[bestbits] Fwd: Joana's speech

Wed Nov 11 14:47:28 EST 2015

It was a great speech.  Congrats.
-amalia

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 10:10 AM, James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net>
wrote:

> The Raw transcript of the speech is available here and copied below
>
>
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/187-igf-2015/transcripts-igf-2015/2318-2015-11-10-opening-ceremony-main-meeting-room
>
>
> >> MODERATOR: , the next speaker is Joana Varon Ferraz.
> >> JOANA VARON FERRAZ: Hello, all protocols have been addressed.  I would
> like to extend my general greetings for all the participants.  And correct
> my affiliation.  I'm actually researcher and human rights advocate, and
> founder director of coding rights which is a female organisation focused in
> advancing the enforcement of human rights in the digital world by
> integrating usages and understandings of technology into policymaking
> process.
> I have to say a few weeks ago, we were surprised by a E mail saying that
> I've been nominated by my colleagues for this Opening Session.  When I got
> the news, the first thing that crossed my mind were memories from when I
> attended my first IGF back in 2007.  Here in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro.
> It was just nine years ago, but as much as I changed, I got some trust
> from Civil Society colleagues that nominated me to be here today, the
> Internet has also changed a lot.  And we have great innovations, more
> people connected, indeed, different kind of smart devices, but I'm
> concerned.  The Internet was built with the core value of connectivity to
> be open, interoperable.
> But our Internet is becoming more and more centralized.  Sometimes, by the
> action of governments, but mostly by market powers.  That aspect poses
> problems to those core values that were originally embedded in the
> architecture of the Internet poses problems, protection and promotion of
> human rights, and also represents challenges to the Internet Governance
> processes.
> Particularly concerning, how we address our endless search for the beloved
> utopia of a Democratic multistakeholder participation.
> Mostly considering this from the mental power imbalances within the
> various stakeholder groups, some concerns, human rights and from the mental
> technical values for the Internet architecture, like end to end
> interoperability, confidentiality and many others are being solved, in this
> progressively more centralized Internet, coined by profit and control.
> I give some examples of such centralization trends.  In terms of
> connectivity, for instance, at least in developing countries or emerging
> economies, connectivities are still centralized in the hands of very few
> telecommunication companies.  We need to discuss alternatives to this such
> as public regime for Internet services, discuss free spectrum, usage of
> cognitive radios.  We have technologies for that.  And I was glad that
> there was a particular plenary addressing this issue in this edition of IGF
> already.
> Furthermore, we need to understand that Zero Rating practices are not the
> solution to the digital divide.  There are people, particularly from
> developing countries, that practically only access one service and think
> it's Internet.
> Imagine if this perception would escalate.  So, please let's not sell
> donkeys pretending they are horses, Internet org is not Internet, free
> basics is not free, we are paying for it.
> It is more like
>   (applause).
> It's more like you are basically getting free of your rights, the right to
> access global and free Internet.
> So, we not only need open connectivity.  We also really need implementable
> net neutrality, and in particular the representatives, Brazilian Government
> representatives that are here, I'd like to ask for them to please consider
> that there is a urgency to have a regulation of Marco Civil that decree
> that hopefully would set the tone about that.
> Marco Civil was an example in terms of process and content worldwide, but
> without regulation, it is in danger, mostly by market practices.
> Another example of decentralization is related to freedom of expression
> and privacy.  A Special Rapporteur David Kaye said today and I find
> appealing, why are we reading a newspaper, the newspapers today, the
> newspapers is also reading us.  All this data, data, our digital shadow,
> our powerful tool, that can be used against us, either by framing us,
> framing our will, or to be used for pressure or clashing groups of descent.
> So while we have never been more connected, we have also never been so
> exposed as in the digital world, and pervasive surveillance, weak
> enforcement for data protection or discourse of Cybersecurity and terrorism
> does not make the perspectives very good.  We need strong and enforceable
> data protection views and here I call attention again to the situation in
> Brazil, we need to deliver our data protection bill.  There was a result of
