Re: [hrpc] Fwd: Reminder: Call for Papers: IAB workshop on Barriers to Internet Access of Services (BIAS)

[Tony Rutkowski <[e-mail]>]

You should be aware that the ITU-T adopted an almost identical statement 
as WTSA Res. 69 in 2008 and set up an information collection process.  
See https://www.itu.int/net/ITU-T/res69/Default.aspx.  Between 2009 and 
2016, 37 submissions were filed - all by the Republic of Sudan against 
the United States.  See below.  All the complaints were similar - 
objecting to blockage by internet providers of Sudan access to resources 
resulting from UN sanctions against Sudan based on gross human rights 
violations, and implemented by the Obama Administration.

Indeed the "non-discriminatory access to the internet" theme threads 
through 434 ITU documents over the past 25 years going back to the 1998 
Plenipotentiary Conference and now instantiated in its basic treaty 
instrument, re-adopted in 2022 as Res. 64. Yet ironically, the only 
investigatory action resulted in complaints about implementing human 
rights sanctions.  You might want to "red team" the theme at your 
conference.

Another dimension worth considering is the role of Mobile Communications 
today for most of the world in providing access to ICT resources and 
GSMA's "State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2023".  See 
https://www.gsma.com/r/somic/ GSMA's Mobile for Development initiative 
is best of breed and the findings are worth noting.

--tony r


      Member State notifying the incident    Member State alleged as 
responsible of the unilateral and/or discriminatory action Date of 
report    Report    Reply
1    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    12 November 
2009    Details
2    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    12 November 
2009    Details
3    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    12 November 
2009    Details
4    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    16 December 
2010    Details
5    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    17 December 
2010    Details
6    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    26 October 
2011    Details
7    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    11 December 
2011    Details
8    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    11 December 
2011    Details
9    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    24 February 
2012    Details
10    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    01 March 
2012    Details
11    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    02 March 
2012    Details
12    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    17 
September 2012    Details
13    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    17 
September 2012    Details
14    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    17 
September 2012    Details
15    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    17 
September 2012    Details
16    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    17 
September 2012    Details
17    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    17 
September 2012    Details
18    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    17 
September 2012    Details
19    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
20    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
21    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
22    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
23    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
24    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
25    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
26    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
27    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 
September 2012    Details
28    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    14 
September 2012    Details
29    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    14 
September 2012    Details
30    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    14 
September 2012    Details
31    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    14 
September 2012    Details
32    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    14 
September 2012    Details
33    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    14 
September 2012    Details
34    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    13 
September 2012    Details
35    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    13 
September 2012    Details
36    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    18 April 
2016    Details
37    Sudan (Republic of the)    United States of America    15 May 
2016    Details


On 11/21/2023 3:30 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote:
> Three more days to submit something to participate in this relevant 
> workshop!
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Reminder: Call for Papers: IAB workshop on Barriers to 
> Internet Access of Services (BIAS)
> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:20:06 -0800
> From: IAB Executive Administrative Manager <[e-mail]>
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> To: IETF Announcement List <[e-mail]>
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> IAB workshop on Barriers to Internet Access of Services (BIAS)
>
> Webpage: https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/biasws/about/
>
> The Internet as part of the critical infrastructure affects many
> aspects of our society significantly, although it impacts different
> parts of society differently. The Internet is an important tool to
> reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)[1] and to globally support
> human rights. Consequently, the lack of meaningful access to digital
> infrastructure and services is also a form of disenfranchisement.
>
> Solely having Internet access is not enough. At the same time as we
> work to connect the next billion people and reduce the digital divide,
> it is also important to understand persistent and novel inequalities in
> the digital age when accessing content and services. There are more and
> more barriers to meaningful access to the services and applications
> that run on the Internet. Even if Internet connectivity is available,
> information and services access may remain challenged and unequal.
>
> This workshop aims to collect reports about barriers to access content
> and services on the Internet, e.g based on filtering, blocking as well
> as due to general inequality of technological capabilities, like device
> or protocol limitations. The workshop aims to help the Internet
> community get a better understanding of how the Internet functions in
> different parts of the world and which technology or techniques need to
> be used to gain access to content. Further this workshop aims to build
> an understanding of what “being connected” to the Internet means: What
> is the Internet to users? What is needed to be meaningfully connected?
> What are the minimum requirements in order to be able to access certain
> parts of the content and services provided over the Internet?
>
> The IAB is looking for short position papers on the following topics;
> however, this list is non-exhaustive and should be interpreted broadly:
>
>   • Discussion of minimal requirements for meaningful Internet access
>     that enable use of content and services provided over the Internet
>   • Discussion of current inequalities in Internet access in various
>     parts of the world
>   • Measurements of content blocking, Internet shutdowns, or other
>     events that impact Internet access
>   • Detailed analysis of filtering and blocking techniques
>   • Description and evaluation of circumvention techniques, including
>     VPNs and application-level traffic diversion
>   • Discussion and measurements of technologies that exacerbate the
>     digital divide beyond connectivity
>   • Threat modeling for when connectivity and circumvention are
>     misaligned with jurisdictions and authorities
>
> Interested participants are invited to submit position papers on the
> workshop topics. There are no restrictions on the format. Participants
> can choose their preferred format, including Internet-Drafts, text- or
> word-based documents, or papers formatted similar as used by academic
> publication venues. Submission as PDF is preferred. Paper size is not
> limited, but brevity is encouraged. Interested participants who have
> published relevant academic papers may submit these as a position
> paper, optionally with a short abstract explaining their interest and
> the paper’s relevance to the workshop. The workshop itself will be
> focused on discussions based on the position paper topics received.
>
> All inputs submitted and considered relevant will be published on the
> workshop website. The organizers will issue invitations based on the
> submissions received. Sessions will be organized according to content,
> and not every accepted submission or invited attendee will have an
> opportunity to present; the intent is to foster an active discussion
> and not simply to have a sequence of presentations. A workshop report
> covering all submissions and the workshop discussion will be published
> afterwards.
>
> The workshop will be by invitation only. Those wishing to attend should
> submit a position paper to address the above topics and questions.
> Position papers from those not planning to attend the workshop
> themselves are also encouraged.
>
> Please indicate your interest by submitting a research proposal by
> November 24, 2023 to [e-mail]
>
> The Program Committee members are Mallory Knodel (IAB, Center for
> Democracy and Technology), Mirja Kühlewind (IAB, Ericsson), Tommy Pauly
> (IAB, Apple), Chris Wood (IAB, Cloudflare), and Dhruv Dhody (IAB,
> Huawei).
>
> Feel free to contact the program committee with any further questions:
> [e-mail].
>
> This workshop will be held online during the week of January 15, 2024,
> likely supporting three 2-3h sessions spread over the week based on
> submissions and the availability of the invited participants.
>
> [1] https://sdgs.un.org/goals
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