Please accept the below as the submission of proposal and synopsis (cc:ed to -chair)
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Title of the presentation proposed:
"What happened with Content Blocking in Japan in 2018?"
Synopsis:
In 2018, we had a big discussion on the content blocking in Japan. In April the
Cabinet of Japan ratified its intent that for the purpose to suppress the
influence of content piracy web site the content blocking should preferably done
at access providers, which is possibly interpreted that they are effectively
requested to do it. After that a governmental Task Force was formed involving
attorneys, publishers, consumer representative and telecom associations to do an
intensive consideration, which took nine meetings for four months, and concluded
without any outcome document. So, what happened there? This presentation will
overview the happenings and discussion points and seek the input from community
outside Japan.
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On 2019/01/21 15:26, Dr. Govind wrote:
Dear Cooperation SIG Members,
We invite you all to attend, participate, and make a presentation in the
Cooperation SIG during APNIC 47 in Daejeon, South Korea.
The SIG session is scheduled for 16:30 Monday, 25 February 2019.
The Cooperation SIG is a forum for discussing broader Public Policy
issues pertaining to Internet and its Governance.
The theme for the Cooperation SIG at APNIC 47 is " “ Internet Content Blocking
and Filtering – Challenges and Way Forward “..
A brief description of the theme is as follows :
" With more and more people around the world connecting to the Internet has
given rise to enormous amount of content creation in all facets of human
activities viz social , political, economic ,entertainment etc..Increasingly
it has also triggered fake news, hate speeches, malicious and abusive content.
Internet is designed as a global technical infrastructure which is open,
globally connected and needs no permission to communicate and create
innovative applications and content.
Intermediaries such as Internet Service Providers , Social media and Search
engines are the platforms through which Internet Content is facilitated to the
end users. While these platforms are global , the content is local in nature.
There are two types of contradictions here. On one hand, freedom of expression
and privacy issues become important to the end users where as Governments and
law enforcement agencies are concerned about harmful/ illegal content which
increasingly and often disturbs public-order and threatens democratic norms in
the society.
The question is , what kind of content needs to flow in these platforms and
which type needs to be blocked/ filtered and what norms/ policies to be followed.
There is a need to have a balance among the various stake holders. How this
content blocking and filtering is going to affect conflicting requirements of
users, service providers, technical / network community, policy makers from
the point of view of compliance, cost, risks, technical expertise, is the
critical question.
Further a way forward may be to have a dialogue , collaboration and
cooperation within the multi-stakeholder environment."
This session will run for 90 minutes to hear from various stakeholders on
these challenges and try to understand their needs and expectations.
If you are attending APNIC 47 and are interested in presenting to the
SIG, please send a short synopsis to <sig-cooperation-chair@apnic.net
mailto:sig-cooperation-chair@apnic.net>.
Deadline for submission: 15 February 2019.
Deadline for presentation slides: 22 February 2019.
We look forward to seeing you at APNIC 47.
Best Regards,
Dr. Govind & Bikram
Cooperation SIG Chairs
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