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Workshop Proposals 2010

 

Workshop Number: 111

Title: Freedom of expression and Internet intermediaries: Where do we go from here?

Concise Description:
The complex system of networks that constitutes the Internet creates social, economic, and political communities. Those relationships and transactions are enabled by Internet intermediaries, which provide a platform, forum, or other connection through ISPs, web hosts, social networks, search engines, and other information services. They enable mass communication providing knowledge and entertainment, disseminating information and commentary, and facilitating peer production. Their role has also recently been highlighted in the protection of human rights and the preservation of the means to organize and dissent in confrontation with censorship and repression.

The power and influence of Internet Intermediaries as well as their limitations on enabling communication and facilitating information flows has recently placed the focus of public policy on Internet Intermediaries. This workshop will shed light on what Internet Intermediaries are, who are the different interests and communities affected by them, what role various actors play in the production of information and communication. It will feature discussion of the capacities and responsibilities of Internet intermediaries (as actors which are increasingly adopting media functions) and their implications on rights and freedoms in comparison with traditional media. The panel will focus particularly on the legal frameworks of immunity and liability regarding Internet Intermediaries in the formation of international norms and policies. It will describe the intersection of various legal regimes such as defamation, protection of children, copyright infringement, sedition, insult laws, and hate speech and Internet Intermediaries.

The objective of this workshop is to explore possibilities about how to properly balance public policy objectives and the interests of the various stakeholders in support of the public interest regarding Internet intermediaries. It will consider the opportunities for norm-setting now developing at multiple international decision-making bodies, private consortia, and civil society networks as well as the threats to balanced policymaking in the contemporary political environment. The workshop will identify features of various national laws and regulations, international norms, codes of conduct, and principles that implicate Internet intermediaries.

Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?
Security, Openness and Privacy

Have you organized an IGF workshop before? Yes
If so, please provide the link to the report:
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=Workshopsreports2009View&curr=1&wr=65

Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
Rather than having panellists the workshop will be highly participatory, with moderated discussion from the floor. We are keen for all stakeholders to come to the workshop and participate in the discussion.

Biographies:
There are no panelists biographies associated to this workshop at the moment.

Provide the name of the organizer(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
Lisa Horner, Global Partners and Associates
Brenden Kuerbis, Internet Governance Project
Emily Laidlaw, London School of Economics
Chad Lubelsky, Association for Progressive Communications
Lee Hibbard, Council of Europe
Max Senges, Google
Maja Rakovic – Ministry of Culture of Serbia
Thomas Schneider – OFCOM, Switzerland
Michael Truppe – Austrian Federal Chancellery
Lee Hibbard – Council of Europe
Vladimir Radunovic – DiploFoundation
Gwen Hinze, International Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation;
Eddan Katz, International Affairs Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation;
Dave Banisar, Senior Legal Counsel, Article 19


Organization:Global Partners and Associates

Contact Person: Lisa Horner


 




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