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Pact for the Future, GDC and Declaration on Future Generatkons
by Veni Markovski Jan. 4, 2025

Jan. 4, 2025

Hi, everyone! You can download the full text here: <https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-the-pact-for-the-future.pdf> [preview.png] sotf-the-pact-for-the-future<https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-the-pact-for-the-future.pdf> PDF Document · 695 KB<https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-the-pact-for-the-future.pdf> Best regards, Veni __

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Blast from the past
by Joly MacFie Nov. 29, 2024

Nov. 29, 2024

Since livestream.com is shutting down, I am having to scrape all the legacy content of ISOC's channels. One item is our visit to the UN GA High-Level Meeting on the WSIS+10 Review Process in New York on 14-16 December 2015. https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/wsis -- Joly MacFie Whatsapp +12185659365 <https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/wsis> <https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/wsis>

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WEBINAR: GDC Next Steps and WSIS+20 Outlook
by Carlos Reyes Nov. 27, 2024

Nov. 27, 2024

Join the WSIS+20 Outreach Network, ICANN, and other technical partners for a webinar on Thursday, 5 December 2024 at 14:00 UTC to discuss next steps for the Global Digital Compact and the outlook for the WSIS+20 review process. Register now! https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctd--tpj0jGtdkdXPE3nRQowELw7jvU6gm Carlos Reyes Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Washington, D.C. Engagement Center

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CITI Webinar on Governing Artificial Intelligence: The Council of Europe's Convention, Thursday 12 December
by William Drake Nov. 26, 2024

Nov. 26, 2024

Hello Sorry for cross-posting but the event below may be of interest to some on this list. If so, please join us, we’ll have a half hour+ of open discussion and it would be good to hear a range of views. Registration is at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/columbia-institute-for-tele-informati… Cheers Bill Drake > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seminars on Global Digital Governance > Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) > Columbia University Business School > https://business.columbia.edu/citi/events/citi-seminars- <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…>g <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…>lobal-digital-governance <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…> > > > > Governing Artificial Intelligence: > The Council of Europe's Convention > Thursday, December 12, 2024 > 11:00-12:30 EDT / UTC - 5 > > Register Here <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…> > > The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law is the first international treaty on AI governance. Adopted in May 2024, the Convention was negotiated in two years by the Council's 46 member states, the European Union, and 11 non-members that include the United States. The treaty sets out general obligations and principles on such issues as human dignity and autonomy, transparency and oversight, accountability, nondiscrimination, privacy, reliability and security; requirements for risk and impact assessments, including testing, monitoring, and the possibility of bans or moratoriums on certain systems; and remedies, procedural rights and safeguards, including the ability to lodge complaints and know when one is interacting with AI instead of a human being. The framework covers AI systems used by public authorities and private actors acting on their behalf, but there are carve-outs for national security, national defense, and research and development. Similarly, at the insistence of the United States and like-minded governments, the Convention eschews uniform binding rules for the private sector and instead allows states to opt-in application to their companies or to pursue self-regulatory approaches. Others participants in the process opposed this limitation, which in the view of many in civil society significantly weakens the agreement. > > The Convention's proponents hope that it will become a global framework akin to the Council's 2001 Cybercrime Convention. The Convention also will be nested within an increasingly complex mesh of international governance arrangements for AI that is under construction in the United Nations and multiple other multilateral processes. As such, there are many questions to explore. For example, what mix of interests drove the process and shaped the outcome? Is the treaty an important achievement, an example of regulatory overreach, or unlikely to have significant effects? What are the implications of carving out national security and related issues, and of not uniformly applying mandatory obligations on the private sector? How do we assess the trade-off between having strong rules and bringing governments with diverse positions on board? How effective was the blending of intergovernmental decision-making and multistakeholder participation? > > This webinar will facilitate dialogue on these and related questions. A panel of key negotiation participants and observers will lead off, and then the rest of the session will be devoted to open conversation among all interested attendees. > > > > Introduction of the topic > > Eli Noam <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…> is Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Emeritus, and Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia Business School. > > Moderator > > William J. Drake <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…> is Director of International Studies at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. > > > Panelists > > Omar Bitar <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…> is a Senior Policy Advisor at Global Affairs Canada, where he advises on Canada’s foreign policy on the global governance of digital technologies like artificial intelligence. Omar was part of the Canadian delegation that negotiated the Council of Europe Framework Convention. He previously served as Policy Advisor at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, where he led a review of Canada’s Directive on Automated Decision-Making. (Canada) > > Christabel Randolph <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…> is Associate Director at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, where she oversees the US law and policy group and coordinates statements to Congressional committees and federal agencies. She led the organization's efforts with the Federal Trade Commission to establish guardrails for AI services. Before joining the Center, she held leadership positions across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. She is a licensed attorney before the Supreme Court of Bangladesh with more than a decade of experience in the law and technology field. (USA) > > Thomas Schneider <https://fu8bm8rab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MmP5_Me9K3OW6tFCygWjoBQ8NRH4p4YXVq…> is Ambassador and Director of International Affairs at the Swiss Federal Office of Communications in the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications. He served as the Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee on AI that negotiated the AI Convention. Schneider also was the Vice-Chair of the OECD's Committee for Digital Economy Policy from 2020 to 2022 and the Chair of ICANN's Government Advisory Committee from 2014 to 2018. He has represented Switzerland in a number of international fora related to digital governance, and has been a co-coordinator of the European IGF since 2008. (Switzerland) > > > > > Columbia Institute for Tele-Information | 645 West 130th Street Geffen 694 | New York, NY 10027 US

