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Resources on internet fragmentation and case studies on engaging in multilateral forums
by Daniela Schnidrig Dec. 20, 2024

Dec. 20, 2024

Dear all,*[with apologies for cross-posting]*I hope everyone is well as 2024 winds down.I'm getting in touch to share some resources which may be of interest to those on the list as they relate to internet governance and aim to support civil society in efforts to uphold multistakeholder and rights-respecting approaches to internet governance.*Regional roundtables on internet fragmentation*The first set of resources pertain to internet fragmentation. Over the course of the past year, Global Partners Digital has collaborated with fellow civil society organisations to host a series of online roundtables on fragmentation. Each of those roundtables has a summary report and we've also written a short report that summarises the key findings from across the roundtables. That report identifies commonalities and differences in the regions and collates a set of recommendations for different stakeholder groups.You can find all the reports via the links below. - Regional Roundtable Briefing: Internet Fragmentation and Human Rights in Europe <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/regional-roundtable-briefing-interne…> - Regional Roundtable Briefing: Internet Fragmentation and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/regional-roundtable-internet-fragmen…> - Regional Roundtable Briefing: Internet Fragmentation and Human Rights in Asia Pacific <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/regional-roundtable-internet-fragmen…> - Regional Roundtable Briefing: Internet Fragmentation and Human Rights in Sub Saharan Africa <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/regional-roundtable-internet-fragmen…> - Cross-regional report on Internet Fragmentation <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/regional-perspectives-on-internet-fr…> *Advocacy Bytes*Advocacy Bytes is a series of case studies of civil society engaging in internet governance processes. It records the tactics used, challenges faced and lessons learned from this engagement, with the aim of supporting more effective future engagement. We've just relaunched the series with a new case study on ITU Study Group 13, and a reflection piece that assesses relevant trends relating to internet-related policy in multilateral forums and their implications for civil society participation. - ITU Study Group 13 <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/advocacy-bytes-itu-t-study-group-13/> - ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2014 <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/advocacy-bytes-itu-plenipotentiary-c…> - ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/advocacy-bytes-itu-plenipotentiary-c…> - WSIS+10 Review <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/advocacy-bytes-wsis10-review/> - Trans-Pacific Partnership <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/advocacy-bytes-the-trans-pacific-par…> - UNHRC 38th Session <https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/advocacy-bytes-the-unhrc-38th-sessio…> Do reach out if you have any questions about the resources above - and of course, please share widely with anyone you think would be interested.Wishing you an excellent holiday season and happy New Year,Best, -- *Daniela Schnidrig* Co-Head of Policy and Advocacy GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Time zone: UTC | gp-digital.org *---GPD is proud to be an accredited four-day week organisation that cares about the well-being of its team. Please note that our office hours are now Monday to Thursday (9am-5pm UK time). Find out more here <https://www.gp-digital.org/news/gpd-becomes-a-four-day-week-organisation/>.*

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Townhall on the Global Digital Compact
by Hosein Badran Dec. 14, 2024

Dec. 14, 2024

Hello All, Greetings from Riyadh. The Office of the Technology Envoy is holding a Townhall on the Global Digital Compact at the IGF’24. Here is the information from the invite: ____ We are pleased to invite you to a Townhall on the Global Digital Compact on Tuesday, 17 December, 8:45 – 9:45 AM (GMT+3) that will take place on the margins of the IGF in Riyadh. The session is co-hosted by the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), who will provide opening remarks. To ensure opportunities for broad participation globally, the session will be held both in-person and online. More details can be found on the IGF 2024 website<https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2024-schedule>. * In-person: Workshop Room 7, Riyadh 8:45 AM (GMT+3) * Online: Zoom link can be found here<https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2024-schedule>. Looking forward to meeting you in Riyadh. Thank you and kind regards, Hosein Badran

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RECORDING AND SLIDES: GDC Next Steps and WSIS+20 Outlook
by Carlos Reyes Dec. 5, 2024

Dec. 5, 2024

The recording of the GDC Next Steps and WSIS+20 Outlook webinar is available here: https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/5ZOEJ0V9JO77HaF6epOxZ88diVXOhBscKBo1FlnYeWD… The slides from Elizabeth Oluoch’s remarks are attached as well. Thank you for joining, and thank you, again, to Alexey, Elizabeth, Fiona, Isra, Markus, and Nick for their observations and insights! Best, Carlos Carlos Reyes Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Washington, D.C. Engagement Center

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TOMORROW: GDC Next Steps and WSIS+20 Outlook
by Carlos Reyes Dec. 4, 2024

Dec. 4, 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 Agenda 1. Welcome and introductions – Carlos Reyes 1. Next Steps for the Global Digital Compact * Set the scene: Fiona Alexander, American University * Technical Community Perspectives i. ICANN, Alexey Trepykhalin ii. TCCM , Nick Wenban-Smith iii. ISOC, Israel Rosas iv. Open to other stakeholder groups/others on the call 1. Outlook for the WSIS+20 Review * Set the scene: Markus Kummer * Technical Community Perspectives i. ICANN, Elizabeth Oluoch ii. TCCM, Nick Wenban-Smith iii. ISOC, Israel Rosas iv. Open to other stakeholder groups/others on the call 1. Closing – Carlos Reyes Carlos Reyes Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Washington, D.C. Engagement Center

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REMINDER: GDC Next Steps and WSIS+20 Outlook
by Carlos Reyes Dec. 2, 2024

Dec. 2, 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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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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