I&J Chairs Session at 2015 Indian CYFY Conference

Rethinking Internet Jurisdiction

Internet & Jurisdiction participated in the Indian Conference on Cyber Security and Internet Governance (CYFY) held on October 15-16, 2015 in New Delhi, India. The annual meeting is the principal Indian Internet governance conference and the largest of its kind in Asia, bringing together 100 experts from 33 countries and 6 continents. Bertrand de la Chapelle was the chair of the main session, “Rethinking Internet Jurisdiction.” The session was opened by a keynote by Dr. Gulshan Rai, the Special Secretary for Cyber Security at the Indian Prime Minister’s Office.

The session was opened with a keynote by Dr. Gulshan Rai, the Special Secretary for Cyber Security at the Indian Prime Minister’s Office. The workshop highlighted the growing perception of the jurisdictional challenges raised by the Internet in all parts of the world. Thanks in part to the outreach and awareness-raising work of I&J, jurisdiction is recognized today as one of the major challenges for Internet Governance. Participants of the workshop highlighted the need for legal interoperability to maintain an interconnected Internet, stressing that the different stakeholders should work together to build new cooperation mechanisms.

New ideas were explored to handle the rapidly increasing volume of direct cross-border requests for domain seizures, content takedowns and, access to user data in a way that implements due process—the key issue-areas that form the basis for Internet & Jurisdiction's thematic Programs.