From sheetal at gp-digital.org Fri Dec 2 05:37:28 2016 From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 10:37:28 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] GPD @IGF 2016 Message-ID: Dear all, On behalf of GPD, we'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to the following sessions at the upcoming IGF in Mexico: - Human Rights Advocacy: Strategies for the digital age - WS158 Wednesday, December 7 • 16:30 - 18:00 - The workshop aims to strengthen strategic advocacy for human rights online - participants will be introduced to a strategic advocacy tool which will help inform discussions and interactive exercises on how to best conduct strategic advocacy for human rights in the digital age - On cybersecurity, who has got our back? - WS196, Friday December 9 • 10:45 - 11:45 - Confirmed speakers: Brian Bergstein (MIT Technology Review), Asad Baig (Media Matters for Democracy), Tatiana Tropina (Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law.), Dominique Lazanski (GSMA) - The debate will follow the Oxford style debate format, with ample time for audience participation (We'll also be at the Open Forum of the Freedom Online Coalition and the *B* est Practices Forum on Cybersecurity). Thanks, we look forward to seeing everyone attending the IGF this year! Best -- *Sheetal Kumar* Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peter at accessnow.org Sun Dec 4 20:56:08 2016 From: peter at accessnow.org (Peter Micek) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 19:56:08 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] RightsCon Proposal Deadline tomorrow, Dec. 5th Message-ID: Dear Friends, Quick reminder that the deadline to submit your *Program Session Proposal* for RightsCon Brussels is *tomorrow Monday, December 5th, *at 23:59 (PST)*.* Be sure to act submit your session idea! RightsCon Brussels will be our biggest and most impactful event yet, with three full days of programming, exciting satellite events like the Iran Cyber Dialogue, and more than 1000 globally diverse participants from across sectors. Submit a Session by Monday, December 5th You can submit your program session proposal on our website’s submission form , and find more information about our session formats, the RightsCon style and our themes on the submission guide . We encourage you to submit a high quality proposal, as competition is steep, and we are developing a fantastic and compelling agenda for participants. Attending RightsCon 2017 Tickets are on sale now in limited Early Registration pricing, so act quick before these discount tickets run out. Pricing will eventually increase to their regular values, so make sure to register sooner rather than later. Special rates and discount codes will be provided to session organizers and speakers. We’d love for you to join us at this important event. If you have any questions about your session proposal or registration, please let us know, either by contacting me or our RightsCon Coordinator at conference at accessnow.org. Best regards, Peter Micek -- Peter Micek Global Policy & Legal Counsel Access Now | accessnow.org rightscon.org tel: +1-888-414-0100 x709 PGP: 0xA5BD70B0 Fingerprint: 6CFE 8E9F ED8E 66B8 BE38 EA59 002C EEF5 A5BD 70B0 *Get* your tickets for RightsCon Brussels , March 29-31, 2017 *Subscribe *to the Access Now Express , our weekly newsletter on digital rights *Support* Access Now with a donation today. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kimberly at ibidem.org.br Mon Dec 5 11:08:17 2016 From: kimberly at ibidem.org.br (Kimberly Anastacio) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 10:08:17 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] =?UTF-8?Q?Advocacy_Strategies_-_Lighting_Session_=28Co?= =?UTF-8?Q?aliz=C3=A3o_Direitos_na_Rede_+_ADC=29?= Message-ID: Dear all, As mentioned yesterday at the Best Bits Pre-IGF Meeting, we would like to invite you to the 20-Minute Lightning Session "Can digital rights conquer the political mainstream? Civil Society’s tools to monitor the Parliament ” to be held this Thursday from 14h40 to 15h at the Internet Governance Forum. The session was designed to provoke a conversation between civil society's organizations on what strategies we are using to push our National Congresses in the promotion of human rights and how we are monitoring and affecting what is being discussed in our local House of Representatives. We will also present the "Coalizão Direitos na Rede ", a Brazilian Coalition recently created to strengthen NGO's presence in the country's legislative agenda, and discuss what the Asociación por los Derechos Civiles is doing in Argentina in regard of legislative process monitoring. Come share with us what's being done in your country and learn a bit more about Brazilian and Argentinian advocacy strategies! best, ___________________________________________ Kimberly Anastácio @kimanastacio *Instituto Beta: Internet & Democracia - **IBIDEM * Twitter | Facebook -- Visite o nosso site ibidem.org.br para mais informações. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you would like to meet the members of the EU Delegation and the young and to discuss the Youth and Internet Governance, but not only, please join us. The Open Forum is planned for tomorrow, December 6 at 10:45 - 11:45 at room 10 moderated by the MEP Julie WARD. KEY FOREWORD: PILAR DEL CASTILLO, MEP AND MEGAN RICHARDS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION MESSAGE FROM: LAMBERT VAN NISTELROOIJ, MEP, EU PARLIAMENT KEY QUESTIONS: STUART HAMILTON, IFLA AND LEE HIBBARD, COUNCIL OF EUROPE REMOTE MODERATOR: MARILIA MACIEL, DIPLOFOUNDATION The Youth IGF (www.youthigf.com) is a global movement that operates as a multi-stakeholder platform. It allows the young to discuss and take a lead in the field of Internet governance-related issues in the format of local, national or regional debates. It was launched by our organisation TaC-Together against Cybercrime (www.againstcybercrime.org) with the support of the Council of Europe, ICANN, Afnic, African Union Commission and the EU-Delegation to the IGF. Facebook link of the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1123759134398377/ Your presence is very important for the young. With very best regards, Yuliya Morenets ____________________________________________________________ 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... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Lorena *The Road to a Local IGF: Strategies to Organize a Local IGF* The fellows of the IGF Academy have been working on a strategy toolkit to help create Internet governance forums and to enhance existing Internet governance structures. The toolkit is an outcome of the first IGF Academy program - IGF Academy Fellows provided country-specific analysis, evaluations and strategies; Internet governance experts reviewed their recommendations and scientific editors cooperated with them to finalise the toolkit. The strategy toolkit consists of four elements: stakeholder mapping; funding strategy; communication strategy and SWOT analysis. It guides human rights activists, journalists, governments and other stakeholders who want to initiate Internet governance forums and processes to start the organizing process in a strategic, structured way. Additionally, the IGF Academy aims to strengthen ties between local and regional Internet governance stakeholders and to provide concrete steps for multistakeholder participation in the global United Nations IGF. *About* The IGF Academy’s goal is to foster freedom of expression on the Internet and to strengthen inclusive, transparent Internet governance processes. It facilitates the development of national Internet governance processes and supports engagement with corresponding regional and global Internet governance processes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The session will not concentrate on administrative > or logistic issues, but on strategies created by the fellows how to cope > with the many challenges NRIs experience. > > > Looking forward to meet you all during the next days. > > Lorena > > > *The Road to a Local IGF: Strategies to Organize a Local IGF* > The fellows of the IGF Academy have been working on a strategy toolkit to > help create Internet governance forums and to enhance existing Internet > governance structures. The toolkit is an outcome of the first IGF Academy > program - IGF Academy Fellows provided country-specific analysis, > evaluations and strategies; Internet governance experts reviewed their > recommendations and scientific editors cooperated with them to finalise the > toolkit. The strategy toolkit consists of four elements: stakeholder > mapping; funding strategy; communication strategy and SWOT analysis. It > guides human rights activists, journalists, governments and other > stakeholders who want to initiate Internet governance forums and processes > to start the organizing process in a strategic, structured way. > Additionally, the IGF Academy aims to strengthen ties between local and > regional Internet governance stakeholders and to provide concrete steps for > multistakeholder participation in the global United Nations IGF. > *About* > The IGF Academy’s goal is to foster freedom of expression on the Internet > and to strengthen inclusive, transparent Internet governance processes. It > facilitates the development of national Internet governance processes and > supports engagement with corresponding regional and global Internet > governance processes. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lea at gp-digital.org Mon Dec 5 12:42:40 2016 From: lea at gp-digital.org (Lea Kaspar) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 11:42:40 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] INVITE: Informal meeting with UN ASG Montiel @IGF 2016 | Wed, Dec 7, 11AM Message-ID: Dear all, Please see below an invite from the IGF Secretariat to members of civil society to attend an informal meeting with the UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development at UNDESA - Mr. Lenni Montiel. The meeting will take place on *Wednesday, 7 December at 11am in the press room* at the IGF2016 venue. To RSVP, please follow this link: https://goo.gl/forms/0xRk5DWFieWMiuwy1 As spaces are limited, they will be filled on a first come/first served basis and will be capped at 40ppl. You can follow the RSVP list here . Any questions - please get in touch with Chengetai (Cc'd). Best wishes, *Lea Kaspar* Executive Director | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3818 3258 | M: +44 (0)7583 929216 gp-digital.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chengetai Masango Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 10:16 AM Subject: Re: IGF 2016 Opening and Closing Session: Civil Society Speakers To: Lea Kaspar Cc: Renata Aquino Ribeiro , Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro < sala at pasifikanexus.nu>, Ginger Paque , Ephraim Percy Kenyanito , Avri Doria , Marina Sokolova , HO Bianca , "Julian Casasbuenas G." , teirdes at pirata.cat, Aida Mahmutovic , Jac sm Kee , Shita Laksmi , "Dr. Rasha Abdulla" , Richard Hill , Analia Aspis , Brian Gutterman , Adriana Ribeiro , Wai Min Kwok , Deniz Susar Dear Civil Society MAG members, ASG Montiel would like to have an informal meeting with Civil Society during IGF2016. 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The position in English: https://articulo19.org/mexican-civil-society-at-the-igf-2016-denounces-human-rights-violations/ Spanish version: https://articulo19.org/sociedad-civil-mexicana-en-igf-2016-denuncia-graves-violaciones-a-derechos-humanos/ Best, Claudio -- Claudio Ruiz derechosdigitales.org | @claudio PGP fingerprint C40E 0C6E E7B2 FA91 D8A9 1FC4 74D2 5C4D B603 D089 From hj101 at columbia.edu Tue Dec 6 10:51:31 2016 From: hj101 at columbia.edu (hj101 at columbia.edu) Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:51:31 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] IGF- Lightening Session Message-ID: Dear All, We are very excited to announce that we will be presenting a “lightening session” at the IGF TODAY, Tuesday December 6th at 1:00! Please join Columbia Global Freedom of Expression for a demo of our international case law database. Information on the lightening session is available here. The Global Freedom of Expression Case Law Database hosts nearly 800 case analyses of seminal court cases pertaining to freedom of expression from 110 countries. They include recent judicial decisions as well as those that are precedent-setting. The database is ever-growing with 20 to 30 new analyses added every month. The platform also offers blogs, publications and reviews of legal developments on freedom of expression and information around the world. It is designed to be a key resource for a broad audience of stakeholders working on freedom of expression, including lawyers, judges, activists, academics and students. If you cannot make it to the session, please visit our booth in the IGF village! Hope to see you soon, Hawley and Amalie About Columbia Global Freedom of Expression The Freedom of Expression Case Law Database is a project of Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, an initiative launched in 2014 by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger. Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information in an inter-connected global community with major common challenges to address. It is directed by Dr. Agnès Callamard, a distinguished human rights and freedom of expression expert. In addition to the case law database, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression undertakes and commissions research and policy projects; organizes events and conferences; and participates in and contributes to global debates on the protection of freedom of expression and information. From joly at punkcast.com Tue Dec 6 11:46:53 2016 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:46:53 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] IGF- Lightening Session In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: "lightening" ? - that's somewhere between lightning and enlightening I take it :P On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:51 AM, wrote: > Dear All, > > We are very excited to announce that we will be presenting a “lightening > session” at the IGF TODAY, Tuesday December 6th at 1:00! > > Please join Columbia Global Freedom of Expression for a demo of our > international case law database. Information on the lightening session is > available here. > > The Global Freedom of Expression Case Law Database hosts nearly 800 case > analyses of seminal court cases pertaining to freedom of expression from > 110 > countries. They include recent judicial decisions as well as those that are > precedent-setting. The database is ever-growing with 20 to 30 new analyses > added every month. > > The platform also offers blogs, publications and reviews of legal > developments > on freedom of expression and information around the world. It is designed > to > be a key resource for a broad audience of stakeholders working on freedom > of > expression, including lawyers, judges, activists, academics and students. > > If you cannot make it to the session, please visit our booth in the IGF > village! > Hope to see you soon, > Hawley and Amalie > > About Columbia Global Freedom of Expression > The Freedom of Expression Case Law Database is a project of Columbia Global > Freedom of Expression, an initiative launched in 2014 by Columbia > University > President Lee C. Bollinger. Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to > advance understanding of the international and national norms and > institutions > that best protect the free flow of information in an inter-connected global > community with major common challenges to address. It is directed by Dr. > Agnès > Callamard, a distinguished human rights and freedom of expression expert. > In > addition to the case law database, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression > undertakes and commissions research and policy projects; organizes events > and > conferences; and participates in and contributes to global debates on the > protection of freedom of expression and information. > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mishi at softwarefreedom.org Tue Dec 6 15:10:06 2016 From: mishi at softwarefreedom.org (Mishi Choudhary) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:10:06 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] SFLC.in Newsletter November 2016 In-Reply-To: <254d8bf0c5f0dbb8998e8b82fc9a8876@phplist.com> References: <254d8bf0c5f0dbb8998e8b82fc9a8876@phplist.com> Message-ID: <33a0cb9c-dba1-fd6e-c93d-a3793e487f8e@softwarefreedom.org> SFLC.in Newsletter November 2016 SFLC.in /Defender of your Digital Freedom/ Byte Size In November, we released our report titled Online Harassment: A form of Censorship, which was followed by a panel discussion featuring the key note address by Mr. Baijayant Panda, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha). This report is a combined product of insights received from multiple roundtables with all stakeholders, interviews with people who have been targets of online harassment, and internal research and discussions. Moreover, we researched on the details of SWAYAM, India's MOOC project and the use of proprietary software to develop it. We also created a time-line of the events that ensued in this decision within the MHRD and other involved bodies. Besides this, SFLC.in supported Mozilla to organize a short discussion on Equal Rating, an effort to provide content and platoform neutral internet connectivity to the unconnected. Our Counsel, Prasanth Suguthan participated in the Digital Citizen Summit in Bangalore where he spoke on a panel regarding privacy, big data, data mining. Our report on online harassment and the opinions of panelists were discussed in detail and covered by various media houses. The views of Mishi Choudhary on equal rating were also taken on record by many publications. A detailed report of our work follows. Thank you for your support! Online Harassment: A form of Censorship Aadhaar violations Report: Online Harassment – A Form of Censorship On November 22, 2016, we released our report titled “Online Harassment: A Form of Censorship”, which was discussion followed by a** discussion by panel including, Mr. Baijayant Panda, Mr. Arvind Gupta, Ms.Mahima Kaul, Mr. Chetan Krishnaswamy, Ms. Anja Kovacs, Mr. Saikat Datta, and Mr. Anyesh Roy. This Report compiles findings from a year of research into the issue, and attempts to provide an insight into the relevant national and socio-political factors influencing exploitative uses of the Internet. Show More Free and Open Source Software SWAYAM: From Open Source to Proprietary for India’s MOOCs Recently, MHRD decided that SWAYAM, India's MOOC platform would be developed using proprietary software. We analysed this journey that started with preference for open source software and devolved to the use of proprietary. We have also written a joint letter to the MHRD in this regard. Show More Timeline for India’s MOOC platform- SWAYAM For a chronological understanding, we converted our research on the SWAYAM platform in a timeline. This contains the recommendations and minutes of the Committee, sub committee made for this purpose, along with details about the RFPs, and the detailed decision making involved in this process. Show More Events Equal Rating High Tea Mozilla Corporation and SFLC.in organized an event on November 18th, 2016 in New Delhi to explore the challenges and solutions of bringing all people online through a panel discussion consisting of Jochai Ben Avie, Mishi Choudhary, Smriti Parsheera, and Mahesh Murthy. Show More Digital Citizen Summit Prasanth Sugathan was part of a panel on privacy at the Digital Citizen Summit organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation in Bangalore on 11th November, 2016. This session focused on digital privacy, big data, encryption, digital attacks, data mining, cyber security, anonymity, and surveillance Show More SFLC.in featured in the news *'Mozilla's Equal Rating Innovation Challenge Aims at Free Access Solutions Without Restrictions' , November 21, 2016, Gadgets 360*: As a part of the event organized by Mozilla and supported by SFLC.in on equal rating, our Executive Director, Mishi Choudhary was quoted on the topic, remarking that, "/connecting the unconnected while propagating the values of an open Internet is what we all must work for, Mozilla's challenge is the correct way to solve the problem of access. I hope for more such initiatives to be rolled out and we can address the challenge innovatively to educate every being on earth through an open Internet."/ */'/To avoid being harassed online, you need to protect your identity ', November 23, 2016, Economic Times:* The Economic Times covered our recently published report on Online Harassment: A form of Censorship and reported on it saying that the voices of abuse through social media can be tackled only by educating people of the existing mechanisms for combating online harassment *'Understanding Online Harassment and What to Do About It', November 23, 2016, The Wire:* Our report on Online harassment was also covered by the Wire where along with providing gists from the report and views of panelists, it also quotes Mishi Choudhary as commenting that,/“The internet and social media has created a space where individuals can speak to multitudes and the multitudes can speak back.”/ She further remarked that, /“this is only the beginning of a long conversation, not a set of answers, and its a conversation we all need to have together, involving all the stakeholders.”/ *'Social media platforms to be more responsive on harassment', November 23, 2016, The Indian Express: *The suggestions made in our report for intermediaries and platforms to check online harassment were reported by the Indian Express along with quoting Mishi Choudhary as saying, /“This report’s goal is to explore the phenomenon in detail, document how people experience the effects of harassment in their lives as we work towards finding a workable and understandable ways to address the problem.”/ SFLC.in, K-9, Second Floor, Birbal Road, Jangpura Ext, New Delhi - 110014 mail at sflc.in | +91 11 4358 7126 -- From valeriab at apc.org Fri Dec 2 08:23:40 2016 From: valeriab at apc.org (Valeria Betancourt) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 08:23:40 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] APC's priorities for the IGF 2016 Message-ID: Dear all, We have put together a document that provides a roundup of key internet-related policy developments since the 2015 IGF; our APC's priorities for IGF 2016 in the areas of Access, Human Rights, Gender, and Cybersecurity and reflections on strengthening the IGF and related institutions. Happy to share it with you: http://www.apc.org/en/node/22309/ A detailed description of our activities at IGF 2016 is available here: https://www.apc.org/en/events/apc-2016-internet-governance-forum Best, Valeria -- Valeria Betancourt Directora / Manager Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication and Information Policy Programme Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones / Association for Progressive Communications, APC http://www.apc.org From pileleji at ymca.gm Tue Dec 6 15:22:01 2016 From: pileleji at ymca.gm (Poncelet Ileleji) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 21:22:01 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] (CSCG): Call for nominations for civil society representatives to the IGF MAG Message-ID: FYI Colleagues, Please sorry for sending late been traveling. Call for Candidates - deadline 9 December ========================================= As part of the process of the annual renewal of IGF MAG, we are seeking candidates from civil society. Candidatures will be evaluated by a CSCG NomCom specifically created for this purpose. The non-voting chair of the NomCom will submit the selected nominations to the IGF using the official IGF nomination form available on the web. One civil society representative to MAG is leaving due to term limit, but there is no fixed number of civil society representatives, so there might be zero, or more than one, new civil society representatives in the next MAG. The timeline for the process is: 3 December: each coalition will issue its own call for candidates, specifying that nominations should be sent to rhill at hill-a.ch . CSCG members will circulate the call as widely as possible, to encourage participation from all sectors of civil society. Deadline for nominations is 9 December. 10-12 December: establish short-list 12-15 December: select candidates 16 December: submit candidates to IGF Secretariat -- Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS Coordinator The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio MDI Road Kanifing South P. O. Box 421 Banjul The Gambia, West Africa Tel: (220) 4370240 Fax:(220) 4390793 Cell:(220) 9912508 Skype: pons_utd *www.ymca.gm http://jokkolabs.net/en/ www.waigf.org www,insistglobal.com www.npoc.org http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753 *www.diplointernetgovernance.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sadaf.baig03 at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 15:22:44 2016 From: sadaf.baig03 at gmail.com (Sadaf Khan) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 01:22:44 +0500 Subject: [bestbits] IGF2016: Technological solutions for countering gender based harrasment Message-ID: Dear all, We are hosting a design thinking workshop on finding technological solutions to counter gender based harrasment online. The session is scheduled tomorrow (8-12-16) at 12:00pm in Workshop Room 16. People interested in brainstorming on technology based solutions are invited to join. Details of the session below: Countering gender based abuse online has been one of the key challenges that hinder optimal use of the Internet and other digital technologies. In the report of best practice forum on online abuse and gender based violence against women found that “abuse and gender-based violence against women, whether perpetrated online or offline, is difficult to address because of the attitudes, stereotypes and beliefs that underpin the issue. In an online context, such efforts are further complicated because responses need to be implemented within the global context of the Internet and with the cooperation of a multitude of stakeholders”. As the BFP’s report highlights the abuse against women remains disproportionate and technology at times becomes a tool, being used to commit, abet or aggravate different forms of violence against women. As noted in BFP on Countering Abuse report, “online abuse and gender based violence can, among other things, limit women’s ability to take advantage of the opportunities that ICTs provide for the full realisation of women's human rights, act as a barrier to access that can exacerbate the gender digital gap, often violate women’s human rights, and reaffirm and reproduce gender stereotypes”. Thus, countering online abuse and gender-based violence is essential for both inclusivity and sustainability. Enabling women to participate equally online would help create an environment which allows for the optimal use of the Internet and also help women access equal opportunities for growth and development in today’s digital, networked society. *The session takes the design thinking approach to understand, analyse and find solutions for gender based abuse and harrasment online. * *Regards,* *Sadaf Khan* *Director Programs* *Media Matters for Democracy* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mariliamaciel at gmail.com Wed Dec 7 10:25:02 2016 From: mariliamaciel at gmail.com (Marilia Maciel) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 09:25:02 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] IGF Daily 2 - Reporting from the 11th Internet Governance Forum Message-ID: Hello everyone, sorry for any cross-posting. Please find below the IGF daily , with a summary of what was discussed in IGF day 1, data analysis of transcripts and an interview with ISOC's president Kathy Brown. The IGF daily is developed by Diplo Foundation and the Geneva Internet Platform, with the support from ICANN, ISOC and the IGF Secretariat. You will find the previous issue with highlights from IGF day 0 here . All the best wishes, Marilia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geneva Internet Platform Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 9:08 AM Subject: IGF Daily 2 - Reporting from the 11th Internet Governance Forum To: *|MMERGE3|* Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Dear Colleagues, The second *IGF Daily* is out! The newsletter includes highlights from yesterday’s sessions summarising the main themes, data analysis of the transcripts and our prefix monitor, and an interview corner. Download your digital copy , or pick your copy of *IGF Daily 2* from the Diplo/GIP booth in Guadalajara. The *IGF Daily* complements live updates on the *GIP Digital Watch* observatory, at dig.watch/igf2016 . Bookmark the page for the latest updates, aimed at helping you navigate the 11th Internet Governance Forum. Tomorrow's *IGF Daily* will be packed with reports from workshops, data analysis, and more, so stay tuned! The just-in-time reporting initiative is supported by the IGF Secretariat, ICANN, and the Internet Society. The *IGF Daily* Reporting Team Follow us on Twitter | Forward to a friend You're receiving this email because you expressed an interest in Geneva Internet Platform. unsubscribe mariliamaciel at gmail.com from this list | update your subscription preferences [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp] -- *Marília Maciel* Digital Policy Senior Researcher, DiploFoundation WMO Building *|* 7bis, Avenue de la Paix *| *1211 Geneva - Switzerland *Tel *+41 (0) 22 9073632 *| * *Email*: *MariliaM at diplomacy.edu * *|** Twitter: * *@MariliaM* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From sheetal at gp-digital.org Wed Dec 7 15:31:50 2016 From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:31:50 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] (CSCG): Call for nominations for civil society representatives to the IGF MAG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, Thanks Poncelet for sharing - as the deadline is so short (09 December) I you don't mind me following up to encourage you to nominate candidates for MAG CS positions. Please send your nominations to the Chair of the Nomcom: rhill at hill-a.ch Thanks! Call for Candidates - deadline 9 December ========================================= As part of the process of the annual renewal of IGF MAG, we are seeking candidates from civil society. Candidatures will be evaluated by a CSCG NomCom specifically created for this purpose. The non-voting chair of the NomCom will submit the selected nominations to the IGF using the official IGF nomination form available on the web. One civil society representative to MAG is leaving due to term limit, but there is no fixed number of civil society representatives, so there might be zero, or more than one, new civil society representatives in the next MAG. The timeline for the process is: 3 December: each coalition will issue its own call for candidates, specifying that nominations should be sent to rhill at hill-a.ch . CSCG members will circulate the call as widely as possible, to encourage participation from all sectors of civil society. Deadline for nominations is 9 December. 