Re: [hrpc] Censorship

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

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.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy

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