[Dcpr] DCPR activities at the IGF, and proposals for future engagement

Jyoti Panday jyoti.panday at eff.org
Mon Jan 15 02:38:15 EST 2018
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Dear Nicolo and Luca,

Thank you for taking this forward and apologies for coming back on the
last date for expression of interest. I see that you have added the
developments on RTBF in India as a possible project. I have added my
name in the sub-group and wanted to take this opportunity to introduce
myself and provide some context ref India.

Dear Members,

As EFF's Asia Policy Fellow based out of New Delhi, I cover a range of
issues including but not limited to digital trade, intermediary
liability, censorship, privacy and freedom of expression.

Currently India is in the process of designing a data protection
framework and a committee headed by Justice Krishna has been appointed
to provide recommendations on the same.

The committee has released a white paper that covers several issues
related to the protection of personal information, global developments
and posed 243 unique questions  to stakeholders. One chapter of the
white paper covers RTBF and I have attached a summary in this email for
reference.

Last year in Puttaswamy the SC declared the right to privacy to be a
fundamental right. I am attaching a summary of Justice Kaul's opinion
which referred to the RTBF to provide more context.

Finally, the white paper also references the emerging jurisprudence on
the RTBF as courts across India deal with issue. A summary of the
Karnataka case referenced in the WP is summarised. In addition other
cases where the RTBF has been rejected or dismissed and other applicable
jurisprudence is also included.

EFF has raised the possibility of censoring lawful content that such a
right brings and we are working on providing inputs to the consultation.
It would be great if the platform brings together experts from other
regions to weigh-in on this.

The deadline for comments to the Srikrishna committee is 31st January,
2017. Please feel free to reach out to me for further clarifications or
info.

Last week, CIMA released "Information Not Found: The Right to Be
Forgotten as Emerging Threat to Media Freedom in the Digital Age" that
provides background to some of the key concerns related to application
of RTBF and maybe of interest.
https://www.cima.ned.org/publication/right-to-be-forgotten-threat-press-freedom-digital-age/

Jyoti.


