32:56 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] [RedLatAm] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That was in my first email Javier ;-) On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Javier Pallero wrote: > Good news! > The judge issuing the preliminary injunction to restore whatsapp > considered disproportionality as a problem. > > http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/tecnologia/desembargador-libera-acesso-ao-whatsapp-em-todo-o-pais-9wdkje9590dc3io35v0vpaspi > > Now, the main action is going to the Court of Appeals (so the matter of > the blocking sanction is not solved yet) It will be solved around February, > since tomorrow is the last working day of the brazilian judiciary for the > year. > > We are putting together a post. I will share it as soon as it is ready. > > > > > --- > > *Javier Pallero* > > Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas > Access Now | accessnow.org > > PGP 0xEBFD028A > Fingerprint 0503 FBA1 10B2 B83C 61FC FE3B 4E7E EBDD EBFD 028A > > *Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril de > 2016: rightscon.org * > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Carolina Rossini < > carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: > >> two new pieces of information >> - MC was used by the judge >> - FB/WA had been notified 2 times within the criminal procedure (that is >> under seal) to collaborate with the investigation. Both times the company >> refused to collaborate. >> and I am loving the memes >> >> >> http://tecnologia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2015/12/16/desespero-pela-falta-de-whatsapp-ja-domina-a-rede-veja-memes.htm >> >> InternetLab on the issue (in Portuguse - easy google translate) >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Carolina Rossini < >> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Telegram it is!!! Plus it is more secure and you can erase messages :-) >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro < >>> raquino at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Just adding some info: >>>> Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the fines >>>> >>>> Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger >>>> >>>> Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour >>>> >>>> []s >>>> Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" >>>> escreveu: >>>> >>>>> all we know is: >>>>> >>>>> - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under >>>>> legal confidentiality ("justice secret") >>>>> >>>>> - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo >>>>> courts >>>>> >>>>> - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp >>>>> >>>>> - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - >>>>> http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 >>>>> >>>>> - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the >>>>> Sao Bernardo Judge - >>>>> http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp >>>>> >>>>> - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to >>>>> provide data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB >>>>> used old arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did >>>>> not have the jurisdiction >>>>> >>>>> - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction >>>>> >>>>> - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was >>>>> disproportional and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not >>>>> only the company. The judge could have just threaten the company with >>>>> gigantic fines or possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the >>>>> whole service >>>>> >>>>> - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own >>>>> principles, not in a vacuum >>>>> >>>>> - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under >>>>> justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal >>>>> rational for the blocking >>>>> >>>>> - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of >>>>> internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from >>>>> 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements >>>>> >>>>> - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law >>>>> in Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> *Carolina Rossini * >>>>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>>>> *Public Knowledge* >>>>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>>>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>>>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> *Carolina Rossini * >>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>> *Public Knowledge* >>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Carolina Rossini * >> *Vice President, International Policy* >> *Public Knowledge* >> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> RedLatAm mailing list >> RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org >> https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > RedLatAm mailing list > RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org > https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam > > -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From javier at accessnow.org Thu Dec 17 12:34:21 2015 From: javier at accessnow.org (Javier Pallero) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:34:21 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] [RedLatAm] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry for the redundance! I see that now. I had not gone through the whole thread. Good this is over (for now)! --- *Javier Pallero* Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas Access Now | accessnow.org PGP 0xEBFD028A Fingerprint 0503 FBA1 10B2 B83C 61FC FE3B 4E7E EBDD EBFD 028A *Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril de 2016: rightscon.org * On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Carolina Rossini < carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: > That was in my first email Javier ;-) > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Javier Pallero > wrote: > >> Good news! >> The judge issuing the preliminary injunction to restore whatsapp >> considered disproportionality as a problem. >> >> http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/tecnologia/desembargador-libera-acesso-ao-whatsapp-em-todo-o-pais-9wdkje9590dc3io35v0vpaspi >> >> Now, the main action is going to the Court of Appeals (so the matter of >> the blocking sanction is not solved yet) It will be solved around February, >> since tomorrow is the last working day of the brazilian judiciary for the >> year. >> >> We are putting together a post. I will share it as soon as it is ready. >> >> >> >> >> --- >> >> *Javier Pallero* >> >> Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas >> Access Now | accessnow.org >> >> PGP 0xEBFD028A >> Fingerprint 0503 FBA1 10B2 B83C 61FC FE3B 4E7E EBDD EBFD 028A >> >> *Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril de >> 2016: rightscon.org * >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Carolina Rossini < >> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> two new pieces of information >>> - MC was used by the judge >>> - FB/WA had been notified 2 times within the criminal procedure (that is >>> under seal) to collaborate with the investigation. Both times the company >>> refused to collaborate. >>> and I am loving the memes >>> >>> >>> http://tecnologia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2015/12/16/desespero-pela-falta-de-whatsapp-ja-domina-a-rede-veja-memes.htm >>> >>> InternetLab on the issue (in Portuguse - easy google translate) >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Carolina Rossini < >>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Telegram it is!!! Plus it is more secure and you can erase messages :-) >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro < >>>> raquino at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> Just adding some info: >>>>> Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the fines >>>>> >>>>> Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger >>>>> >>>>> Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour >>>>> >>>>> []s >>>>> Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" >>>>> escreveu: >>>>> >>>>>> all we know is: >>>>>> >>>>>> - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under >>>>>> legal confidentiality ("justice secret") >>>>>> >>>>>> - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo >>>>>> courts >>>>>> >>>>>> - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp >>>>>> >>>>>> - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - >>>>>> http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 >>>>>> >>>>>> - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the >>>>>> Sao Bernardo Judge - >>>>>> http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp >>>>>> >>>>>> - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to >>>>>> provide data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB >>>>>> used old arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did >>>>>> not have the jurisdiction >>>>>> >>>>>> - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction >>>>>> >>>>>> - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was >>>>>> disproportional and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not >>>>>> only the company. The judge could have just threaten the company with >>>>>> gigantic fines or possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the >>>>>> whole service >>>>>> >>>>>> - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own >>>>>> principles, not in a vacuum >>>>>> >>>>>> - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going under >>>>>> justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal >>>>>> rational for the blocking >>>>>> >>>>>> - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion of >>>>>> internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments from >>>>>> 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements >>>>>> >>>>>> - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law >>>>>> in Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> *Carolina Rossini * >>>>>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>>>>> *Public Knowledge* >>>>>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>>>>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>>>>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Carolina Rossini * >>>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>>> *Public Knowledge* >>>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> *Carolina Rossini * >>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>> *Public Knowledge* >>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> RedLatAm mailing list >>> RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org >>> https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> RedLatAm mailing list >> RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org >> https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam >> >> > > > -- > > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > > _______________________________________________ > RedLatAm mailing list > RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org > https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From javier at accessnow.org Thu Dec 17 13:23:46 2015 From: javier at accessnow.org (Javier Pallero) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:23:46 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] [RedLatAm] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Here is our post in English. Spanish and Portuguese soon https://www.accessnow.org/access-now-condemns-blocking-whatsapp-brazil/ --- *Javier Pallero* Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas Access Now | accessnow.org PGP 0xEBFD028A Fingerprint 0503 FBA1 10B2 B83C 61FC FE3B 4E7E EBDD EBFD 028A *Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril de 2016: rightscon.org * On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Javier Pallero wrote: > Sorry for the redundance! I see that now. > I had not gone through the whole thread. > > Good this is over (for now)! > > > > --- > > *Javier Pallero* > > Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas > Access Now | accessnow.org > > PGP 0xEBFD028A > Fingerprint 0503 FBA1 10B2 B83C 61FC FE3B 4E7E EBDD EBFD 028A > > *Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril de > 2016: rightscon.org * > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Carolina Rossini < > carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: > >> That was in my first email Javier ;-) >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Javier Pallero >> wrote: >> >>> Good news! >>> The judge issuing the preliminary injunction to restore whatsapp >>> considered disproportionality as a problem. >>> >>> http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/tecnologia/desembargador-libera-acesso-ao-whatsapp-em-todo-o-pais-9wdkje9590dc3io35v0vpaspi >>> >>> Now, the main action is going to the Court of Appeals (so the matter of >>> the blocking sanction is not solved yet) It will be solved around February, >>> since tomorrow is the last working day of the brazilian judiciary for the >>> year. >>> >>> We are putting together a post. I will share it as soon as it is ready. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> >>> *Javier Pallero* >>> >>> Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas >>> Access Now | accessnow.org >>> >>> PGP 0xEBFD028A >>> Fingerprint 0503 FBA1 10B2 B83C 61FC FE3B 4E7E EBDD EBFD 028A >>> >>> *Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril de >>> 2016: rightscon.org * >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Carolina Rossini < >>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> two new pieces of information >>>> - MC was used by the judge >>>> - FB/WA had been notified 2 times within the criminal procedure (that >>>> is under seal) to collaborate with the investigation. Both times the >>>> company refused to collaborate. >>>> and I am loving the memes >>>> >>>> >>>> http://tecnologia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2015/12/16/desespero-pela-falta-de-whatsapp-ja-domina-a-rede-veja-memes.htm >>>> >>>> InternetLab on the issue (in Portuguse - easy google translate) >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Carolina Rossini < >>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Telegram it is!!! Plus it is more secure and you can erase messages :-) >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro < >>>>> raquino at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> Just adding some info: >>>>>> Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the >>>>>> fines >>>>>> >>>>>> Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger >>>>>> >>>>>> Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour >>>>>> >>>>>> []s >>>>>> Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" >>>>>> escreveu: >>>>>> >>>>>>> all we know is: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under >>>>>>> legal confidentiality ("justice secret") >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo >>>>>>> courts >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - >>>>>>> http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the >>>>>>> Sao Bernardo Judge - >>>>>>> http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to >>>>>>> provide data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB >>>>>>> used old arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did >>>>>>> not have the jurisdiction >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was >>>>>>> disproportional and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not >>>>>>> only the company. The judge could have just threaten the company with >>>>>>> gigantic fines or possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the >>>>>>> whole service >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own >>>>>>> principles, not in a vacuum >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going >>>>>>> under justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge legal >>>>>>> rational for the blocking >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion >>>>>>> of internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to arguments >>>>>>> from 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law >>>>>>> in Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Carolina Rossini * >>>>>>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>>>>>> *Public Knowledge* >>>>>>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>>>>>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>>>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>>>>>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> *Carolina Rossini * >>>>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>>>> *Public Knowledge* >>>>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>>>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Carolina Rossini * >>>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>>> *Public Knowledge* >>>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> RedLatAm mailing list >>>> RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org >>>> https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> RedLatAm mailing list >>> RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org >>> https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Carolina Rossini * >> *Vice President, International Policy* >> *Public Knowledge* >> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> RedLatAm mailing list >> RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org >> https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca Thu Dec 17 13:45:15 2015 From: roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca (Becky Lentz) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:45:15 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] ITU WORKSHOP on "TRANSNATIONAL HISTORIES OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS" December, 17-19, 2015 Message-ID: http://www.itu.int/en/history/Pages/Workshop.aspx > The goal of the proposed workshop is to explore and discuss recent > developments related to the field of transnational history of > telecommunications, with specific focus on the role of the International > Telecommunication Union (ITU). Consequently, this workshop is at the > intersection of three main topics of research: the history of > telecommunications, transnational studies in communication and the history of > the ITU as the most relevant international organization for telecommunication > history. > > This workshop has three main objectives: the first is to compare different > approaches, methodologies and research avenues employed in telecommunications > history scholarship; the second is to discuss the role of the ITU as a subject > of research and as a place to conduct research; finally, the last goal > involves creating a platform of scholars for the development of further > collaborations and scientific publications. Themes of the Workshop ​The Worshop will be organized around following themes: * The Origins of ITU * Cables and Flows * First World War and its aftermath * Global communication * Digitization of communication and networks * Future research opportunities in the area of history of communication Dates & Venue ​ The Workshop on "Transnational histories of telecommunications" will take place at the International Teleccommunication Union (ITU) on 17-19 December 2015. Information how to get to ITU http://www.itu.int/en/delegates-corner/Pages/togeneva.aspx Meeting room: Room G3, Varembé building (entrance by Montbrillant or Tower building) Expected outcomes of the Workshop The workshop will provide valuable opportunities for speakers and participants to present and discuss their recent scientific results and to propose future lines of research to a group of highly qualified scholars who are conducting research on the transnational history of telecommunications. One expected outcome of the workshop is a special issue to be published in a leading academic journal (Technology and Culture; Media History; Telecommunication Policy; History of Technology; etc.). Alternatively, the presented articles will be compiled in a book by a prestigious publisher like Routledge, Palgrave, Bloomsbury. Cambridge Scholar Publishing, etc. Papers will undergo the usual peer review process. Another expected outcome of the workshop is the establishment of new collaborations for joint papers and projects. The organizer would like to engage all of the participants in order to establish a European project within the Horizon 2020 framework. National and regional funding opportunities will also be evaluated. A fourth and final outcome may involve the establishment of a permanent network of scholars who focus on the history of telecommunications, but who more broadly act as policy advisors when decisions must be made by political organizations at the international level. 