IGF 2018 Pre-Session Synthesis & Short Report Template
Pre-Session Synthesis Due: 2 November 2018
Short Report Due: Within 12 hours of when session is held
[sample report here]
- Session Type (Workshop, Open Forum, etc.): Workshop Panel 90 min - WS #319
- Title: Regulations for a neutral and open Internet at the age of online platforms
- Date & Time: Tuesday, 13 November, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:30
- Organizer(s): Paula Forteza, Assemblée Nationale / Lucien M. CASTEX, Internet Society France / Salwa Toko, Conseil national du Numérique
- Chair/Moderator: Lucien M. CASTEX, Internet Society France
- Rapporteur/Notetaker: Mauricio Mejia , Assemblée Nationale
- List of speakers and their institutional affiliations (Indicate male/female/ transgender male/ transgender female/gender variant/prefer not to answer):
Speaker 1: Paula Forteza, Government, Western European and Others Group (WEOG), French Member of Parliament, Female
Speaker 2: Sebastien Soriano, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG), French Telecom regulator ARCEP, Male
Speaker 3: Carolyn Nguyen, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG), Microsoft, Female
Speaker 4: Luca Belli, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC), Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, Rio de Janeiro, Male
Speaker 5: Chérif Diallo, Government, African Group, Ministère des Postes et Télécommunications, Male
Speaker 6 : Salwa Toko , French Digital Council - Conseil national du Numérique Female
- Theme (as listed here): Evolution of Internet Governance
- Subtheme (as listed here): legal & regulatory issues
- Please state no more than three (3) key messages of the discussion. [150 words or less]
1. We need to improve our regulatory frameworks to hold online platforms more accountable.
2. As of today, we have different regulatory methods applied to the Internet: a traditional state-centred legislation, a technological regulation through data, a private self-regulatory vision and a bottom-up approach by civil society and the technical community.
3. We need a more flexible, adapted regulatory mix that fosters innovation whilst holding online platforms accountable, allowing users to control the use of their data, and keeping the internet safe and open for everyone. That is why we need to consider the principles of loyalty and transparency in order to reach a fair and open digital environment, deploy a bottom-up approach and a data-driven real-time regulation, develop new tools, as well as build channels of cooperation for regulators.
- Please elaborate on the discussion held, specifically on areas of agreement and divergence. [150 words] Examples: There was broad support for the view that…; Many [or some] indicated that…; Some supported XX, while others noted YY…; No agreement…
- Please describe any policy recommendations or suggestions regarding the way forward/potential next steps. [100 words]
- What ideas surfaced in the discussion with respect to how the IGF ecosystem might make progress on this issue? [75 words]
- Please estimate the total number of participants.
- Please estimate the total number of women and gender-variant individuals present.
- To what extent did the session discuss gender issues, and if to any extent, what was the discussion? [100 words]