Rising tides of anti-Internet Regulations by authoritarian governments continue to threaten and weaken the core properties of Trust, Interoperability, Decentralization, Openness, and Neutrality (TIDON) that have insured the growth and development of the Internet through the years. The Internet Society (ISOC) has recently developed the Impact Assessment Toolkit (IAT) to help Digital Citizens and Internet Progressives in better evaluating and assessing the (potential) impact of certain Internet-related regulation on these core Internet Properties. In this Workshop, we lead participants through the way this Toolkit operates, teaching them how to assess the impact of Internet-related Regulations in their various jurisdictions on the growth and future of the Internet.
We consider a Regulatory Case Study in this Workshop, and work participants through an interactive assessment of the Case Study, using the IAT.
The #DearGovernments Organization has an ongoing partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC), and this partnership is focused, in part, on building a global multi-jurisdictional observatory for Internet-related Regulations across the World. The activities of this observatory would be geared towards applying the Internet Way of Networking (IWN) Impact Assessment Toolkit (IAT) to evaluate the extent to which government regulations continue to threaten or support the visions for an open and trustworthy Internet; and then translate the findings of such evaluations / assessments to drive Open Internet Advocacy activities across various regions.
Beyond Mozfest, we are already working to build and strengthen a global network of Internet Regulation Assessors and Open Internet Advocates to drive the work of the #DearGovernments Organization, and we hope to extend discussions from Mozfest to integrate Workshop participants into this global network.
How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session?:In order to facilitate more proximal interactions and engagements between participants at the Workshop, we consider to integrate breakout rooms as a feature to help participants have more opportunities to actually get involved, share their ideas, and collaborate on the tasks that would be undertaken during the Workshop.
In other words, large numbers of participants would be split into breakout rooms, after an initial plenary introduction and overview of the tasks, goals, and activities of the Workshop. These breakout rooms would be moderated by a facilitator who is a member of our Team, and would also serve as rapporteur for the deliberations and activities that would take place in the breakouts.
What is the goal and/or outcome of your session?:It is hoped that this Session would be able to enlighten attendees about the most effective regulatory and legislative threats to the Internet, and inspire them to become knowledgeable advocates for "an open, trusted, and non-manipulable Internet"...
An aspiring Tech Diplomat, who is currently a trained Computer Scientist, a Chartered IT Professional, a Cybersecurity Analyst, a Technology Governance & Digital Development Specialist, and a Sustainable Development Researcher.
Based in Italy, I am a Legal Researcher pursuing my Ph.D in business law, a Public Policy Specialist, Activist and Digital Evangelist.