[Advisors] Fwd: Internet governance outlook 2021

Wed Feb 17 08:58:06 PST 2021

Hi all and thanks Brian for the link to this nytimes article. It is 
truly alarming, the amount of harm one person with a grudge can inflict 
under the current way content is managed (or not managed) on the 
Internet. Anybody find themselves caught in this kind of attack. It is 
truly scary.

No one wants to handcuff the Internet, but I think states are starting 
to wake up to the need to do something to curb such abuses. The EU is 
currently updating it's e-Commerce directive with something call the 
Digital Services Act (DSA). Some members of the EU Some member EU states 
are also working on their own versions of such legislation. Hopefully it 
will be the start to curbing this kind of abuse.

I have excepted a small explanation. Bolding is mine. The full document, 
which is an ICANN briefing on this issue is available there is anyone 
wants to read further

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ge-004-15jul20-en.pdf 
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ge-004-15jul20-en.pdf>

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What will the DSA likely contain? The DSA will not prescribe what 
illegal content is. That decision will remain with member states. 
Rather, it will put in place a system, the “notice and action” 
mechanism, to ensure that online services have similar processes to 
remove content flagged as illegal. Key principles of the e-Commerce 
Directive will most likely be maintained in the DSA. Website hosts and 
“digital lockers” will not have “editorial responsibility” or be made 
responsible for users’ content; and EU member states will continue to be 
banned from forcing platforms to have general monitoring obligations on 
content.*
*

*However, large platforms may be considered to have a special 
responsibility and could be subject to additional rules, either through 
legislation or additional self-regulation/co-regulation. *This could be 
the case for content such as disinformation (“fake news”). The EU is 
conscious of the difficulty in balancing the desire to remove unwanted 
content with freedom of expression. It is therefore likely to limit its 
intervention to disinformation that has malicious intent designed to 
deceive the public or polarize public opinion, for example, through 
coordinated disinformation campaigns by state and non-state actors.

.... The European Commission has launched an open consultation, asking 
organizations and the public about the proposed approach. The 
consultation includes questions on digital service providers’ experience 
with removing the sale of illegal goods online; their experience with 
illegal content during the COVID-19 crisis; how services approach 
harmful but not illegal content, including disinformation, 
cyberbullying, and violence against women online; and the systems 
introduced by digital services to report unwanted content

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Marita

On 2/13/2021 5:17 PM, Brian Beaton wrote:
> And it sure makes it difficult when I read of how it is now being used 
> for such disruptive and vengeful activities as this NY Times story 
> highlights .. Very scary stuff ..
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/technology/change-my-google-results.html 
>> <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/technology/change-my-google-results.html>
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 2:45 PM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net 
> <mailto:mmoll at ca.inter.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     ------- Forwarded Message --------
>     Subject: 	Re: [Advisors] Internet governance outlook 2021
>     Date: 	Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:23:55 -0800
>     From: 	Daryl Hobbs <darylhobbs at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:darylhobbs at gmail.com>
>     To: 	Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> <mailto:mmoll at ca.inter.net>
>
>
>
>     I think it’s called the war on information! No doubt whoever
>     controls informative controls us! Like the war on drugs it’s going
>     to be messy and don’t expect governments to come to your rescue.
>     They are just as vulnerable as we are. Education and persistence
>     are two weapons we have but it has to be a combination of both to
>     prevent attacks on all of us.  ;-D
>     On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 8:35 AM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net
>     <mailto:mmoll at ca.inter.net>> wrote:
>
>         Hello advisors. There can be no doubt that it is a turbulent
>         world out there right now -- and the Internet, as the world's
>         critical communications medium, is also experiencing an
>         increase in potential disruptions. The author of this article,
>         Wolfgang Kleinwächter <http://www.circleid.com/members/5851/>,
>         Professor Emeritus at the University of Aarhusis a member of
>         the Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace, was a member
>         of the ICANN Board (2013 – 2015) and served as Special
>         Ambassador for the Net Mundial Initiative (2014 – 2016). It is
>         a great overview of Internet-related activities around the
>         world that we might want to be aware of -- especially around
>         the issue of fragmentation.
>
>         "... if somebody would have expected that the
>         Covid-19-Disaster is a wake-up call for the world to be more
>         united, work hand in hand, and pool resources reducing risks
>         of a borderless threat, this "somebody" was wrong. 2020 was
>         dominated by "My country first." The global cyberspace was
>         filled with building new barriers, widening old gaps, growing
>         mistrust, nasty cyberattacks, more cybercrime and the first
>         Internet-based drone-war in the Caucasian mountains. What
>         about 2021? Will the pendulum swing back? Or will the digital
>         cacophony continue to grow in a splintering Internet?"
>
>         http://www.circleid.com/posts/20210108-internet-governance-outlook-2021-digital-cacaphony/
>         <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20210108-internet-governance-outlook-2021-digital-cacaphony/>
>
>         Marita
>
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