RightsCon call for Proposals - deadline jan 19th

Tue Jan 26 16:20:02 EET 2021

Hello everyone,

Just to inform you that I have worked together with Pedro and Farzaneh on a
session submission for RightsCon and below is a short summary. Thanks a lot
for the help!

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*Session title: Not about content moderation: eliminating users’ online
presence through Internet infrastructure*

*Describe your goal: Content moderation implications go far beyond the
usually discussed issues on social media platforms. Control tools based can
also be implemented at the Internet infrastructure level through various
mechanisms, threatening the online presence of the users. We believe that
the civil society and other stakeholders should pay more attention to this
issue and be ready to contribute to policy making decisions that govern
content moderation at the Internet infrastructure level.*

*Session Description:*

*Content moderation at the Internet infrastructure is gaining a lot of
attention due to the recent Pandemic and the US Capitol Hill breach. There
has generally been less attention paid to this issue from society in
general. *

*Whilst the  consensus about infrastructure remaining neutral and not
getting involved with content moderation might have been a necessary common
ground for allowing the full development of the Internet, this is now an
old idea.  Although infrastructure actors have put on their best efforts in
trying to not  get involved with take-down of websites and playing a
minimal role in taking down domain names, over the past few years these
actors  have gotten more involved with such practices and have employed
different processes that normally lack transparency and oversight from
civil society and other stakeholders. Sometimes, the CEOs of these actors
(for example Cloudflare or Godaddy) appear on TV to tell us why they have
taken down certain domain names or have ended their service agreement with
a specific customer. Most recently, Amazon AWS relied on its terms and
conditions and removed a customer. Many domain name registrars have been
talking about taking fake COVID-19 related domain names down. *

*Will these recent incidents represent a new frontier to Content moderation
and Intermediary Liability discussions with regards to the Infrastructure
actors?  We want to discuss with the wider civil society the implications
of these take-downs and how best we can create a movement that remains
vigilant  to Internet infrastructure issues. *

*What will participants gain from attending: *

*Our session primarily aims to bring experts who focus on infrastructure
issues to discuss the importance of Internet infrastructure decisions on
the online presence of users and how and why these decisions need to be
scrutinized. In order to criticize or contribute to the policy landscape in
this area, civil society and activists need to know how and why Internet
infrastructure actors make decisions. We want to tell the audience how
these decisions are made, if there are specific rational, patterns or
processes behind them and how we can influence the decisions in this area
and discuss strategies that can enable civil society to have an effective
role in Internet governance.*

