[Chapter-delegates] Another proposal for "multistakeholder imposition of Internet sanctions" from Brussels/Hague

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Dear Märt,

IMHO any such Internet Blocklist will only lead to one result: Internet 
fragmentation.
Therefore, to be avoided.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 10/03/2022 19:17, Märt Põder via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> Today there was a Internet blocklist proposal among others signed by 
> ISOC Canada chapter chair Timothy Denton but also Estonian member of 
> European Parliament Marina Kaljurand.
>
> You can find the text here:
>
> * 
> https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/Multistakeholder-Imposition-of-Internet-Sanctions.pdf
>
> This is essentially proposing bottom-up Spamhaus type of 
> blocklists/rating system to be imposed by any party involved in 
> routing or "essentially all large operators globally", but first of 
> all, fighting spam is not the same as fighting propaganda or imposing 
> economic sanctions.
>
> Since ISOC Estonia was already preparing a statement on Internet 
> blocking in relation Russian invasion of Ukraine (based on Andrew 
> Sullivan's blog post from last week), we probably also have to comment 
> on this.
>
> My main question about the proposal might be who will be responsible 
> for keeping this blocklist and will this mechanism be dissolved after 
> the invasion has ended? Currently I think there are no good answers 
> for neither of the questions, but maybe I'm wrong?
>
> Estonia is one of the close neighbors to Russia and there are many 
> reasons for people to be willing do something about it all. But 
> essentially everyone from Internet and digital rights circles has 
> warned about quickly inventing new mechanisms of censorship for the 
> Internet.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Märt Põder
> ISOC Estonia
>
> 02.03.22 19:42 Christine Saegesser via Chapter-delegates kirjutas:
>
>> I wanted to draw your attention to a blog post by Andrew Sullivan, 
>> the Internet Society’s President and Chief 
>> Executive Officer, addressing the calls to cut Russia off the 
>> Internet in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
>>
>> You can find the full text here: 
>> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/why-the-world-must-resist-calls-to-undermine- 
>> <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/why-the-world-must-resist-calls-to-undermine->the-internet/ 
>>
>
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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