On Thursday 8 November, 2012, the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values held a workshopat the Internet Governance Forum 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This 3rd annual DC-CIV meeting examined the challenges to the Open and Global Internet, focusing on threats to core values such as openness, neutrality, decentralization, and permissionless innovation. Panelists emphasized the need for continued multistakeholder engagement, awareness-building among policymakers, and concrete action to preserve these principles amid evolving technical and political pressures.
PARTICIPANTS Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Sivasubramanian Muthusumy – ISOC Chennai Sébastien Bachollet – ICANN Board Paul Wilson – APNIC Alejandro Pisanty – Chair, ISOC Mexico Nick Ashton-Hart – CCIA Courtney Radsch – Freedom House Subi Chaturvedi – Delhi University Fatima Cabronero
The Internet Governance Forum has been, in the past, often given the sobriquet of “a talk shop”. During the WSIS+10 Review, the APC performed an analysis of concrete decisions or actions that have been taken as a result of engagement at national, regional and global Internet Governance Forum. Since the WSIS+10 recommended that more “Concrete Outcomes” were needed from the IGF, a number of processes including the publication of formal messages from each IGF as well as the IGF High Level Panel were implemented. Today, many examples abound where the dialogue started at IGF and ended up with concrete outcomes including discussions that moved to specialised fora and agencies. Linking workshops and the IGF Processes to SDGs was also a significant step into making sure the IGF discussions led to advances in the world’s sustainable development.
This session looked at the specific case of Core Internet Values. From its first workshop in Sharm el Sheikh 2009 (Workshop on Fundamentals: Core Internet Values) until today, the DC-CIV has been refining the list of Core Internet Values and this, along with work undertaken by other organizations, has led to the widespread comprehension that there are indeed some Internet fundamentals which make the Internet what it is and what it will continue to be. But what and how can more be done?
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Olivier Crépin-Leblond (in person)
Pari Esfandiari (remote)
The concept of core Internet values has been a cornerstone of the Internet’s architecture. However, with seismic shifts in technology, governance models, and geopolitical dynamics, these values require adjustment to remain relevant in today’s rapidly evolving environment. This session examined how such adjustments could affect ICANN’s remit and mission. It explored the balance between preserving foundational principles and adapting to emerging realities, leveraging insights from technological, governance, and geopolitical trends, alongside ICANN’s operational experience. The discussion will identified necessary changes, their implications for ICANN, and strategies to address these challenges while upholding its core purpose.
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PANEL Vinton Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Tripti Sinha – Chair, ICANN Board of Directors Olivier Crépin-Leblond – Chair, Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values Preetam Maloor – Head, Emerging Technologies Division, ITU
INTERVENTIONS Adiel Akplogan – VP, Technical Engagement, ICANN Olga Cavalli – Associate Professor, University of Buenos Aires James Galvin – SSAC Liaison, ICANN Board of Directors David Lawrence – IETF Liaison, ICANN Board of Directors Jennifer Chung – Vice President, Policy, DotAsia Organisation Avri Doria Tijani Ben Jemaa – Executivr Director, Fédération Méditerranéenne des Associations d’Internet (FMAI) Bruna Martins dos Santos – GNSO / IGF MAG Sébastien Bachollet – Chair, EURALO Farzaneh Badiei – GNSO / Digital Medusa Alejandro Pisanty – Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Nenad Orlic – GNSO / RNIDS
MODERATORS Pari Esfandiari – At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Alejandro Pisanty – Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
On Tuesday October 10 2023 at 16:20-17:50 JST (07:20-08:50 UTC) the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values(DC-CIV) presents a round-table ‘Evolving Regulation and its impact on Core Internet Values‘. Our experts will examine new regulatory initiatives, and other policy proposals, and their impact on the Core Internet Values, which comprise the technical architectural values by which the Internet is built and evolves.
INTRODUCTION Sébastien Bachollet, Chair, EURALO
SPEAKERS How have things changed over the years which the Pew Research Center has studied the Internet Lee Rainie – Lee Rainie, Former Director, Internet and Technology research,Pew Research Center How we have seen regulation erode the Internet Invariants over the years Jane Coffin, formerly of Internet Society / Connect Humanaity How AFRINIC, African’s Regional Internet Registry was affected by local legislation in Mauritius – and what impact this could have or Regional Internet Registries Nii Quaynor, Chairman of the Board, Ghana.Com Protecting point to point messaging systems globally and why it is important?Ref Iria Puyosa, DFRLab, Atlantic Council Likely effects of some regulations which are well intended but may have unexpected or undesirable side-effects. Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
RESPONDENTS Maarten Botterman Deborah Allen Rogers Ghana Remote Hub Roger Dingledine, Tor Project Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
Core Internet values came under stress at the start of the war in Ukraine, with calls to “block” Russia from the Internet. A common statement “Towards the Multistakeholder Imposition of Internet Sanctions” was circulated. This session will examine the feasibility and desirability of such proposals.
SPEAKERS Bastiaan Goslings, Senior Policy and Governance advisor, RIPE NCC Bill Woodcock, Executive Director, Packet Clearing House Iria Puyosa, International Research Advisory Council, Toda Institute Veronika Datzer, policy advisor, German Parliament Vint Cerf, Internet Evangelist, Google
MODERATORS Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ISOC UK England Alejandro Pisanty, UNAM
The Global Pandemic has now impacted our daily lives for a longer time than most of us would have imagined a year ago. In 2020, the Coalition’s Session was entitled: “Internet in Crisis Management and Renewal” – and this Crisis has continued to be the past year’s “new normal”. The Internet’s impact has increased dramatically in all aspects of everyone’s lives. Technically, it has coped well with this increased use, but there have also been calls for increased control and regulation.
The DC on Core Internet Values will discuss these developments and these calls for regulation — and explore whether these break Core Internet Values – including a comparison with the 6F Framework.
SPEAKERS Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ISOC UK England Olga Makarova, MTS Alison Harcourt, University of Exeter Bob Frankston Jutta Croll, German Digital Opportunities Foundation. Desiree Miloshevic, Global Initiative for Human-centred Digital Governance Gregory Name (UK) Vittorio Bertola, ISOC Italy
Key participants: Jeff Wilbur, Internet Society Benoît Ampeau, AFNIC Dominique Lazanski, Last Press Label Rudolf van der Berg, Stratix
Session organisers: Shane Tews, Dynamic Coalition on Internet of Things (DC-IoT) Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values (DC-CIV)
At the recent APRICOT Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Geoff Huston, Chief Scientist at APNIC, gave a rather dystopian view of the Internet’s future, referring to the current period as a “gilded age” – a late 19th century trope, coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, that described the rise of an oligarchic veneer that masked underlying social malaise. What provokes Huston is after the Internet disrupted the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), it is now in danger of being disrupted itself. The rise consolidation of ubiquitous major Content Delivery Network nodes connected via private networks, is 1) belaying the need for, and thus investment in, global Open Internet infrastructure, and also 2) removing all options for public oversight of these networks. His closely argued views are well summarized by Don Dambandaraska in this news story, and are expounded on at length by Huston himself in a Circle ID post, and expressed succinctly in the video interview below.
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