[Chapter-delegates] [European-chapters] ISOC 2022 Action Plan

['Andrew Sullivan']

Hi,

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 05:26:57PM +0100, Richard Hill wrote:
>> number of decisions about how regulations will work in the US.  The US
>> is, last I checked, still pretty influential in the way the Internet
>> develops,
>
>That's a pretty US-centric view. As far as I can tell, European decisions
>such as the GDPR and the so-called right-to-be-forgotten have had more of an
>effect in the way the Internet develops than any recent US decision.
>
>Not to mention that national decisions (e.g. the great Chinese firewall)
>typically have more local effects outside the US than do US decisions.

I don't think there's any inconsistency with your claims.  I did not say, "The US is the most influential in the way the Internet develops."  I merely said that it's pretty influential, and so it's one of the jurisdictions where we think some work is appropriate.  

None of that is to minimize the importance of other countries.  Perhaps the implication is that, if the Internet Society cannot do something in every country it should do it in none of them.  But if that is the rule, then I think we can fold our tent, for there will be nothing truly meaningful we can do everywhere.  I am confident, at least, that we could not do any of what we do in North Korea, just to pick an obvious example.

Best regards,

A

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