From nb at bollow.ch Fri Dec 1 08:41:57 2017 From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:41:57 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina bars NGOs, civil society from attending WTO conference In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20171201144157.2824c524@quill> On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:28:49 -0300 Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > A list of a few of the 31 denied accreditation is here > > http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/in-a-bizarre-move-argentina-bars-ngos-civil-society-from-attending-wto-conference-59254 > > Apparently the number keeps going up and could have doubled already Indeed. The “Our World is not for Sale” (OWINFS) network is reporting that they know of 63 civil society folks who had already been accredited by WTO, but who are now rejected by Argentia. http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/ Greetings, Norbert From bestbits at lists.bestbits.net Mon Dec 4 02:19:42 2017 From: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net (WANGARI KABIRU (via bestbits Mailing List)) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 07:19:42 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [bestbits] A Common term "global internet": China's Xi says country will not close door to global internet In-Reply-To: <226923195.1516838.1512369792931@mail.yahoo.com> References: <8E0CB171-BBF5-4038-8FE3-06210F9BF28E@isoc.org> <8AA79C4C-4EB7-43C4-9E96-FEF8AFB67B2B@isoc.org> <03CC4E26-A125-4BF7-8AD6-361598206DE0@isoc.org> <683284BF-DE6D-4931-9E64-107FE455F584@gmail.com> <2F4B1507-D968-487A-BDD1-622BABD11040@bennett.com> <226923195.1516838.1512369792931@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <577207340.1519832.1512371982183@mail.yahoo.com> China's Xi says country will not close door to global internet "WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key in its vision of internet development.....“The development of China’s cyberspace is entering a fast lane...China’s doors will only become more and more open,” said Xi in the note. Cyber sovereignty is the idea that states should be permitted to manage and contain their own internet without external interference. China’s Communist Party has tightened cyber regulation in the past year, formalizing new rules that require firms to store data locally and censor tools that allow users to subvert the Great Firewall. In June, China introduced a new national cybersecurity law that requires foreign firms to store data locally and submit to data surveillance measures.""China has advocated strongly for a larger role in global internet governance under Xi. “China stands ready to develop new rules and systems of internet governance to serve all parties and counteract current imbalances,” said Wang Huning, a member of the Communist Party standing committee at the event on Sunday." A nation on a bold mission that is boldly declares! Even with the transition, and perhaps out of it,  we expect more nations to demand a legitimate sit on the "Internet development table" or chisel out newer tables or both. It should not pass unnoticed that we now have a common term "global internet" meaning that this may be acceptance that there may be fragments of it or a much bigger one or an attempt by the Internet Governance ecosystem to insist that the "global internet" is the Internet.Be blessed.Regards/Wangari--- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". China's Xi says country will not close door to global internet | | | | | | | | | | | China's Xi says country will not close door to global internet By Cate Cadell Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that... | | | | #TECHNOLOGY NEWSDECEMBER 3, 2017 / 5:54 AM / UPDATED 20 HOURS AGO China's Xi says country will not close door to global internet Cate Cadell2 MIN READ - - WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key in its vision of internet development.Chinese magazines featuring China's President Xi Jinping on the cover are seen during the fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, December 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aly SongXi’s comments were read by Huang Kunming, head of the Chinese Communist Party’s publicity department at the country’s largest public cyber policy forum in the town of Wuzhen in eastern China.“The development of China’s cyberspace is entering a fast lane...China’s doors will only become more and more open,” said Xi in the note.Cyber sovereignty is the idea that states should be permitted to manage and contain their own internet without external interference.China’s Communist Party has tightened cyber regulation in the past year, formalizing new rules that require firms to store data locally and censor tools that allow users to subvert the Great Firewall.In June, China introduced a new national cybersecurity law that requires foreign firms to store data locally and submit to data surveillance measures.People look at Xiao Qiao robots during the fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, December 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aly SongCyber regulators say the laws are in line with international rules, and that they are designed to protect personal privacy and counter attacks on core infrastructure. Business groups say the rules unfairly target foreign firms.China has advocated strongly for a larger role in global internet governance under Xi.The conference, which is overseen by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) invited foreign executives, Apple Inc’s CEO Tim Cook and Google Inc chief Sundar Pichai as well as a Facebook Inc executive.“China stands ready to develop new rules and systems of internet governance to serve all parties and counteract current imbalances,” said Wang Huning, a member of the Communist Party standing committee at the event on Sunday.Google and Facebook are banned in China, along with Twitter Inc and most major western news outlets.Top executives from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, Tencent Holdings Ltd and Baidu Inc also attended the forum.Editing by Jacqueline Wong -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Certain sessions are being webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel *. Egypt is UTC+2 = 7 hours ahead of NYC. *What: 6th African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF2017)Where: Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWhen: 4 to 6 December 2017Agenda: http://bit.ly/afigf2017agenda Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afigf17 RP: https://www.gotomeet.me/AFIGF-2017-Grand-BallRoom-2 (Main)https://www.gotomeet.me/AFIGF-2017-Grand-BallRoom-1 https://www.gotomeet.me/AFIGF-2017-Grand-BallRoom-3 https://www.gotomeet.me/AFIGF-2017-Regency-BallRoom-4 Twitter: #afigf2017 http://bit.ly/afigf2017 * Comment See all comments *​Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9669 ​​ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From judith at jhellerstein.com Tue Dec 5 08:10:50 2017 From: judith at jhellerstein.com (Judith Hellerstein) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 08:10:50 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] [Chapter-delegates] Privacy : Why are private business operators empowered to insist on biometrics? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <574A4EA4-3C21-433D-A13B-D89F6B65DF14@jhellerstein.com> I can understand why they need your ID cards for verification but biometrics is a bit overboard Judith Sent from my iPhone Judith at jhellerstein.com Skype ID:Judithhellerstein > On Dec 5, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Sivasubramanian M wrote: > > Might be happening everywhere. In this instance, Airtel, one of India's Telecom operators requires all subscribers to bring their National Id cards to their premises and present biometrics to them for 'verification'. Where is this leading to ? (See the image in the forwarded mail below that says, "visit the nearest Airtel store with your Id (Aadhar), give your fingerprints) > > Sivasubramanian M > President > Internet Society India Chennai. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Airtel" > Date: Dec 5, 2017 6:00 PM > Subject: Important- Verify your Airtel Mobile with Aadhaar! > To: > Cc: > > > > As per the directive from Govt. of India, it is mandatory to verify your mobile number with Aadhaar before 6-Feb-2018. Please follow below mentioned steps to complete the verification for your Airtel Mobile 9952403099. > Visit the nearest Airtel Store > Share Aadhaar number with our executive to update > Give your fingerprints for biometric verification > Confirm the OTP sent on your number > Done! Your Aadhaar is linked > > For Airtel Store details, click www.airtel.in/store or SMS STORE to 121 > > _______________________________________________ > As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed > to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society > Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From onica.makwakwa at webfoundation.org Tue Dec 5 08:31:33 2017 From: onica.makwakwa at webfoundation.org (Onica Makwakwa) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 15:31:33 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] [Chapter-delegates] Privacy : Why are private business operators empowered to insist on biometrics? In-Reply-To: <574A4EA4-3C21-433D-A13B-D89F6B65DF14@jhellerstein.com> References: <574A4EA4-3C21-433D-A13B-D89F6B65DF14@jhellerstein.com> Message-ID: This seems to be a growing trend. In Nigeria, all operators require a national ID (or passport) and they take fingerprint and picture to register sim cards. It may be interesting to know how data protection policies in markets that require this have been updated/adjusted to ensure privacy and protection of data. Especially since sim registration is sometimes used to enable entrepreneurs and/or small SME's who resell sim cards, airtime/data and therefore may not be directly employed by the MNO. Onica Onica N. Makwakwa Africa Regional Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) +27 63 237 3050 (South Africa) Skype: afrodivaonline *World Wide Web Foundation | **1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20005, USA | **www.webfoundation.org* * | Twitter: @webfoundation* On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Judith Hellerstein wrote: > I can understand why they need your ID cards for verification but > biometrics is a bit overboard > > Judith > > Sent from my iPhone > Judith at jhellerstein.com > Skype ID:Judithhellerstein > > On Dec 5, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Sivasubramanian M > wrote: > > Might be happening everywhere. In this instance, Airtel, one of India's > Telecom operators requires all subscribers to bring their National Id cards > to their premises and present biometrics to them for 'verification'. Where > is this leading to ? (See the image in the forwarded mail below that says, > "visit the nearest Airtel store with your Id (Aadhar), give your > fingerprints) > > Sivasubramanian M > President > Internet Society India Chennai. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Airtel" > Date: Dec 5, 2017 6:00 PM > Subject: Important- Verify your Airtel Mobile with Aadhaar! > To: > Cc: > > As per the directive from Govt. of India, it is mandatory to verify your > mobile number with Aadhaar before 6-Feb-2018. Please follow below mentioned > steps to complete the verification for your Airtel Mobile 9952403099 > <099524%2003099>. > Visit the nearest * Airtel Store * > > Share Aadhaar number with our executive to update > Give your fingerprints for biometric verification > Confirm the OTP sent on your number > Done! Your Aadhaar is linked > > For Airtel Store details, click www.airtel.in/store > or *SMS > STORE * to *121* > > > _______________________________________________ > As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed > to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society > Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.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... 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Just started. ​​ Today,* Tuesday December 5 2017* at *3:30pm EST* (20:30 UTC) the* SF-Bay Area Internet Society Chapter * and the* Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers * (ICANN) will host an online* ICANN 60 Policy Readout .