The second issue of Synthesis is out now!
This report summarizes the main results of the monitoring activity of the Internet & Jurisdiction Observatory and of the ongoing multistakeholder dialogue process between June and December of 2012. It is designed to highlight emerging patterns and stimulate discussion around a variety of corresponding key questions.
An outline of the publication follows.
Global Trends
- Copyright: After ACTA: Contradictions, pragmatism and process validation
- Freedom of Expression: High profile hate speech cases reveal unclear norms and procedures
- Privacy and Data Protection: “Lex Americana” vs. “Lex Europaea” for data protection?
- Defamation and Reputation: Brazil and Argentina weigh in
- Technologies: The legality of cybertravel
- Security: Online safety as new European focus?
Sovereignty and the Geography of Cyberspace
- Geography of Cyberspace: National jurisdictions and online commons
- Trans-border Impacts: Extra-territorial extension of sovereignty
- Special Responsibility: Sovereignty can harm sovereignty
Frameworks for Cross-border Platforms
- Terms of Service and national laws: Implementation challenges
- Procedures: Beyond scalability issues
- Safeguards: How to ensure due process?
- Interfacing Procedures: Towards an interoperability framework?
