On Friday April 1 2022, at 1pm-2pm EDT (17:00-18:00 UTC) the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter, in partnership with the Center for Democracy and Technology and Stanford Internet Observatory hosts a discussion ‘Content Moderation in an End-to-End Encrypted World’. In recent years the focus of the encryption debate has shifted to social media platforms and messaging services’ content moderation policies and practices. While not always explicitly targeting end-to-end encryption (E2EE), proposals to regulate social media companies, including the proposed EARN IT Act bill in the U.S., MeitY’s Intermediary Guidelines in India, and the proposed Online Safety Bill in the U.K. could have serious implications for E2EE services. As this policy debate continues, companies have proposed methods to moderate content on E2EE platforms that raise privacy concerns, such as those that utilize machine learning and client-side scanning. This event will feature presentations on critical research in this area, highlight global efforts to defend encryption against movements to undermine it, and include an open discussion.
PANEL Riana Pfefferkorn, Research Scholar, Stanford Internet Observatory Mallory Knodel, Chief Technology Officer, Center for Democracy and Technology
MODERATOR Ryan Polk, Director, Internet Policy, Internet Society
On Friday January 28 2022 from 11:30-12:30 CET (10:30-11:30 UTC) Encryption Europe celebrates Data Privacy Day with a public debate to reconcile seemingly opposite views: privacy and encryption as enablers of security. The panel will aim to remind the community that privacy is not a given and must be defended, and that those who defend privacy do so responsibly.
SPEAKERS Patrick Breyer, Member of the European Parliament (Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, Pirate Party Germany) Didier Hoareau, CEO of OnePrivacy István Lám, CEO of Tresorit
MODERATOR Jean-Christophe Le Toquin, Coordinator, Encryption Europe
Today, Thursday January 6 2022, at 08:30 EST (13:30 UTC) in the tenth installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature a session the Internet Society’s Fundamentals Series in April 2021, focusing on advocacy for encryption.
PRESENTERS Natalie Campbell, Director, Community Organizing and Public Advocacy, Internet Society Ryan Polk, Senior Policy Advisor, Internet Society
MODERATOR Nick Hyrka, Regional Community Manager – Europe, Internet Society
Roundtable 1: “From IoT to Quantum, why encryption will matter” Vincent Rijmen, KU Leuven / co-inventor of AES Péter Budai, VP Product, Tresorit Olivier Croix, Head, Crypto Group, Thales Belgium Ludovic Perret, Paris Sorbonne / co-founder, CryptoNext
Moderator – Pascal Steichen, CEO, SECURITYMADEIN.LU
Roundtable 2: “Encryption, a key instrument towards Europe’s digital autonomy” Robin Wilton, Director Internet Trust, Internet Society Remi Geraud-Stewart, (GEODE) / Information Security Group, Ecole normale supérieure Paris Alban Feraud, President, Eurosmart
Moderator – Grégory Wawszyniak Dumont, Market Intelligence Manager, SECURITYMADEIN.LU
Roundtable 3: “Encryption interference with Law Enforcement: any chance of a meaningful dialog?” Timothee Rebours, co-founder, SEALD Olaf Kolkman, Chief Internet Technology Officer, Internet Society Stéphane Duguin, Chief Executive Officer, CyberPeace Institute Maria Koomen, Lead, Open Governance Network for Europe
Moderator – Jean-Christophe Le Toquin, coordinator, Encryption Europe
Today, Wednesday 29 september 2021 at 14:00 EDT (18:00 UTC), in the run up to Global Encryption Day (Oct 21), the Internet Society hosts a webinar ‘Data encryption for LGBTQ communities‘. The Internet is a fundamental tool that helps the LGBTQ community live their truth without fear of persecution while protecting their privacy; strong encryption is an indispensable part of this equation. Join his session and learn about the work of our community in this regard.
Hoy, miércoles 29 de septiembre de 2021 a las 14:00 EDT (18:00 UTC), en el período previo al Día Mundial del Cifrado (21 de octubre), Internet Society organiza un seminario web ‘Cifrado de datos para comunidades LGBTQ‘. Internet es una herramienta fundamental que ayuda a la comunidad LGBTQ a vivir su verdad sin temor a la persecución mientras protege su privacidad; El cifrado fuerte es una parte indispensable de esta ecuación. Únase a su sesión y conozca el trabajo de nuestra comunidad en este sentido.
PARTICIPANTS / PARTICIPANTES Carlos Gutierrez, Deputy Director & General Counsel, LGBT TECH Paloma Szerman, Public Policy Manager, WhatsApp, LATAM Juan Pájaro Velasquez, Youth Observatory) Alinne Gomes, Instituto Liberdade Digital
MODERATOR / MODERADORAAnna Higgins, Internet Society
** Disculpas. Habrá en el webcast en español, solo en inglés y portugués. **
On Thursday 5 August 2021 from 10am-3:30pm BRT (13:00-18:30 UTC) the Recife Law and Technology Research Institute will convene the 2nd ‘Seminar on Cryptography, Politics and Fundamental Rights‘. The challenges that the full employment of cryptography face in Brazil and in the world are continuous. Among proposals for filtering communications content, weakening cryptography for access to communications by investigative authorities, and making it mandatory for providers to employ message traceability mechanisms, the risks that the security of connected infrastructures and users’ rights face are varied. In order to map these policies, the contexts from which they arise and the challenges they potentially offer, we will bring together panelists from different regions of the world – Asia, Europe and the Americas – as well as researchers and Brazilian police representatives. The event is part of the schedule of #CriptoAgosto2021 and has the support of the Internet Society, Internet Society – Brazil Chapter, and Coalizão Direitos na Rede. EN/PT interpretation will be provided.