* The event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel *. *View on Livestream:* https://livestream.com/internetsociety/icann60sf Comment See all comments *​Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9682 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best Judith Sent from my iPhone Judith at jhellerstein.com Skype ID:Judithhellerstein > On Dec 5, 2017, at 3:43 PM, Mehwish Ansari wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Now that there's less than one year before the ITU's major program planning meeting, the 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18), we'd like to take the opportunity to organize a preliminary civil society coordination meeting later this month to begin discussing our respective strategies, share perspectives and experiences from past ITU meetings, and begin collaborating on shared objectives. > > The meeting will be held at the IGF in Geneva later this month. It will take place from 14.00-16.00 on Tuesday, December 19 in Room E.3023 (Building E) at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). There, ARTICLE 19 will be joined by Global Partners Digital, Public Knowledge, Access Now, and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). We welcome all civil society organizations that are interested in engaging at the ITU--and especially those that are considering participation at PP-18--to join us. If you're interested in attending the meeting but are not able to attend IGF this year, please reply to this email to indicate your interest in remote participation facilities. > > Thanks very much, and looking forward to seeing you in Geneva! > > Best, > Mehwish > > -- > Mehwish Ansari > Digital Programme > > ARTICLE 19 > www.article19.org > > PGP Fingerprint C502 CF43 EEE3 4C8D 0976 > C5F3 CE71 E459 F6CF A79F -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There, > ARTICLE 19 will be joined by Global Partners Digital, Public Knowledge, > Access Now, and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). We > welcome all civil society organizations that are interested in engaging > at the ITU--and especially those that are considering participation at > PP-18--to join us. If you're interested in attending the meeting but are > not able to attend IGF this year, please reply to this email to indicate > your interest in remote participation facilities. > > Thanks very much, and looking forward to seeing you in Geneva! > > Best, > Mehwish > > -- > > Mehwish Ansari > Digital Programme > > ARTICLE 19 > www.article19.org > > PGP Fingerprint C502 CF43 EEE3 4C8D 0976 > C5F3 CE71 E459 F6CF A79F > > -- *Abakar Oumar Massar* Founder & PM of Easytech engineering services Sarl. Coordonator of UN Youth Deleguate Program Chad. Ambassador of Youth IGF Chad. E-mail:info at easytech-eng.com http://www.easytech-eng.com https://twitter.com/abkarmassar Tél:0023563551011/98793131 N'djaména (Tchad) |ACIEDD Member|ISOC CHAD Member|ICANN Member|IEEE Big data Member|ACSIS Member| From gus at publicknowledge.org Wed Dec 6 11:52:19 2017 From: gus at publicknowledge.org (Gus Rossi) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:52:19 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] LETTER: Net Neutrality Developments in Senegal Message-ID: Hi everyone! The Senegalese government is currently considering adopting a new bill , the “Code Communications Electronics” that might be very harmful to net neutrality. (net neutrality is under attack everywhere) Especifically, Article 28 establishes that *“L'Autorité de régulation peut autoriser ou imposer toute mesure de gestion du trafic qu'elle juge utile pour, notamment, préserver l'équilibre économique et la concurrence dans le secteur des communications électroniques et veiller au traitement équitable de services similaires.” , *or in English that "*The Regulatory Authority may authorize or impose any traffic management measure it deems necessary to, inter alia, preserve the economic balance and competition in the electronic communications sector and ensure the fair treatment of similar services."* Asutic from Senegal, Web Foundation, and PK have *drafted a letter* to the Senegalese government, asking it to remove that paragraph from the bill. We invite you to sign into it. *The deadline is today* (sorry, running out of time! especially since we also need to make a French translation) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XV5Kl3VOlLDnOcZ5ZjMYfkfVQAjosUVRHtbRHGDKClg/edit ---- # # # # • # # # # *Gus Rossi* Global Policy Director (202) 861-0020 (x123) | (202) 651 1337 (mobile) | @agustinrs *Public Knowledge* | @publicknowledge | www.publicknowledge.org 1818 N St. NW, Suite 410 | Washington, DC 20036 | CFC 12259 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raquino at gmail.com Wed Dec 6 12:40:08 2017 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 14:40:08 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] ICANNWiki December newsletter Message-ID: Hi everyone ICANNWiki December newsletter https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=61f7ae3c3c6e30b092fce004f&id=69b5847554 For the first time in Edit-a-thon history, we had a participant edit their caricature in real time. We applaud this innovative approach to updating the caricatures! See the before and after (Guess who that is?) From nb at bollow.ch Fri Dec 1 09:03:57 2017 From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:03:57 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Sign-on Call for Action Re: Rule-making for the Internet at the WTO Message-ID: <20171201150357.61ec8feb@quill> Further to the WTO Ministerial which Renata mentioned... Already before the recent unprecedented action on the part of the host country (Argentinia) to exclude critically-minded civil society people who had already been accredited by WTO, WTO was already widely criticized as one of the most intransparant intergovernmental organizations and among the least inclusive of civil society. In fact WTO is so offensive in this regard that it would be quite inconsistent to be accepting of the idea of WTO rule-making for the Internet while at the same time advocating for any form of open multistakeholderism. Here is a corresponding sign-on call for action: https://wto-ic.justnetcoalition.org All support will be greatly appreciated. Greetings, Norbert From isolatednet at gmail.com Tue Dec 5 08:02:24 2017 From: isolatednet at gmail.com (Sivasubramanian M) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 18:32:24 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Privacy : Why are private business operators empowered to insist on biometrics? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Might be happening everywhere. In this instance, Airtel, one of India's Telecom operators requires all subscribers to bring their National Id cards to their premises and present biometrics to them for 'verification'. Where is this leading to ? (See the image in the forwarded mail below that says, "visit the nearest Airtel store with your Id (Aadhar), give your fingerprints) Sivasubramanian M President Internet Society India Chennai. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Airtel" Date: Dec 5, 2017 6:00 PM Subject: Important- Verify your Airtel Mobile with Aadhaar! To: Cc: As per the directive from Govt. of India, it is mandatory to verify your mobile number with Aadhaar before 6-Feb-2018. Please follow below mentioned steps to complete the verification for your Airtel Mobile 9952403099 <099524%2003099>. Visit the nearest * Airtel Store * Share Aadhaar number with our executive to update Give your fingerprints for biometric verification Confirm the OTP sent on your number Done! Your Aadhaar is linked For Airtel Store details, click www.airtel.in/store or *SMS STORE * to *121* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Specific objectives: -Create an official space in the agenda for the women and LGBTQI attending the multiple IGF spaces in the global IGF. -Enable the exchange of knowledge, information and experiences about the nature of IGF and why it is important for gender issues. -Networking space. -Providing information about the activities, projects and investigations on gender issues in the multiple spaces of IGF. The proposed agenda is: 1.- Welcome by Renta and Angie 2.- Introduction 3.- Presentation of the participants 4.- Participation of assistants We invite you to participate and talk to us about what they are doing or about the collaboration proposals they have. Any questions can be written to the emails. contrerasangelica9 at gmail.com and raquino at gmail.com I invite you to use and share the event with #IGFem #IGFLGBTQI Event link http://sched.co/CR5h Queridas Amigas: El día 0 tendremos el #IGFem, por primer vez en el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet, El IGFem busca reunir a las mujeres y LGBTQI que participan en varios de los espacios de IGF (NRI, intersesionales, etc.) para intercambiar conocimientos, crear redes y crear proyectos de colaboración para fortalecer el IGF. Algunos de los objetivos: -Crear un espacio oficial en la agenda para las mujeres y LGBTQI que asisten a los múltiples espacios de IGF en el IGF global. -Apoyar el intercambio de conocimiento, información y experiencias sobre la naturaleza de IGF y por qué es importante para cuestiones de género. -Espacio de creación de redes. -Informar sobre las actividades, proyectos e investigaciones sobre cuestiones de género en los múltiples espacios de IGF. La agenda propuesta es: 1.- Bienvenida por Renta y Angie 2.- Introducción 3.- Presentación de los participantes 4.- Participación de asistentes Las invitamos a que participen y nos hablen de lo qué están haciendo o de las propuestas de colaboración que tienen. Cualquier duda nos pueden escribir a los correos. contrerasangelica9 at gmail.com y raquino at gmail.com Les invito a usar y compartir el evento con los #IGFem #IGFLGBTQI Link del evento http://sched.co/CR5h Un abrazo con sororidad. Lic. Angélica Contreras @AngieConter /Angélica Contreras #BlogAngie Revista Quintaesencia Youth Observatory "No vine a este mundo ordinario a ser una mujer ordinaria" From gpaque at gmail.com Fri Dec 8 13:30:40 2017 From: gpaque at gmail.com (Ginger Paque) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 12:30:40 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] GIP DW newsletter, now in Spanish, French and other languages soon! Message-ID: I'm hoping this will offer you an additional resource for your work: Did you know that Diplo and the GIP Digital Watch offer multilingual Internet governance/digital policy news resources? The latest issue includes links to the IGF reporting will you may find helpful during the meetings too.... Lea las últimas tendencias en LAWS, neutralidad en la red, el Foro FGI 2017 y otros temas de la pólitica digital - Ya está publicado el Boletín del GIP DW para noviembre en español en https://dig.watch/sites/def ault/files/DWnewsletter26_Spanish.pdf The November edition of the GIP Digital Watch Newsletter is now online in English too :) https://dig.watch/newsletter Please share the links, especially with your Spanish speaking colleagues and groups. Gracias! Ginger *______________________________* *Ginger (Virginia) Paque* IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate DiploFoundation WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland www.diplomacy.edu [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu] * * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raquino at gmail.com Sat Dec 9 01:03:44 2017 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 03:03:44 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina deports 2 straight from Bs As airport In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi #WTO on Twitter and LAC lists bringing more worrisome news approaching WTO Ministerial Argentina has deported, that we know of, 2 NGO activists straight from Bs As airport. Sally Burch from FSI ALC was sent to Ecuador https://www.pagina12.com.ar/81396-una-actitud-poco-democratica-del-gobierno-de-argentina Peter Titland from ATTAC Norway was sent to Brazil and apparently the norwegian diplomatic service has been called in involvement somehow. Both journalists. https://www.pagina12.com.ar/81396-una-actitud-poco-democratica-del-gobierno-de-argentina Very worrying that host country can do such arbitrary actions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nb at bollow.ch Sat Dec 9 05:11:54 2017 From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 11:11:54 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina deports 2 straight from Bs As airport In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20171209111154.660ceb80@quill> Ouch!!! I think that this situation calls for an international statement of solidarity from global civil society. I'd like to convene an informal drafting group (open to all civil society) for quickly drafting a sign-on statement on this