IGF 2021 WS #53
The Westphalian System and Future Internet Regulation

Organizer 1: Vadim Glushchenko , Center for global IT-cooperation

Speaker 1: Vadim Glushchenko , Civil Society, Eastern European Group
Speaker 2: Ian Cleary, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 3: Olga Makarova, Private Sector, Eastern European Group

Moderator

Vadim Glushchenko , Civil Society, Eastern European Group

Online Moderator

Olga Makarova, Private Sector, Eastern European Group

Rapporteur

Olga Makarova, Private Sector, Eastern European Group

Format

Round Table - Circle - 90 Min

Policy Question(s)

Regulation, competition and innovation: How could regulatory and self-regulatory frameworks help foster more competitive Internet-related markets, a larger diversity of business models, and more innovation? How to enable equitable access to data, marketplaces or infrastructures for fostering competition and innovation on the Internet?
Content moderation and human rights compliance: How to ensure that government regulation, self-regulation and co-regulation approaches to content moderation are compliant with human rights frameworks, are transparent and accountable, and enable a safe, united and inclusive Internet?

We would like to discuss The Westphalian System and the Future Regulatory Framework for the Internet by 2023: Impact on Participants Inside and Outside, Sovereignty, Borders, Splinternet, User Rights, Cooperation.

SDGs

9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
17. Partnerships for the Goals


Targets: The Westphalian system of the world consists of sovereign states, there is no global supreme power and the principles of a universal hierarchy in government. The Westphalian systemt of the world does not provide for the possibility of abandoning national regulation and transitioning to cross-border regulation. However, the development of the institution of legislation does not keep pace with the development of technologies, and the development of the Internet requires new approaches to regulation, taking into account the cross-border nature of services. Today, there is a conflict between the need to apply local laws in each jurisdiction and the cross-border nature of Internet services.
Today there are players within the Westphalian system - telecom carriers and global players whose services go beyond the Westphalian model of the world. In the future, the number of services outside the Westphalian model will only increase (299 million applications by the end of 2023).
We would like to discuss what the future framework of Internet regulation may be, the place and role of states in the global Internet ecosystem and the role of global Internet platforms and international organizations.

Description:

The Westphalian system of the world consists of sovereign states, there is no global supreme power and the principles of a universal hierarchy in government. The Westphalian systemt of the world does not provide for the possibility of abandoning national regulation and transitioning to cross-border regulation. However, the development of the institution of legislation does not keep pace with the development of technologies, and the development of the Internet requires new approaches to regulation, taking into account the cross-border nature of services. Today, there is a conflict between the need to apply local laws in each jurisdiction and the cross-border nature of Internet services.
Today there are players within the Westphalian system - telecom carriers and global players whose services go beyond the Westphalian model of the world. In the future, the number of services outside the Westphalian model will only increase (299 million applications by the end of 2023).We would like to discuss what the future framework of Internet regulation may be, the place and role of states in the global Internet ecosystem and the role of global Internet platforms and international organizations.

Expected Outcomes

We look forward to receiving proposals for global norms and standards that could be applied in the future to prevent Splinternet, to protect consumer rights inside and outside the Wesfalian Systems.

I prefer to use an online platform. Hopefully this will attract more participants and get more different opinions and proposals. I understand that not all people who would like to take part in the discussion have to be in Poland in person due to problems with COVID-19.

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