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Plus it is more secure and you can erase messages > :-) > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro > > wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Just adding some info: >> Whatsapp was fined before being blocked, they just didn't pay the >> fines >> >> Now Facebook is encouraging Brazilian users to turn to Messenger >> >> Instead half a million started Telegram accounts in over 1 hour >> >> []s >> Em 17/12/2015 10:55, "Carolina Rossini" >> escreveu: >> >>> all we know is: >>> >>> - this decision came out as part of a criminal case that is under >>> legal >>> confidentiality ("justice secret") >>> >>> - so all our information is based on press releases from Sao Paulo >>> courts >>> >>> - more than 100 million Brazilians use WhatsApp >>> >>> - 0hrs of the 12/17 was when the 48hrs started - >>> http://www.tjsp.jus.br/institucional/canaiscomunicacao/noticias/Noticia.aspx?Id=29056 >>> >>> - a superior tribunal, on the morning of the 17th, invalidated the >>> Sao >>> Bernardo Judge - >>> http://www.conjur.com.br/2015-dez-17/tj-sao-paulo-suspende-bloqueio-aplicativo-whatsapp >>> >>> - it seems the blocking was based on the refusal of WhatsApp to >>> provide >>> data that was relevant to a criminal investigation...WhatsApp/FB >>> used old >>> arguments (similar to 2007/2008 Google cases), saying Brazil did not >>> have >>> the jurisdiction >>> >>> - based on MC, Brazil does have jurisdiction >>> >>> - BUT, the decision was just now invalidated since it was >>> disproportional >>> and unnecessary...it inflicted consumers/users...and not only the >>> company. >>> The judge could have just threaten the company with gigantic fines >>> or >>> possibly to put executives in jail ...but not cut the whole service >>> >>> - MC needs to be applied following the Constitution and its own >>> principles, not in a vacuum >>> >>> - BUT....IT IS IMPORTANT TO notice that since the case in going >>> under >>> justice secret, we do not even know if MC was used in the judge >>> legal >>> rational for the blocking >>> >>> - WhatsApp/FB position was extremely not helpful to the discussion >>> of >>> internet rights in Brazil ...it puts the discussion back to >>> arguments from >>> 2007/2008...and belittles MC debate and achievements >>> >>> - this might have terrible repercussions for the reform of telco law >>> in >>> Brazil, where telco companies what to have OTT companies regulated >>> -- >>> >>> *Carolina Rossini * >>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>> *Public Knowledge* >>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >> > > > -- > > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > _______________________________________________ > RedLatAm mailing list > RedLatAm at lists.accessnow.org > https://lists.accessnow.org/listinfo/redlatam From raquino at gmail.com Thu Dec 17 15:49:50 2015 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:49:50 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] UN CTED event reclaiming the web from terrorists Message-ID: Hi Now happening the last session of the UN CTED event on reclaiming the web from terrorists. Some interesting observations from all speakers about civil society partnerships as the most important path in this issue. Links to documents, hashtags and speakers list in http://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/news/2015-11-18_CTED_SpecialMeeting_ICT.html []s Renata -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maryant.fernandez-perez at edri.org Fri Dec 18 06:12:34 2015 From: maryant.fernandez-perez at edri.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Maryant_Fern=c3=a1ndez?=) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:12:34 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Platforms consultation: EDRi tool helps responding Message-ID: <5673EA22.9040207@edri.org> Dear all, The European Commission launched a public consultation on the role of “Internet platforms” . Its outcome will become the basis for new EU legislative proposals on online law enforcement, data protection, privacy, open data and copyright. These are likely to have an impact internationally, so this is a chance to shape EU policy! Therefore, in EDRi we have devoted a lot of efforts to set up an online tool [1] which contains the European Commission's questions and our "answering guide": http://edri.limequery.org/index.php/346935/lang-en The consultation is biased in many occasions, which makes it more important to gather as many responses from a human rights perspective as possible. Tips: - You don’t have to answer every question (apart from the mandatory questions on the first page) - We have colour-coded the questions (green for general questions; red for data protection...). So, if data protection is the only issue that you’re interested in, just click through the guide and answer the questions tagged as “data protection”. - The consultation is very long. You have the option to save your answers and continue later. - You can respond as an individual or as an organisation - If you want to submit your response via our tool , please use it before 24 December, 23:59. You can also respond directly through the Commission's website until 31 December: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Platforms/ We hope you find this useful. Best regards, Maryant [1] with technical support from Mozilla -- Maryant Fernandez Perez Advocacy Manager European Digital Rights Rue Belliard 20 B- 1040 Brussels http://edri.org Tel: +32 2 274 25 70 PGP: D59A 1D3F 50CC 231B DCFE 3F2C 92FA 6F29 3D74 0B42 Donate to EDRi! https://edri.org/donate/ Subscribe to the EDRi-gram, our fortnightly roundup of digital rights news! http://edri.org/newsletters/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks much Bill --------- News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-12-17-en Apply Now for ICANN Leadership Positions: Deadline is 20 March 2016 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites interested individuals to submit applications and/or to recommend candidates for ICANN's key leadership positions. Applications are invited for the following positions: Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors Two At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the Europe and North America regions) One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Individuals selected by the NomCom will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe and help shape the Internet's technical coordination and policy development. Those selected will also gain valuable insights and experience from working across boundaries of knowledge, responsibility, culture and geography. They will be making a valuable public service contribution towards the functioning and evolution of this essential global resource. Guided by the broad public interest, those selected will work to fulfill ICANN's mission to coordinate the global Internet's systems of unique identifiers, and in particular to ensure its stable and secure operation. Current NomCom-selected Board members include: Cherine Chalaby , Steve Crocker , Asha Hemrajani , Rafael Lito Ibarra , Bruno Lanvin , Erika Mann , George Sadowsky and Lousewies Van der Laan . Please submit applications for the positions described above through the on-line application request form at (http://nomcom.icann.org/apply ) or by emailing nomcom2016 at icann.org . For more information, please visit the 2016 NomCom website. If you have any questions or comments, please email: nomcom2016 at icann.org . Candidate recommendations are encouraged and can be submitted through an on-line form at http://nomcom.icann.org/suggest . All applications are confidential and should be received by 20 March 2016 (23:59 UTC) for full consideration. Selections will be announced in August or September 2016. Successful candidates will take up their positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in October 2016. Fluency in English is a requirement for all positions. These positions require regular participation in teleconferences and may involve significant international travel, including travel to ICANN's three annual Public Meetings. Recent ICANN Public Meetings were held in Singapore, Buenos Aires and Dublin. Meetings during 2016 will be held in Marrakech (5 – 10 March 2016), Panama City and San Juan. Reasonable direct expenses incurred in the course of service will be reimbursed. Each Board Member has the option to receive compensation in accordance with the resolution passed by the Board on 30 July 2014, but is not required to do so. (See https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-07-30-en#2.b .) Background: The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting eight members of the Board of Directors and other key positions within ICANN's structure. It is designed to function independently from the ICANN Board, Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. NomCom members act only on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community and within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned to it by the ICANN Bylaws. NomCom members contribute understanding of the broad interests of the Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and experience of specific Internet constituencies who have appointed them. The challenge for the NomCom is to integrate these perspectives and derive consensus in its selections. 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URL: From roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca Thu Dec 3 11:58:51 2015 From: roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca (Becky Lentz) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 11:58:51 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Free_Event/Webinar_=B3Security_=26_Priv?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?acy=3A_Internet_Capacity_for_Non-Profits_and_NGOs=B2_-_Was?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?h_D=2EC=2E=2C_Dec_14th_12-2PM_EST?= Message-ID: >Event/Webinar of interest to Third Sector Organizations and Researchers. > >Non-profit organizations and those with research , or curiosity, in the >challenges of Non-profits in the Internet Ecosystem are invited to a >free event on ³Security and Privacy: Internet Capacity for Non-Profits >and NGOs² to be held in Washington DC on December 14 from 12-2PM EST. >The event will be also available online as a webcast. > >Eventbrite registration is required and the details of the event >(speakers, location, etc.) can be found at: > >https://pathfinder-security.eventbrite.com > >The event is being put on by the Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation >(GKPF), The Public Interest Registry (PIR) and The Internet Policy Forum >of the Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC). > >It is first event in a 3 event series of the Pathfinder Initiative about >Building Internet Capacity for Non-Profits and NGOs. This kick-off event >will focus on Internet Security. > >Posted by: Sam Lanfranco (This area - Not-for-Profits/Civil Society orgs >and Internet Governance are the focus of my work as NPOC Policy >Committee Chair with ICANN and in collaboration with the Internet >Society Canada Chapter. I would like to raise the levels of awareness >and engagement in this area by third sector researchers. From willi.uebelherr at riseup.net Fri Dec 18 10:08:32 2015 From: willi.uebelherr at riseup.net (willi uebelherr) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:38:32 -0430 Subject: [bestbits] To the design principles of the real Internet Message-ID: <56742170.1000802@riseup.net> To the design principles of the real Internet 1) Internet, "the Interconnection of local Networks", "the Net of Nets", has a clear definition basis: The geometrical structure of the net. This structure never we found in the telecommunication worldwide. Therefore, even today, there is no Internet. But because we need it, we have to create it. The network is a recursive geometric structure where each node connects to its neighbors. On this way can arise the net structure also in the telecommunication. The nodes are the local autonomous networks. The connections of this nodes is the Internet. A transport system for digital data in packet form. The local networks are autonomous, because they contain all the necessary elements locally. The clients, the servers and the connections. All the necessary server structures are organized locally. For the exchange of digital data we create the Internet. 