matter. Therefore, everyone who would like to be involved, please let me know. Greetings, Norbert On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 03:03:44 -0300 Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > #WTO on Twitter and LAC lists bringing more worrisome news > approaching WTO Ministerial > > Argentina has deported, that we know of, 2 NGO activists straight > from Bs As airport. > > Sally Burch from FSI ALC was sent to Ecuador > > https://www.pagina12.com.ar/81396-una-actitud-poco-democratica-del-gobierno-de-argentina > > Peter Titland from ATTAC Norway was sent to Brazil and apparently the > norwegian diplomatic service has been called in involvement somehow. > > Both journalists. > > https://www.pagina12.com.ar/81396-una-actitud-poco-democratica-del-gobierno-de-argentina > > Very worrying that host country can do such arbitrary actions. From bruna.mrtns at gmail.com Sat Dec 9 11:20:07 2017 From: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com (Bruna Martins dos Santos) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 14:20:07 -0200 Subject: [bestbits] Youth Observatory Workshops at the IGF: WS #193 and #212 Message-ID: Dear all, Heres a little invitation for those of you attending IGF next week! This year the Youth Observatory (SIG Youth) is holding two workshops on Youth challenges and Gender Issues. On December 19th, starting at 10h10 am at Room XXVII - E (Palais des nations) the we are hosting the *Workshop 193**: **Youth Engagement in Internet Governance Ecosystem: Current Scenario, Controversies and Future Action* and the idea is to discuss issues related to youth participation in Internet Governance such as the need of our own agenda and funding challenges. The workshop will also be the launching of the english version of our book - *Analyses of a Connected Youth* - *so join us if you want to grab a copy*! (: More info here: http://sched.co/CTrZ The second workshop we are hosting and organizing is *Workshop 212: **Navigating gender and youth challenges: telling stories about women, technology and creation. *And our idea here is to provide a environment of exchanges between generations of women in tech on the challenges and barriers we face while online or looking for a job in the tech field. This second workshop will take place on Wednesday, December 20, from 11:50 to 13:20 at Room XXIII - E and more info can be found here: http://sched.co/CTsA . Hope to see you all there! Best, -- *Bruna Martins dos Santos * +55 61 99252-6512 Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos @boomartins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mpsaenz at karisma.org.co Sat Dec 9 11:23:31 2017 From: mpsaenz at karisma.org.co (Pilar Saenz) Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2017 11:23:31 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina deports 2 straight from Bs As airport In-Reply-To: <20171209111154.660ceb80@quill> References: <20171209111154.660ceb80@quill> Message-ID: <5B655423-0D10-4898-875F-DEFDD45D75AD@karisma.org.co> Hi Several NGO (mostly latin american) published a press release this week about the WTO meeting and the Argentinian blacklisted. Spanish, Portuguese and English version available. https://karisma.org.co/comunicado-de-organizaciones-de-la-sociedad-civil/ El 9 de diciembre de 2017 5:11:54 a. m. COT, Norbert Bollow escribió: >Ouch!!! > >I think that this situation calls for an international statement of >solidarity from global civil society. > >I'd like to convene an informal drafting group (open to all civil >society) for quickly drafting a sign-on statement on this matter. > >Therefore, everyone who would like to be involved, please let me know. > >Greetings, >Norbert > > > >On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 03:03:44 -0300 >Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > >> #WTO on Twitter and LAC lists bringing more worrisome news >> approaching WTO Ministerial >> >> Argentina has deported, that we know of, 2 NGO activists straight >> from Bs As airport. >> >> Sally Burch from FSI ALC was sent to Ecuador >> >> >https://www.pagina12.com.ar/81396-una-actitud-poco-democratica-del-gobierno-de-argentina >> >> Peter Titland from ATTAC Norway was sent to Brazil and apparently the >> norwegian diplomatic service has been called in involvement somehow. >> >> Both journalists. >> >> >https://www.pagina12.com.ar/81396-una-actitud-poco-democratica-del-gobierno-de-argentina >> >> Very worrying that host country can do such arbitrary actions. -- Enviado desde mi dispositivo Android con K-9 Mail. Por favor, disculpa mi brevedad. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peter at accessnow.org Sat Dec 9 11:28:44 2017 From: peter at accessnow.org (Peter Micek) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 11:28:44 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina deports 2 straight from Bs As airport In-Reply-To: References: <20171209111154.660ceb80@quill> Message-ID: I think we should aim high, addressing the UN Secretary general, head of WTO, president of Argentina, and perhaps the High Commissioner for Human Rights. For reference, here's the Access Now statement on the original conference rejections, previous to this awful news. https://www.accessnow.org/access-now-statement-civil-society-exclusion-wto-meeting-argentina/ On Dec 9, 2017 10:12 AM, "Norbert Bollow" wrote: Ouch!!! I think that this situation calls for an international statement of solidarity from global civil society. I'd like to convene an informal drafting group (open to all civil society) for quickly drafting a sign-on statement on this matter. Therefore, everyone who would like to be involved, please let me know. Greetings, Norbert On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 03:03:44 -0300 Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > #WTO on Twitter and LAC lists bringing more worrisome news > approaching WTO Ministerial > > Argentina has deported, that we know of, 2 NGO activists straight > from Bs As airport. > > Sally Burch from FSI ALC was sent to Ecuador > > https://www.pagina12.com.ar/81396-una-actitud-poco- democratica-del-gobierno-de-argentina > > Peter Titland from ATTAC Norway was sent to Brazil and apparently the > norwegian diplomatic service has been called in involvement somehow. > > Both journalists. > > https://www.pagina12.com.ar/81396-una-actitud-poco- democratica-del-gobierno-de-argentina > > Very worrying that host country can do such arbitrary actions. ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. 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The banning of international civil society is not an isolated case. And given that the Argentine government is (was?) sensitive to international pressure, I think it can be a good idea to highlight some of the unobjectionable cases: For example, the IACHR pronounced itself on multiple times regarding the situation of Milagro Sala, a social activist: https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2017/107.asp IACHR also granted a Protection Measure to Santiago Maldonado, a murdered social activist: https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2017/125.asp *Tl;Dr:* Maybe it is not necessary to name the cases of Maldonado and Sala by name, but perhaps its wroth highlighting in the release the multiple instances in the last year that the IACHR has issued alerts about the situation of human rights in Argentina. ---- # # # # • # # # # *Gus Rossi* Global Policy Director (202) 861-0020 (x123) | (202) 651 1337 (mobile) | @agustinrs *Public Knowledge* | @publicknowledge | www.publicknowledge.org 1818 N St. NW, Suite 410 | Washington, DC 20036 | CFC 12259 On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:47 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > Hi everyone > > 1 deportation has been recanted after a pronunciation from Norway minister > @petterST is leaving Brazil back to Argentina > > From the trolls, through the opposition to the supporters of the > president, one can easily see that the situation to those in the > country is also very complicated. > > We'll know by tomorrow if all went well. For now, wish good luck. > > Best, > > Renata > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nb at bollow.ch Mon Dec 11 10:52:53 2017 From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:52:53 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina deports 2 straight from Bs As airport In-Reply-To: References: <20171209111154.660ceb80@quill> Message-ID: <20171211165253.15f12ceb@quill> On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:47:07 -0300 Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > 1 deportation has been recanted after a pronunciation from Norway > minister @petterST is leaving Brazil back to Argentina Also news from Sally Burch is that she has been informed that she could now return to Argentina. However, for her (who had been deported to Ecuador where she lives), in view of long travel times, the recantation of the ban comes too late for her, in the sense that she feels that it makes no sense for her to return to Buenos Aires now. Greetings, Norbert > >From the trolls, through the opposition to the supporters of the > president, one can easily see that the situation to those in the > country is also very complicated. > > We'll know by tomorrow if all went well. For now, wish good luck. > > Best, > > Renata From raquino at gmail.com Mon Dec 11 11:18:54 2017 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:18:54 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina deports 2 straight from Bs As airport In-Reply-To: <20171211165253.15f12ceb@quill> References: <20171209111154.660ceb80@quill> <20171211165253.15f12ceb@quill> Message-ID: Hi Yes, too late, too litlle, too much trouble for all of these organizations all of this. And Gus, that 2nd case I didn't know and it's also emblematic. It is as if it's threatening CSOs on what they have as most fragile: their strategic planning. For some of those small organizations, especially the labor ones, to organize oneself to go to a conference as this, raise funds, go through bureaucratic visa processes, arrange local partnerships while remaining in contact w/ global ones, is an months, maybe an year work. And it is all gone with the lack of accreditation and, worse thing, qualifying the organization as a a bad faith character, as it was in the official government press release. Would be interesting to envisage a collective lawsuit for damages against the Argentina authorities. I am sure the citizens would jump in to join. Best, Renata On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:47:07 -0300 > Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > >> 1 deportation has been recanted after a pronunciation from Norway >> minister @petterST is leaving Brazil back to Argentina > > Also news from Sally Burch is that she has been informed that she could > now return to Argentina. However, for her (who had been deported to > Ecuador where she lives), in view of long travel times, the recantation > of the ban comes too late for her, in the sense that she feels that it > makes no sense for her to return to Buenos Aires now. > > Greetings, > Norbert > > >> >From the trolls, through the opposition to the supporters of the >> president, one can easily see that the situation to those in the >> country is also very complicated. >> >> We'll know by tomorrow if all went well. For now, wish good luck. >> >> Best, >> >> Renata > From steve at openmedia.org Mon Dec 11 16:16:40 2017 From: steve at openmedia.org (Steve Anderson) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:16:40 -0800 Subject: [bestbits] The best ways for Internet users (from anywhere) to join the big Day of Action on Net Neutrality tomorrow. Message-ID: I wrote up the best ways for Internet users (from anywhere) to join the big Day of Action on Net Neutrality tomorrow. https://blog.newmode.net/netneutrality-7f7a2cf150cb Please share on Facebook , Twitter etc.. -- *Steve Anderson* Founder, Senior Advisor OpenMedia.org | *The Internet Needs You -->>* http://openmedia.org *We've launched a social enterprise to enable other groups to access sophisticated civic engagement tools: http://newmode.net . 604-837-5730 Follow me on Twitter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bestbits at lists.bestbits.net Tue Dec 12 03:28:00 2017 From: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net (WANGARI KABIRU (via bestbits Mailing List)) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 08:28:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [bestbits] Privacy : Why are private business operators empowered to insist on biometrics? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1178745424.5100114.1513067280444@mail.yahoo.com> Understanding & Working with the GDPR: Engaging Your EU Audience  Understanding & Working with the GDPR: Engaging Your EU Audience | | | | | | | | | | | Understanding & Working with the GDPR: Engaging Your EU Audience Join Marketo, Matt Heinz and a panel of experts as they share best practices on how to partner with marketing an... | | | | With the deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, compliance looming (it takes effect May 25, 2018), it’s more important than ever to make sure you’re on board. The webinar shares insights perhaps on where more nations may be heading to, in use and protection of its citizens' data. Be blessed.  Regards/Wangari--- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Monday, 11 December 2017, 0:29, Sivasubramanian M wrote: On Dec 5, 2017 6:32 PM, "Sivasubramanian M" wrote: Might be happening everywhere. In this instance, Airtel, one of India's Telecom operators requires all subscribers to bring their National Id cards to their premises and present biometrics to them for 'verification'.  Where is this leading to ? (See the image in the forwarded mail below that says, "visit the nearest Airtel store with your Id (Aadhar), give your fingerprints) Sivasubramanian MPresidentInternet Society India Chennai. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Airtel" Date: Dec 5, 2017 6:00 PM Subject: Important- Verify your Airtel Mobile with Aadhaar! To: Cc: | | | | As per the directive from Govt. of India, it is mandatory to verify your mobile number with Aadhaar before 6-Feb-2018. Please follow below mentioned steps to complete the verification for your Airtel Mobile 9952403099. | | | | | Visit the nearest Airtel Store | | | Share Aadhaar number with our executive to update | | | Give your fingerprints for biometric verification | | | Confirm the OTP sent on your number | | | Done! Your Aadhaar is linked | | |   | | | For Airtel Store details, click www.airtel.in/store or SMS STORE to 121 | | ____________________________________________________________ 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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ForEveryone.net tells the story of the web’s invention and Sir Tim’s mission to ensure it remains a free and open space. In 2018, for the first time, half of the world will be online. The question is, with a number of challenges facing the open web, what kind of web will they find? The screening will be followed by a discussion about the future of the web and what we can do to defend the web we want. Moderator: Adrian Lovett, President & CEO, World Wide Web Foundation Panelists: Nanjira Sambuli, Digital Equality Advocacy Manager, World Wide Web Foundation Konstantinos Komaitis, Internet Society, Director of Policy Development Cathleen Berger, Mozilla, Global Engagement Lead With thanks to the ITU for hosting this event. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foreveryonenet-the-future-of-an-open-web-tickets-41105922922 From jmalcolm at eff.org Tue Dec 12 19:21:14 2017 From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:21:14 -0800 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina bars NGOs, civil society from attending WTO conference In-Reply-To: <3ae0db6c-322d-7506-5eed-3312dd067775@eff.org> References: <3ae0db6c-322d-7506-5eed-3312dd067775@eff.org> Message-ID: <510244b6-d6f5-2d39-3fc0-4e4907488c1f@eff.org> On 10/12/17 2:17 pm, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > Here is the draft letter about the exclusion (and deportation, in at > least two cases) of the civil society delegates to the WTO.  This is > open for comment now, and unless it looks like taking longer, the aim is > to put it online for endorsement by about Wednesday (sorry for the short > consultation time): > > http://pad.bestbits.net/wto-ministerial-2017 > > Please add your comments or edits in the pad, or email myself or Norbert > Bollow who can incorporate your suggestions. This letter has now been finalized, and you are invited to endorse it if you agree with what it says.  You can find the endorsement page here: https://bestbits.net/wto-ministerial-2017/?brand=none -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt PGP fingerprint: 75D2 4C0D 35EA EA2F 8CA8 8F79 4911 EC4A EDDF 1122 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Just for TODAY, I request that when making an endorsement, you also send me a quick email to let me know about it, so that I can make sure that as many as possible are included when I send the letter with the initial bunch of endorsements. I'll probably send the letter (with the first bunch of endorsements) early afternoon UTC, definitely not before noon UTC (which is 1pm CET and 9am in Buenos Aires). The tradeoff is between sending later so that there will be more endorsements by the time that the letter is sent, and sending earlier to have a better chance of getting attention from journalists. Greetings, Norbert From opomulero at akinbo.ng Sat Dec 2 14:49:36 2017 From: opomulero at akinbo.ng (Adebunmi AKINBO) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 20:49:36 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Until 27nov: Call for volunteers - Best Bits CSCG representative In-Reply-To: <8bb4328c3a86f8d9a0d219607cbdbd10@igfpak.org> References: <8bb4328c3a86f8d9a0d219607cbdbd10@igfpak.org> Message-ID: Much appericiated. Thanks and Regards. -Akinbo. On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 7:46 PM, wrote: > Dear Best Bits Members, > > With reference to the following call for nominations to serve the role of > Best Bits Representation to the Internet Governance Civil Society > Coordination Group (CSCG) Working Group, we received nominations from > following three candidates: > > - Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo > - Vrikson Iván Acosta Velásquez > - Cláudio Lucena > > We are pleased to announce that Best Bits Steering Committee has selected > Cláudio Lucena with majority votes. Claudio Lucena is a champion in > research and capacity building in Internet Governance. He was also > shortlisted as CSCG IGF MAG alternate and could be interested to have a > dialogue with the MAG. > > BB SC is forwarding his name to the Chair CSCG to serve the role of Best > Bits Representation to the CSCG Working Group for next two years replacing > Poncelet Ileleji. > > We acknowledge the receipt of very strong set of candidates, and we would > like to express our appreciation to each of them for their willingness to > serve the Best Bits. We encourage Adebunmi and Vrikson to apply for next > opportunity. We look forward to their continued engagement with the Best > Bits. > > We are also thankful to Poncelet Ileleji for his services as Best Bits > representative to CSCG Working Group (2016-2017). > > > Thanking you and Best Regards > > > Imran Ahmed Shah > > [On behalf of Best Bits Steering Committee] > > On 2017-11-26 11:05, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > > Hi everyone > > Reminder that we are about the close the call below > > --- > > Call for Nominations to serve The Role of Best Bits Representation to > the CSCG Working Group: > > The role of CSCG is to ensure a co-ordinated civil society response > and conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to > outside bodies. It comprises representatives of the coalition members > of the Best Bits, Association for Progressive Communications, Internet > Governance Caucus, Just Net Coalition, and Non-Commercial Stakeholders > Group of ICANN. The procedures followed by CSCG are available online > at url: http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures.Since [1 > ] last year, the > role > of Best Bits representation to the CSCG is being served by two > representatives Poncelet Ileleji & Sheetal Kumar. Poncelet opted > rotating nomcom term for first/ single year, which is completing on > this November (2017). In replacement of Poncelet, we hereby initiate a > call for Volunteer(s) from Civil Society to submit their nominations > to serve this role representing Best Bits. > > Candidates are requested to submit their nominations (self-nominations > are acceptable) by 27th November 2017, with the following information > (according to the CSCG procedures): > 1. Full Name: First, Middle, Family Name > 2. Affiliation: Civil Society Organization/ > Institution > 3. Region/ Country: > 4. Short Biography: > 5. Motivation: > > Nominations are accepted on email ID > info at bestbits.net > by 27th Nov, 2017. > > Thanking you and Best Regards > > Renata Aquino Ribeiro > [On behalf of Best Bits Steering Committee] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures.Since > ____________________________________________________________ > 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... URL: From salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com Wed Dec 13 10:45:15 2017 From: salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com (Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:45:15 +1100 Subject: [bestbits] SIDS and LDC Session Pre-IGF 17th December 0900 - 11:00 [Call for Civil Society Participation and Inclusion] Message-ID: Dear Global Civil Society Colleagues, In the quest to broaden SIDS and Developing Country participation within the IGF, we are hosting a two hour Preparatory Session for Small Islands Developing States and Least Developed Countries on Sunday the 17th December, 2017 to encourage increased awareness of Internet Governance and meaningful participation from governments, private sector and civil society. The Preparatory Session will be held on Sunday December 17, 2017 *09:00 - 11:00* at the Salle 5 *Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG).* The central objective of the Preparatory Session is to provide a briefing on Internet Governance and to encourage increased participation and launch a network to ensure that SIDS and Developing voices are included in global policy discussions and conversations. In addition, it is to encourage SIDS sharing resources with each other to accelerate the opportunity of achieving access and meeting Sustainable Development Goals 2030. We would like to see a growth in participation and workshop proposals to the IGF Secretariat for 2018 and beyond. Aside from inviting select Permanent Representatives to the UN in Geneva and to the WTO (some have confirmed), where we are expecting a roundtable style moderated discussions, we would like to extend the invitation to the civil society who may wish to invite colleagues or friends to attend the 2 hour preparatory session or offer themselves to part of the dialogue. If anyone in the civil society space would like to contribute to the Panel or showcase material from your country or organization at the SIDS and LDC Booth please feel free to contact me on sala at pasifikanexus.nu or Cintra Sooknanan on cintra.sooknanan at gmail.com If anyone from thecivil society space would also like to be part of any of the Panels below, simply indicate by emailing Cintra and I separately so we can arrange to have you slotted in. See Tentative Programme below. We will also be using this to point to those attending what Sessions they be interested to take part in during the IGF. * SIDS AND LDCs TENTATIVE PROGRAMME 17th December, 2017, Geneva (0900 – 1100)* • Welcome by Moderator, Bevil Wooding, ARIN Outreach Coordinator • Setting the Context Introduction to Internet Governance. WGIG 2005 Report, Mandate of the IGF and Renewal of the IGF, and the IGF in Transition. [5 minutes] Professor Ang Peng Hwa, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore. Member of the Expert Group that wrote the Working Group in Internet Governance Group (WGIG 2005 Report . [To be Confirmed] Representative from the NRIs To Be Confirmed. • Opening Remarks by Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan [5 - 8 min] *CONFIRMED* • Increasing Quality of SIDS participation in the IGF (Rep from Caribbean, AIMS and Pacific, MAG representatives, IGFSA [10 min] • Diplomatic Corp SIDS and LDCs Roundtable facilitated by Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan [30 minutes] *CONFIRMED* • Regional Internet Registries (NRO), Overview of Internet Use in SIDS Countries [AFRINIC. APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, LACNIC, RIPE NCC] [20 min] • Private Sector (Business Community from SIDS and LDC Region) [Theme to be developed] [10 min] • ICANN Engagement and Internet Governance [15 minutes] • Panel on ITU-D Resolutions Update convened by ISOC Jane Coffin [15 minutes] [Jane Coffin acquiring panelists to include UNCTAD. • Emerging Issues Impacting Business Communities in SIDS and LLDCs (Joining the Global Conversation) [15 min] • Panel on International Organisations Engagement in Internet Governance UNESCO, WIPO, WTO etc [20 min] • Civil Society [Digital Rights, etc] [15 min] • Overview of Sessions at the IGF 2017 [Cyber Security, Human Rights, Trade etc] • Discussion on SIDS and LDCs Network and appointing Secretariat • Identifying Terms of Reference and Scope for Network • Appointing Coordinators and creation of Mailing List and Looking for volunteers to host the listserv etc • Developing future pathways as a global community -- *Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala T* *P. O. Box 17862* *Suva* *Republic of Fiji* *Cell: +679 7656770; * *Home: +679 3362003* *Twitter: @SalanietaT* *"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour." Aristotle* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From khoulouddaouahi at gmail.com Wed Dec 13 11:12:36 2017 From: khoulouddaouahi at gmail.com (Dawahi Khouloud) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:12:36 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] [ycig] Youth Observatory Workshops at the IGF: WS #193 and #212 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you very much Bruna .I will definitively join . Our session revolves around the same topic *WS #90 Achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in a Digital Future: Where Do Youth Stand?