10-12 December: establish short-list 12-15 December: select candidates 16 December: submit candidates to IGF Secretariat On 6 December 2016 at 14:22, Poncelet Ileleji wrote: > > FYI Colleagues, > > Please sorry for sending late been traveling. > > > Call for Candidates - deadline 9 December > ========================================= > > As part of the process of the annual renewal of IGF MAG, we are seeking > candidates from civil society. Candidatures will be evaluated by a CSCG > NomCom specifically created for this purpose. The non-voting chair of the > NomCom will submit the selected nominations to the IGF using the official > IGF nomination form available on the web. One civil society representative > to MAG is leaving due to term limit, but there is no fixed number of civil > society representatives, so there might be zero, or more than one, new > civil > society representatives in the next MAG. > > > The timeline for the process is: > > 3 December: each coalition will issue its own call for candidates, > specifying that nominations should be sent to rhill at hill-a.ch . CSCG > members will circulate the call as widely as possible, to encourage > participation from all sectors of civil society. Deadline for nominations > is > 9 December. > > 10-12 December: establish short-list > > 12-15 December: select candidates > > 16 December: submit candidates to IGF Secretariat > > -- > Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS > Coordinator > The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio > MDI Road Kanifing South > P. O. Box 421 Banjul > The Gambia, West Africa > Tel: (220) 4370240 <(220)%20437-0240> > Fax:(220) 4390793 <(220)%20439-0793> > Cell:(220) 9912508 <(220)%20991-2508> > Skype: pons_utd > > > > > > > *www.ymca.gm http://jokkolabs.net/en/ > www.waigf.org > www,insistglobal.com www.npoc.org > http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753 > *www.diplointernetgovernance.org > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- *Sheetal Kumar* Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Such a thematic forum would be part of the World Social Forum process and will be organized under the WSF’s general principles and format, including the idea of extension and on-going process (i.e. not limited just to the face-to-face event). It would not be a substitute for civil society participation and pre-meetings at the IGF. We of course still need those. It would provide us with a space to deepen our analysis and share critical perspectives in ways that would enrich our advocacy in other spaces. Those now in Guadalajara who interested in learning more about the plans for convening such an event are invited to join an open discussion. When: Thursday 8 December 2016 Where: Meeting room next door to the Morales Hotel (Avenida Ramon Corona in the historical centre). Time: 19h30 Anriette (On behalf of members of the provisional planning group present in Guadalajara) PS This meeting just prior to the APC party which you are also all invited to :) If you want to attend the APC party please register at: https://crm.apc.org/civicrm/event/info?id=28&reset=1 -- ----------------------------------------- Anriette Esterhuysen Executive Director Association for Progressive Communications anriette at apc.org www.apc.org IM: ae_apc From katitza at eff.org Wed Dec 7 20:31:57 2016 From: katitza at eff.org (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 19:31:57 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] WS 267: Surveillance and Human Rights Law Message-ID: Hi all, Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales and the Electronic Frontier Foundation would like to invite you to our workshop "Surveillance and International Human Rights Law" that will take place tomorrow Thursday December 8, 2016 from3pm to 4pm at Workshop Room 4. The participants are Peter Kimpian (Data Protection Unit - Council of Europe), Amos Toh (‎Legal Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression), Katitza Rodriguez (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Arjun Jayakumar (Policy Director at SFLC, India), María Cristina Capelo (Google Mexico), and Luis Fernando Garcia from R3D. The idea of the panel is to explore how different human rights systems are approaching surveillance. Which principles have been developed in those systems, which are the latest developments and challenges. Best, Luis Fernando García Director R3D Katitza Rodriguez EFF Sent from my iPhone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alex.comninos at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 06:24:56 2016 From: alex.comninos at gmail.com (Alex Comninos) Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:24:56 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] IGF website is down for me? Message-ID: Hi All Wish I could be there, the IGF website was looking great. Seems down now for me now. DDoS? Hacking? Too many visitors? I hope all is OK. [image: igf down.PNG] -- Alex Comninos Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Skype: alexcomninos5 Tel: +49 178 2349 836 http://comninos.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: igf down.PNG Type: image/png Size: 24364 bytes Desc: not available URL: From anna.kakalashvili at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 06:34:45 2016 From: anna.kakalashvili at gmail.com (Ana Kakalashvili) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:34:45 +0400 Subject: [bestbits] IGF website is down for me? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <73418CFC-73C5-41C1-BF39-851947FFA334@gmail.com> Down for me, too. Best, Ana K > On Dec 8, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Alex Comninos wrote: > > Hi All > > Wish I could be there, the IGF website was looking great. Seems down now for me now. DDoS? Hacking? Too many visitors? > > I hope all is OK. > > > -- > Alex Comninos > Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography > Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany > Skype: alexcomninos5 > Tel: +49 178 2349 836 > http://comninos.org > ____________________________________________________________ > 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: intgovforum.org DOWN.png Type: image/png Size: 29782 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 842 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: From williams.deirdre at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 06:37:25 2016 From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 07:37:25 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] IGF website is down for me? In-Reply-To: <73418CFC-73C5-41C1-BF39-851947FFA334@gmail.com> References: <73418CFC-73C5-41C1-BF39-851947FFA334@gmail.com> Message-ID: It seems to be working for me - at least http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/ is Deirdre On 8 December 2016 at 07:34, Ana Kakalashvili wrote: > Down for me, too. > > > > Best, > Ana K > > > On Dec 8, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Alex Comninos wrote: > > Hi All > > Wish I could be there, the IGF website was looking great. Seems down now > for me now. DDoS? Hacking? Too many visitors? > > I hope all is OK. > > > -- > Alex Comninos > Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography > Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany > Skype: alexcomninos5 > Tel: +49 178 2349 836 <+49%20178%202349836> > http://comninos.org > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 69 Domain Status: clientHold https://icann.org/epp#clientHold Domain Status: autoRenewPeriod https://icann.org/epp#autoRenewPeriod Registrant ID: tuw61XLct98xBE8H Registrant Name: Chengetai Masango -- Alex Comninos Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Skype: alexcomninos5 Tel: +49 178 2349 836 http://comninos.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: intgovforum.org DOWN.png Type: image/png Size: 29782 bytes Desc: not available URL: From sana.pryhod at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 06:50:26 2016 From: sana.pryhod at gmail.com (Oksana Prykhodko) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 13:50:26 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] IGF website is down for me? In-Reply-To: References: <73418CFC-73C5-41C1-BF39-851947FFA334@gmail.com> Message-ID: Try these one: WebEx details available on this link . Live webcast available on this link. Best regards, Oksana On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Deirdre Williams wrote: > It seems to be working for me - at least http://www.intgovforum. > org/multilingual/ is > Deirdre > > On 8 December 2016 at 07:34, Ana Kakalashvili > wrote: > >> Down for me, too. >> >> >> >> Best, >> Ana K >> >> >> On Dec 8, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Alex Comninos >> wrote: >> >> Hi All >> >> Wish I could be there, the IGF website was looking great. Seems down now >> for me now. DDoS? Hacking? Too many visitors? >> >> I hope all is OK. >> >> >> -- >> Alex Comninos >> Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography >> Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany >> Skype: alexcomninos5 >> Tel: +49 178 2349 836 <+49%20178%202349836> >> http://comninos.org >> ____________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William > Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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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Result for https://igf2016.intgovforum.org/ ------------------------------------------- * BLOCKING DETECTED due to dns * Is NOT accessible --- > On 8 Dec 2016, at 14:50, Oksana Prykhodko wrote: > > Try these one: > > WebEx details available on this link . > > Live webcast available on this link. > > Best regards, > Oksana > > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Deirdre Williams > wrote: > It seems to be working for me - at least http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/ is > Deirdre > > On 8 December 2016 at 07:34, Ana Kakalashvili > wrote: > Down for me, too. > > > > > Best, > Ana K > > >> On Dec 8, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Alex Comninos > wrote: >> >> Hi All >> >> Wish I could be there, the IGF website was looking great. Seems down now for me now. DDoS? Hacking? Too many visitors? >> >> I hope all is OK. >> >> >> -- >> Alex Comninos >> Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography >> Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany >> Skype: alexcomninos5 >> Tel: +49 178 2349 836 >> http://comninos.org >> ____________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > -- > “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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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Please do so ASAP though. > > > > Updated Date: 2016-12-08T05:24:11Z > > Creation Date: 2005-12-07T10:07:23Z > > Registry Expiry Date: 2017-12-07T10:07:23Z > > Sponsoring Registrar: Tucows Inc. > > Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 69 > > Domain Status: clientHold https://icann.org/epp#clientHold > > Domain Status: autoRenewPeriod https://icann.org/epp#autoRenewPeriod > > > > > > *From: * on behalf of Deirdre > Williams > *Reply-To: *, Deirdre Williams < > williams.deirdre at gmail.com> > *Date: *Thursday, 8 December 2016 at 5:07 PM > *To: *Ana Kakalashvili > *Cc: *Alex Comninos , " > governance at lists.igcaucus.org" , Best Bits > , Chengetai Masango > *Subject: *Re: [governance] [bestbits] IGF website is down for me? > > > > It seems to be working for me - at least > http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/ is > > Deirdre > > > > On 8 December 2016 at 07:34, Ana Kakalashvili > wrote: > > Down for me, too. > > > > > > > > Best, > > Ana K > > > > > > On Dec 8, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Alex Comninos wrote: > > > > Hi All > > Wish I could be there, the IGF website was looking great. Seems down now > for me now. DDoS? Hacking? Too many visitors? > > I hope all is OK. > > > > -- > > Alex Comninos > > Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography > Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany > > Skype: alexcomninos5 > > Tel: +49 178 2349 836 <+49%20178%202349836> > > http://comninos.org > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > -- > > “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William > Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 > > ____________________________________________________________ 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 > -- Alex Comninos Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Skype: alexcomninos5 Tel: +49 178 2349 836 http://comninos.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The workshop outline, agenda and speakers can be found below. Hope to see many of you there! Best wishes, Aarti -- *Workshop Outline* Our session seeks to explore the contours of the multistakeholder model by examining the role played by civil society actors in the IANA Transition Process. Civil Society as a stakeholder group encompasses incredible diversity within itself. By examining the experiences of civil society stakeholders in the IANA transition, the session will throw light on the role, successes and failures of this stakeholder group in the process. The IANA Transition is seen as a prime example of multistakeholderism in practice. It is an ideal case study because it will have participants look to future multistakeholder engagements such as the continuing work stream 2 of ICANN accountability enhancements, among others. This will enable new participants to get involved and old participants to refine the multistakeholder model to make it more inclusive. The session will feed into the goals of more inclusive governance models and the diversity within this stakeholder group fits into the larger theme of the IGF 2016 of enabling inclusive and sustainable development. *Agenda* 1. Welcome and opening input 2. Key issues for civil society during the transition debates 3. Successes and failures from the transition discussions 4. Strategies for the future 5. Open discussion/ Q&A *Speakers* Robin Gross, Farzaneh Badii, Milton Mueller, Niels ten Oever, Aarti Bhavana, Jan-Aart Scholte, Matthew Shears, Alan Greenberg, Marilia Maciel, Klaus Stoll Aarti Bhavana | Program Officer Centre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.ccgtlr.org . *https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/author/aartibhavana/ *| -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please, can you read it and send the link of the Manifesto to your network of activists in digital rights? https://direitosnarede.org.br/c/guadalajara-manifesto/ Today, at 2h40pm, we will host a lightning session at the IGF to present the Coalition . Come see us and we will explain the content of the manifesto, asking for support of the international community. We really need this kind of support to pressure the law-makers and the government! The deadline to sign the manifesto is Friday at 2pm and you can do so by answering this email or by talking to any member of the Coalition! Best, Rafael Zanatta Coalizão Direitos na Rede *** The Guadalajara Manifesto For Internet Rights and Governance in Brazil We, as representatives of civil society organizations from all over the world present at the 11th Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico, come together to declare our concern about the policy changes related to access, governance and use of the Internet that are taking place in Brazil this year. Since 2012, Brazil has been a key participant in the IGF, pushing for more participation and the protection of human rights in the digital environment. It is regrettable that, in the IGF 2016, Brazilian government participation is rather restricted. The country that has been an example is now at risk of weakening its most valuable institutions dedicated to Internet Governance: the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and Marco Civil da Internet. The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet - “Marco Civil da Internet” (MCI), a Law enacted in 2014, was a result of a long and democratic participatory process that had as its goal the creation of fundamental rights for the use of the Internet. The Law focused on the democratization of Internet access, universalization, net neutrality, freedom of expression, protection of personal data and privacy. It was based on the Decalogue Principles enacted by CGI.br in 2009, in a context of multistakeholder governance. Due to the recent political changes in the country, the Internet as we know it is now at risk. The current government has started in a questionable power transition and has been refractory to democratic debate, supporting a conservative body of Congress representatives that since long is working against the protection of fundamental rights on the internet. Now, the Congress is about to pass a law that will represent a serious backlash in telecommunications policies that imply the loss of sovereignty over telecommunications networks, compromising the purpose set by MCI of universal access and digital inclusion. In addition, the Federal Government has announced that it will not develop policies for broadband Internet access and that “the market should promote expansion on its own”. Such new development paradigm goes against the current legal and regulatory framework in the country, which recognizes the key role of the State in achieving universalization and democratization of access and knowledge. In this context, the government, together with National Telecommunications Agency, has been permissive regarding commercial discriminatory practices, such as allowing for new plans with data caps to be offered, as well as anticompetitive deals between large ISPs and large online platforms. Since 2015, over two hundred bills proposing changes to the MCI have been presented. Many of them weaken fundamental principles and rights such as net neutrality, non-liability for Internet providers, personal data protection, privacy and freedom of expression. Behind these proposed amendments to the law, we have the heavy lobbying by conservative and authoritarian political forces as well as industries with private interests that go against the public ones. Now, in 2016, we have witnessed political actions by the Executive branch that threaten multistakeholder governance, more specifically the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI). Government representatives have openly declared that they intend to review the strength of the civil society representativeness and participation in the committee. We have also seen judicial decisions that determine the takedown of applications such as WhatsApp, when the company is unable to provide data and content about investigated persons by the police or investigation authorities due to the use of cryptography. Several lawsuits related to such takedowns are now pending before the Brazilian Supreme Court. We are aware that the award-winning Brazilian coalition called “Direitos na Rede” is fighting all these policy, legal and regulatory and legalchanges that threaten civil rights hardly acquired over the course of several years. We recognize the need to make these backlashes globally known and declare our support to the coalition. We also urge the Brazilian Government to take immediate measures against these limitations of Internet rights and principles and continues to foster a vibrant Internet ecosystem, where digital inclusion, human rights and democratic governance are priorities. 