> a public consultation to the legislative, they have to approve as soon as
> possible so we have coherence with national and international agenda in the
> protection of digital rights or privacy rights.
> We also need to understand and ensure that encryption and anonymity can
> and should be preserved.  We need to solve jurisdictional conflicts to
> ensure that protection of freedom of expression and privacy are not
> dependent on companies.  We need to move forward with transparent and
> accountable IANA transition towards a global system.
> And beyond, policy approaches to human rights, we need to inform these
> principles for the development of technology.  Technology is not neutral.
> We need to consider that what does it mean to have human rights
> considerations for standards and protocols.
> We need to foster free software as it has been said in sessions here, if
> we cannot see, we cannot trust it.
> We need to work more closely to technical community to understand or at
> least expose the implications about what they do, and human rights.
> Finally, we need more women and more diversity within those who develop
> technologies.
>   (applause).
> And create policies for technologies.  This imbalance is already very
> expressive in this Opening Session, in which you can count four women.
> So to wrap my points, all this list of issues that can be developed
> further and further, represent the challenges that are increasing, to
> protect and promote human rights and the core values of the architecture of
> the Internet in face of decentralization.
> My final consideration for us to have in mind is, what is the Internet
> Governance system that can address all this?  What is the role of IGF
> facing these issues?
> IGF is indeed a unique space for multistakeholder dialogue.  But we need
> to fulfill them in data of IGF as provided in the Tunis Agenda.  We are
> currently in the process of reviewing the WSIS+10, where this issue can be
> addressed.
> But the renewal of IGF cannot be used as a maintenance of the status quo,
> in which the Internet Governance ecosystem remains the same.  No one can
> solve the issues that I have raised so far.  The Internet that we were
> discussing during WSIS process in 2003 and 5, and later on here in Brazil
> in IGF 2017 is not the same.
> The challenges to maintaining a free, open and decentralized network have
> never been bigger, and the solution is related to access, whether the
> institutional arrangements that we built are able to protect and promote
> human rights, and enable us to maintain technical values that inspire the
> creation of the Internet.
> I hope in these days to come, we can discuss this and other issues
> further, with all the reasons they require but not only discuss really, let
> us also protest freely.  This is also political space.  I've been looking
> and saw some Civil Society representatives are being harassed and taken out
> of the venue by due to attempt of silent protest around free basics.  It is
> a bit unacceptable in a context in which we are discussing free speech.
> So please, let's let people who cannot be on the stage also symbolically
> express their key questions regarding the future of Internet in front of
> high level panels like this.
> I hope this issue can be solved quickly.
> Finally, let us also use this space to think what institutional
> arrangements are needed to move forward beyond the status quo, in order to
> reverse the strength of centralization of the Internet.  Let us try to put
> at least many of the beautiful words that were said here and look good in
> paper, in practice, towards a real people centered, open, free, global and
> inclusive Internet.
> Thank you so much.
>   (applause).
>
>
>
> Congrats!
>
> -James
>
>
>
>
> On 11/11/2015, 1:14 a.m., "bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net on behalf
> of Mishi Choudhary" <bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net on behalf of
> mishi at softwarefreedom.org> wrote:
>
> >Joana,
> >
> >You rock!
> >
> >On 11/10/2015 07:43 PM, Jac sm Kee wrote:
> >> Really was a very substantive speech. Thank you for all of the points
> >> raised in it.
> >>
> >> Radical.
> >> j
> >>
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------
> >> Jac sm Kee
> >> Manager, Women's Rights Programme
> >> Association for Progressive Communications
> >> www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
> >> Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
> >>
> >> On 11/11/2015 04:21, parminder wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Congrats Joana, it was the most substantial and evocative speech I
> >>> have heard at the IGF in a long time (if ever)!
> >>
> >>> It was both precisely to the point, and carried the right emotion
> >>> and evocation. And so brave of you to have raised the issue of
> >>> removal of the CS protesters... Bravo!!
> >>
> >>> parminder
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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