*organized jointly by the UN Major Group for Youth and Children (unmgcy.org) and other youth-led organizations. Young practitioners will share reflections from various regions (LAC, Europe, Asia and Africa ) on the work undergone by their respective organizations while sharing best practices, lesson learned, and recommendations. Our session's outcome will be written into a blog and policy brief for wide dissemination, while serving as a step forward in engaging in ICT discussions within the UN system, notably the WSIS forum. Come join us and make your voice heard! (http://sched.co/CTr9) ‌ Sent with Mailtrack 2017-12-09 17:20 GMT+01:00 Bruna Martins dos Santos : > Dear all, > > Heres a little invitation for those of you attending IGF next week! > > This year the Youth Observatory (SIG Youth) is holding two workshops on > Youth challenges and Gender Issues. > > On December 19th, starting at 10h10 am at Room XXVII - E (Palais des > nations) the we are hosting the *Workshop 193**: **Youth Engagement in > Internet Governance Ecosystem: Current Scenario, Controversies and Future > Action* and the idea is to discuss issues related to youth participation > in Internet Governance such as the need of our own agenda and funding > challenges. The workshop will also be the launching of the english version > of our book - *Analyses of a Connected Youth* - *so join us if you want > to grab a copy*! (: More info here: http://sched.co/CTrZ > > > The second workshop we are hosting and organizing is *Workshop 212: **Navigating > gender and youth challenges: telling stories about women, technology and > creation. *And our idea here is to provide a environment of exchanges > between generations of women in tech on the challenges and barriers we face > while online or looking for a job in the tech field. This second workshop > will take place on Wednesday, December 20, from 11:50 to 13:20 at Room > XXIII - E and more info can be found here: http://sched.co/CTsA > . > > Hope to see you all there! > > Best, > > -- > *Bruna Martins dos Santos * > > +55 61 99252-6512 <+55%2061%2099252-6512> > Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos > @boomartins > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "YCIG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ycig+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mariliamaciel at gmail.com Thu Dec 14 05:57:53 2017 From: mariliamaciel at gmail.com (Marilia Maciel) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 11:57:53 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] IGF pre-event: Disruptive Digital Literacies in the Era of Data Governance Message-ID: Hello everyone, On behalf of prof. Divina Frau-Meigs I would like to invite you to the session *"Disruptive Digital Literacies in the Era of Data Governance: addressing 'generation Z' with and beyond education"*. This session will take place on Sunday 17 December 2017, *14:00-17:00, ROOM 4*, at CICG Geneva - Centre International de Conférences, Rue de Varembé 17, Geneva. It is co-organized by the *Council of Europe in association with Savoir*Devenir*. The issues that will be discussed in this session include: - Harnessing Big Data for Education: e-strategies for all - Enabling young people in formal and informal education: competences and values - Skilling citizens and working adults: Digital, lifelong, training and beyond Each of the panels will include a *youth* respondent/commentator, so ensure that the voices of young people are captured in the debate. You will find additional information in the attached flyer. We are looking forward to your participation. 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Ginger * * *______________________________* *Ginger (Virginia) Paque* IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate DiploFoundation WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland virginiap at diplomacy.edu Invitation for Art at IGF [image: Geneva Internet Platform] INVITATION You are cordially invited to the opening of *ART at IGF* , an exhibition exploring the issues of digital policy through digital art. The event will take place on Monday, 18th December, at 14h, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. For the first time in the history of the IGF, the programme will incorporate an art exhibition, connecting digital policy, art, and technology professionals. The *ART at IGF* interactive exhibition will use a subway map as a journey metaphor to explore the various Internet governance topics (infrastructure, security, human rights, etc.). As they follow the lines, visitors will arrive at subway stations where digital artists will display their interpretations of the core digital policy issues of the day, such as data privacy and copyright. Some of these stations will belong to one subway line, but most will mark transfer points; the security, economic, and legal lines will intersect at the encryption stop, for example. If you are interested to know how artists view issues such as access or telecommunications infrastructure, come visit *ART at IGF *. Guided tours will be organised every day during lunchtime to help navigate the exhibition, located on the first floor of building E. The exhibition will be up from *18 to 21 December 2017*. http://artigf.diplomacy.edu/ [image: The Geneva Internet Platform on Twitter] [image: The Geneva Internet Platform on Facebook] [image: The Geneva Internet Platform's contact e-mail] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Over the past few years, there has been a clear shift towards greater ‘securitization’ of the Internet, where security is less about personal data integrity and network resilience, and more about national security and political control. This is evident through the practice of Internet shutdowns, data localization policies, attacks on the multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance and encryption backdoors. At this event, held in partnership with the Internet Society, participants will discuss the trend towards ‘securitization’, its implications and how to strengthen trust in the Internet, Participants: *​​* *Marina Kaljurand*, Chair, Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia (2015-16); *Sally Wentworth*, Vice President of Global Policy Development, Internet Society; *Patricia Lewis*, Research Director, International Security Department, Chatham House. Moderator: *Emily Taylor*, Associate Fellow, International Security and Editor, Journal of Cyber Policy, Chatham House. The event will be webcast live via the *Internet Society Livestream Channel *, *YouTube *, and *Facebook *. *What: Chatham House Panel: Do We Still Trust the Internet? When: Thursday 14 December 2017 18:00 – 19:00 UTC | 13:00-14:00 ESTWebcast: Livestream | Facebook | YouTube Captioning: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC Twitter: #securitization - http://bit.ly/2AoPlpC * Comment See all comments *​Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9709 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Moreover, civil society elements most concerned with the ever increasing erosion of online rights - - investigative journalists, digital rights activists, and academic policy analysts -- are often under-resourced, and suffer from a lack of unity and direction necessary for effective counter advocacy. A seasoned panel of activists, academic researchers, press and media specialists report out dispatches from the front lines of four countries facing unique challenges and threats to online civic spaces and democratic engagement: Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. We’ll cover everything from “hybrid warfare” and gender based harassment online, to a new ministry of cybersecurity, threat detection and mitigation, and attempts to use hate speech codes to stifle free expression. This collaborative and multidisciplinary effort aims to highlight and present traditionally under-represented stakeholders and issues in this forum, and encourages audience participation. Moderator: Dominic Bellone, Sr. Program Officer, Counterpart International Speaker: Guy Berger, Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO Speaker: Nalaka Gunawardene, science writer, journalist and development communication specialist (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Speaker: Andrii Puziak Taras Shevchenko University (Kyiv, Ukraine), Hubert Humphrey Fellow American University Washington College of Law Speaker: Iria Puyosa, Researcher and consultant on political communication, stakeholders relations, internet policies and digital strategy, (Quito, Ecuador) Speaker: Earnest Mudzengi, Executive Director, Media Centre (Harare, Zimbabwe) Speaker: Vitaliy Moroz, Director of New Media Development, Internews-Ukraine (Kyiv) Speaker: Sachini Perera is a Sri Lankan feminist activist currently based in Malaysia. She has a background in law, journalism and international relations, and has worked in strategic communications and advocacy with feminist and women’s rights organizations for the last decade. From nadira.araj at gmail.com Fri Dec 15 07:54:42 2017 From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 14:54:42 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] Invitation to IGF2017 Redefining Rights for a Gender Inclusive Networked Future WS102 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to our workshop in IGF 2017 "Redefining Rights for a Gender Inclusive Networked Future (WS102)" Date and Venue: Thursday, December 21 11:20 - 12:20 Room XXI - E United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) For those who would not be in Geneva to participate in person, we would encourage you to participate in the session online. This is a Birds of a Feather session, where the speakers will share their preliminary findings and attempt to identify main global challenges related to gender rights, highlighting specific regional or national issues, share best practices adopted to overcome those challenges and highlight areas of public policy or social aspects that need to be addressed along with suggestions, in order to improve digital rights of women. It will be an interactive session where participants would also be given time to share their perspectives. The speakers for this session include: -Amrita Choudhury - CCAOI - India - Organizer and Moderator -Nadira Al-Araj - ISOC Palestine Palestine- Co-organizer[Online] -Angelica Contreras SIG Women - Mexico -Anju Mangal - KM-ICT Specialist - Fiji -Nooria Ahmadi - AfIGF, Afghanistan -Sarah Kiden - Mozilla Fellow - Uganda -Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Brazil The other contributors and online participants to the session are: Evelyn Namara - Techpreneur Uganda Gustavo Paiva - UFRN - Brasil Maritza Aguero Minano - AUI Peru / LACRALO Secretariat Sylvia Kanari - Hivos, Kenya We look forward to your active participation. For more updates, follow us using #GenderSouth. Regards, Amrita Choudhury ISOC India Delhi Chapter Nadira AL-Araj ISOC Palestine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I'm the Core Program Coordinator at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and we've just announced our open call for fellowship applications for the 2018-2019 academic year. We're a public interest research center and community working to explore