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All the best wishes, Marilia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geneva Internet Platform Date: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 6:46 AM Subject: IGF Daily 3 - Reporting from the 11th Internet Governance Forum To: *|MMERGE3|* Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Dear Colleagues, The third *IGF Daily* is out! The newsletter includes a zoomed-out overview of issues discussed during Day 2, data analysis of transcripts, findings from the prefix monitor, and the interview corner. Download your digital copy , or pick your copy of *IGF Daily 3* from the Diplo/GIP booth in Guadalajara. The *IGF Daily* complements live updates on the *GIP Digital Watch* observatory, at dig.watch/igf2016 . Bookmark the page for the latest updates, aimed at helping you navigate the 11th Internet Governance Forum. Tomorrow's *IGF Daily* will once again be packed with session reports, data analysis, and more. 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URL: From mariliamaciel at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 12:17:59 2016 From: mariliamaciel at gmail.com (Marilia Maciel) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 11:17:59 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] The Guadalajara Manifesto for Internet Rights and Governance in Brazil In-Reply-To: <1143823409.10383400.1481212392252.JavaMail.root@usp.br> References: <1143823409.10383400.1481212392252.JavaMail.root@usp.br> Message-ID: Dear all, This initiative is absolutely important and the threats to digital rights in the Brazilian scenario are real. As a Brazilian, I fully support the initiative and also join colleagues in asking for international support in this crucial moment for the country. Best wishes, Marilia On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:53 AM, wrote: > Dear all, > > As you might know, the Brazilian political landscape is chaotic. The > Congress and the federal government are putting into risk our framework for > Internet governance. Marco Civil is under attack and deregulation is under > way in Telecom sector. > > The Coalition Direitos na Rede wrote a > manifesto in Guadalajara about the Brazilian scenario and we are asking > activists and organizations to support us, if they agree with what we're > claiming. Many bad things are happening and we need people from all over > the world reacting against this. > > Please, can you read it and send the link of the Manifesto to your network > of activists in digital rights? > > https://direitosnarede.org.br/c/guadalajara-manifesto/ > > Today, at 2h40pm, we will host a lightning session at the IGF to present > the Coalition > . > Come see us and we will explain the content of the manifesto, asking for > support of the international community. We really need this kind of support > to pressure the law-makers and the government! > > The deadline to sign the manifesto is Friday at 2pm and you can do so by > answering this email or by talking to any member of the Coalition! > > Best, > > Rafael Zanatta > > > > > *Coalizão Direitos na Rede****The Guadalajara Manifesto For Internet > Rights and Governance in Brazil > > We, as representatives of civil society organizations from all over the > world present at the 11th Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico, > come together to declare our concern about the policy changes related to > access, governance and use of the Internet that are taking place in Brazil > this year. > > > Since 2012, Brazil has been a key participant in the IGF, pushing for more > participation and the protection of human rights in the digital > environment. It is regrettable that, in the IGF 2016, Brazilian government > participation is rather restricted. The country that has been an example is > now at risk of weakening its most valuable institutions dedicated to > Internet Governance: the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and > Marco Civil da Internet. > > > The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet - “Marco Civil da > Internet” (MCI), a Law enacted in 2014, was a result of a long and > democratic participatory process that had as its goal the creation of > fundamental rights for the use of the Internet. The Law focused on the > democratization of Internet access, universalization, net neutrality, > freedom of expression, protection of personal data and privacy. It was > based on the Decalogue Principles enacted by CGI.br in 2009, in a context > of multistakeholder governance. > > > Due to the recent political changes in the country, the Internet as we > know it is now at risk. The current government has started in a > questionable power transition and has been refractory to democratic debate, > supporting a conservative body of Congress representatives that since long > is working against the protection of fundamental rights on the internet. > Now, the Congress is about to pass a law that will represent a serious > backlash in telecommunications policies that imply the loss of sovereignty > over telecommunications networks, compromising the purpose set by MCI of > universal access and digital inclusion. > > > In addition, the Federal Government has announced that it will not develop > policies for broadband Internet access and that “the market should promote > expansion on its own”. Such new development paradigm goes against the > current legal and regulatory framework in the country, which recognizes the > key role of the State in achieving universalization and democratization of > access and knowledge. > > > In this context, the government, together with National Telecommunications > Agency, has been permissive regarding commercial discriminatory practices, > such as allowing for new plans with data caps to be offered, as well as > anticompetitive deals between large ISPs and large online platforms. > > > Since 2015, over two hundred bills proposing changes to the MCI have been > presented. Many of them weaken fundamental principles and rights such as > net neutrality, non-liability for Internet providers, personal data > protection, privacy and freedom of expression. Behind these proposed > amendments to the law, we have the heavy lobbying by conservative and > authoritarian political forces as well as industries with private interests > that go against the public ones. > > > Now, in 2016, we have witnessed political actions by the Executive branch > that threaten multistakeholder governance, more specifically the Brazilian > Internet Steering Committee (CGI). Government representatives have openly > declared that they intend to review the strength of the civil society > representativeness and participation in the committee. > > > We have also seen judicial decisions that determine the takedown of > applications such as WhatsApp, when the company is unable to provide data > and content about investigated persons by the police or investigation > authorities due to the use of cryptography. Several lawsuits related to > such takedowns are now pending before the Brazilian Supreme Court. > > > We are aware that the award-winning Brazilian coalition called “Direitos > na Rede” is fighting all these policy, legal and regulatory and > legalchanges that threaten civil rights hardly acquired over the course of > several years. We recognize the need to make these backlashes globally > known and declare our support to the coalition. > > > We also urge the Brazilian Government to take immediate measures against > these limitations of Internet rights and principles and continues to foster > a vibrant Internet ecosystem, where digital inclusion, human rights and > democratic governance are priorities. > > > Guadalajara, December 5th 2016. > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- *Marília Maciel* Digital Policy Senior Researcher, DiploFoundation WMO Building *|* 7bis, Avenue de la Paix *| *1211 Geneva - Switzerland *Tel *+41 (0) 22 9073632 *| * *Email*: *MariliaM at diplomacy.edu * *|** Twitter: * *@MariliaM* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mishi at softwarefreedom.org Thu Dec 8 13:54:27 2016 From: mishi at softwarefreedom.org (Mishi Choudhary) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 13:54:27 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Internet Shutdowns Message-ID: Hello Everyone, SFLC.in will be organizing a session on, "Analyzing the causes and impacts of Internet shutdowns". Here is some basic information for the discussion. Format: Panel discussion Date: December 9, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Venue: Workshop room 4 The format is a dialogue among the panelists where the chair poses questions and the panelist address them with short crisp answers of 1-2 minutes per panelist. We have a great group and encourage an interactive discussion. Please also see our work on the topic at http://sflc.in/internet-shutdown-tracker-india-2013-2016/ Here are the panelists: Mishi Choudhary (Executive Director, SFLC.in) - Moderator Deji Olukotun (Author, Access Now) Gisela Perez de Acha, Derechos Digitales) Hibah Kamal-Grayson (Senior Policy Analyst, Google) Nanjira Sambuli (Digital Equality Advocacy Manager, World Wide Web Foundation) Nicolas Seidler (Senior Policy Advisor, ISOC) Amos Toh (Legal Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur, David Kaye) Rajan Mathews (Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India) Jan Ryzdak (Global Network Initiative) I hope you can join us. -- Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary, Esq. Legal Director Software Freedom Law Center 1995 Broadway Floor 17| New York, NY-10023 Direct: +1-212-461-1912| Main: +1-212-461-1901| Fax: +1-212-580-0898 www.softwarefreedom.org President and Executive Director SFLC.IN K-9, Second Floor, Jangpura Extn.| New Delhi-110014 Main: +91-11-43587126 | Fax: +91-11-24323530 www.sflc.in The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by email, help at softwarefreedom.org, and destroy the original message. From mishi at softwarefreedom.org Thu Dec 8 13:56:32 2016 From: mishi at softwarefreedom.org (Mishi Choudhary) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 13:56:32 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Internet Shutdowns In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <14c74e43-4cdd-f9ed-473b-18f8923497e6@softwarefreedom.org> Hello Everyone, SFLC.in will be organizing a session on, "Analyzing the causes and impacts of Internet shutdowns". Here is some basic information for the discussion. Format: Panel discussion Date: December 9, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Venue: Workshop room 4 The format is a dialogue among the panelists where the chair poses questions and the panelist address them with short crisp answers of 1-2 minutes per panelist. We have a great group and encourage an interactive discussion. Please also see our work on the topic at http://sflc.in/internet-shutdown-tracker-india-2013-2016/ Here are the panelists: Mishi Choudhary (Executive Director, SFLC.in) - Moderator Deji Olukotun (Author, Access Now) Gisela Perez de Acha, Derechos Digitales) Hibah Kamal-Grayson (Senior Policy Analyst, Google) Nanjira Sambuli (Digital Equality Advocacy Manager, World Wide Web Foundation) Nicolas Seidler (Senior Policy Advisor, ISOC) Amos Toh (Legal Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur, David Kaye) Rajan Mathews (Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India) Jan Ryzdak (Global Network Initiative) I hope you can join us. -- Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary, Esq. Legal Director Software Freedom Law Center 1995 Broadway Floor 17| New York, NY-10023 Direct: +1-212-461-1912| Main: +1-212-461-1901| Fax: +1-212-580-0898 www.softwarefreedom.org President and Executive Director SFLC.IN K-9, Second Floor, Jangpura Extn.| New Delhi-110014 Main: +91-11-43587126 | Fax: +91-11-24323530 www.sflc.in The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits From mishi at softwarefreedom.org Fri Dec 2 12:44:21 2016 From: mishi at softwarefreedom.org (Mishi Choudhary) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 12:44:21 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] =?UTF-8?Q?SFLC=2Ein=E2=80=99s_report_titled_=E2=80=9CO?= =?UTF-8?Q?nline_Harassment=3A_A_Form_of_Censorship=E2=80=9D?= In-Reply-To: <660e8ccf-4e75-16fa-32f2-0d6a9e4d2e10@softwarefreedom.org> References: <660e8ccf-4e75-16fa-32f2-0d6a9e4d2e10@softwarefreedom.org> Message-ID: <6c37c62e-ea34-be9b-c7c7-0e26c02618f3@softwarefreedom.org> Hello everyone, *SFLC.in’s report titled “Online Harassment: A Form of Censorship”* On November 22, 2016, SFLC.in released a report titled “Online Harassment: A Form of Censorship ” at an event organized in New Delhi in association with the Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Democracy Project, Foundation for Media Professionals, and IT for Change. The The report was jointly released by Mr. Baijayant Panda (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha), Mr. Arvind Gupta (National Head, Information and Technology, BJP), Mr. Anyesh Roy [Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell), Delhi Police], Mr. Chetan Krishnaswamy (Director, Public Policy, Google India), Ms. Mahima Kaul (Head of Public Policy, Twitter India), Mr. Saikat Datta (Cyber Security Consultant and Consulting Editor, Scroll.in), and Ms. Anja Kovacs (Director, Internet Democracy Project). SFLC.in has been studying online harassment as form of censorship that forces people out of participation in online policy discourses. This report’s goal is to explore this phenomenon in detail, document how people experience the effects of harassment in their lives as we work towards finding a workable and understandable ways to address the problem. The report is supported by the Software Freedom Law Center, New York and Jigsaw, a New York based think tank, and features dialogues with key stakeholders, including social media platforms and 18 prominent individuals comprising legislators, journalists, civil society actors and targets of online harassment campaigns, who have had first hand glimpses at the plight of the harassed. The individuals interviewed are: 1. Abhinandan Sekhri, Co-founder, NewsLaundry 2. Arvind Gupta, National Head, Information and Technology, BJP 3. Baijayant Panda, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha 4. Bishakha Datta; Executive Director, Point of View 5. Hartosh Singh Bal; Political Editor, The Caravan 6. Inji Pennu; Writer, activist 7. Karuna John; Freelance journalist 8. Kavita Krishnan; Secretary, All India Progressive Women’s Commission 9. Meena Kandasamy; Poet, writer, activist 10. Navrang S B; Former Head of Social Media, BJP 11. Prabir Purkayastha; Editor, Newsclick 12. Rajeev Chandrasekhar; Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 13. Rakshit Tandon; Cyber Security Expert and Consultant 14. Ravish Kumar; News Anchor, NDTV India 15. Rega Jha; Editor, BuzzFeed India 16. Rohit Chopra; Associate Professor, Santa Clara University 17. Saikat Datta; Journalist 18. Sheeba Aslam; Journalist, scholar and Islamic writer In addition, the report offers overviews of existing state and non-state responses to online harassment, and takes stock of existing campaigns against online harassment and Indian stakeholders who are active in this domain. It finds, among others, that greater transparency and responsiveness in content moderation processes adopted by online speech platforms like social media websites, blogs, and discussion boards, along with renewed focus on capacity building for law enforcement agents could go a long way towards addressing the issue. Educating people about existing mechanisms for combating online harassment is highlighted as another area deserving attention. The report also details a number of measures that could be adopted by users of online speech platforms to guard themselves against online harassment and abuse, both in the form of general safeguards applicable to every-day Internet use, as well as responses when users are faced with targeted online harassment campaigns. It also lays out a set of draft best practices that could be adopted by online intermediaries to limit harassment on their networks, though these are mere suggestions at this stage that require substantial deliberation before they can be formalized.** -- Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary, Esq. Legal Director Software Freedom Law Center 1995 Broadway Floor 17| New York, NY-10023 Direct: +1-212-461-1912| Main: +1-212-461-1901| Fax: +1-212-580-0898 www.softwarefreedom.org President and Executive Director SFLC.IN K-9, Second Floor, Jangpura Extn.