Na quinta-feira, 5 de agosto de 2021, das 10h às 15h30 BRT (13h às 18h30 UTC), o Instituto de Pesquisa em Direito e Tecnologia do Recife realizará o 2º ‘Seminário de Criptografia, Política e Direitos Fundamentais‘. São contínuos os desafios que o pleno emprego da criptografia enfrenta no Brasil e no mundo. Entre propostas de filtragem de conteúdos de comunicações, enfraquecimento da criptografia para acesso a comunicações por autoridades investigativas e obrigatoriedade para que provedores empreguem mecanismos de rastreabilidade de mensagens, são variados os riscos que a segurança das infraestruturas conectadas e os direitos dos usuários enfrentam. Com a finalidade de mapear essas políticas, os contextos de onde surgem e os desafios que potencialmente oferecem, reuniremos painelistas de variadas regiões do mundo – Ásia, Europa e Américas – além de pesquisadores e representações policiais brasileiras. O evento faz parte da programação do #CriptoAgosto2021 e conta com o apoio da Internet Society, Internet Society – Brazil Chapter, e Coalizão Direitos na Rede. Será fornecida interpretação EN / PT.
10:00 Post-Snowden: the ‘tug of war’ of cryptography / Post-Snowden: el ‘tira y afloja’ de la criptografía / Pós-Snowden: o ‘cabo de guerra’ da criptografia Neeti Biyani (Internet Society – India)
10:30-12;00: International Conjuncture: the geopolitics of cryptography / Coyuntura internacional: la geopolítica de la criptografía / Conjuntura Internacional: a geopolítica da criptografia Isabela Bagueros (The Tor Project) Kazim Rizvi (The Dialogue – IN) Mallory Knodel (Center for Democracy and Technology – US) Patrick Beyer (Member of the European Parliament)
14:00-15:30 National Challenges: Encryption, Data Protection and Criminal Prosecution / Retos Nacionales: Cifrado, Protección de Datos y Procesamiento Penal / Desafios nacionais: criptografia, proteção de dados e processo penal Ana Bárbara Gomes (IRIS – Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade) Gustavo Pinto Vilar (Associação Nacional de Peritos Criminais Federais) Karen Maxim (Zoom) Paulo Rena (UniCEUB)
Aujourd’hui mercredi 30 juin à 13h00 UTC, Le Chapitre malien d’Internet Society (ISOC MALI) organise un webinaire ‘La sécurité grâce au cryptage‘. Il s’agit du cinquième et dernier de la série de webinaires de l’ISOC Mali sur les thèmes des fondamentaux de l’Internet Society
On Thursday 10 June 2021. at 16:00 BST (15:00 UTC) the Internet Society UK England Chapter hosts a webinar and roundtable ‘Understanding the UK Online Safety Bill‘. On 12 May 2021 the UK Government published the draft Online Safety Bill, calling it a “manifesto commitment to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression.” The Bill contains several proposals including some suggesting that Encryption should be weakened through various methods. This has generated much pushback from UK entities and the Internet Society has drafted an online letter to members of the UK Parliament, co-signed by dozens of organisations, that “End-to-End Encryption keeps us safe”. This letter will be published shortly. This webinar and roundtable will explore the more controversial aspects of the Online Safety Bill, and why there is so much pushback to some of its articles.
PRESENTER Heather Burns – Policy Manager, Open Rights Group
PANEL Richard Allan – Member, House of Lords + former Director of Policy in Europe, Facebook Robin Wilton – Director, Internet Trust, Internet Society Chris Yapp – IT Futures and scenarios
On Friday April 1 2022, at 1pm-2pm EDT (17:00-18:00 UTC) the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter, in partnership with the Center for Democracy and Technology and Stanford Internet Observatory hosts a discussion ‘Content Moderation in an End-to-End Encrypted World’. In recent years the focus of the encryption debate has shifted to social media platforms and messaging services’ content moderation policies and practices. While not always explicitly targeting end-to-end encryption (E2EE), proposals to regulate social media companies, including the proposed EARN IT Act bill in the U.S., MeitY’s Intermediary Guidelines in India, and the proposed Online Safety Bill in the U.K. could have serious implications for E2EE services. As this policy debate continues, companies have proposed methods to moderate content on E2EE platforms that raise privacy concerns, such as those that utilize machine learning and client-side scanning. This event will feature presentations on critical research in this area, highlight global efforts to defend encryption against movements to undermine it, and include an open discussion.
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