the Internet and new digital developments, touching a broad range of topics I know are of great import to people in the this community. Fellowships at the Center are opportunities for those who wish to spend 2018-2019 in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of the our vibrant community of research and practice, and who seek to engage in collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral exploration of some of the Internet's most important and compelling issues. Fellows are supported in an inviting and playful intellectual environment - we have community activities designed to foster inquiry and risk-taking, to identify and expose common threads across fellows? individual activities, and to bring fellows into conversation with the faculty directors, employees, and broader community at the Berkman Klein Center. We invite applications from people working on a broad range of opportunities and challenges related to Internet and society, which may overlap with ongoing work at the Center and may expose our community to new opportunities and approaches. We encourage applications from scholars, practitioners, innovators, engineers, artists, and others committed to understanding and advancing the public interest who come from -- and have interest in -- countries industrialized or developing, with ideas, projects, or activities in all phases on a spectrum from incubation to reflection. To make fellowships a possibility for as wide a range of applicants as possible, in the 2018-2019 academic year we will award a small number of stipends to incoming fellows. This funding is intended to support people from communities who are underrepresented in fields related to Internet and society, who will contribute to the diversity of the Berkman Klein Center?s research and activities, and who have financial need. *Applications will be accepted until Wednesday January 31, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.* I invite you to check out our full call , which has more information about our community activities and the application process. Please feel most welcome to share this info with others who you think might have interest. And if there are any questions, please feel most welcome to reach out to me or Becca Tabasky, (copied on this email) our Manager of Community Programs. 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Great choice indeed Judith Sent from my iPhone Judith at jhellerstein.com Skype ID:Judithhellerstein > On Dec 2, 2017, at 1:46 PM, imran at igfpak.org wrote: > > Dear Best Bits Members, > > With reference to the following call for nominations to serve the role of Best Bits Representation to the Internet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) Working Group, we received nominations from following three candidates: > > Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo > Vrikson Iván Acosta Velásquez > Cláudio Lucena > We are pleased to announce that Best Bits Steering Committee has selected Cláudio Lucena with majority votes. Claudio Lucena is a champion in research and capacity building in Internet Governance. He was also shortlisted as CSCG IGF MAG alternate and could be interested to have a dialogue with the MAG. > > BB SC is forwarding his name to the Chair CSCG to serve the role of Best Bits Representation to the CSCG Working Group for next two years replacing Poncelet Ileleji. > > We acknowledge the receipt of very strong set of candidates, and we would like to express our appreciation to each of them for their willingness to serve the Best Bits. We encourage Adebunmi and Vrikson to apply for next opportunity. We look forward to their continued engagement with the Best Bits. > > We are also thankful to Poncelet Ileleji for his services as Best Bits representative to CSCG Working Group (2016-2017). > > > > Thanking you and Best Regards > > > > Imran Ahmed Shah > > [On behalf of Best Bits Steering Committee] > > >> On 2017-11-26 11:05, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: >> Hi everyone >> >> Reminder that we are about the close the call below >> >> --- >> >> Call for Nominations to serve The Role of Best Bits Representation to >> the CSCG Working Group: >> >> The role of CSCG is to ensure a co-ordinated civil society response >> and conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to >> outside bodies. It comprises representatives of the coalition members >> of the Best Bits, Association for Progressive Communications, Internet >> Governance Caucus, Just Net Coalition, and Non-Commercial Stakeholders >> Group of ICANN. The procedures followed by CSCG are available online >> at url: http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures.Since [1] last year, the >> role >> of Best Bits representation to the CSCG is being served by two >> representatives Poncelet Ileleji & Sheetal Kumar. Poncelet opted >> rotating nomcom term for first/ single year, which is completing on >> this November (2017). In replacement of Poncelet, we hereby initiate a >> call for Volunteer(s) from Civil Society to submit their nominations >> to serve this role representing Best Bits. >> >> Candidates are requested to submit their nominations (self-nominations >> are acceptable) by 27th November 2017, with the following information >> (according to the CSCG procedures): >> 1. Full Name: First, Middle, Family Name >> 2. Affiliation: Civil Society Organization/ >> Institution >> 3. Region/ Country: >> 4. Short Biography: >> 5. 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Cheers, Peter On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > Thank you Deborah for sharing > > Wishing best of luck to #IGF2017 folks and those joining online > > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Deborah Brown wrote: > > [With apologies for cross-posting] > > > > Dear all, > > > > APC has published a document outlining our priorities for IGF 2017 > > including in the areas of access, human rights, gender,and > > cybersecurity, and governance. > > https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/apc-priorities-12th-internet- > governance-forum > > > > A full list of activities we are organizing, as well as our members, can > > be found below: > > > > https://www.apc.org/en/node/34451/ > > > > https://www.apc.org/en/node/34453/ > > > > Hoping to see many of you in Geneva. > > > > Kind regards, > > Deborah > > > > -- > > > > Deborah Brown > > Global Advocacy Lead > > Association for Progressive Communications (APC) > > www.apc.org > > deborah at apc.org > > @deblebrown > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Peter Micek General 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 Toronto , May 16-18, 2018 *Subscribe *to the Access Now Express , our weekly newsletter on digital rights -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wjdrake at gmail.com Fri Dec 15 11:53:39 2017 From: wjdrake at gmail.com (William Drake) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:53:39 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] IGF sessions concerning linking Internet and trade communities Message-ID: <659B9D01-C335-43AB-9244-2B983D1A5B92@gmail.com> Hi As people are sharing workshop announcements, and in light of the outcomes at the WTO’s MC11, I thought I’d pass along something I sent to another list. If anyone’s interested in these issues please do come along or connect remotely. Cheers Bill > As has been mentioned here before there’s growing discussion in various contexts (including several WTO Open Forums) about the need for greater openness/transparency in trade processes, particularly with respect to Internet issues, and the need for greater dialogue and shared analysis linking the trade community and the Internet communities writ large. These themes will be touched on a bit at the Day -1 civil society meeting on Saturday 16 in Geneva http://bestbits.net/events/joint-cs-2017/ and at the Day 0 WEF session http://sched.co/CdaW . They will be explored more deeply at Day 2 sessions of the IGF, Tuesday 19th: > > *09:00 - 10:00 in Room XXVII - E, UNCTAD will hold an Open Forum on "Digitalization and International Trade.” http://sched.co/CTrX There we’ll introduce the Information Economy Report https://goo.gl/F9b8ug to an IGF audience and then focus in on “Linking the Internet and Trade Policy Communities” and the idea of booting up multi-track cooperation on global commerce issues, including a multistakeholder track (linked to the session below) > > *10:40 - 11:40 is the launch of the new multistakeholder Dynamic Coalition on Trade and the Internet http://sched.co/CTqt the information doc of which is here https://opendigital.trade/documents/58 . Jeremy Malcom and EFF have been the catalysts here. > > *15:00 - 16:30 in Room XXVI - E UNOG, I’ve organized a workshop on "Data Localization and Barriers to Crossborder Data Flows: Toward a Multi-Track Approach.” http://sched.co/CTrV This will be a large-n roundtable discussion that includes some denizens of this list. The discussion will take off from a couple papers I’m preparing for the WEF, the first of could be released during WEF’s annual meeting in January. The project proposes that in light of the political difficulties and substantive problems associated with addressing these issues solely through the mechanisms of international trade, we could consider pursuing an approach involving a) Track 1: Nonbinding Intergovernmental Processes, b) Track 2: Multistakeholder Processes, and c) Track 3: reformed Digital Trade Processes. > > WEF intends to launch its own piece of this but what would be really ideal would be to establish a broader and more inclusive network involving several lead node organizations for orchestration. It might be possible to engage certain international organizations but whether we could get significant engagement from the technical community and civil society networks, I dunno. That’s the kind of thing I hope will get aired at the latter workshop. > *********************************************** William J. 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Alongside workshops and many other sessions covering a range of timely Internet and ICT policy issues, the programme will include six main sessions. If you are attending IGF 2017 in Geneva, we kindly invite you to the following main sessions. 1. *SPECIAL MAIN SESSION:* "Data for sustainable development Road-maps " Tuesday December 19, 2017 09:00 - 12:00 Room XXVI - E *United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)* MAIN/ SPECIAL SESSION 2. *MAIN SESSION:* " Local interventions, Global impacts: How can International,Multistakeholder Cooperation Address Internet Disruptions, Encryption and DataFlows" Monday December 18, 2017 10:00 - 13:00 Main Hall - Room XVII - E *United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)* MAIN/ SPECIAL SESSION Should you require further information and clarification, please contact Wisdom Donkor on email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com or whatsapp on +233 20 8128851 or Marilyn Cade:marilynscade at hotmail.com / For more information about Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and *remote participation,* kindly visit the following site: www.intgovforum.org/mult ilingual or www.igf2017.swiss Full schedule*:* https://www.igf2017.sched.com/ In the sincere hope, you will accept this invitation; we look forward to seeing you in Geneva. 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Message-ID: Dear all, *[With apologies for cross-posting]* For those at the global IGF in Geneva this year, Estelle Massé (Access Now) and I (GPD) will be hosting an information sharing session on the International Conference on Data Protection Commissioners (ICDPPC) on Thursday, December 21st. *Details:* *For: *Anyone and everyone interested in the ICDPPC (whether you've engaged before or not)! *When/where: *11:30 AM - 12:30, Bilateral Room 3, Thursday 21 December at the IGF venue *Why/what:* We'll share information on the next Conference in Brussels (October 2018), the concrete opportunities for civil society engagement and collaboration. The ICDPPC is the only global convening of data protection and privacy commissioners in the world. In case of interest, there's a bit more info about the Conference and its relevance to digital rights issues here . Please share this with anyone you think may be interested. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday! 