[governance] That i* organizations' statement re. "social responsibility" of technical design?

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Interesting question, Mawaki. Actually the first effort to look into
technical design and protocols and human rights pre-dates the Snowden
revelations and the Montevideo Statement.

It was written by APC's Joy Liddicoat and Avri Doria in 2012,
commissioned by Markus Kummer who was then at ISOC, with input from
another ISOC's human rights lead at the time, Nicolas Seidler.

https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/ISSUE_human_rights_2.pdf

Someone who follows the work at the IETF and other technical spaces
should update us on what is happening there. Quite a lot as far as I
know, but not without contestation.

There has also been substantial progress in ICANN, from the human rights
impact assessment to the work on the right to privacy (not new but given
prominence by the GDPR) and geographic domain names.

So good to get an update on this too and I am sure there are people on
the list who can  brief us.

What I have observed is that none of this work is easy, and it has to be
done in a way that goes beyond just making people 'feel good' through
superficial references to human rights and social inclusion. It takes
hard work, working through contestation of interests from different
interests groups. And most of all, it is not just about getting policy
decisions approved - it takes ongoing implementation and application
which requires time and resources.

Anriette

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Anriette Esterhuysen
Senior advisor on internet governance, policy advocacy and strategic planning
Association for Progressive Communications
apc.org
afrisig.org
anriette at apc.org

On 2019/11/10 11:35, Mawaki Chango (via governance Mailing List) wrote:
> The other side of this question I was seeking to find out about is the
> possible effects, if any, of this step (resolution?) taken by the i*
> organizations on standard and protocol development as well as
> technology design. Is anyone aware of any sequels or impact, first in
> the work of the technical community and possibly beyond? For instance,
> there are now RFCs addressing guidelines for privacy and even human
> rights considerations: not sure whether there had ever been any such
> language in RFC development and whether this would have been possible
> before the Montevideo Statement (or the NSA surveillance scandal.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mawaki
>
>
>
>
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>
> On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 11:05 PM Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com
> <mailto:kichango at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks, Anriette! It seems that my memory was just giving this
>     Statement more than it actually holds.
>
>     Mawaki
>
>
>
>
>     On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 10:48 PM Anriette Esterhuysen
>     <anriette at apc.org <mailto:anriette at apc.org>> wrote:
>
>         Your memory is fine, Mawaki. It was the Montevideo Statement:
>
>         https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-10-07-en
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>         https://ccdcoe.org/incyder-articles/montevideo-statement-and-global-government-surveillance-reform-responses-to-government-surveillance-activities/
>
>         Anriette
>
>         -----------------------------
>
>         Anriette Esterhuysen
>         Senior advisor on internet governance, policy advocacy and strategic planning
>         Association for Progressive Communications
>         apc.org <http://apc.org>
>         afrisig.org <http://afrisig.org>
>         anriette at apc.org <mailto:anriette at apc.org>
>
>         On 2019/11/09 15:18, Mawaki Chango (via governance Mailing
>         List) wrote:
>>         Dear All,
>>
>>         I seem to remember that in the aftermath of the NSA
>>         surveillance scandal (pre-NETmundial), the i* organizations
>>         got together and put out a statement that seemed to recognize
>>         for the first time that technology is not purely "agnostic"
>>         with regard to social values (e.g., rights that we think
>>         should be valued in the kind of society we want to live in)
>>         and that those values need to be kept in mind in the work of
>>         technical standards development and technology design. 
>>
>>         Is my memory being faulty here, or was there such a thing?
>>         Could anyone point me to that declaration? And if this ever
>>         was, what has become of it? As I was searching I came across
>>         the Montevideo statement but it doesn't appear to
>>         specifically address the issue above.
>>
>>         Thanks in advance!
>>
>>         Mawaki 
>>
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