3 different types of digital data exist: Text, graphic, digitized voice. They are transported as IP packets. A combination of the digital data with the digital control information for the transport. In our digital transport system, the data are not relevant. Only the information for transport. This model is based on the network of roads. All local communities have their direct connection to the neighboring local communities. And for navigation in this network of roads, there is a clear orientation: The geographical position. Therefore, we derive the addresses in our network of connections of local networks from the geographical location of the local network. 2) We can summarize the principles for the construction of our InterNets in a list. 2.1) The constituent elements are the local and autonomous networks. 2.2) All local networks are connect with their neighbors. 2.3) The transport capacity of these compounds are generally symmetrical in both directions. 2.4) The global address for the global transport is derived from the geographical position of the local network. 2.5) In each segment of this network, the line between 2 routers, an error check is made. 2.6) We distinguish 2 types of transport: asynchronous and synchronous. The synchronous packets are preferred. Within the synchronous packets, there are the emergency call with the highest priority. 2.7) We decentralize the DNS system (Domain Name System) based on the ccTLD (country coded Top Level Domain). 2.8) This system for telecommunications is available to all people free and free of charge. It arises from the activities of the people in the local networks. 3) The realization conditions The telecommunications system is a technical system for the transport of digital data in packet form. The technology, the materialization of the laws of the nature, stay in the foreground. The principles of the design of the structure of this system is based on our philosophical foundations. The technologies for our telecommunication system are the subject of our global cooperation network of free technology. Free to participate in the development, free to use the results for all people. With that, we realize 2 basic principles: "Think globally, act locally" and "Knowledge is always world heritage". All people on our planet need this telecommunication system. Therefore it is reasonable, that we organize the search of the solutions in the theoretical and constructive questions for the creation of the components for this system in a free and global cooperation. many greetings, willi uebelherr Coro, Venezuela, 17.12.15 willi.uebelherr at gmail.com From willi.uebelherr at riseup.net Fri Dec 18 14:18:40 2015 From: willi.uebelherr at riseup.net (willi uebelherr) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:48:40 -0430 Subject: [bestbits] Text of Parminder's input - WSIS + 10 Review In-Reply-To: References: <56719907.2010909@cafonso.ca> <5672DF7D.4050807@itforchange.net> Message-ID: <56745C10.9020801@riseup.net> Dear friends, on the IGF-list "Governance" I have read a note about the speech by Parminder on the "WSIS + 10 Review" conference. This text I have appended to it, because it is very short. Very short can be very helpful. But only then, if we want to speak about the truth in concentrated form. We find in the IGF list many short concentrations to the situation in the Internet. And not only from Louis Pouzin. I don't know the other speeches from this meeting. But this text from Parminder have no substance. It is a postulation for "Governance" without to say, who do it and how they will do it and for what interest they will act. Nearly all concepts and conceptual relations are not clear defined. But used. It is a grass island in a swamp. The core questions are clear. Who control the intercontinental telecommunication, how they do it, for what interests they act. But before, we should be clear, what we ourselves want. We have to be clear in our own perspectives and visions. Only then we have a reference position in the reflection of the real existing structures and relations. many greetings, willi Coro, Venezuela ------------------------------------------------------------ UN General Assembly's High Level Meeting on WSIS + 10 Review 16th December, 2015 Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change/Just Net Coalition It is a great honour to address this parliament of the world. Madam President, Excellencies, Delegates and Colleagues: The Internet is fundamentally transforming our world. These changes will be no less far-reaching than those of the industrial revolution. The question then is: is the world today politically more mature, than it was in that distant past, to be able to better guide this transformation towards our common goals? More specifically; can the ideals of equity, social justice, human rights, democracy and sustainability, this time around, be a part of the very design of the emerging social structures? Unfortunately, the early indications in this regard are not too good. The post millennial period during which the Internet has begun to underpin most social systems is also the time of one of the fastest ever increases in inequality across the world. This, when the Internet is supposed to be a socially egalitarian technology! The Internet has been called the new nervous system of our society. Data is variously referred to as the new oil or the new currency. Just today, I read a World Economic Forum report which said that “Data could become a new ideology!”. Monopoly Internet platforms today mediate crucial social activities, driven by algorithms about which no one knows what and whose interests they serve. Such vital elements of society cannot remain ungoverned, left to unregulated market forces, and to the powerful. But the past decade after the World Summit on the Information Society has regrettably failed to provide an adequate governance response to the many critical social, economic, political and cultural issues associated with the Internet. As we move into the next decade from here, Madam President, permit me to appeal to this august gathering to urgently address the imperative of global governance of the Internet. We can begin with three things. First of all, we must give up the idea of Internet exceptionalism, of seeing the Internet as somehow so uniquely trans-national, bottom-up, and private sector-led that it cannot, and perhaps, need not, be governed. The Internet is no more transnational than climate change; no more bottom-up than education, health and livelihood practices; and no more private sector-led than trade and intellectual property. All of these areas have dedicated global governance mechanisms in the UN system. And so should the Internet! Next; the fully justified fear of possible statist abuse of the Internet has to be addressed by putting robust checks and balances into its governance mechanisms, and not by being in denial about the Internet's myriad and complex governance needs. And thirdly, Madam President, a so-called tension between multilateralism and multistakeholderism must be resolved - through the test of democracy. The Internet should indeed be served by evolutionary forms of participatory governance. But the basics of democracy do not change: People, directly or through their representatives, alone can make public policy and law. Neither business nor technical experts can claim special, exalted roles in public policy decisions. Such a trend, as parts of civil society have noted with concern, is an unfortunate anti-democratic development in Internet governance today. In conclusion: The world urgently needs a well-defined democratic mechanism for global governance of the Internet, which fully embraces the technical, social and political opportunities of a new, networked world. Such a mechanism is required inter alia as an anchor point, and a meta- support agency, for the governance of larger information society changes that are taking place across all sectors. My esteemed colleagues, left to itself the digital-network phenomenon will certainly be appropriated by the powerful and will result in an even more unequal and unfair world, as early trends show. Our digital future depends on what the United Nations does, or does not do, now. Thank you. From irpbodle at gmail.com Fri Dec 18 14:45:05 2015 From: irpbodle at gmail.com (Robert Bodle) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:45:05 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] [IRPCoalition] Parminder's speech In-Reply-To: <567358B2.2000205@itforchange.net> References: <5672E5D0.1090407@cafonso.ca> <567358B2.2000205@itforchange.net> Message-ID: Dear Anita, Thank you for sharing Parminder’s excellent speech warning of “monopoly Internet platforms [that] mediate crucial social activities,” articulating the role the UN must play, and amplifying the need for "a well-defined *democratic *mechanism for global governance of the Internet, which fully embraces the technical, social and political opportunities of a new, networked world.” Best, Robert Bodle Co-Chair (outgoing) ,Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF) www.internetrightsandprinciples.org @netrights On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 7:52 PM, anita wrote: > Friends, > > Sharing Parminder's address at the WSIS plus 10 review High Level meeting > > > Pl find the link to a video clip and the corresponding transcript here: > http://www.itforchange.net/UNGA_WSIS10 > > Best regards, > > anita > > -- > > *Anita Gurumurthy* | Executive Director > IT for Change > (*In special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC)* > 91-80-26654134 | T:00-91-80-26536890 | Fax 91-80-41461055 > Email:anita at itforchange.net > ------------------------------ > > > * Have you visited: > www.gender-is-citizenship.net > * > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > https://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/mailman/listinfo/irp > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Maryant Fernández < maryant.fernandez-perez at edri.