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Who Runs the Internet? Misconceptions About ICANN
by Carlos Reyes Nov. 25, 2024

Nov. 25, 2024

Hello, WSIS+20 Outreach Network. Please read the latest blog post by ICANN’s Veni Markovski, Vice President, Government Engagement – United Nations New York and Interim Head of Government and Inter-Governmental Organization Engagement: https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/who-runs-the-internet-misconceptions… Best, Carlos Carlos Reyes Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Washington, D.C. Engagement Center

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GP Digital insights into WSIS+20
by Jordan Carter Nov. 21, 2024

Nov. 21, 2024

Hi all, hope those of you travelling back from ICANN had a good trip. An excellent analysis from GP Digital about the WSIS+20 substance and process came into my inbox and it's worth a read: https://www.gp-digital.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-wsis20-rev… They have also published a nice calendar of what is happening when: https://www.gp-digital.org/digital-technology-governance-calendar/ cheers Jordan

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CITI Webinar on Disinformation, Information Integrity, and International Cooperation -- Tuesday 19 November 2024
by William Drake Nov. 12, 2024

Nov. 12, 2024

Hello Sorry for cross-posting but the event below may be of interest to some on this list. If so, please join us, we’ll have a half hour+ of open discussion and it would be good to hear a range of views. Registration is at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/columbia-institute-for-tele-informati… Cheers Bill Drake > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seminars on Global Digital Governance > Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) > Columbia University Business School > https://business.columbia.edu/citi/events/citi-seminars- <https://business.columbia.edu/citi/events/citi-seminars-global-digital-gove…>g <https://business.columbia.edu/citi/events/citi-seminars-global-digital-gove…>lobal-digital-governance <https://business.columbia.edu/citi/events/citi-seminars-global-digital-gove…> > > > > Disinformation, Information Integrity, and International Cooperation > Tuesday November 19, 2024 > 11:00-12:30 EST / UTC - 5 > > Register Here <https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/columbia-institute-for-tele-informati…> > > The explosive growth of online disinformation has elicited worldwide concern and calls for action over the past decade. Attention to its potential effects has been particularly acute in 2024 because of the US presidential election and the other national elections being held in over 70 countries with almost half of the world’s population. In recent years, policymakers and others have increasingly focused on the promotion of "information integrity" as a possible antidote to disinformation and related challenges. At the same time, some advocates for the freedom of expression have been highly critical of restrictive policy responses to disinformation. However, governments have cooperated to establish international norms and mechanisms in order to address the transnational nature of the perceived problem. For example, the European Union established a co-regulatory Code of Practice on Disinformation; thirty-two mostly industrialized countries endorsed a Global Declaration on Information Integrity Online; the Group of 20 released a ministerial statement noting the relevance of information integrity; and the UN General Assembly issued resolutions and reports on countering disinformation. In addition, the UN Secretary General proposed the establishment of a global Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms and ultimately released a set of Global Principles for Information Integrity. Other UN and multilateral processes have addressed the issues in varying ways, and private sector and multistakeholder groupings also have pursued collaborative responses. Free speech organizations have also weighed in. > > This webinar will delve into this issue nexus in two steps. First, we will consider whether and how online disinformation has evolved due to technological, economic and political change, and whether the promotion of "information integrity" provides a path toward an improved infosphere, or towards global restrictiveness. Second, we will explore whether international agreements can make a difference; their potential benefits and risks for human rights in a geopolitical landscape populated with illiberal regimes and movements; and the prospects for compliance with international norms by the disinformation creators and the distribution platforms. > > This webinar will facilitate dialogue on these and related questions. A panel of leading experts on the topic will lead off, then the rest of the session will be devoted to open conversation among all interested attendees. > > > Introduction of the topic > > Eli Noam <https://business.columbia.edu/citi/people/director> is Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Emeritus, and Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia Business School. > > Moderator > > William J. Drake <https://williamdrake.academia.edu/> is Director of International Studies at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. > > > Panelists > > Guy Berger <https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-berger-b641b2/> is Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University and a Distinguished Research Fellow at Research ICT Africa. For eleven years he was a Senior Director at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, where he oversaw work on global communications and information policy and regulation. He recently was the lead author of two issue briefs on information integrity for the Group of 20. (South Africa) > > Maria Paz Canales <https://www.gp-digital.org/team/maria-paz-canales/> is Co-Head of Policy and Advocacy at Global Partners Digital, a social purpose company working to enable a digital environment underpinned by human rights. Previously, she co-founded and served as Executive Director at Derechos Digitales, one of the first digital rights organizations in Latin America. She holds a Master’s Degree with specialization in Law and Technology from the University of California, Berkeley. (France) > > > Jeanette Hofmann <https://www.wzb.eu/en/persons/jeanette-hofmann> is Professor of Digital Policy at the Freie Universität Berlin. She is one of the founding directors of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), head of the research group Politics of Digitalization at Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), and Principal Investigator of the research group Technology, Power and Domination at the Weizenbaum Institute of the networked society in Berlin. (Germany) > > > > > Columbia Institute for Tele-Information | 645 West 130th Street Geffen 694 | New York, NY 10027 US

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