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 9:43 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Pedro and all,
>
> Thank you so much for setting the google docs. I will take a look at it
> asap.
> With regards to the subject, I agree with it being about content
> regulation - as suggested before. Considering we have to submit the
> proposal for the membership review, it would be interesting for us to have
> something drafted by the end of this week.
>
> best,
> B
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 5:50 PM Pedro de Perdigão Lana <
> pedrodeperdigaolana at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The deadline was extended for another few days:
>>
>> "*Good news! We’re extending the deadline to send in your session ideas
>> and set the agenda for the 10th edition of RightsCon (June 7-11, 2021). *
>>
>> *The new deadline to submit a proposal is January 26, 2021 at 23:59 PST."*
>>
>> Should we decide on the specific theme through here, so we can start
>> writing? On the document, I suggested that we could talk about DNS and
>> content moderation, which would also harmonize with NCSG agenda on EDPB
>> and compliance with GDPR, that Farzaneh brought up in another mail thread
>> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icann-org-comments-edpb-recs-21dec20-en.pdf>
>> (subject: ICANN Comments to EDPB and content regulation). Would it be a
>> good idea to build our proposal from this focal point?
>>
>> Att.,
>>
>> *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
>> Lawyer, OAB/PR 90.600, Faria Santos Advocacia <https://cutt.ly/RfkTFrK>
>> LLM in Commercial Law at UCoimbra (PT), Researcher at GEDAI/UFPR
>> <https://www.gedai.com.br/>
>> Head of the Editorial Commission - Youth SIG <https://youthsig.org/>,
>> Internet Society
>> The information available in this email is restricted to the sender and
>> the intended recipient(s).
>>
>>
>> Em qua., 6 de jan. de 2021 às 22:22, Pedro de Perdigão Lana <
>> pedrodeperdigaolana at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>
>>> I think that I've now added everyone that expressed interest.
>>>
>>> Can we define your session theme/title? Should we decide it through
>>> here, or schedule a short call just to agree on the main points and
>>> structure of the proposal?
>>>
>>> Cordially,
>>>
>>>
>>> *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
>>> Lawyer, OAB/PR 90.600, Faria Santos Advocacia <https://cutt.ly/RfkTFrK>
>>> Master's Candidate in Commercial Law at UCoimbra, Researcher at
>>> GEDAI/UFPR <https://www.gedai.com.br/>
>>> Head of the Editorial Commission - Youth SIG <https://youthsig.org/>,
>>> Internet Society
>>> The information available in this email is restricted to the sender and
>>> the intended recipient(s).
>>>
>>>
>>> Em seg., 4 de jan. de 2021 às 22:38, Yawri Carr Q <yawridaho04 at gmail.com>
>>> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I would also like to contribute.
>>>>
>>>>  Happy New Year everyone. :)
>>>>
>>>> El sáb, 19 dic 2020 a las 16:53, Pedro de Perdigão Lana (<
>>>> pedrodeperdigaolana at gmail.com>) escribió:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the link so we can all work together on the proposal. If you
>>>>> want to use the template to suggest another one after we decide on one of
>>>>> them, feel free to copy it.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://bit.ly/NCSG-RightsCon-Proposal
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if you are not able to edit it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cordially,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
>>>>> Lawyer, OAB/PR 90.600, Faria Santos Advocacia
>>>>> <https://cutt.ly/RfkTFrK>
>>>>> LL.M in Commercial Law at UCoimbra, Researcher at GEDAI/UFPR
>>>>> <https://www.gedai.com.br/>
>>>>> Head of the Editorial Commission - Youth SIG <https://youthsig.org/>,
>>>>> Internet Society
>>>>> The information available in this email is restricted to the sender
>>>>> and the intended recipient(s).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Em sáb., 19 de dez. de 2020 às 11:03, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My main idea was to propose something on behalf of  NCSG, a proposal
>>>>>> that would have to be alligned with our guiding principles and Mission.
>>>>>> This proposal would have to be submitted for membership review and vote, of
>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One possible topic for the NCSG submission could be on the lines of
>>>>>> what I wrote on my previous email: *we have a lot of discussions
>>>>>> around content moderation/monitoring practices resurfacing from the DSA/CDA
>>>>>> and other intermediary liability discussions, maybe this is a possible
>>>>>> avenue (..). -* but this is just one suggestion and things like
>>>>>> DOH/HTTPS can be another or a topic related to the EPDP...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also,  I believe we can also use this thread for our member to
>>>>>> collaborate on other submissions, based on their expertise. So feel free to
>>>>>> chat here, folks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> B
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Em sáb, 19 de dez de 2020 09:18, Pedro de Perdigão Lana <
>>>>>> pedrodeperdigaolana at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just to be sure, should we create one NCSG proposal for all those
>>>>>>> who are interested, or there are different proposals?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Att.,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pedro de Perdigão Lana
>>>>>>> Advogado OAB/PR 90.600 - Faria Santos Advocacia (PR) e AGG Advogados
>>>>>>> (SP).
>>>>>>> Pesquisador GEDAI/UFPR
>>>>>>> Head of the Editorial Commission - Youth SIG, Internet Society
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Em sáb, 19 de dez de 2020 09:03, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <
>>>>>>> benakin at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Bruna,
>>>>>>>> This is great.
>>>>>>>> This is also of interest to me and I will like to participate.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>> Benjamin