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Looking forward to seeing/hearing from you there, Mehwish On 12/5/2017 9:43 PM, Mehwish Ansari wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Now that there's less than one year before the ITU's major program > planning meeting, the 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18), we'd > like to take the opportunity to organize a preliminary civil society > coordination meeting later this month to begin discussing our > respective strategies, share perspectives and experiences from past > ITU meetings, and begin collaborating on shared objectives.    > > The meeting will be held at the IGF in Geneva later this month. It > will take place from *14.00-16.00 on Tuesday, December 19 in Room > E.3023 (Building E) at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)*. > There, ARTICLE 19 will be joined by Global Partners Digital, Public > Knowledge, Access Now, and the Association for Progressive > Communications (APC). We welcome all civil society organizations that > are interested in engaging at the ITU--and especially those that are > considering participation at PP-18--to join us. If you're interested > in attending the meeting but are not able to attend IGF this year, > please reply to this email to indicate your interest in remote > participation facilities. > > Thanks very much, and looking forward to seeing you in Geneva! > > Best, > Mehwish > > -- > Mehwish Ansari > Digital Programme > > ARTICLE 19 > www.article19.org > > PGP Fingerprint C502 CF43 EEE3 4C8D 0976 > C5F3 CE71 E459 F6CF A79F -- Mehwish Ansari Digital Programme ARTICLE 19 www.article19.org PGP Fingerprint C502 CF43 EEE3 4C8D 0976 C5F3 CE71 E459 F6CF A79F -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best Regards Imran Ahmed Shah ---------------- On Sat, December 16, 2017 3:17 pm, Sheetal Kumar wrote: > Dear all, > > > *[With apologies for cross-posting]* > > > For those at the global IGF in Geneva this year, Estelle Massé (Access > Now) > and I (GPD) will be hosting an information sharing session on the > International Conference on Data Protection Commissioners (ICDPPC) on > Thursday, December 21st. > > > *Details:* > *For: *Anyone and everyone interested in the ICDPPC (whether you've > engaged before or not)! *When/where: *11:30 AM - 12:30, Bilateral Room 3, > Thursday 21 December at > the IGF venue *Why/what:* We'll share information on the next Conference in > Brussels > (October 2018), the concrete opportunities for civil society engagement > and collaboration. The ICDPPC is the only global convening of data > protection and privacy commissioners in the world. > > In case of interest, there's a bit more info about the Conference and its > relevance to digital rights issues here > gital-environment-the-icdppc/ Best>. > > > Please share this with anyone you think may be interested. > > > We look forward to seeing you on Thursday! > > > Best > Sheetal. > -- > *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 <+44%207739%20569514> > | > PGP ID: AAEDBF8AFE87EF53 | PGP Fingerprint: 9CD3 46A5 21A1 DFD9 FDD0 457D > AAED BF8A FE87 EF53 | > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 ba2482 at columbia.edu Mon Dec 18 12:55:58 2017 From: ba2482 at columbia.edu (Bakhtiyor Avezdjanov) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:55:58 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] @IGF - Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Message-ID: <5183966D3F6476479B01A9D26C321B4A015E2A55F0@EXPRODMBX01.ais.columbia.edu> Hi All, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression has set up a booth at the IGF 2017. If you are interested in freedom of expression case law, considering submitting a nomination to our award, or just wanna chat, stop by! Hoping to meet some of you! Bach Avezdjanov Program Officer, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Email: ba2482 at columbia.edu Phone: 212 854 1591 Twitter: @ColumbiaGFOE Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Subscribe to our Weekly News Letter! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From nb at bollow.ch Sun Dec 3 13:11:47 2017 From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow) Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 19:11:47 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina bars NGOs, civil society from attending WTO conference In-Reply-To: <20171201144157.2824c524@quill> References: <20171201144157.2824c524@quill> Message-ID: <20171203191147.57e0569c@quill> Further to this topic of civil society disaccreditation for the WTO Ministerial... here's a TV interview which puts these developments into context, with an IMO quite brilliant explanation (by Deborah James) of what is going on at the WTO and why this issue of disaccreditation matters so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5solRTa8A (Also see the Our World Is Not For Sale website http://ourworldisnotforsale.net ) Nota bene, this disaccreditation issue in not about civil society being blocked from formal participation in the substantive discourse (that was never possible at WTO in the first place, see the Call for Openness and Transparency in Rulemaking for the Internet in regard to that: wto-ic.justnetcoalition.org ), but about civil society being even denied the opportunity to meet with the decision-makers. This is as if citizens and civil society organizations were suddenly denied all opportunities for meeting with members of parliament, for reasons that citizens and civil society organizations have interests and concerns which are at odds with those of multinational corporations! Greetings, Norbert On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:41:57 +0100 Norbert Bollow wrote: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:28:49 -0300 > Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > > > A list of a few of the 31 denied accreditation is here > > > > http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/in-a-bizarre-move-argentina-bars-ngos-civil-society-from-attending-wto-conference-59254 > > > > Apparently the number keeps going up and could have doubled > > already > > Indeed. The “Our World is not for Sale” (OWINFS) network is reporting > that they know of 63 civil society folks who had already been > accredited by WTO, but who are now rejected by Argentia. > > http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/ > > Greetings, > Norbert From mariliamaciel at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 07:30:52 2017 From: mariliamaciel at gmail.com (Marilia Maciel) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:30:52 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] IGF Daily 2 is out - reporting from the 12th Internet Governance Forum Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Geneva Internet Platform is producing reports from IGF sessions, workshops, open forums and dynamic coalitions. The reports can be a valuable resource not only to those that could not attend the IGF, but also to those that could not follow sessions taking place in parallel. This project is made possible with the support from ICANN, ISOC, the IGF and DiploFoundation. All the best wishes, Marilia IGF Daily 2 - reporting from the 12th Internet Governance Forum View this email in your browser [image: Geneva Internet Platform] *IGF Daily 2 *is out! [image: IGFDaily2] Grab your morning coffee, and read our latest issue of the *IGF Daily. *Summarising yesterday's discussions, the newsletter includes data analysis of the transcripts, and updates from the National, Regional, and Youth IGF Initiatives' collaborative session and Dynamic Coalitions' sessions. We also have yesterday's sessions covered with just-in-time reports, available on the *GIP Digital Watch* newsletter at dig.watch/igf2017 Bookmark the page for more session reports and updates. And if you're in Geneva, drop by at the Art at IGF exhibition for an artistic journey through digital policy. 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This year’s publication is based on the indicators that are developed after careful customization of the framework on freedom of expression given by Mr. Frank La Rue, former UN Special Rapporteur on expression and opinion. Internet Landscape of Pakistan is an indigenous effort to regularly monitor and document the ongoing trends and challenges that impact digital and human rights in the country. This is the third edition in the series. Internet penetration, after auctioning of 3G/4G spectrums, has risen significantly, however, the arbitrariness of available legal frameworks, problematic interpretation of laws by the judiciary and repressive mindset of the state authorities collectively have been resulting in restricted landscape for internet in Pakistan. The dawn of 2017 brought many significant challenges and troubling trends in the existing internet landscape of Pakistan, where we saw blatant infringements on the fundamental freedoms including freedom of expression, access to information, peaceful assembly and of association, and the right to privacy. As anticipated, terrible consequences emerged with the enactment of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016. Several bloggers were abducted allegedly by the state authorities and many social media activists and journalists have been summoned by the investigation agencies for their online political expression. This trend has cultivated a climate of fear, self-censorship and further strengthened the culture of impunity. Over the course of last one-year, the increased access to the internet has also resulted in increased threshold of online crimes against social media users and political activists with dissenting voices. These include both the State and non-State actors’ patronized crimes. Cyber armies hired and organized by different State and non-State actors is another phenomenon, which is being used as an effective tool to stifle expression and distort progressive narratives in online spaces. These cyber armies will manipulate truth and seed campaigns against individuals or like-minded groups to undermine their opinion by inciting violence, life threats and shrinking spaces. All minorities in the country are particularly at the receiving end of these vile threats. While we will continue to monitor and document the ongoing trends in the cyberspace of Pakistan, we expect that this publication will help the authorities to re-think their strategies to make cyberspace a place, where citizens’ fundamental rights are protected and socio-economic well-being is promoted. 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We are sharing a short summary of our preliminary results with you, highlighting potential impacts of participation in the IGF on internet governance capacity building: https://goo.gl/Ng3RZm We welcome your feedback and questions. We apologize for cross-posting, but we want to make sure that this messages reaches all the lists we worked with to recruit participants for our original study. If you would like to share our report via social media, here is a suggested text: Check out @BNonnecke & @Think_Macro research on impacts of the @intgovforum on internet governance capacity building: https://goo.gl/Ng3RZm #IGF2017 Best regards, Brandie and Dmitry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sheetal at gp-digital.org Thu Dec 21 02:59:47 2017 From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 08:59:47 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] At the IGF in Geneva? Come talk to us about the ICDPPC! In-Reply-To: <6482bf82c5a8b94366d43cbaf56096e5.squirrel@igfpak.org> References: <6482bf82c5a8b94366d43cbaf56096e5.squirrel@igfpak.org> Message-ID: Dear all, For those coming to the information-sharing session today, Thursday at 11:30 AM Bilateral Room 3 is a smallish room numbered *E-1064* and can be found by walking past large Conference room *XXVII* in Building E and entering the area the offices area in the back of the hall. Email me or Estelle if you have any trouble finding it! Looking forward to seeing you. Best Sheetal. On 18 December 2017 at 18:23, Imran Ahmad Shah wrote: > Dear(s) All. > > Just to update that link to explore further information 'about the ICDPPC > and the Conferene' is as follows: > > NAVIGATING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT: THE ICDPPC > > https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/navigating-human-righ > ts-in-the-digital-environment-the-icdppc/ > > (Previously shared link has typo error and does not resolve correctly. > > Thanks Sheetal for sharing important information and event. > > Best Regards > > Imran Ahmed Shah > ---------------- > > On Sat, December 16, 2017 3:17 pm, Sheetal Kumar wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > > > *[With apologies for cross-posting]* > > > > > > For those at the global IGF in Geneva this year, Estelle Massé (Access > > Now) > > and I (GPD) will be hosting an information sharing