| New Delhi-110014 Main: +91-11-43587126 | Fax: +91-11-24323530 www.sflc.in The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by email, help at softwarefreedom.org, and destroy the original message. From sheetal at gp-digital.org Thu Dec 8 15:40:02 2016 From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 14:40:02 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] African Declaration session at the IGF - Today at 4:20 Message-ID: Hi all, [apologies for cross-posting] For all those at the IGF (and following remotely - although I am not sure whether these sessions will be livestreamed) an IGF 'unconference' session is confirmed for 4:20-4:40 PM in Workshop Room 5 on the African Declaration and internet rights advocacy on the African continent. Details below. *Time*: 4:20 - 4:40 *Date: *08 December *Place:* Workshop room 5 *Title: *#africaninternetrights - a policy advocacy best practice for the continent *Format:* Initial overview of the Declaration followed by an update of recent successes for the Declaration and general discussion of how the Declaration has already been used as an advocacy tool and where we can take it next There will be lots of glossy hard copies of the Declaration there as well. Hope to see you there! Best, -- *Sheetal Kumar* Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From pileleji at ymca.gm Fri Dec 9 18:47:32 2016 From: pileleji at ymca.gm (Poncelet Ileleji) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:47:32 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Internet Shutdowns In-Reply-To: References: <14c74e43-4cdd-f9ed-473b-18f8923497e6@softwarefreedom.org> Message-ID: The president yaya jammeh has rejected the result now claiming some bullocks, scary but the voices of the people shall prevail all tense in gambia now, will keep you all posted. thanks On 9 December 2016 at 16:45, Arthur Gwagwa wrote: > Dear Mishi, All, > > This promises to be such interesting discussion. > > I was in the Gambia during their recent election. We have just published this > report on the > shutdown we experienced there. Please feel free to quote from it and share > its findings. > > Don't hesitate to contact me or my colleagues at OONI for any > clarification. > > Regards > > Arthur > > E. Arthur Gwagwa > M: +44 7824 562 991 > LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ > arthurgwagwa > Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/ArthurGwagwa > > On 8 December 2016 at 18:56, Mishi Choudhary > wrote: > >> >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> SFLC.in will be organizing a session on, "Analyzing the causes and >> impacts of Internet shutdowns". Here is some basic information for the >> discussion. >> >> Format: Panel discussion >> >> Date: December 9, 2016 >> >> Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM >> >> Venue: Workshop room 4 >> >> >> The format is a dialogue among the panelists where the chair poses >> questions and the panelist address them with short crisp answers of 1-2 >> minutes per panelist. >> >> We have a great group and encourage an interactive discussion. Please >> also see our work on the topic at >> http://sflc.in/internet-shutdown-tracker-india-2013-2016/ >> >> >> Here are the panelists: >> >> Mishi Choudhary (Executive Director, SFLC.in) - Moderator >> >> Deji Olukotun (Author, Access Now) >> >> Gisela Perez de Acha, Derechos Digitales) >> >> Hibah Kamal-Grayson (Senior Policy Analyst, Google) >> >> Nanjira Sambuli (Digital Equality Advocacy Manager, World Wide Web >> Foundation) >> >> Nicolas Seidler (Senior Policy Advisor, ISOC) >> >> Amos Toh (Legal Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur, David Kaye) >> >> Rajan Mathews (Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India) >> >> Jan Ryzdak (Global Network Initiative) >> >> >> I hope you can join us. >> >> >> -- >> Warm Regards >> Mishi Choudhary, Esq. >> Legal Director >> Software Freedom Law Center >> 1995 Broadway Floor 17| New York, NY-10023 >> Direct: +1-212-461-1912| Main: +1-212-461-1901| Fax: +1-212-580-0898 >> www.softwarefreedom.org >> >> >> >> President and Executive Director >> SFLC.IN >> K-9, Second Floor, Jangpura Extn.| New Delhi-110014 >> Main: +91-11-43587126 | Fax: +91-11-24323530 >> www.sflc.in >> >> >> >> The information contained in this email message is intended only for use >> of the individual or entity named above. 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The jinni is already out of the bottle! > On 10 Dec 2016, at 01:07, wrote: > > The Senegalese Government has decided to seize the Security Council! > > Best regards, > Makane Faye (Mr.) --- > Président > Association des Fonctionnaires Internationaux Sénégalais (AFISEN) - http://afisenegal.org/ > BP 12130 F12 CP 14562 Dakar-Yoff > Sénégal > Email: faymakane at gmail.com / admin at afisenegal.org > facebook.com/makane.faye.eca > Twitter: @thianar2 > Skype: makaneaddis > > From: faymakane at gmail.com > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 12:06 AM > To: Poncelet Ileleji ; Arthur Gwagwa > Cc: ncsg discuss ; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net ; APC Members > Subject: RE: [apc.members] Internet Shutdowns > > Sorry to hear this Poncelet. Indeed I am currently following in Senegalese radios and everyone is indicating that there was no fraud! > > Best regards, > Makane Faye (Mr.) --- > Président > Association des Fonctionnaires Internationaux Sénégalais (AFISEN) - http://afisenegal.org/ > BP 12130 F12 CP 14562 Dakar-Yoff > Sénégal > Email: faymakane at gmail.com / admin at afisenegal.org > facebook.com/makane.faye.eca > Twitter: @thianar2 > Skype: makaneaddis > > From: Poncelet Ileleji > Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 11:47 PM > To: Arthur Gwagwa > Cc: ncsg discuss ; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net ; APC Members > Subject: Re: [apc.members] Internet Shutdowns > > The president yaya jammeh has rejected the result now claiming some bullocks, scary but the voices of the people shall prevail all tense in gambia now, will keep you all posted. > > thanks > > On 9 December 2016 at 16:45, Arthur Gwagwa > wrote: > Dear Mishi, All, > > This promises to be such interesting discussion. > > I was in the Gambia during their recent election. We have just published this report  on the shutdown we experienced there. Please feel free to quote from it and share its findings. > > Don't hesitate to contact me or my colleagues at OONI for any clarification. > > Regards > > Arthur > > E. Arthur Gwagwa > M: +44 7824 562 991 > LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ arthurgwagwa > Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/ArthurGwagwa > > On 8 December 2016 at 18:56, Mishi Choudhary > wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > SFLC.in will be organizing a session on, "Analyzing the causes and > impacts of Internet shutdowns". Here is some basic information for the > discussion. > > Format: Panel discussion > > Date: December 9, 2016 > > Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM > > Venue: Workshop room 4 > > > The format is a dialogue among the panelists where the chair poses > questions and the panelist address them with short crisp answers of 1-2 > minutes per panelist. > > We have a great group and encourage an interactive discussion. Please > also see our work on the topic at > http://sflc.in/internet-shutdown-tracker-india-2013-2016/ > > > Here are the panelists: > > Mishi Choudhary (Executive Director, SFLC.in) - Moderator > > Deji Olukotun (Author, Access Now) > > Gisela Perez de Acha, Derechos Digitales) > > Hibah Kamal-Grayson (Senior Policy Analyst, Google) > > Nanjira Sambuli (Digital Equality Advocacy Manager, World Wide Web > Foundation) > > Nicolas Seidler (Senior Policy Advisor, ISOC) > > Amos Toh (Legal Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur, David Kaye) > > Rajan Mathews (Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India) > > Jan Ryzdak (Global Network Initiative) > > > I hope you can join us. > > > -- > Warm Regards > Mishi Choudhary, Esq. > Legal Director > Software Freedom Law Center > 1995 Broadway Floor 17| New York, NY-10023 > Direct: +1-212-461-1912 | Main: +1-212-461-1901 | Fax: +1-212-580-0898 > www.softwarefreedom.org > > > > President and Executive Director > SFLC.IN > K-9, Second Floor, Jangpura Extn.| New Delhi-110014 > Main: +91-11-43587126 | Fax: +91-11-24323530 > www.sflc.in > > > > The information contained in this email message is intended only for use > of the individual or entity named above. 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To prevent this, please take part in their 'civil society consultation', and raise the importance of having the G20 discussing your expertise digital issues: http://civil-20.org/consultation/ Password:: C20Consultation Deadline: tomorrow Wednesday 14th - Long: The G20 presidency announced their plan to focus on digital, and the OECD launched a dialogue to foster their digitalisation project in that context. CSISAC was invited to take part in the OECD-G20 dialogue, and we will be taking that opportunity to foster the Civil Society Goals there. In addition, the G20 has a 'civil society process' called 'C20' which runs in parallel with the labor unions ('L20'), the business ('B20') and others. The only information we have about the governance of the C20 is their webpage (link above). In order to shape the topics of the C20 process, they have launched that consultation; surprisingly, no reference is made to any digital issue. That is concerning: if the C20 excludes anything related with digitalisation, CSISAC and the digital rights groups could be factually excluded from a G20 process where digitalisation is planned to be a focus issue. A risk exists that no civil society groups at all take part in the G20 process to share their expertise about the digital issues. As the topics of the C20 are to be decided based on that online consultation, the most inmediate step at this point is to take part and raise the importance of the digital issues: privacy, internet governance, security, IoT, multi-stakholderism, universal access, affordability, community networks, robotics, job displacement, consumer protection... all the issues that should be on the G20 table. Consultation link and passwd above. Just please feel free to directly let me know about any doubt or information that you could have. Best, -- Suso Baleato, CSISAC Liaison for the OECD Digital Economy Committee CSISAC: The voice of Civil Society at the OECD http://csisac.org/ _______________________________________________ Csisac-members mailing list Csisac-members at csisac.org https://pairlist8.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/csisac-members -- *Sheetal Kumar* Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mariliamaciel at gmail.com Tue Dec 13 08:47:15 2016 From: mariliamaciel at gmail.com (Marilia Maciel) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 07:47:15 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] IGF Report - Rounding up the 11th Internet Governance Forum Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The final report from the IGF 2016 is out. On this issue, you will find a general reflection on the main themes and trends discussed during the five days of the event, language analysis and interviews with Chengetai Masango (IGF Secretariat) and Markus Kummer (Secretary of the IGF Support Association and GIP Senior Digital Policy Fellow). You will also learn more about the process of producing the IGF daily. The just-in-time reporting and the IGF daily were published by the Geneva Internet Platform with the kind support of ICANN, ISOC and the IGF Secretariat. All the best regards, Marilia On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 6:29 AM, Geneva Internet Platform wrote: > Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser > > . > > Dear Colleagues, > > The > Geneva Internet Platform's IGF Report > > is out! Featuring: > > - Reflections on IGF 2016 > - Thematic summaries on development, security, infrastructure, human > rights, e-commerce and trade, sociocultural and legal issues > - The main trends > - Language analysis, including findings from the Prefix Monitor > - The outcome documents of IGF 2016 > - Interviews with Markus Kummer, IGFSA Secretary & GIP Senior Policy > Fellow, and Chengetai Masango, Programme and Technology Manager, IGF > Secretariat > - Under the bonnet of our just-in-time reporting initiative > > Download your copy > > and catch up with session reports, analysis, *IGF Daily *newsletters, and > more, at dig.watch/igf2016 > > > The just-in-time reporting initiative is supported by the IGF Secretariat, > ICANN, the Internet Society, and DiploFoundation. > > The *IGF Daily* Reporting Team > Follow us on Twitter > > | Forward to a friend > > > You're receiving this email because you expressed an interest in Geneva > Internet Platform. > > unsubscribe mariliamaciel at gmail.com from this list > > | update your subscription preferences > > > > > [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp] > > > -- *Marília Maciel* Digital Policy Senior Researcher, DiploFoundation WMO Building *|* 7bis, Avenue de la Paix *| *1211 Geneva - Switzerland *Tel *+41 (0) 22 9073632 *| * *Email*: *MariliaM at diplomacy.edu * *|** Twitter: * *@MariliaM* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Dawn of the Stupid Network David Isenberg http://www.isen.com/papers/Dawnstupid.html The original version Rise of the Stupid Network David Isenberg http://www.rageboy.com/stupidnet.html many greetings, willi Asuncion, Paraguay From gpaque at gmail.com Thu Dec 15 16:29:49 2016 From: gpaque at gmail.com (Ginger Paque) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:29:49 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] PRIORITY - TODAY -- Need for strong CS candidates for 2017 MAG Message-ID: Hi all, I'd like to ask that CS IGers consider self-nominating to the IGF MAG 2017 directly to the IGF Secretariat before the deadline tomorrow, if you have not yet done so. *This is a critical time for CS. We have many voices, many positions. We are not one homogeneous group, we are not a melting pot, but a mosaic. We don't 'represent' anyone except ourselves--but we must work together to ensure that our collective voices are heard. * The new DESA may be inclined to be less receptive to CS inclusion, so we must have strong, informed, efficient and productive MAG members, willing to work together with other CS voices and other stakeholders. Time is short. Consider self nominating asap if you fit the bill and have the energy to carry it out. Good luck to us all! Ginger . Virginia Paque DiploFoundation *Upcoming courses: * Master in Contemporary Diplomacy; Education Diplomacy; Consular and Diaspora Diplomacy; Cybersecurity; Development Diplomacy; Economic Diplomacy; Language and Diplomacy http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses * * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best wishes, Brett PS Unfortunately none of the team make it for the Sunday Best Bits get together - people are arriving that night or Monday :( Brett Solomon Executive Director Access Now | accessnow.org +1 917 969 6077 @solomonbrett Key ID: 0x4EDC17EB Fingerprint: C02C A886 B0FC 3A25 FF9F ECE8 FCDF BA23 4EDC 17EB ** Get* your tickets for RightsCon Brussels , March 29-31, 2017 ** Subscribe *to the Access Now Express , our weekly newsletter on digital rights * *Protect* digital rights around the world? Support Access Now with a donation today. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raquino at gmail.com Thu Dec 15 16:43:44 2016 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:43:44 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] PRIORITY - TODAY -- Need for strong CS candidates for 2017 MAG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi I'd second those words and encourage civil society participants to nominate themselves or others. And I've already got messages from folks who are confused so explaining once more There are 2 MAG Civil Society nomination processes A civil society organized via CSCG process - Civil Society Coordination Group which forms a slate from the 5 groups of CS - APC, Bestbits, IGC, JNC, NCSG This ended on 9dec and IGF Website mantained by Secretariat - UN and UNDESA Open to everyone, via filling a form and confirming the nomination Until tomorrow This is not a public process, the form data is sent only to UN personnel Best Renata On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Ginger Paque wrote: > Hi all, > I'd like to ask that CS IGers consider self-nominating to the IGF MAG 2017 > directly to the IGF Secretariat before the deadline tomorrow, if you have > not yet done so. > > This is a critical time for CS. We have many voices, many positions. We are > not one homogeneous group, we are not a melting pot, but a mosaic. We don't > 'represent' anyone except ourselves--but we must work together to ensure > that our collective voices are heard. > > The new DESA may be inclined to be less receptive to CS inclusion, so we > must have strong, informed, efficient and productive MAG members, willing to > work together with other CS voices and other stakeholders. > > Time is short. > Consider self nominating asap if you fit the bill and have the energy to > carry it out. > > Good luck to us all! > Ginger > > . > Virginia Paque > DiploFoundation > > Upcoming courses: Master in Contemporary Diplomacy; Education Diplomacy; > Consular and Diaspora Diplomacy; Cybersecurity; Development Diplomacy; > Economic Diplomacy; Language and Diplomacy http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 williams.deirdre at gmail.com Thu Dec 15 17:58:55 2016 From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:58:55 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] PRIORITY - TODAY -- Need for strong CS candidates for 2017 MAG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 15 December 2016 at 17:43, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: So that no one is even more confused let me offer a correction. > > > And I've already got messages from folks who are confused so > explaining once more > > There are 2 MAG Civil Society nomination processes > This is incorrect and confusing > > A civil society organized via > > CSCG process - Civil Society Coordination Group which forms a slate > from the 5 groups of CS - APC, Bestbits, IGC, JNC, NCSG > This ended on 9dec > The CSCG process is one of endorsement NOT selection. CS nominees seeking endorsement from a coalition of civil society coalitions were invited to present themselves to the CSCG Nomcom by 9th December. The decision on who should be endorsed is underway at the moment. > > and > > IGF Website mantained by Secretariat - UN and UNDESA > Open to everyone, via filling a form and confirming the nomination > Until tomorrow > This is not a public process, the form data is sent only to UN personnel > The SELECTION of all MAG members is the prerogative of the Secretary General of the United Nations. UNDESA acts on behalf of the Secretary General in inviting nominations from all stakeholders and facilitating the process with the assistance of the IGF secretariat. This process is open to all with a deadline tomorrow. The application form is available here Civil society nominees presenting themselves also to the CSCG for endorsement is an entirely voluntary process, and there is no guarantee that such endorsements will be accepted. Civil society members may be selected for the MAG without going through the CSCG endorsement process. I hope this is clearer now. Please contact me, directly if you wish, if you still have questions. Best wishes Deirdre (Temporary IGC representative on the current CSCG Nomcom) > Best > > Renata > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Ginger Paque wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'd like to ask that CS IGers consider self-nominating to the IGF MAG > 2017 > > directly to the IGF Secretariat before the deadline tomorrow, if you have > > not yet done so. > > > > This is a critical time for CS. We have many voices, many positions. We > are > > not one homogeneous group, we are not a melting pot, but a mosaic. We > don't > > 'represent' anyone except ourselves--but we must work together to ensure > > that our collective voices are heard. > > > > The new DESA may be inclined to be less receptive to CS inclusion, so we > > must have strong, informed, efficient and productive MAG members, > willing to > > work together with other CS voices and other stakeholders. > > > > Time is short. > > Consider self nominating asap if you fit the bill and have the energy to > > carry it out. > > > > Good luck to us all! > > Ginger > > > > . > > Virginia Paque > > DiploFoundation > > > > Upcoming courses: Master in Contemporary Diplomacy; Education Diplomacy; > > Consular and Diaspora Diplomacy; Cybersecurity; Development Diplomacy; > > Economic Diplomacy; Language and Diplomacy http://www.diplomacy.edu/ > courses > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > 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 > -- “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raquino at gmail.com Fri Dec 16 05:42:45 2016 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:42:45 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] PRIORITY - TODAY -- Need for strong CS candidates for 2017 MAG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Deirdre, thanks for the corrections Just reinforcing the link to the application form http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-nominations-2017 And the announcement with more details http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/announcement-from-mr-wu-hongbo-under-secretary-general-for-economic-and-social-affairs And MAG Renewal FAQs http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-renewal-2016 Best Renata On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 7:58 PM, Deirdre Williams wrote: > > > On 15 December 2016 at 17:43, Renata Aquino Ribeiro > wrote: > > So that no one is even more confused let me offer a correction. >> >> >> And I've already got messages from folks who are confused so >> explaining once more >> >> There are 2 MAG Civil Society nomination processes > > > This is incorrect and confusing > >> >> >> A civil society organized via >> >> CSCG process - Civil Society Coordination Group which forms a slate >> from the 5 groups of CS - APC, Bestbits, IGC, JNC, NCSG >> This ended on 9dec > > > The CSCG process is one of endorsement NOT selection. CS nominees seeking > endorsement from a coalition of civil society coalitions were invited to > present themselves to the CSCG Nomcom by 9th December. The decision on who > should be endorsed is underway at the moment. >> >> >> and >> >> IGF Website mantained by Secretariat - UN and UNDESA >> Open to everyone, via filling a form and confirming the nomination >> Until tomorrow >> This is not a public process, the form data is sent only to UN personnel > > > The SELECTION of all MAG members is the prerogative of the Secretary General > of the United Nations. UNDESA acts on behalf of the Secretary General in > inviting nominations from all stakeholders and facilitating the process with > the assistance of the IGF secretariat. This process is open to all with a > deadline tomorrow. The application form is available here > > Civil society nominees presenting themselves also to the CSCG for > endorsement is an entirely voluntary process, and there is no guarantee that > such endorsements will be accepted. Civil society members may be selected > for the MAG without going through the CSCG endorsement process. > > I hope this is clearer now. Please contact me, directly if you wish, if you > still have questions. > > Best wishes > > Deirdre > (Temporary IGC representative on the current CSCG Nomcom) > >> >> Best >> >> Renata >> >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Ginger Paque wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > I'd like to ask that CS IGers consider self-nominating to the IGF MAG >> > 2017 >> > directly to the IGF Secretariat before the deadline tomorrow, if you >> > have >> > not yet done so. >> > >> > This is a critical time for CS. We have many voices, many positions. We >> > are >> > not one homogeneous group, we are not a melting pot, but a mosaic. We >> > don't >> > 'represent' anyone except ourselves--but we must work together to ensure >> > that our collective voices are heard. >> > >> > The new DESA may be inclined to be less receptive to CS inclusion, so we >> > must have strong, informed, efficient and productive MAG members, >> > willing to >> > work together with other CS voices and other stakeholders. >> > >> > Time is short. >> > Consider self nominating asap if you fit the bill and have the energy to >> > carry it out. >> > >> > Good luck to us all! >> > Ginger >> > >> > . >> > Virginia Paque >> > DiploFoundation >> > >> > Upcoming courses: Master in Contemporary Diplomacy; Education >> > Diplomacy; >> > Consular and Diaspora Diplomacy; Cybersecurity; Development Diplomacy; >> > Economic Diplomacy; Language and Diplomacy >> > http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> > 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 > > > > > -- > “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William > Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 From sheetal at gp-digital.org Fri Dec 16 08:11:07 2016 From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:11:07 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] One year on - a case study on the WSIS+10 Review Message-ID: Dear all, As you may remember, this time last year, on 16 December, UNGA adopted the outcome document for the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Although there were clear obstacles to civil society engagement, not least the limited resources and time-frame available, CS engagement helped to shape the outcome of this UN process. As part of our case study series, Advocacy Bytes , we are happy to launch the latest case study on the WSIS+10 Review . Advocacy Bytes is a tool to help civil society engage more effectively in internet governance forums. It functions as an experience bank or record of case studies of civil society groups engaging in internet governance processes, in order to help support more strategic and effective civil society engagement in the future. In June, we launched the first case-study on the ITU Plenipot (2014) . We hope that this second case-study on the WSIS+10 Review is a helpful resource in supporting effective civil society engagement in internet governance processes, with relevance beyond the WSIS process itself. 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URL: From lists at digitaldissidents.org Fri Dec 16 09:02:21 2016 From: lists at digitaldissidents.org (Niels ten Oever) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:02:21 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Advice on data viz / aggregation / coordination model for Human Rights & Internet Governance Tracking Platform In-Reply-To: <58aef0b2-ae38-ca30-66b0-022c78d7a393@digitaldissidents.org> References: <58aef0b2-ae38-ca30-66b0-022c78d7a393@digitaldissidents.org> Message-ID: <509a0f2e-ff13-c5d1-9cea-3b89e34c45d7@digitaldissidents.org> Hi all, First of all I would like to thank you all for participating in mapping Internet Govnerance Processes at the IGF civil society pre-meeting. With the help of Mehwish everything got digitized, you can find the results here: https://ethercalc.org/4lk9n5u15tpf Secondly, I have a question for you all, where I would like to harnass your thinking on both vizualization, crowd-sourcing and datamodels. As some of you might know most of our work is on Internet Governance and Human Rights. I am trying to link these (quite abstract and complex) technical, policy and legal issues to ensure that in all policy and Internet infrastructure development and operations human rights considerations are fully integrated. We do this in the acronym soup of ICANN, IETF, IEEE, IGF, and the ITU. And these are not all the forums, actually the amount of forums is expanding, because we see a lot of new technologies looking for a forum (such as the 3GPP for 5G development, and new platforms coming up for IoT as well, not even mentioning Trade Agreements). I want to make the knowledge on these forums, topics, engagement methods, processes, meetings, more accessible for other people. I want this for three reasons: 1. I want to coordinate with other civil society actors who is covering what, and exchange information in a structured way 2. I want new people to find a way to get involved. 3. I want people to know about the relevance of these topics for their human rights Over the past years we have done several things to achieve 2 and 3, mostly through sites like https://hrpc.io (and the movie Net of Rights you can find there https://hrpc.io/net-of-rights ), and to a lesser extend http://icannhumanrights.net (working on an overlay for that, full site should be done by the middle of January). But now I want to create a more more meta-site/database that tracks all the forums, topics, processes, organizations that work on these topics in these processes, relevant documents, agenda of relevant meetings. And I want it to be very accessible. There are some sites that are trying to do the same: http://www.idgovmap.org/ http://www.idgovmap.org/map/ http://netgovmap.org/ https://graphcommons.com/graphs/31c36e58-a6ba-4772-928c-77d20a3714bb https://map.netmundial.org/ But whereas these initiatives have a wealth of knowledge, they all do not really inspire much engagement, let alone an intuitive and inviting opportunity for other people to add information (which is crucial to keep it up-to-date and coordination). I am currently thinking about using Jekyl because we could input data using Github, and we would not need to make weird (Wordpress) webforms to use / edit the data. So here comes my question to you: how should I do this? All ideas in terms of tech (Git, Jekyl, Drupal, weird database software, d3, etc), processes (workshops, sprints, etc) and vizualization/ordering/organization are _very_ welcome. Very curious to hear all your thoughts on this, because the only way in which this could be viable if this happens in collaboration with civil society actors working on these issues. Cheers, Niels PS Of course this site and its contents would all be CC and GPLv3 (or very similar licenses), so your advice will never be in vain ;) PS2 Feel free to forward this email to other people / lists that could have -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 2458 0B70 5C4A FD8A 9488 643A 0ED8 3F3A 468A C8B3 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From james at cyberinvasion.net Fri Dec 16 09:52:05 2016 From: james at cyberinvasion.net (James Gannon) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 14:52:05 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Advice on data viz / aggregation / coordination model for Human Rights & Internet Governance Tracking Platform In-Reply-To: <509a0f2e-ff13-c5d1-9cea-3b89e34c45d7@digitaldissidents.org> References: <58aef0b2-ae38-ca30-66b0-022c78d7a393@digitaldissidents.org> <509a0f2e-ff13-c5d1-9cea-3b89e34c45d7@digitaldissidents.org> Message-ID: Hey Neils, I would suggest working the other direction, define who your target demographics are first and then work back from there, until you know the medium of the viewer its ahrd to define tech and process to get to that end point. For example if you are targeting a security engineer a nice git project with JSON is great, but if your targeting a lawyer with HR experience to get them involved its useless. -James -----Original Message----- From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Niels ten Oever Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 2:02 PM To: BestBits Subject: [bestbits] Advice on data viz / aggregation / coordination model for Human Rights & Internet Governance Tracking Platform Hi all, First of all I would like to thank you all for participating in mapping Internet Govnerance Processes at the IGF civil society pre-meeting. With the help of Mehwish everything got digitized, you can find the results here: https://ethercalc.org/4lk9n5u15tpf Secondly, I have a question for you all, where I would like to harnass your thinking on both vizualization, crowd-sourcing and datamodels. As some of you might know most of our work is on Internet Governance and Human Rights. I am trying to link these (quite abstract and complex) technical, policy and legal issues to ensure that in all policy and Internet infrastructure development and operations human rights considerations are fully integrated. We do this in the acronym soup of ICANN, IETF, IEEE, IGF, and the ITU. And these are not all the forums, actually the amount of forums is expanding, because we see a lot of new technologies looking for a forum (such as the 3GPP for 5G development, and new platforms coming up for IoT as well, not even mentioning Trade Agreements). I want to make the knowledge on these forums, topics, engagement methods, processes, meetings, more accessible for other people. I want this for three reasons: 1. I want to coordinate with other civil society actors who is covering what, and exchange information in a structured way 2. I want new people to find a way to get involved. 