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 6:35 AM Shah Rahman <shah.zahidur at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Bruna,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm interested to work with you submitting the proposal, my
>>>>>>>>> expertise in emerging Technologies and have ability to embade things with
>>>>>>>>> human rights perspective for example how could we use the ai,iot,big data
>>>>>>>>> and or digital Technologies for the human good.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> By the way, I'm from Technical community.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>> Shah
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 04:01 Viviane Vinagre <
>>>>>>>>> vivianegvinagre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Bruna, I think I also discussed with you privately in
>>>>>>>>>> proposing a session. Can you also send me a link in order to us to draft
>>>>>>>>>> one?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Dec 2020, 10:29 Bruna Martins dos Santos, <
>>>>>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Amazing, Pedro! Do you mind opening a google docs with the
>>>>>>>>>>> submission form ? And then we can start scoping this session (:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>>>>>> B
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 7:34 PM Pedro de Perdigão Lana <
>>>>>>>>>>> pedrodeperdigaolana at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Bruna,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd like to work with you on the submission, it's something
>>>>>>>>>>>> I've done a few times during this year and I think that's a task that I can
>>>>>>>>>>>> contribute with.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cordially,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
>>>>>>>>>>>> Lawyer, OAB/PR 90.600, Faria Santos Advocacia
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cutt.ly/RfkTFrK>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Master's Candidate in Commercial Law at UCoimbra, Researcher
>>>>>>>>>>>> at GEDAI/UFPR <https://www.gedai.com.br/>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Head of the Editorial Commission - Youth SIG
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://youthsig.org/>, Internet Society
>>>>>>>>>>>> The information available in this email is restricted to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> sender and the intended recipient(s).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Em qua., 16 de dez. de 2020 às 12:08, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>>>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear NCSG,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Call for Proposals for the 10th edition of RightsCon
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.rightscon.org/> (June 7-11, 2021) is now open!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As you might be aware, RightsCon is a platform to advance
>>>>>>>>>>>>> human rights in the digital age. The public program supports 350+ sessions
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and connects key stakeholders from around the world – policymakers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> business leaders, activists, technologists, researchers, lawyers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> designers, journalists, creatives, and more – in order to find solutions to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the toughest problems affecting our digital spaces.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Next year's edition will be hosted online and across all time
>>>>>>>>>>>>> zones and it will mark an important milestone for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> technology and human rights community, with a projected 10,000+
>>>>>>>>>>>>> participants from 150 countries projected to attend. In 2021,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> RightsCon is accepting session proposals in 20 program categories. If
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you’re interested in submitting, I invite you to read the Guide
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to a Successful Proposal
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.rightscon.org/your-guide-to-a-successful-proposal/>,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and learn more about the issues shaping this year’s program and important
>>>>>>>>>>>>> aspects of the program process.   Since it has been a while since NCSG
>>>>>>>>>>>>> proposed a session for any IG/digital rights related event, I would like to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> know if any of our members would like to work with me in submitting a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> session proposal ? - *we have a lot of discussions around
>>>>>>>>>>>>> content moderation/monitoring practices resurfacing from the DSA/CDA and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> other intermediary liability discussions, maybe this is a possible avenue
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for a NSCG submission. *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> One last thing to remember: the deadline to propose a session
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is January 19, 2021 at 23:59 Pacific Standard Time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As you look through these materials, feel free to reach out to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> me with any questions (happy to announce I'm part of the 2021 Program
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Committee) or get in touch with the RightsCon team directly at
>>>>>>>>>>>>> rightscon at accessnow.org. I would also suggest that you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> subscribe to the RightsCon Rundown
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.rightscon.org/rundown/> newsletter – if you’re
>>>>>>>>>>>>> not already – for program-related updates over the next couple of months.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>
> --
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
> @boomartins
>

-- 
*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
@boomartins
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