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > The European Commission launched a public consultation on the role of > “Internet platforms” . > Its outcome will become the basis for new EU legislative proposals on > online law enforcement, data protection, privacy, open data and copyright. > These are likely to have an impact internationally, so this is a chance to > shape EU policy! > > Therefore, in EDRi we have devoted a lot of efforts to set up an online > tool [1] which contains the European Commission's questions and our > "answering guide": > http://edri.limequery.org/index.php/346935/lang-en > The consultation is biased > in many > occasions, which makes it more important to gather as many responses from a > human rights perspective as possible. > Tips: > - You don’t have to answer every question (apart from the mandatory > questions on the first page) > - We have colour-coded the questions (green for general questions; red for > data protection...). So, if data protection is the only issue that you’re > interested in, just click through the guide and answer the questions tagged > as “data protection”. > - The consultation is very long. You have the option to save your answers > and continue later. > - You can respond as an individual or as an organisation > - If you want to submit your response via our tool > , please use it > before 24 December, 23:59. You can also respond directly through the > Commission's website until 31 December: > > https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Platforms/ > > We hope you find this useful. > > Best regards, > Maryant > [1] with technical support from Mozilla > > -- > Maryant Fernandez Perez > Advocacy Manager > European Digital Rights > Rue Belliard 20 > B- 1040 Brusselshttp://edri.org > > Tel: +32 2 274 25 70 > PGP: D59A 1D3F 50CC 231B DCFE 3F2C 92FA 6F29 3D74 0B42 > > Donate to EDRi! https://edri.org/donate/ > > Subscribe to the EDRi-gram, our fortnightly roundup of digital rights > news! http://edri.org/newsletters/ > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- Daphne Keller Director, Intermediary Liability Center for Internet and Society Stanford Law School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jefsey at jefsey.com Mon Dec 21 08:05:23 2015 From: jefsey at jefsey.com (Jefsey) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:05:23 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] To the design principles of the real Internet In-Reply-To: <56742170.1000802@riseup.net> References: <56742170.1000802@riseup.net> Message-ID: At 16:08 18/12/2015, willi uebelherr wrote: To the design principles of the real Internet Dear Willi, There is not such a thing as the "real Internet", there are several ways of internetting things. All you can say is: * there is a world digital ecosystem of bandwidth and processing nodes shared for free or for a fee by their owners * of which the purpose is to carry datagrams from end to end, what requires a minimum protocol set. . They are groups under exclusive (physical) or shared (virtual) NIC's supervision forming this way local or glocal network systems. Their concatenation is named a catenet ("a network of networks"). The ends are plugged to digital equipments through fringe edges. That's RFC 1859 and that's it. The most popular catenet end to end protocol sets are the "internet" IPv4 and IPv6 protocol sets. They come with their addressing plan and their IANA referential repository, That's it. By essence the catenet is unreliable. You can add protocols to make it reliable (ex. TCP). By essence the catenet is unsecure. You can add a security, format, cryptographic, language presentation loriented ayers. IETF does not do that. By essence the catenet is dumb stupid. You can add an intellition layer. RFC 1958 states that additional fringe to fringe layers are to be plugged "at the fringe". This means that it can be on the Network Side by DSPs (digital services providers) or through PLUS (plugged layers on the user side). So what you are discussing is the catenet internet PLUS. jfc >1) Internet, "the Interconnection of local Networks", "the Net of >Nets", has a clear definition basis: The geometrical structure of >the net. This structure never we found in the telecommunication >worldwide. Therefore, even today, there is no Internet. But because >we need it, we have to create it. > >The network is a recursive geometric structure where each node >connects to its neighbors. On this way can arise the net structure >also in the telecommunication. The nodes are the local autonomous >networks. The connections of this nodes is the Internet. A transport >system for digital data in packet form. > >The local networks are autonomous, because they contain all the >necessary elements locally. The clients, the servers and the >connections. All the necessary server structures are organized >locally. For the exchange of digital data we create the Internet. > >3 different types of digital data exist: Text, graphic, digitized >voice. They are transported as IP packets. A combination of the >digital data with the digital control information for >the transport. In our digital transport system, the data are not >relevant. Only the information for transport. > >This model is based on the network of roads. All local communities >have their direct connection to the neighboring local communities. >And for navigation in this network of roads, there is a clear >orientation: The geographical position. Therefore, we derive the >addresses in our network of connections of local networks from the >geographical location of the local network. > >2) We can summarize the principles for the construction of our >InterNets in a list. > >2.1) The constituent elements are the local and autonomous networks. >2.2) All local networks are connect with their neighbors. >2.3) The transport capacity of these compounds are generally >symmetrical in both directions. >2.4) The global address for the global transport is derived from the >geographical position of the local network. >2.5) In each segment of this network, the line between 2 routers, an >error check is made. >2.6) We distinguish 2 types of transport: asynchronous and >synchronous. The synchronous packets are preferred. Within the >synchronous packets, there are the emergency call with the highest priority. >2.7) We decentralize the DNS system (Domain Name System) based on >the ccTLD (country coded Top Level Domain). >2.8) This system for telecommunications is available to all people >free and free of charge. It arises from the activities of the people >in the local networks. > >3) The realization conditions > >The telecommunications system is a technical system for the >transport of digital data in packet form. The technology, the >materialization of the laws of the nature, stay in the foreground. >The principles of the design of the structure of this system is >based on our philosophical foundations. > >The technologies for our telecommunication system are the subject of >our global cooperation network of free technology. Free to >participate in the development, free to use the results for all >people. With that, we realize 2 basic principles: "Think globally, >act locally" and "Knowledge is always world heritage". > >All people on our planet need this telecommunication system. >Therefore it is reasonable, that we organize the search of the >solutions in the theoretical and constructive questions for the >creation of the components for this system in a free and global cooperation. > >many greetings, willi uebelherr >Coro, Venezuela, 17.12.15 >willi.uebelherr at gmail.com > > > > > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >Content-Disposition: inline > >____________________________________________________________ >You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org >To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > >For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > >Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t From ca at cafonso.ca Mon Dec 21 16:39:41 2015 From: ca at cafonso.ca (Carlos Afonso) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:39:41 -0200 Subject: [bestbits] CGI.br clarification note regarding blocking of Whatsapp in Brazil Message-ID: <5678719D.5030308@cafonso.ca> CLARIFICATION NOTE in virtue of the decision issued by the Honorable Judge of the 1st Lower Criminal Court of São Bernardo do Campo, ordering the suspension of the Internet application “Whatsapp” in the national territory of Brazil. 17-December-2015 The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), after taking notice of some excerpts of the decision issued by the Honorable Judge of the 1st Lower Criminal court of São Bernardo do Campo, ordering fixed and mobile Internet Service Providers in Brazil to suspend for 48 hours the access to the domains whatsapp.net and whatsapp.com and the inherent subdomains by blocking the traffic of any content as well as all IP addresses related to such domains and subdomains, including by adopting measures aimed at clearing cache memories related to the latter, among other measures. HEREBY clarifies that Article 12 of Law 12.965/2014 (or simply “Marco Civil”) only authorizes the temporary suspension of the activities expressly and exhaustively listed in the caput of article 11 of Marco Civil, i.e., the collection, storage, retention and treatment of logs, personal data or communications by Internet access/connection and application providers. Accordingly, article 12 of Marco Civil cannot be construed as something that entails the full and unrestricted suspension of all activities of Internet services and applications providers that operate in Brazil. Moreover, the Steering Committee takes up this opportunity to reiterate some of the terms of a clarification note previously adopted by its board members on March 3, 2015, by which they evaluated a similar decision adopted by a lower court of the state of Piauí, specially in relation to the following aspects: 1) Article 12 of Law 12.965/2014 comprises a group of sanctions, namely warnings, fines, the temporary suspension of activities involving the acts specified in Article 11 as well as the prohibition of exercising those same activities. Those sanctions shall be applied gradually and must be strictly aimed at entities that violate the rules related to the protection of logs, personal data and private communications. 