3. I want people to know about the relevance of these topics for their human rights Over the past years we have done several things to achieve 2 and 3, mostly through sites like https://hrpc.io (and the movie Net of Rights you can find there https://hrpc.io/net-of-rights ), and to a lesser extend http://icannhumanrights.net (working on an overlay for that, full site should be done by the middle of January). But now I want to create a more more meta-site/database that tracks all the forums, topics, processes, organizations that work on these topics in these processes, relevant documents, agenda of relevant meetings. And I want it to be very accessible. There are some sites that are trying to do the same: http://www.idgovmap.org/ http://www.idgovmap.org/map/ http://netgovmap.org/ https://graphcommons.com/graphs/31c36e58-a6ba-4772-928c-77d20a3714bb https://map.netmundial.org/ But whereas these initiatives have a wealth of knowledge, they all do not really inspire much engagement, let alone an intuitive and inviting opportunity for other people to add information (which is crucial to keep it up-to-date and coordination). I am currently thinking about using Jekyl because we could input data using Github, and we would not need to make weird (Wordpress) webforms to use / edit the data. So here comes my question to you: how should I do this? All ideas in terms of tech (Git, Jekyl, Drupal, weird database software, d3, etc), processes (workshops, sprints, etc) and vizualization/ordering/organization are _very_ welcome. Very curious to hear all your thoughts on this, because the only way in which this could be viable if this happens in collaboration with civil society actors working on these issues. Cheers, Niels PS Of course this site and its contents would all be CC and GPLv3 (or very similar licenses), so your advice will never be in vain ;) PS2 Feel free to forward this email to other people / lists that could have -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 2458 0B70 5C4A FD8A 9488 643A 0ED8 3F3A 468A C8B3 From lists at digitaldissidents.org Fri Dec 16 10:21:39 2016 From: lists at digitaldissidents.org (Niels ten Oever) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:21:39 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Advice on data viz / aggregation / coordination model for Human Rights & Internet Governance Tracking Platform In-Reply-To: References: <58aef0b2-ae38-ca30-66b0-022c78d7a393@digitaldissidents.org> <509a0f2e-ff13-c5d1-9cea-3b89e34c45d7@digitaldissidents.org> Message-ID: Thanks James, Excellent suggestion. I also have a little bit of a double agenda here: Trying to make lawyers and policy people with HR experience and interest more tech savvy, but also making protocol developer, networks operator, registries and registrars more HR savvy. So (unfortunately) the spread is quite broad. But the primary target groups are 1. members of civil society with interest in human rights and technology 2. technologists who are curious about the impact ot technology on human rights Also, two more examples of vizualizations on this topic: http://www.gp-digital.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Internet-Governace-Processes-Visualising-the-Playingfield-PRINTVERSION.pdf https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53772653&preview=/53772653/59648634/article19_ICANN_1706_reviewed.png Cheers, Niels On 12/16/2016 03:52 PM, James Gannon wrote: > Hey Neils, > > I would suggest working the other direction, define who your target demographics are first and then work back from there, until you know the medium of the viewer its ahrd to define tech and process to get to that end point. > > For example if you are targeting a security engineer a nice git project with JSON is great, but if your targeting a lawyer with HR experience to get them involved its useless. > > -James > > -----Original Message----- > From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Niels ten Oever > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 2:02 PM > To: BestBits > Subject: [bestbits] Advice on data viz / aggregation / coordination model for Human Rights & Internet Governance Tracking Platform > > Hi all, > > First of all I would like to thank you all for participating in mapping Internet Govnerance Processes at the IGF civil society pre-meeting. With the help of Mehwish everything got digitized, you can find the results here: > > https://ethercalc.org/4lk9n5u15tpf > > Secondly, I have a question for you all, where I would like to harnass your thinking on both vizualization, crowd-sourcing and datamodels. > > As some of you might know most of our work is on Internet Governance and Human Rights. I am trying to link these (quite abstract and complex) technical, policy and legal issues to ensure that in all policy and Internet infrastructure development and operations human rights considerations are fully integrated. > > We do this in the acronym soup of ICANN, IETF, IEEE, IGF, and the ITU. > > And these are not all the forums, actually the amount of forums is expanding, because we see a lot of new technologies looking for a forum (such as the 3GPP for 5G development, and new platforms coming up for IoT as well, not even mentioning Trade Agreements). > > I want to make the knowledge on these forums, topics, engagement methods, processes, meetings, more accessible for other people. I want this for three reasons: > > 1. I want to coordinate with other civil society actors who is covering what, and exchange information in a structured way > > 2. I want new people to find a way to get involved. > > 3. I want people to know about the relevance of these topics for their human rights > > Over the past years we have done several things to achieve 2 and 3, mostly through sites like https://hrpc.io (and the movie Net of Rights you can find there https://hrpc.io/net-of-rights ), and to a lesser extend http://icannhumanrights.net (working on an overlay for that, full site should be done by the middle of January). > > But now I want to create a more more meta-site/database that tracks all the forums, topics, processes, organizations that work on these topics in these processes, relevant documents, agenda of relevant meetings. And I want it to be very accessible. > > There are some sites that are trying to do the same: > http://www.idgovmap.org/ > http://www.idgovmap.org/map/ > http://netgovmap.org/ > https://graphcommons.com/graphs/31c36e58-a6ba-4772-928c-77d20a3714bb > https://map.netmundial.org/ > > But whereas these initiatives have a wealth of knowledge, they all do not really inspire much engagement, let alone an intuitive and inviting opportunity for other people to add information (which is crucial to keep it up-to-date and coordination). > > I am currently thinking about using Jekyl because we could input data using Github, and we would not need to make weird (Wordpress) webforms to use / edit the data. > > So here comes my question to you: how should I do this? All ideas in terms of tech (Git, Jekyl, Drupal, weird database software, d3, etc), processes (workshops, sprints, etc) and vizualization/ordering/organization are _very_ welcome. > > Very curious to hear all your thoughts on this, because the only way in which this could be viable if this happens in collaboration with civil society actors working on these issues. > > Cheers, > > Niels > > PS Of course this site and its contents would all be CC and GPLv3 (or very similar licenses), so your advice will never be in vain ;) > > PS2 Feel free to forward this email to other people / lists that could have > > > -- > Niels ten Oever > Head of Digital > > Article 19 > www.article19.org > > PGP fingerprint 2458 0B70 5C4A FD8A 9488 > 643A 0ED8 3F3A 468A C8B3 > > > > > -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 From raquino at gmail.com Sun Dec 18 12:05:37 2016 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 14:05:37 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] MENOG call for topics Message-ID: Middle East Network Operators Group event in Oman Topics like content-filtering, for instance, and others, could be interesting for folks from Civil Society http://www.menog.org/meetings/menog-17/cfp/ MENOG 17 takes place from 19-20 April 2017 in Muscat, Oman. topic areas could include: -IPv6 deployment -HTTP and non-HTTP - content filtering; anti-spam -Internationalised Domain -Names (IDN) and localisation -NREN (National Research and Education Networks) -ISP operations, peering and -Internet Exchange Points -ISP network security -Data centres, applications and services -DNS and DNSSEC -IP Address Management deadline to submit is 19 March 2017 From sheetal at gp-digital.org Mon Dec 19 07:24:49 2016 From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:24:49 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Update - CSCG nominations to the IGF MAG Message-ID: Dear all, We are writing to inform you of the outcome of the CSCG's process for selecting candidates to nominate to the IGF MAG, in response to UNDESA's public call for nominations . This follows the email which was sent to bestbits on 06 December, to share the call for candidates and detail the CSCG's process for sending civil society rep nominations to the IGF Secretariat (candidates were evaluated by a CSCG NomCom specifically created for this purpose). The deadline for sending nominations to the CSCG Nomcom was 09 December and from 09-16 December the NomCom deliberated. The non-voting chair of the NomCom submitted the selected nominations to the IGF using the official IGF nomination form available on the web on 16 December. Under the dotted line below you will find the full list of nominations received, the selection criteria and the outcome of the deliberations. Should you have any questions about this, please do let Poncelet and I know. Thanks! Best, Sheetal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete and timely nominations received for MAG (in the order received): 1. Arsene Tungali (Male, Africa) 2. Carlos Vera (Male, GRULAC) 3. Kanumuri Raju (Male, Asia) 4. Analia Aspis (Female, GRULAC) 5. Norbert Bollow (Male, WEOG) 6. Reynold Guerrier (Male, GRULAC) 7. Michael Oghia (Male, WEOG) 8. Jeremy Malcolm (Male, WEOG) Incomplete but timely nominations: 1. Hago Daffala (did not supply nationality, etc. Has not yet responded to request to supply missing information) Selection criteria: - Extensive linkages with civil society groups - Ability to represent civil society as a whole, rather than any one particular group - Able to provide advice on the programme and main themes of the next meeting of the IGF - Able attend/participate Following discussions, it was agreed that CSCG would nominate three candidates for the MAG: Norbert Bollow, Jeremy Malcolm, and Arsene Tungali. The chair of the NomCom filled in the UN nomination forms accordingly. The text for each candidate was prefixed by the following: “This nomination has been endorsed by the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG), on the basis of an open process. Nine candidatures were submitted for consideration and three were retained. CSCG is of the view that these candidates meet the requirements to be members of MAG.” Following further discussions, the following was sent to the IGF secretariat by E-Mail: “Please note that the primary nomination from the Civil Society Coordination Group is Mr Norbert Bollow, the secondary nomination is Mr Jeremy Malcolm, and the tertiary nomination is Mr Arsene Tungali. That is, the order of priority of our nominations is (1) Bollow, (2) Malcolm, and (3) Tungali. -- *Sheetal Kumar* Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raquino at gmail.com Wed Dec 21 15:12:09 2016 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:12:09 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Advice on data viz / aggregation / coordination model for Human Rights & Internet Governance Tracking Platform In-Reply-To: References: <58aef0b2-ae38-ca30-66b0-022c78d7a393@digitaldissidents.org> <509a0f2e-ff13-c5d1-9cea-3b89e34c45d7@digitaldissidents.org> Message-ID: Hi Niels This is great work and it's fantastic it will move along, it's very important we start to see articulation of IG spaces and how we can move along on them. This is a type of knowledge which is built in a very random way among SIGs in the Global South. Former students continue to maintain networks and exchange info about these spaces and move along between them, doing meetings and projects. So I guess I agree with James you have to look to your audience. The theoretical framework on how these spaces articulate is a deeper dive. They all have times and phases of engagement, this is the 1st step of the learning curve. So perhaps a more global view, allying map and calendar could be your way to go. I'm a big fan of Wordpress so I don't really get your critique. But I'd hazard your answer is not on the platform but on the purpose. If there's purpose in use the tech, it will be used. If not, whatsapp JPGs exchanged hastily will rule on, even though they are horrible. Best, Renata On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Niels ten Oever wrote: > Thanks James, > > Excellent suggestion. I also have a little bit of a double agenda here: > > Trying to make lawyers and policy people with HR experience and interest > more tech savvy, but also making protocol developer, networks operator, > registries and registrars more HR savvy. > > So (unfortunately) the spread is quite broad. > > But the primary target groups are > 1. members of civil society with interest in human rights and technology > 2. technologists who are curious about the impact ot technology on human > rights > > Also, two more examples of vizualizations on this topic: > > http://www.gp-digital.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Internet-Governace-Processes-Visualising-the-Playingfield-PRINTVERSION.pdf > > https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53772653&preview=/53772653/59648634/article19_ICANN_1706_reviewed.png > > Cheers, > > Niels > > > On 12/16/2016 03:52 PM, James Gannon wrote: >> Hey Neils, >> >> I would suggest working the other direction, define who your target demographics are first and then work back from there, until you know the medium of the viewer its ahrd to define tech and process to get to that end point. >> >> For example if you are targeting a security engineer a nice git project with JSON is great, but if your targeting a lawyer with HR experience to get them involved its useless. >> >> -James >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Niels ten Oever >> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 2:02 PM >> To: BestBits >> Subject: [bestbits] Advice on data viz / aggregation / coordination model for Human Rights & Internet Governance Tracking Platform >> >> Hi all, >> >> First of all I would like to thank you all for participating in mapping Internet Govnerance Processes at the IGF civil society pre-meeting. With the help of Mehwish everything got digitized, you can find the results here: >> >> https://ethercalc.org/4lk9n5u15tpf >> >> Secondly, I have a question for you all, where I would like to harnass your thinking on both vizualization, crowd-sourcing and datamodels. >> >> As some of you might know most of our work is on Internet Governance and Human Rights. I am trying to link these (quite abstract and complex) technical, policy and legal issues to ensure that in all policy and Internet infrastructure development and operations human rights considerations are fully integrated. >> >> We do this in the acronym soup of ICANN, IETF, IEEE, IGF, and the ITU. >> >> And these are not all the forums, actually the amount of forums is expanding, because we see a lot of new technologies looking for a forum (such as the 3GPP for 5G development, and new platforms coming up for IoT as well, not even mentioning Trade Agreements). >> >> I want to make the knowledge on these forums, topics, engagement methods, processes, meetings, more accessible for other people. I want this for three reasons: >> >> 1. I want to coordinate with other civil society actors who is covering what, and exchange information in a structured way >> >> 2. I want new people to find a way to get involved. >> >> 3. I want people to know about the relevance of these topics for their human rights >> >> Over the past years we have done several things to achieve 2 and 3, mostly through sites like https://hrpc.io (and the movie Net of Rights you can find there https://hrpc.io/net-of-rights ), and to a lesser extend http://icannhumanrights.net (working on an overlay for that, full site should be done by the middle of January). >> >> But now I want to create a more more meta-site/database that tracks all the forums, topics, processes, organizations that work on these topics in these processes, relevant documents, agenda of relevant meetings. And I want it to be very accessible. >> >> There are some sites that are trying to do the same: >> http://www.idgovmap.org/ >> http://www.idgovmap.org/map/ >> http://netgovmap.org/ >> https://graphcommons.com/graphs/31c36e58-a6ba-4772-928c-77d20a3714bb >> https://map.netmundial.org/ >> >> But whereas these initiatives have a wealth of knowledge, they all do not really inspire much engagement, let alone an intuitive and inviting opportunity for other people to add information (which is crucial to keep it up-to-date and coordination). >> >> I am currently thinking about using Jekyl because we could input data using Github, and we would not need to make weird (Wordpress) webforms to use / edit the data. >> >> So here comes my question to you: how should I do this? All ideas in terms of tech (Git, Jekyl, Drupal, weird database software, d3, etc), processes (workshops, sprints, etc) and vizualization/ordering/organization are _very_ welcome. >> >> Very curious to hear all your thoughts on this, because the only way in which this could be viable if this happens in collaboration with civil society actors working on these issues. