Re: [hrpc] Censorship

[Mallory Knodel <[e-mail]>]

On Monday, March 14, 2022, S Moonesamy <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Mallory,
>
> As for my view, I'm with Stephen in that I don't think it's a
>> particularly effective approach that the PCH letter takes and yet the
>> political risks are tremendous. If we are to build the capacity in
>> internet governance spaces like the IRTF/IETF-- and I would argue that
>> is a far better goal than a new IG body-- it had better be on rock solid
>> ground in terms of understanding efficacy and tradeoffs.
>>
>
> One of the questions which Bill raised was whether it was appropriate to
> do nothing in response to the recent events.  There is anecdotal evidence
> that some "digital" certificates were revoked.  I doubt that it has
> anything to do with protocol considerations or either of the two statements.
>
> There was agenda item nearly a decade ago [1].  There hasn't been much
> open discussion on those topics in response to the recent events.  This
> could mean two things:
>
>   (i) There isn't the capacity in those spaces; or
>
>   (ii) People in those spaces are not interested in those topics.
>
>
I would argue it’s worth building that capacity and garnering that
interest.

-Mallory

>
>
> 1. https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/G12/147/10/PDF
> /G1214710.pdf
>


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Mallory Knodel
CTO, Center for Democracy and Technology
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