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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here are my comments on some of the other papers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“IIAT Introduction”: I think that it would be good to mention the worrisome trend towards concentration that we are seeing for key services such as search engines, social networks, online shopping platforms, etc. In this respect, see my review of Tim Wu’s book, at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.boundary2.org/2018/10/richard-hill-too-big-to-be-review-of-wu-the-curse-of-bigness-antitrust-in-the-new-gilded-age/">http://www.boundary2.org/2018/10/richard-hill-too-big-to-be-review-of-wu-the-curse-of-bigness-antitrust-in-the-new-gilded-age/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“Data localization”: the base paper “Critical properties …” is about the network itself, at a fairly low layer. It is not obvious that the properties discussed in that paper can be automatically applied to a much higher-level concept, data, that exists outside the network itself, and that is subject to fundamental human rights and national data protection laws. I think that it is a category error to attempt to apply the critical properties of the lower layers of the network to constructs that exist well above the highest layer of the network.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Indeed, the issues related to data include personal privacy and economic considerations that are not obviously related to the network properties discussed in the “Critical properties …” paper. See for example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="https://itforchange.net/index.php/data-localisation">https://itforchange.net/index.php/data-localisation</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.apig.ch/CWG-Internet%202017-2bis.pdf">http://www.apig.ch/CWG-Internet%202017-2bis.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="https://justnetcoalition.org/digital-justice-manifesto">https://justnetcoalition.org/digital-justice-manifesto</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/burcukilic/big-tech-is-pushing-for-a-new-kind-of-free-trade">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/burcukilic/big-tech-is-pushing-for-a-new-kind-of-free-trade</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/renata-avila-burcu-kilic/new-digital-trade-agenda-are-we-giving-away-internet">https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/renata-avila-burcu-kilic/new-digital-trade-agenda-are-we-giving-away-internet</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://datagovernance.org/report/data-and-data-intelligence-commons">http://datagovernance.org/report/data-and-data-intelligence-commons</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:black'><a href="https://publicservices.international/resources/publications/digital-trade-rules-and-big-tech-surrendering-public-good-to-private-power?lang=en&id=10825&showLogin=true">https://publicservices.international/resources/publications/digital-trade-rules-and-big-tech-surrendering-public-good-to-private-power?lang=en&id=10825&showLogin=true</a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“Intermediary Liability”: again the base paper “Critical properties …” is about the network itself, at a fairly low layer. It is not obvious that the properties discussed in that paper can be automatically applied to a much higher-level concept, liability of publishers or passive conduits of information, that exists outside the network itself, and that is subject to fundamental human rights and national laws. I think that it is a category error to attempt to apply the critical properties of the lower layers of the network to constructs that exist well above the highest layer of the network.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>While I agree that passive conduits of information should not be liable for the information (unless they have been notified that the information is illegal), I do not agree that the US CDA 230 is an appropriate way to implement that concept. On the contrary, I think that time has proven that CDS 230 is not the right approach, see:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://botpopuli.net/trump-and-cda-section-230-the-end-of-an-internet-exception">https://botpopuli.net/trump-and-cda-section-230-the-end-of-an-internet-exception</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Richard<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Watson Jordan via Chapter-delegates<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 20 July, 2020 17:12<br><b>To:</b> chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Chapter-delegates] Policy Development Process (PDP): The Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Dear colleagues, </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>As you know, the Internet Society launched a new project in 2020 --</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#9F3FED'> <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-way-of-networking/" target="_blank">the Internet Way of Networking (IWN)</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>For the last six months, the team has worked to identify the critical properties of the Internet Way of Networking, basically what makes the Internet ...The Internet. The objective is to create a powerful narrative that enables the Internet Society and its community of members to talk about the Internet in a consistent and cohesive way, and to provide a baseline, against which, new developments – from technology proposals to regulatory interventions - can be analyzed. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Based on these properties, the IWN team has developed a toolkit to promote a positive vision for the Internet so it can keep evolving as an innovative force for good and continue to be the incredible resource it is today. This toolkit includes the following documents, and we recommend you read them in this order:</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Preamble and general introduction</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>White Paper on the Critical Properties of the Internet Way of Networking</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>3 use-cases that illustrates how various trends and policies can be assessed against the essential properties. For the PDP, the following use-cases are included:</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Intermediary liability</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Data Localization</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Interconnection and Routing</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>The toolkit will enter a Policy Development Process (PDP) today, July 20th, and will be open for community feedback<b> for three weeks (end date: August 10th)</b>. Ahead of this process the team also organized a webinar presentation to provide further information and context. A recording is available for your reference here: <a href="https://isoc.box.com/v/IWNpdpWebinar" target="_blank">https://isoc.box.com/v/IWNpdpWebinar</a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Instructions:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>The document is available in PDF for download here: <a href="https://isoc.box.com/v/InternetWayNetworking" target="_blank">https://isoc.box.com/v/InternetWayNetworking</a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Please send your feedback via email to: IWNConsultation@isoc.org </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>In particular we are looking for you view on the following questions:</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Do these properties make sense? Is something missing in their description, and are all properties included?</span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Is it a helpful narrative for you and your community? Does the toolkit make sense in your local/regional context?</span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Are the use-cases clear? Is something missing in the analysis, and do they “do the job” of evaluating the impact on the properties?</span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Do you have suggestions for improvements, or ideas for how this toolkit can be used by the Internet Society members and allies? </span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>We believe that this toolkit will provide an important foundation for the Internet Society's future work, and strongly encourage all interested members to review the documents, provide feedback and engage in this process!</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>Best regards,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>The IWN Team</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>About the Internet Society's Policy Development Process (PDP):</span></u></i></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'>In 2018, ISOC established a Policy Development Process (PDP) to lead consultation of Members (Chapter/SIG leaders, Organisation Members and individual members) ahead of the publication of new policy positions. For more information, please visit: </span></i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#222222'><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/policy-development-process/" target="_blank"><i>https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/policy-development-process/</i></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>