On 03/01/2018 22:52, Nicolo Zingales wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> given that there wasn’t much time between the IGF and Christmas
> holidays to express your interest to join one of the proposed working
> groups or to propose another project, we have decided to extend the
> deadline to *15 January*. 
>
> Again, expressing your interest or submitting a proposal comes with an
> expectation of minimal involvement over the course of the next few
> months, with a view to preparing some outcome document for the next
> IGF (although we don’t know yet where it will take place, rumors have
> it that it might be in Berlin) and which can hopefully be useful
> beyond that. If you are intrigued by more than one option, please do
> put your name down now rather than trying to join another at later
> stage- as we will pick one or perhaps two projects depending on the
> interests received. We can then discuss within those smaller groups
> more details about the scope and the timeline of the work.
>
> With best wishes for a vibrant 2017,
>
> Nicolo and Luca
>
>
> Sussex logo
>
>  
>
> *Dr. Nicolo Zingales*
> Lecturer in Competition and Information Law
> School of Law, Politics and Sociology
> University of Sussex
>
> +44(0)1273 678175
> Internal Extension: 8175
>
> http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/396969
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> From: DCPR <dcpr-bounces at lists.platformresponsibility.info
> <mailto:dcpr-bounces at lists.platformresponsibility.info>> on behalf of
> Nicolo Zingales <N.Zingales at sussex.ac.uk <mailto:N.Zingales at sussex.ac.uk>>
> Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 3:03 PM
> To: "dcpr at lists.platformresponsibility.info
> <mailto:dcpr at lists.platformresponsibility.info>"
> <dcpr at lists.platformresponsibility.info
> <mailto:dcpr at lists.platformresponsibility.info>>
> Cc: Luca Belli <luca.belli at fgv.br <mailto:luca.belli at fgv.br>>
> Subject: [Dcpr] DCPR activities at the IGF, and proposals for future
> engagement
>
> Dear all,
>
>  
>
> First of all, let us share here the link
> <http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/handle/10438/19402> to the
> (open access and CC licensed) book on Platform Regulations, which was
> launched and distributed at the DCPR session yesterday. This was the
> result of effective and efficient teamwork by all authors, who took
> great pain to deliver the paper in due course and quickly getting back
> to us with comments and edits. Thank you! 
>
>  
>
> One of the clear takeaways from the session was that there is a shared
> interest in continuing the discussion on platform responsibility with
> a view to offering concrete outputs for the 2018 IGF. We received
> positive feedback on the book not only by the audience, but also by
> the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression David
> Kaye and several members of the European Parliament, both promising to
> rely on our input for their future work. This is great news and you
> will hear soon further information about their initiatives in relation
> to this. For the moment, please be aware that we are going to submit
> the book in response to David Kaye’s call for submissions on content
> regulation in the digital age
> <http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/ContentRegulationInTheDigitalAge.aspx>,
> which is open until tonight. 
>
>
> This morning, the outcome document
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/5133/768>explaining
> the concept of the book attracted interest in the main session on
> Dynamic Coalitions, and some suggestions were made for workshops at
> the 2018 IGF and possible cross-DC collaboration. 
>
>
>
> On Monday evening, we also had a productive meeting amongst some DCPR
> members who were in Geneva, discussing some of our current projects
> relating to platform responsibilities in order to find possible
> synergies and options for collective engagement over the next
> year. Here
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wSPck_VXU_8jVr4TTUwmcQl6Ae2hfVnPOcUPMdN1fXc/edit> you
> can find  a Googledoc with bullet point notes of the meeting (by all
> means feel free to edit adding your input, especially if you were not
> present), courtesy of Chiara Poletti. At the bottom, you will see some
> suggestions for projects that we could work together on, structuring
> ourselves into working groups. If you are interested to join in any of
> those, please put your name in the list at the link below *by 31
> December*. On the basis of this list, we hope to be able to create one
> or more working groups amongst a few of us who can commit to devote
> sometime over the next few months to delivering some concrete outcome,
> ideally in addition to another set of chapters on platform
> responsibilities. Be assured that the scope and timeline of working
> groups will be kept to a very reasonable level, recognizing that we
> all have a busy schedule, and will be spread over the course of
> several months. One potential piece of good news for those who are
> interested is that we might be able to get some funding from sponsors
> (we are discussing this with interested parties who have suggested
> it), but almost certainly that will be only for expenses related to
> project meetings and publications.
>
>  
>
> Finally, please note that the DCPR mailing list remains open for
> people to share their work in this area and make further suggestions
> for future projects- and this input is especially welcome from those
> who could not make it to the informal meeting on 18/12. 
>
>  
>
> Wishing those who are in Geneva a safe return home, and to all of you
> a happy holiday break!
>
>  
>
> Nicolo and Luca
>
>
> Sussex logo
>
>  
>
> *Dr. Nicolo Zingales*
> Lecturer in Competition and Information Law
> School of Law, Politics and Sociology
> University of Sussex
>
> +44(0)1273 678175
> Internal Extension: 8175
>
> http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/396969
>
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> SSRN author page
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> From: DCPR <dcpr-bounces at lists.platformresponsibility.info
> <mailto:dcpr-bounces at lists.platformresponsibility.info>> on behalf of
> Nicolo Zingales <N.Zingales at sussex.ac.uk <mailto:N.Zingales at sussex.ac.uk>>
> Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 5:00 PM
> To: "dcpr at lists.platformresponsibility.info
> <mailto:dcpr at lists.platformresponsibility.info>"
> <dcpr at lists.platformresponsibility.info
> <mailto:dcpr at lists.platformresponsibility.info>>
> Cc: Luca Belli <luca.belli at fgv.br <mailto:luca.belli at fgv.br>>
> Subject: [Dcpr] DCPR annual session and outcome document
>
> Dear all,
>
> Please note that the annual DCPR session will take place on 19
> December at 9:00 in room Room XXII-E of the Palais des Nations (in
> Geneva). During the session, the authors of the papers featured in the
> DCPR report (resulting from the Call for Papers) will address the
> notion of platform responsibility from a range of perspectives.  The
> edited collection of those papers will be officially launched at our
> annual meeting and, for the occasion, we’ll have the keynotes by David
> Kaye and Julia Reda, who authored the book’s prefaces.  Here 
> <https://igf2017.sched.com/event/CTqv>the agenda, while the to link to
> the electronic version of the publication will be shared on the 19th.
>
> For those who cannot participate, the event is live streamed and
> recorded for posterity, so you should be able to find it on the IGF’s
> Youtube channel. In addition, do not forget you can contribute to the
> discussion by commenting on the DCPR Outcome document, which
> summarizes the said contributions in light of the ongoing DCPR
> discussion, and will be presented at the Main Session on Dynamic
> Coalitions on December 20th.
> Here
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/preview-of-the-2017-dcpr-outcome-platform-regulations-dc-on-platform-responsibility> is
> a link to the IGF Review Platform where you can review and comment
> upon the text, that will be adopted as official outcome by the end of
> the IGF. 
>
> As always, please feel free to get in touch also if you have any other
> thoughts or suggestions about future DCPR activities.
>
> Best regards,
> Nicolo and Luca
>
> Sussex logo
>
>  
>
> *Dr. Nicolo Zingales*
> Lecturer in Competition and Information Law
> School of Law, Politics and Sociology
> University of Sussex
>
> +44(0)1273 678175
> Internal Extension: 8175
>
> http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/396969
>
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>
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-- 
Jyoti Panday
Asia Policy Fellow 
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jyoti.panday at eff.org

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