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Niels >> >> PS Of course this site and its contents would all be CC and GPLv3 (or very similar licenses), so your advice will never be in vain ;) >> >> PS2 Feel free to forward this email to other people / lists that could have >> >> >> -- >> Niels ten Oever >> Head of Digital >> >> Article 19 >> www.article19.org >> >> PGP fingerprint 2458 0B70 5C4A FD8A 9488 >> 643A 0ED8 3F3A 468A C8B3 >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Niels ten Oever > Head of Digital > > Article 19 > www.article19.org > > PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 > 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 nofathy at gmail.com Fri Dec 2 17:47:32 2016 From: nofathy at gmail.com (Noha Fathy) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 00:47:32 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] The Internet Legislation Atlas at IGF 2016 Message-ID: *Join iGmena and ARTICLE 19 at IGF 11 for a sneak peak of the ILA indicators * Hivos' Internet Governance in the Middle East and North Africa program (iGmena ), in collaboration with ARTICLE 19, cordially invite you to attend a Day 0 session at the 11th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Guadalajara, Mexico, where the Internet Legislation Atlas (ILA) will introduce a new tool, the ILA indicators, which are set to launch after the IGF! *Session details* Title: Mapping digital rights in the Middle East and North Africa: A new visual tool for comparative analysis When: 5 December 2016 (Day 0) Where: Workshop Room 3, PALCCO Centre, Guadalajara, Mexico Time: 09:00 - 10:00 a.m. CST (17:00 - 18:00 UTC+2) Link: http://sched.co/8hsA Remote participation will be available. Register here . *About the session* The Internet Legislation Atlas (ILA ) is a tool for social change that aims to respond to the needs of local communities and empower local stakeholders to find answers to the questions pertaining to the regulation of the digital space. ILA guides users to assess not only the level of legal protections afforded to human rights on the Internet but also the restrictions imposed on online freedoms and their compliance with international human rights standards. This visual tool empowers users to compare the legislation in their country with that of neighboring countries, which aims to foster deeper and more robust understanding of the similarities and differences in approach. The ILA indicators are a set of qualitative benchmarks that will provide an easy and reliable way to assess and compare the quality of Internet- and ICT-related legislation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond. They will also offer a new resource that is grounded in international human rights standards and international law. While the ILA platform helps visualize such assessments, it will also gamify the indices used in order to make them more appealing and motivate the at-large community to apply them. *Session aims* 1. Present the ILA tool and indicators, and share the key findings of applying the indicators to seven MENA countries. 2. Pinpoint the significance of the ILA tool for the MENA region, and how the indicators can help stakeholders. 3. How the ILA can strengthen the legal analysis of Internet-related laws in the MENA region, as well as promote freedom of expression and digital rights. *Moderator* *Hanane Boujemi* iGmena director, Hivos @HananeBoujemi *Speakers* *Noha Fathy* ILA project lead iGmena, Hivos @NohaFathyM *Niels ten Oever* Head of digital, ARTICLE 19 @conflictmedia *Walid Al-Saqaf* Internet Society board member ILA advisory board member @wsaqaf *About ILA* Launched in February 2016, Internet Legislation Atlas is a pilot project of iGmena that assesses and visualizes the level of compliance of selected digital rights vis-à-vis international human rights standards in seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia. The project examines the legal frameworks that govern the Internet in the MENA region, and focuses on the level of protection afforded particularly to freedom of expression and the right to privacy. 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URL: From sarvjeet.singh at nludelhi.ac.in Sat Dec 24 02:27:22 2016 From: sarvjeet.singh at nludelhi.ac.in (Sarvjeet Singh) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 12:57:22 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] (Call for Applications) Internet Policy in South and Southeast Asia: Research Methods for Advocacy [ASC-IPO, CCG-NLU, CIS & DAH] Message-ID: *The Internet Policy Observatory presents* *Internet Policy in South and Southeast Asia: Research Methods for Advocacy* *April 10-14, 2017, New Delhi, India* *Application Deadline: February 1, 2017* Application available at https://goo.gl/forms/we53DCD62M0Cmx7Z2 Activists around the world are working towards influencing internet policymaking processes and raise awareness about the importance of protecting the open internet. Given this background, there is a clear need to link relevant and methodologically sophisticated internet policy research with advocacy efforts. Building on the success of the Internet Policy Research Methods Course for Advocates held in Istanbul in 2015, the *Annenberg School for Communication’s **Internet Policy Observatory has teamed up with the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi, the Centre for Internet and Society **and the Digital Asia Hub* to develop a research methods workshop for individuals working on digital rights issues in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The workshop will be organized from *April 10-14, 2017 at National Law University, Delhi (India)*. The workshop brings together young scholars, activists, lawyers, and technologists for an intensive five-day practicum on using methodologically rigorous, data-driven, and contextually appropriate research for advocacy. The workshop is designed to cover both qualitative and quantitative, online and offline research methods, providing the space for hands-on activities and project-based learning. The program aims to strategically build collaborative possibilities across sectors, expand research capacity within practitioner and digital rights advocacy communities, and to provide the skills and know-how to use research and data to advance advocacy efforts. The program will provide skill-building tutorials on the following topics: § Defining and framing research topics and questions § Conducting desk and archival research § Researching law, policy and regulation § Questionnaire/interview design and techniques § Conducting surveys and public opinion research § Network measurement § Social network analysis § Data visualization § Translating research into action: dissemination for advocacy and policymaking impact § Developing proposals for funding and creating actionable research agendas We encourage individuals from South Asia and Southeast Asia in the academic (early career), NGO, technology, and public policy sectors to apply. Prospective applicants should have a particular area of interest related to internet governance and policymaking, censorship, surveillance, internet access, political engagement online, protection of human rights online, or corporate governance in the ICT sector. Applicants will be asked to bring a specific research question to the program to be developed and operationalized through trainings and one-on-one mentorship with top researchers and experts from around the world. The course will be conducted in English and applicants should be proficient in English in order to interact with experts, lecturers and other participants from diverse backgrounds. A limited pool of funding in the form of travel support is available and will be allocated based on the strength of the application, fit with the workshop, and demonstrated need. If you require funding support, please indicate as such in the online form. Please do forward this to anyone who may be interested. To apply for the workshop, please visit https://goo.gl/forms/we53DCD62M0Cmx7Z2. For more information about the program, please visit http://globalnetpolicy.org/event/internet-policy-in-south-and-southeast-asia-research-methods-for-advocacy/. For questions, email lsh at asc.upenn.edu -- Sarvjeet Singh | Programme Manager Centre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Cell: (+91) 999-023-2298 | Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 | skype: sarvjeet.moond | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.ccgtlr.org . www.nludelhi.ac.in | Twitter: @ccgnlud . @sarvjeetmoond PGP: 0xBE8B DD6F | Fingerprint: 9F3B BE61 14F4 D458 0373 535D 9474 2EE9 BE88 DD6F -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raquino at gmail.com Mon Dec 26 14:04:33 2016 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 16:04:33 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Taking stock of IGF2016 Message-ID: Hope everyone had nice holidays. Sharing a bit of news on IGF website. Contributions until 22 Jan 2017. http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-community-public-consultation-call-for-inputs-taking-stock-of-the-2016-work-program-and IGF Community Public Consultation: Call for Inputs - Taking stock of the 2016 work program and 11th IGF and suggestions for 2017 and 12th IGF All IGF stakeholders are invited to submit inputs to the IGF Secretariat related to the following questions: A) Taking Stock of 2016 programming, preparatory process, community intersessional activities and the 11th annual IGF: What worked well? What worked not so well? B) Suggestions for improvements in 2017? (programming, preparatory processes, community intersessional activities and improvements for 12th annual meeting) All inputs should be sent to takingstock_at_intgovforum_dot_org by 22 January 2017. Please limit your submissions to no more than 4 pages single-spaced in MS Word, PDF or applicable format. Submissions will be uploaded to the IGF website. The Secretariat will produce a synthesis paper of all contributions received by the deadline, which will serve as an input to the 1st face-to-face Open Consultations and MAG Meeting of the 2017 IGF preparatory process. From yannis at registry.asia Thu Dec 29 04:21:48 2016 From: yannis at registry.asia (Yannis Li) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:21:48 +0800 Subject: [bestbits] APrIGF 2017 - Open Call for Thematic Suggestions References: <76EFE507-A1E3-4D75-8879-BA3748B73263@registry.asia> Message-ID: Dear All, The APrIGF 2017 has confirmed the dates and now hoping to get your input on our conference themes. Please refer to the below announcement for more details. Look forward to your suggestions! Thanks Yannis ----------------------------- The next Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is going to be held at Bangkok from 26-29 July 2017, co-hosted by Chulalongkorn University and the National Broadcasting Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). The Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) would like to collect feedback from the community on the topic of interests to determine the overarching theme and sub-themes for APrIGF 2017. Tell us the issues that concern you! Thematic Suggestions Survey Link: http://igf.asia/2017themes Please submit your suggestions by the deadline 15 January 2017. The open call for workshop proposals will be opening in Feb 2017. Stay tuned at www.aprigf.asia . For any enquiries, kindly contact the secretariat at sec at aprigf.asia . Best Regards, Secretariat of APrIGF http://www.aprigf.asia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We are looking forward to receive submissions until 31st December 2016 / 24:00 UTC. Please note: *This is a call for issues, not a call for sessions or workshop proposals.* We are asking for issues of high interest to many stakeholders across Europe. In order to structure the proposals more easily, we are suggesting a few categories that you can attribute to your issue. If you think that your suggestion does not fit into one of the categories, propose a new one. *Please suggest only one issue per form, but feel free to send us as many suggestions as you wish!* *We look very much forward to reading from you! * *Wishing you all the best for 2017!* Lorena Lorena Jaume-Palasí Director Communications & Youth Engagement European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) office at eurodig.org www.eurodig.org Cel: +49.179.9119 578 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raquino at gmail.com Fri Dec 2 17:50:46 2016 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 19:50:46 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Access Now related sessions at IGF including the Digital Security Clinic In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Brett Thanks for sharing these. I just wanted to point out that both these sessions will talk about work presented in Rightscon this year by a group of Northeastern Brazilians. We are grateful to have had this opportunity, among others, to engage in internet governance in a global venue. Not many people remember our part of the world but many of you met us in IGF2015 and we are glad to have been able to engage this far. And thanks Ephraim for being there with us on WS169 also to dialogue about Africa. See you there! Pre-IGF – Day -1 – 4dec Joint Civil Society Meeting Regional Engagement in internet governance in LAC and developing countries Roles: organizer and speaker Tuesday, December 6 – 09:00 – 09:30 WS169: Regional Participation in Brazil: Growing Initiatives https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8hsr/ws169-regional-participation-in-brazil-growing-initiatives On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Brett Solomon wrote: > Hey > > Hope all are well - looking forward also to seeing lots of friends and > colleagues at the IGF. > > Quick note on the sessions we are taking part in (either as oragnizers or > panelists). Join us when your schedule permits: > > https://www.accessnow.org/access-now-2016-internet-governance-forum/ > > The Digital Security Clinic will also be held throughout the conference > (look for us in the Village .... I think nearby APC). > > We have an Open Session on Access Now on Wednesday at 12:30 in Workshop Room > 10 if you are interested in hearing more about what we are up to. There will > likely be some discussion about Trump (!) in that discussion. > > Best wishes, > > Brett > > PS Unfortunately none of the team make it for the Sunday Best Bits get > together - people are arriving that night or Monday :( > > Brett Solomon > Executive Director > Access Now | accessnow.org > > +1 917 969 6077 > @solomonbrett > Key ID: 0x4EDC17EB > Fingerprint: C02C A886 B0FC 3A25 FF9F ECE8 FCDF BA23 4EDC 17EB > > * Get your tickets for RightsCon Brussels, March 29-31, 2017 > * Subscribe to the Access Now Express, our weekly newsletter on digital > rights > * Protect digital rights around the world? Support Access Now with a > donation today. > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 Sat Dec 3 17:57:40 2016 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 19:57:40 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] =?UTF-8?Q?Invitaci=C3=B3n_IGF_LAC_SPACE?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Miguel and Bestbits Just reinforcing the message below IGF LAC Space happens on 5dec in #IGF2016 11h30 a 13h30 in Workshop room 5 We'd appreciate if you can attend and share on your networks. This is an important space to get to know regional organizations and networks Best, Renata Em 02/12/2016 11:12, "Miguel Ignacio Estrada" escreveu: > Estimados, > > Para los que vayan a participar del IGF 2016 en Guadalajara, les adjunto > la invitación al IGF LAC SPACE que tendrá lugar el próximo Lunes 5 de > Diciembre (Día 0 del IGF 2016) en el Workshop Room 5 de 11:30 a 13:30. > > Les agradecería mucho distribuir esta invitación en sus listas y redes de > LAC. > > El IGF LAC SPACE será un espacio para que los asistentes de LAC conozcamos > nuestras organizaciones regionales, nos conozcamos entre nosotros y > compartamos lo que hacemos. > > Los esperamos! > > -- > Nacho Estrada | @acmuzic > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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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