session on the > > International Conference on Data Protection Commissioners (ICDPPC) on > > Thursday, December 21st. > > > > > > *Details:* > > *For: *Anyone and everyone interested in the ICDPPC (whether you've > > engaged before or not)! *When/where: *11:30 AM - 12:30, Bilateral Room 3, > > Thursday 21 December at > > the IGF venue *Why/what:* We'll share information on the next Conference > in > > Brussels > > (October 2018), the concrete opportunities for civil society engagement > > and collaboration. The ICDPPC is the only global convening of data > > protection and privacy commissioners in the world. > > > > In case of interest, there's a bit more info about the Conference and its > > relevance to digital rights issues here > > hts-in-the-di > > gital-environment-the-icdppc/ Best>. > > > > > > Please share this with anyone you think may be interested. > > > > > > We look forward to seeing you on Thursday! > > > > > > Best > > Sheetal. > > -- > > *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 <+44%207739%20569514> > > | > > PGP ID: AAEDBF8AFE87EF53 | PGP Fingerprint: 9CD3 46A5 21A1 DFD9 FDD0 > 457D > > AAED BF8A FE87 EF53 | > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP URL: From raquino at gmail.com Tue Dec 26 19:57:56 2017 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 01:57:56 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] High Level Session on Day 1 of IGF In-Reply-To: <4150b21e-518a-a41d-0afd-425aad98b535@eff.org> References: <4150b21e-518a-a41d-0afd-425aad98b535@eff.org> Message-ID: Dear Jeremy and all This were points brought up in the Civil Society pre-meeting and we are at a crossroads when it comes to deep dive debates like these. While I agree they are needed, I think they happened throughout IGF and not on the list. The transcripts and videos are all already available and some other documentation is interesting, like the Imagining the Internet project. Also new, the Geneva messages, bringing points from the main sessions. There is even a discussion about a full virtual IGF. Whichever path taken in 2018, my guess is that Best Bits and other communities will continue parallel debates and activities which go far beyond our usual channels. I hope we get to plan other activities next year, not only at IGF and continue to participate in these important debates. Best new year to all, Renata On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > Whether or not you are present in person at the IGF, if you would like to > give input into the High Level Session that follows the Opening Ceremony > tomorrow, please share your thoughts on these questions and they can be > shared on your behalf during the open mic session: > > What is your vision for the global digital governance in 10 years? > Where do you see the main challenges? > Which opportunities could be seized? > What are the roles and responsibilities of the different stakeholders? > > More information on the session is here: > > https://igf2017.sched.com/event/CSCf/high-level-thematic-session-shaping-our-future-digital-global-governance > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt > PGP fingerprint: 75D2 4C0D 35EA EA2F 8CA8 8F79 4911 EC4A EDDF 1122 From raquino at gmail.com Sun Dec 3 14:44:18 2017 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 16:44:18 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina bars NGOs, civil society from attending WTO conference In-Reply-To: <20171203191147.57e0569c@quill> References: <20171201144157.2824c524@quill> <20171203191147.57e0569c@quill> Message-ID: It's really incredible Civil Society is "disruptive and violent" according to Argentina government http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/sobre-la-acreditacion-de-ongs-la-conferencia-ministerial-de-la-omc-en-buenos-aires On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote: > Further to this topic of civil society disaccreditation for the WTO > Ministerial... here's a TV interview which puts these developments into > context, with an IMO quite brilliant explanation (by Deborah James) of > what is going on at the WTO and why this issue of disaccreditation > matters so much. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5solRTa8A > > (Also see the Our World Is Not For Sale website > http://ourworldisnotforsale.net ) > > Nota bene, this disaccreditation issue in not about civil society being > blocked from formal participation in the substantive discourse (that > was never possible at WTO in the first place, see the Call for Openness > and Transparency in Rulemaking for the Internet in regard to that: > wto-ic.justnetcoalition.org ), but about civil society being even > denied the opportunity to meet with the decision-makers. > > This is as if citizens and civil society organizations were suddenly > denied all opportunities for meeting with members of parliament, for > reasons that citizens and civil society organizations have interests > and concerns which are at odds with those of multinational corporations! > > Greetings, > Norbert > > > > > > On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:41:57 +0100 > Norbert Bollow wrote: > >> On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:28:49 -0300 >> Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: >> >> > A list of a few of the 31 denied accreditation is here >> > >> > http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/in-a-bizarre-move-argentina-bars-ngos-civil-society-from-attending-wto-conference-59254 >> > >> > Apparently the number keeps going up and could have doubled >> > already >> >> Indeed. The “Our World is not for Sale” (OWINFS) network is reporting >> that they know of 63 civil society folks who had already been >> accredited by WTO, but who are now rejected by Argentia. >> >> http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/ >> >> Greetings, >> Norbert > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 nb at bollow.ch Sun Dec 3 19:28:03 2017 From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 01:28:03 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina bars NGOs, civil society from attending WTO conference In-Reply-To: References: <20171201144157.2824c524@quill> <20171203191147.57e0569c@quill> Message-ID: <20171204012803.0cba0e95@quill> On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 16:44:18 -0300 Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > It's really incredible > > Civil Society is "disruptive and violent" according to Argentina > government > > http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/sobre-la-acreditacion-de-ongs-la-conferencia-ministerial-de-la-omc-en-buenos-aires Ouch! By any reasonable standard, that kind of libel is outright criminal. I'm happy to note that OWINFS has sent a strongly-worded followup letter to the WTO Secretary-General. http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/owinfs-disaccreditation-followup Greetings, Norbert > On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote: > > Further to this topic of civil society disaccreditation for the WTO > > Ministerial... here's a TV interview which puts these developments > > into context, with an IMO quite brilliant explanation (by Deborah > > James) of what is going on at the WTO and why this issue of > > disaccreditation matters so much. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5solRTa8A > > > > (Also see the Our World Is Not For Sale website > > http://ourworldisnotforsale.net ) > > > > Nota bene, this disaccreditation issue in not about civil society > > being blocked from formal participation in the substantive > > discourse (that was never possible at WTO in the first place, see > > the Call for Openness and Transparency in Rulemaking for the > > Internet in regard to that: wto-ic.justnetcoalition.org ), but > > about civil society being even denied the opportunity to meet with > > the decision-makers. > > > > This is as if citizens and civil society organizations were suddenly > > denied all opportunities for meeting with members of parliament, for > > reasons that citizens and civil society organizations have interests > > and concerns which are at odds with those of multinational > > corporations! > > > > Greetings, > > Norbert > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:41:57 +0100 > > Norbert Bollow wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:28:49 -0300 > >> Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > >> > >> > A list of a few of the 31 denied accreditation is here > >> > > >> > http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/in-a-bizarre-move-argentina-bars-ngos-civil-society-from-attending-wto-conference-59254 > >> > > >> > Apparently the number keeps going up and could have doubled > >> > already > >> > >> Indeed. The “Our World is not for Sale” (OWINFS) network is > >> reporting that they know of 63 civil society folks who had already > >> been accredited by WTO, but who are now rejected by Argentia. > >> > >> http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/ > >> > >> Greetings, > >> Norbert From raquino at gmail.com Sun Dec 3 20:17:54 2017 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 22:17:54 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Argentina bars NGOs, civil society from attending WTO conference In-Reply-To: <20171204012803.0cba0e95@quill> References: <20171201144157.2824c524@quill> <20171203191147.57e0569c@quill> <20171204012803.0cba0e95@quill> Message-ID: Hi I agree this response is quite interesting. Moreover, it requires intergovernmental organizations to position themselves on governments actions. I am sure many Best Bits members going through this process right now would like to see the decision reversed. It will a busy week Best, Renata On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote: > On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 16:44:18 -0300 > Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > >> It's really incredible >> >> Civil Society is "disruptive and violent" according to Argentina >> government >> >> http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/sobre-la-acreditacion-de-ongs-la-conferencia-ministerial-de-la-omc-en-buenos-aires > > Ouch! By any reasonable standard, that kind of libel is outright > criminal. > > I'm happy to note that OWINFS has sent a strongly-worded followup > letter to the WTO Secretary-General. > > http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/owinfs-disaccreditation-followup > > Greetings, > Norbert > > >> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote: >> > Further to this topic of civil society disaccreditation for the WTO >> > Ministerial... here's a TV interview which puts these developments >> > into context, with an IMO quite brilliant explanation (by Deborah >> > James) of what is going on at the WTO and why this issue of >> > disaccreditation matters so much. >> > >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5solRTa8A >> > >> > (Also see the Our World Is Not For Sale website >> > http://ourworldisnotforsale.net ) >> > >> > Nota bene, this disaccreditation issue in not about civil society >> > being blocked from formal participation in the substantive >> > discourse (that was never possible at WTO in the first place, see >> > the Call for Openness and Transparency in Rulemaking for the >> > Internet in regard to that: wto-ic.justnetcoalition.org ), but >> > about civil society being even denied the opportunity to meet with >> > the decision-makers. >> > >> > This is as if citizens and civil society organizations were suddenly >> > denied all opportunities for meeting with members of parliament, for >> > reasons that citizens and civil society organizations have interests >> > and concerns which are at odds with those of multinational >> > corporations! >> > >> > Greetings, >> > Norbert >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:41:57 +0100 >> > Norbert Bollow wrote: >> > >> >> On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:28:49 -0300 >> >> Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: >> >> >> >> > A list of a few of the 31 denied accreditation is here >> >> > >> >> > http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/in-a-bizarre-move-argentina-bars-ngos-civil-society-from-attending-wto-conference-59254 >> >> > >> >> > Apparently the number keeps going up and could have doubled >> >> > already >> >> >> >> Indeed. The “Our World is not for Sale” (OWINFS) network is >> >> reporting that they know of 63 civil society folks who had already >> >> been accredited by WTO, but who are now rejected by Argentia. >> >> >> >> http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/ >> >> >> >> Greetings, >> >> Norbert >