2) Any action taken against illicit activities on the network must be aimed at those directly responsible for such activities and not at the means of access and transport, always upholding the fundamental principles of freedom, privacy and the respect for human rights (Resolution CGI.br/Res/2009/03/P); 3) Item VI under Article 3 of Marco Civil restricts the liability of Internet stakeholders to the specific extent of the activities they perform; and 4) Article 18 of the same Law states that “the Internet connection provider shall not be subject to civil liability for damages resulting from content generated by third parties”. The members of the board of CGI.br believe that Marco Civil does not provide any legal ground for the unrestricted suspension of Internet services and other activities and measures that adversely affect a diffuse and indiscriminate group of Internet users in Brazil and in neighboring countries that use the infrastructure and services provided by Brazilian companies. Therefore, CGI.br takes note of the efforts entailed by telecommunications and network providers in the country to cope with the court order, in full compliance with Brazilian Law, in spite of not being parties to the respective action; and commends the Honorable Justice Dr. Xavier de Souza, of the Court of Appeals of the State of São Paulo, who issued a writ of mandamus to revoke the lower court's decision, normalizing the operation of Whatsapp in Brazil. His action realigned the jurisdictional process to the general principle of non-liability of the network comprised in CGI.br's Decalogue of Principles for the governance and use of the Internet, which provided the normative basis for the principles, guarantees, rights and duties enshrined in the Federal Law 12.965/2014. -- Carlos A. Afonso Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br CGI.br - http://cgi.br GPG 0x9EE8F8E3 From lea at gp-digital.org Wed Dec 23 00:09:54 2015 From: lea at gp-digital.org (Lea Kaspar) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 06:09:54 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] New blog: Toward WSIS 3.0 - Adopting Next-Gen Governance Solutions for the Information Society Message-ID: Dear all, *[apologies for cross-posting]* I hope this email finds you well! In case of interest to this group - we have recently published a blog post on the WSIS+10 and its outcome. The article can be found here: http://bit.ly/1JoS5Rn In the piece, co-authored by myself and Stefaan Verhulst from GovLab, we look at the WSIS event and its outcome from the angle of governance innovation. We argue that the outcome fails to leverage lessons from the field of governance and policy innovation, which, if taken on board, could contribute to making the WSIS more effective, open, and participatory. We follow by giving concrete recommendations for how implementation efforts could correct this. We hope you enjoy it! Any feedback and comments are welcome. In the meantime, best wishes and happy holidays to those of you who celebrate! Looking forward to working with you all in 2016. Best, *Lea Kaspar* Head of Programmes and International Policy | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Development House, 56–64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT T: +44 (0)20 7549 0337 | M: +44 (0)7583 929216 | Skype: l.kaspar gp-digital.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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People on the list might have their own local examples >> too. >> TNI's 12 Victories of Social Movements: http://12days.tni.org >> >> TNI point out: 'The victories are the result of long fought struggles led by >> many social movements...despite the immense challenges we face in a world of >> unprecedented concentration of corporate and financial power matched by >> growing militarism.... people power works.' >> Mike -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mishi at softwarefreedom.org Fri Dec 25 09:34:08 2015 From: mishi at softwarefreedom.org (Mishi Choudhary) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:34:08 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: Fwd: [global-nn] Facebook urging its users to fight NN in India - sign-on letter In-Reply-To: <567CA278.9030707@cyberjuris.in> References: <567CA278.9030707@cyberjuris.in> Message-ID: <567D53E0.4080001@softwarefreedom.org> Everyone, Please consider signing this letter started by Accessnow. Forwarding a note from Josh Levy. We in India are facing an avalanche of false advertising by Facebook in its attempt to influence regulator to buy de-anonymised packets of the poor at bulk rate in the guise of charity. Indian civil society needs help and support. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [global-nn] Facebook urging its users to fight NN in India - sign-on letter Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:17:36 -0500 From: Josh Levy Reply-To: Josh Levy To: global-nn at lists.riseup.net Hi all - as you've probably seen, Facebook has been running ads in India and elsewhere urging Free Basics users to sign a petition AGAINST proposed Net Neutrality rules in India. Many of us have found this tactic, and the language used in the actual petition, to be unnecessarily aggressive, unfair, and disingenuous. For that reason, Access Now and the folks running SavetheInternet.in have put together the attached letter to Facebook. Please take a look and let me know if you a) have an high-level comments or concerns, and b) if we can add your org's name. Indian groups think it would be a huge help to get as many U.S. groups on board as possible. We'll also be circulating this to the global Net Neutrality list. I know it's pretty much the worst timing ever, but we do want to move this forward over the next few days, with the goal of making the letter and its signers public next week. Until then, please do not discuss in public this letter or our strategy. Thanks, Josh Levy -- *Josh Levy* Advocacy Director Access Now | accessnow.org tel: + 1 917 609 6523 | @levjoy PGP: 0x84C9F275 Fingerprint: B56A D510 3142 2364 69C7 3961 A0A3 67A5 84C9 F275 / Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter on digital rights, the Access Express: https://accessnow.org/express/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Afonso Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br CGI.br - http://cgi.br GPG 0x9EE8F8E3 From Christina.de.Castell at ifla.org Fri Dec 4 09:08:39 2015 From: Christina.de.Castell at ifla.org (Christina de Castell) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 14:08:39 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Job opportunity at IFLA HQ: Policy and Research Officer In-Reply-To: <97C7A797F720FE419F6199D76EBC81FA06555AF1@MFP02.IFLA.lan> References: <97C7A797F720FE419F6199D76EBC81FA06555AF1@MFP02.IFLA.lan> Message-ID: Hello everyone - we have an opening at our offices in The Hague - please feel free to pass this on and to send any questions you have. --Christina *** IFLA Headquarters has a vacancy for a Policy and Research Officer The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is looking for a skilled Policy and Research Officer. IFLA is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. IFLA has now 1500 members in approximately 150 countries around the world and is registered in the Netherlands. The headquarters is located in the Royal Library, the National Library of the Netherlands. IFLA is an independent, international, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization. The Policy and Research Officer contributes to the effectiveness of IFLA's policy and advocacy work by undertaking a range of professional tasks with the general direction of the Manager, Policy and Advocacy. These include carrying out in-depth desk research, supporting managers in producing position and discussion papers, supporting the work of IFLA units engaged in policy matters, monitoring issues that affect libraries, drafting and disseminating high-quality communications on policy and advocacy issues, and planning activities to support IFLA's policy objectives in collaboration with other staff. International travel may be required. Complete details: www.ifla.org/node/10010 Christina de Castell Manager, Policy & Advocacy International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 2595 BE The Hague, Netherlands christina.de.castell at ifla.org +31-70-3140884 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Sat Dec 26 10:16:19 2015 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 10:16:19 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: [TACD-all] DEADLINE EXTENSION: Member registration 16th TACD Annual Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Luciana Neagoe Date: Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:19 PM Subject: [TACD-all] DEADLINE EXTENSION: Member registration 16th TACD Annual Meeting To: "tacd-all at tacd.org" Dear all, This is to inform you that we have decided to extend the deadline for registrations to the 16th TACD Annual Meeting until *Friday, 8 January 2016*. However, please note that requests for funding support will only be accepted until *Monday, 14 December 2015*. To register, please fill out the form available at: http://goo.gl/forms/zW3By5XLYh. For those making own arrangements, please be reminded that *you have only a few days left *to benefit from TACD preferential rates at the hotels listed below: · *Renaissance Brussels *- € 159/night for a deluxe double, breakfast included. Please book at : http://bit.ly/1LpoaLK by *14 December 2015*. Please note that the rate is only available from 24 to 27 January 2015. · *Aqua Hotel* - € 135/night for a double, breakfast included. Please book by filling out the form at http://bit.ly/1YHeaDr and return to the indicated email address (or fax number) *by 15 December 2015*. · *Argus Hotel* - € 109/night for a double, breakfast included. Please book by filling out the form at http://bit.ly/1TkknSc and return to the indicated email address (or fax number) *by 15 December 2015*. To consult the draft programme for the multi-stakeholder forum on 26 January 2016, please check out our event page: http://tacd.org/event/2016-annual-forum/ Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards and nice weekend, Luciana *Luciana Neagoe TACD Coordinator* *Consumers International* 24 Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX, UK Tel: +44 20 7226 6663 Ext. 231 *Check out our World Congress 2015 highlights from Brazil and download all your Congress resources here: http://consint.info/CIcongress #CICongress* *The global voice for consumers:* www.consumersinternational.org *Connect with CI:* Twitter @Consumers_Int * |* http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational Read our email confidentiality notice . Don't print this email unless necessary. *From:* Luciana Neagoe *Sent:* 07 December 2015 15:53 *To:* 'tacd-all at tacd.org' *Subject:* FINAL REMINDER: Member registration 16th TACD Annual Meeting *Importance:* High Dear all, This is a friendly and *final reminder* that registrations for the 16th TACD Annual Meeting close this *Friday, 11 December*. Please register by filling out the form available at: http://goo.gl/forms/zW3By5XLYh. In addition, those who want to participate in the *financial services side event* on 27 January 2016 at the European Parliament, are kindly requested to register at: http://bit.ly/1MbXvlX by *Friday, 8 January 2016*. I would like to remind you that we have negotiated special rates at the following hotels in proximity of the meeting venue. *Please observe new booking deadlines*. · *Renaissance Brussels *- € 159/night for a deluxe double, breakfast included. Please book at : http://bit.ly/1LpoaLK by *10 December 2015*. Please note that the rate is only available from 24 to 27 January 2015. · *Aqua Hotel* - € 135/night for a double, breakfast included. Please book by filling out the form at http://bit.ly/1YHeaDr and return to the indicated email address (or fax number) *by 15 December 2015*. · *Argus Hotel* - € 109/night for a double, breakfast included. Please book by filling out the form at http://bit.ly/1TkknSc and return to the indicated email address (or fax number) *by 15 December 2015*. For programme and other updates, please check our event pages: · Multi-stakeholder Forum, 26 January 2016: http://tacd.org/event/2016-annual-forum/ · Financial services side event, 27 January 2016: http://tacd.org/event/financial-services-2016./ The programme for the internal policy committee meetings on 25 January will be available shortly. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Luciana *Luciana Neagoe TACD Coordinator* *Consumers International* 24 Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX, UK Tel: +44 20 7226 6663 Ext. 231 *Check out our World Congress 2015 highlights from Brazil and download all your Congress resources here: http://consint.info/CIcongress #CICongress* *The global voice for consumers:* www.consumersinternational.org *Connect with CI:* Twitter @Consumers_Int * |* http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational Read our email confidentiality notice . Don't print this email unless necessary. *From:* Luciana Neagoe *Sent:* 24 November 2015 16:40 *To:* 'tacd-all at tacd.org' *Subject:* REMINDER: Member registration 16th TACD Annual Meeting *Importance:* High Dear all, This is a friendly reminder to sign up to the 16th TACD Annual Meeting by completing the form available at http://goo.gl/forms/zW3By5XLYh. *Registrations will close on Friday, 11 December 2015*. In addition, those who want to participate in the *financial services side event* on 27 January 2016 at the European Parliament, are kindly requested to register at: http://bit.ly/1MbXvlX by *Friday, 8 January 2016*. If you require *financial support* to attend, please *register as soon as possible*. For those making own arrangements, I would like to remind you that we have negotiated special rates at the following hotels in proximity of the meeting venue. *Please observe booking deadlines*. · *Renaissance Brussels *- € 159/night for a deluxe double, breakfast included. Please book at : http://bit.ly/1LpoaLK by *10 December 2015*. Please note that the rate is only available from 24 to 27 January 2015. · *Aqua Hotel* - € 135/night for a double, breakfast included. Please book by filling out the form at http://bit.ly/1MqeKTU and return to the indicated email address (or fax number) *by 1 December 2015*. · *Argus Hotel* - € 109/night for a double, breakfast included. Please book by filling out the form at http://bit.ly/1Wg3az8 and return to the indicated email address (or fax number) *by 1 December 2015*. For programme and other updates, please check our event pages: · Multi-stakeholder Forum, 26 January 2016: http://tacd.org/event/2016-annual-forum/ · Financial services side event, 27 January 2016: http://tacd.org/event/financial-services-2016./ Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Luciana *Luciana Neagoe TACD Coordinator* *Consumers International* *Unlocking Consumer Power: A new vision for the global marketplace* *Consumers International World Congress, 18-21 November 2015, Brasília, Brazil* Hear from world class speakers, share your knowledge and experience, and network with international consumer advocates at this momentous event for change! *Register now! * #CICongress 24 Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX, UK Tel: +44 20 7226 6663 Ext. 231 *The global voice for consumers:* www.consumersinternational.org *Connect with CI:* Twitter @Consumers_Int * |* http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational *From:* Luciana Neagoe *Sent:* 05 November 2015 17:26 *To:* 'tacd-all at tacd.org' *Subject:* REMINDER: Member registration for the 16th TACD Annual Meeting *Importance:* High Dear all, Further to my email below, this is to kindly remind you that registration is open for the 16th TACD Annual Meeting. Please register *by Friday, 11 December*, by filling out the form available at: http://goo.gl/forms/zW3By5XLYh. If you require *financial support* to attend the meeting, please *register as soon as possible*. After registration, we will get in touch individually with members applying for sponsorship. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to welcoming you in Brussels! Best wishes, Luciana *Luciana Neagoe TACD Coordinator* *Consumers International* *Unlocking Consumer Power: A new vision for the global marketplace* *Consumers International World Congress, 18-21 November 2015, Brasília, Brazil* Hear from world class speakers, share your knowledge and experience, and network with international consumer advocates at this momentous event for change! *Register now! * #CICongress 24 Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX, UK Tel: +44 20 7226 6663 Ext. 231 *The global voice for consumers:* www.consumersinternational.org *Connect with CI:* Twitter @Consumers_Int * |* http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational *From:* Luciana Neagoe *Sent:* 23 October 2015 15:53 *To:* 'tacd-all at tacd.org' *Cc:* Anna Fielder; 'scandchairs at tacd.org' *Subject:* REGISTRATION OPEN: 16th TACD Annual Meeting Dear all, I would like to inform you that *registration for members is now open* for the 16th TACD Annual Meeting, which will take place from 24 to 27 January 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. To register, please follow this link:. *Calendar of events* The calendar of events for the 16th Annual Meeting is as follows: · *Sunday, 24 Jan*: Internal meeting of the Steering Committee and the Policy Committee co-chairs · *Monday, 25 Jan*: Internal meetings of the Policy Committees (members only) · *Tuesday, 26 Jan*: Multi-stakeholder Forum: “The precautionary principle in TTIP: Trade barrier or essential for consumer protection?” · *Wednesday, 27 Jan*: Side event organised by the Financial Services Policy Committee The latest programme for the multi-stakeholder forum on Tuesday, 26 January is attached. We are currently developing the programmes for the internal meeting on 25 January and the side event on 27 January and we will make those available as soon as possible. *Financial support* We are keen to enable as many TACD members as possible to attend the 16th Annual Meeting. Unfortunately, our funding is extremely limited and we will only be able to offer *partial sponsorship* (contribution to either the cost of travel or accommodation) to a limited number of participants. We therefore *ask all organisations who are able to cover their own costs to do so* and allow us to maximise the resources available to support those participants who would otherwise be unable to travel. *Should you require partial sponsorship, we strongly advise you to register as soon as possible*. After registration, we will get in touch individually with members applying for sponsorship. Please *do not book your travel* before sponsorship is approved. If more colleagues apply for sponsorship than we have funds for, the final decision will be based on criteria related to active participation in TACD's work. Please note that only *one person per organisation* is eligible for funding support. Should you have any questions or problems in completing your online registration, please do not hesitate to contact me. We look forward to welcoming you in Brussels! Best wishes, Luciana *Luciana Neagoe TACD Coordinator* *Consumers International* *Unlocking Consumer Power: A new vision for the global marketplace* *Consumers International World Congress, 18-21 November 2015, Brasília, Brazil* Hear from world class speakers, share your knowledge and experience, and network with international consumer advocates at this momentous event for change! *Register now! * #CICongress 24 Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX, UK Tel: +44 20 7226 6663 Ext. 231 *The global voice for consumers:* www.consumersinternational.org *Connect with CI:* Twitter @Consumers_Int * |* http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational _______________________________________________ Tacd-all mailing list Tacd-all at tacd.org http://mail.tacd.org/mailman/listinfo/tacd-all_tacd.org -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Meet Tox: https://tox.chat/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_%28protocol%29 My ToxID: 3FA2E5273F0C368576FE120B374664E3B41E2CDF21639AFED3DC301490FFB01FAAA47B78D5F4 -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 931 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: From rysiek at hackerspace.pl Sat Dec 26 17:03:06 2015 From: rysiek at hackerspace.pl (rysiek) Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 23:03:06 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] [RedLatAm] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <362794610.cCD27RfILD@lapuntu> Dnia czwartek, 17 grudnia 2015 15:29:39 Robert Guerra pisze: > Personally I would recommend Signal over Telegram. It has far better > security than Telegram… > > it’s available for Android and iOS - https://whispersystems.org/ Again, centralized protocol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_%28software%29#Servers Can we please make note of how WhatsApp block was *possible* due to the centralized nature of the protocol and start moving towards decentralization? I mean, how is it possible that the very reason Internet exists -- finding a solution to the problem of "what happens when something takes down a central routing point" -- is the one thing we completely ignore in those discussions? -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 931 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: From ca at cafonso.ca Mon Dec 28 06:21:17 2015 From: ca at cafonso.ca (Carlos Afonso) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:21:17 -0200 Subject: [bestbits] [IRPCoalition] [RedLatAm] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know In-Reply-To: <362794610.cCD27RfILD@lapuntu> References: <362794610.cCD27RfILD@lapuntu> Message-ID: <56811B2D.2080702@cafonso.ca> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Excellent points, Michał. fraternal regards - --c.a. On 12/26/15 20:03, rysiek wrote: > Dnia czwartek, 17 grudnia 2015 15:29:39 Robert Guerra pisze: >> Personally I would recommend Signal over Telegram. It has far >> better security than Telegram… >> >> it’s available for Android and iOS - https://whispersystems.org/ > > Again, centralized protocol: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_%28software%29#Servers > > Can we please make note of how WhatsApp block was *possible* due to > the centralized nature of the protocol and start moving towards > decentralization? > > I mean, how is it possible that the very reason Internet exists -- > finding a solution to the problem of "what happens when something > takes down a central routing point" -- is the one thing we > completely ignore in those discussions? > > > > _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > https://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/mailman/listinfo/irp > - -- Carlos A. Afonso Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br CGI.br - http://cgi.br GPG 0x9EE8F8E3 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQIbBAEBCgAGBQJWgRstAAoJEB/lG7Ce6Pjjq/UP9itChU31A9PoefIvNJyn72nW v3yEyj0gezRxLG2TbE3A75htAfeZYQubtoNskRoqpOroR4WSh6iQ382O9O6K9Q9k SUM3cwqdcWoYi+KT123GUjBWYJ+6pCAUu2cR6x94ztw5h3n1BltT+4layYrF8zne Aozd2rbS320QwFPzf1xQXmoTZ/fGvQO3Ab1ZlTaaAuFXWLDmdA/tGrtU2vlHqfcM v+lj66LR/SjHClvUvfcZlZXQOhE4tyzqYqa8ZDv2cGCSD0WwJ4qE0OSYmE/NjgVe 0O0Uv0EIEwM6T5qaAWiF/QR9aszCSKWKBXy+nDyoUIB8k+GBdzrz+3WnAjpqk4g7 17vJUx408yuMtUmBNebgW7cnPti+JVKf2RVgL6JCgGfdnMq4V5Mt5i6FOUhw/TI2 S9duBJ0tCz/nl43tmg0eJeCFBj7RWWYyYKeHZh0fEHR564s3pW7qbh554wb8prWn VkAFzw2P43Ialpu+VqCUvJl7kO+Qfgg/ODOBti1Lczi+mvIT5xj+a4x33v5t+6IN SS5ucwcFgaKtvFW5HXlAdqyVC9Z2dTDYU4ibu7IZYg0J1naU7+okQHci1KqFfyn2 MC6/tl1NNxL/JDCFT1H/pQA8yMTd0UY4NOC64IxonqX4/g2j+H4nVqamWdp0fto+ 7LKQbR22EiH6Vbe506A= =QAdA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From lorena at collaboratory.de Wed Dec 30 10:44:50 2015 From: lorena at collaboratory.de (Lorena Jaume-Palasi) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:44:50 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Only 1,5 days left. Friendly reminder: EuroDIG 2016 in Brussels. Call for issues (not sessions) open until December 31, 2015 Message-ID: Dear all, apologies for cross-posting. This is a friendly reminder. *The call for issues is only 2 more days open.* The yearly EuroDIG* call for issues is open until December 31*. The submissions should be about the issues/topics that need to be placed in the agenda and discussed in Brussels 2016. Submitting an issue is done in less than 3 minutes; *only the mention of the topic is required*, speaker or session suggestions are explicitly not requested and will not be considered. The agenda of the European IGF is made bottom up. Hence: if a topic is not submitted, it will not be in the agenda. So please make sure that important issues are placed in the center of Brussels' public eye. We expect approx. 1000 participants from across the whole continent. Get involved and help setting the agenda here: *www.eurodig.org/get-involved/call-for-issues/proposal-submission/ * Looking much forward to reading your proposals! Lorena -- Lorena Jaume-Palasí ∙ Coordinator, Global Internet Governance Arbeitsgruppe Internet & Gesellschaft Co:llaboratory e.V. www.intgovforum.de ∙ www.collaboratory.de ∙ Newsletter ∙ Facebook ∙ Twitter ∙ Youtube -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isolatedn at gmail.com Thu Dec 31 07:06:29 2015 From: isolatedn at gmail.com (Sivasubramanian M) Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:36:29 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: Fwd: [global-nn] Facebook urging its users to fight NN in India - sign-on letter In-Reply-To: <567D53E0.4080001@softwarefreedom.org> References: <567CA278.9030707@cyberjuris.in> <567D53E0.4080001@softwarefreedom.org> Message-ID: TRAI called for comments, it is covered by Reuters, The Hindu, Indian Express and other news reports that do not feature a link to the comments page. The comment page is not easy to locate on the TRAI website either. The home page is cluttered and badly organized. The titles to the consultation papers are not easy to understand for the common man, and when the link to the comment is identified, it leads to a log in page that requires a new user registration which, on submission, returns a server error page, and on resubmission it says please check your email for confirmation which is not there, many might have walked past these difficulties and submitted their comments, but certainly not an optimal way to consult the people. The design of the webpage is either careless or perhaps thoughtfully so designed to restrain the circle of consultation. Perhaps the Software Law Center could identify web designers to help TRAI design a comments platform? On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Mishi Choudhary wrote: > Everyone, > > > Please consider signing this letter started by Accessnow. Forwarding a > note from Josh Levy. We in India are facing an avalanche of false > advertising by Facebook in its attempt to influence regulator to buy > de-anonymised packets of the poor at bulk rate in the guise of charity. > Indian civil society needs help and support. > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [global-nn] Facebook urging its users to fight NN in India > - > sign-on letter > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:17:36 -0500 > From: Josh Levy > Reply-To: Josh Levy > To: global-nn at lists.riseup.net > > > > Hi all - as you've probably seen, Facebook has been running ads in India > and elsewhere urging Free Basics users to sign a petition AGAINST > proposed Net Neutrality rules in India. Many of us have found this > tactic, and the language used in the actual petition, to be > unnecessarily aggressive, unfair, and disingenuous. > > For that reason, Access Now and the folks running SavetheInternet.in > have put together the attached letter to Facebook. > > Please take a look and let me know if you a) have an high-level comments > or concerns, and b) if we can add your org's name. Indian groups think > it would be a huge help to get as many U.S. groups on board as possible. > We'll also be circulating this to the global Net Neutrality list. > > I know it's pretty much the worst timing ever, but we do want to move > this forward over the next few days, with the goal of making the letter > and its signers public next week. Until then, please do not discuss in > public this letter or our strategy. > > Thanks, > Josh Levy > > > -- > *Josh Levy* > Advocacy Director > Access Now | accessnow.org > > tel: + 1 917 609 6523 | @levjoy > PGP: 0x84C9F275 > Fingerprint: B56A D510 3142 2364 69C7 3961 A0A3 67A5 84C9 F275 > / > Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter on digital rights, the Access > Express: https://accessnow.org/express/ > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- Sivasubramanian M -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Afonso Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br CGI.br - http://cgi.br GPG 0x9EE8F8E3 From roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca Fri Dec 4 09:19:15 2015 From: roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca (Becky Lentz) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 09:19:15 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] ACLS Public Fellows Program - information re applications from organizations and fellows... Message-ID: ACLS Public Fellows ACLS is currently accepting applications from organizations wishing to host a 2016 ACLS Public Fellow. Online applications will be accepted from recent PhDs starting in January 2016. http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows/ The ACLS Public Fellows program places recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. The fellowship provides a stipend of $65,000 per year as well as individual health insurance. This program, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to expand the reach of doctoral education in the US by demonstrating that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy. The ACLS Public Fellows program involves two separate application processes each program year: In the fall, nonprofit and government organizations apply for the opportunity to host an ACLS Public Fellow, who will take up his or her appointment in the following year. For more information, visit Apply to Host an ACLS Public Fellow In the spring, recent humanities PhDs who meet the program's eligibility requirements apply for two-year fellowship placements at one of the year's selected host organizations. 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Submitting an issue is done in less than 3 minutes; *only the mention of the topic is required*, speaker or session suggestions are explicitly not requested and will not be considered. The agenda of the European IGF is made bottom up. Hence: if a topic is not submitted, it will not be in the agenda. So please make sure that important issues are placed in the center of Brussels' public eye. We expect approx. 1000 participants from across the whole continent. Get involved and help setting the agenda here: *www.eurodig.org/get-involved/call-for-issues/proposal-submission/ * Looking much forward to reading your proposals! Lorena Lorena Jaume-Palasí Director Communications & Youth Engagement European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) office at eurodig.org www.eurodig.org Cel: +49.179.919 578 ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: governance at lists.igcaucus.org To be removed from the list, visit: http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing For all other list information and functions, see: http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: http://www.igcaucus.org/ Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t -- Lorena Jaume-Palasí ∙ Coordinator, Global Internet Governance Arbeitsgruppe Internet & Gesellschaft Co:llaboratory e.V. www.intgovforum.de ∙ www.collaboratory.de ∙ Newsletter ∙ Facebook ∙ Twitter ∙ Youtube -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: