Dear colleagues,
Just a quick message to let you know the Council of Europe adopted the Best practices on regulatory mechanisms of content moderation https://rm.coe.int/content-moderation-en/1680a2cc18
The document quotes in several occasions the 2017 DCPR report on “Platform regulations: how platforms are regulated and how they regulate us” which was launched in at the IGF in Geneva is available in open access here http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/handle/10438/19402
The CoE Best Practices also take considerable inspiration from the “Recommendations on Terms of Service and Human Rights” that are annexed in the outcome volume above as well as in this study on “Terms of Service and Human Rights” developed in partnership by the Center for Technology and Society at FGV and the Council of Europe (also quoted by the CoE Best Practices) https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/home/-/asset_publisher/RAupmF…
The Recommendations were presented at the IGF 2015, as an outcome of the IGF Coalition on Platform Responsibility, and are available here https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/documents/igf-meeting/igf-2016/830-dcpr-201…
Congratulations to all for the excellent work!
Kind regards
Luca
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Dear all,
I hope everyone is well (within the limit of the ongoing pandemic mess)!
As you might know, the deadline to submit an IGF session proposal is next week.
A recurring theme in recent platform related discussion is platform interoperability and how this can play out in practice.
In conversation with several Coalition members, we identified this as a key concerns on which many of us are currently working. I know many list members have worked on this topic and I would like to check if there is any interest in dedicating the coalition session to Platform Interoperability or something along these lines.
A Coalition outcome for this year could be a brief paper on such topic (or some sort of Platform Interoperability Guide, collecting existing research on this topic)
Anyone interested in the session or outcome, please feel free to reply on-list or directly!
Lastly, Nicolo and I are also awaiting a reply from the Editor of the Glossary but unfortunately, due to the pandemic, all editorial processes have been tremendously delayed. We will share updates ASAP.
Feel free to reply on-list or via direct email.
All the best
Luca & Nicolo
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Hi all,
Tomorrow we are hosting the event below and some of the issues to be discussed (implementation of the BR data protection framework, EU proposed DMA and DSA, eCommerce in EU-Mercosur agreement, etc ) might be of interest for list members The event will start at 10 AM Rio rime - 2 PM Brussels time
All the best
Luca
Dear colleagues,
This Friday, 12 March, FGV, the EU Delegation to Brazil, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, and EUBrasil will host the First EU-Brazil Conference on Digital Economy and Innovation https://portal.fgv.br/eventos/webinar-first-eu-brazil-conference-digital-ec…
Below you can find the agenda and the event's flyer, and here is the link to register https://evento.fgv.br/digitaeconomyandinnovation/
I hope this message will be useful. Please feel free to share this email through your networks!
All the best
Luca
First EU-Brazil Conference on Digital Economy and Innovation
New Perspectives on Emerging Technologies, Trade and Regulation
12 March 2021, from 10:00 to 12:30 (Brasilia, GMT-3) / 14:00 to 16:30 (Brussels, GMT+1)
At the time of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, this webinar aims at identifying areas for cooperation between the EU and Brazil, regarding digital economy and emerging technologies. Participants will explore key issues such as new digital infrastructures, 5G, cybersecurity, personal data protection, data-driven technologies, the Internet of Things and its applications, and Artificial Intelligence. Speakers and participants will offer their perspectives on these issues and will explore areas where trade and cooperation can be strengthened in the short and medium term.
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Goret Pereira Paulo, Directress, FGV Office of Research and Innovation
Thibaut Kleiner, Director of Strategy and Outreach, DG Connect, European Commission
Luigi Gambardella, President EUBrasil
Luca Belli, Professor FGV Law School
A new agenda for innovation and digital cooperation between Europe and Brazil
Patrícia Ellen, Secretária de Desenvolvimento Econômico, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de São Paulo
Marcos Galvão, Ambassador of Brazil to the EU
Ignacio Ybanez, Ambassador of the EU to Brazil
Ricardo Castanheira, Digital & Technology Counselor, Permanent Representation of Portugal to the EU
Moderator: Luigi Gambardella, President EUBrasil
EU-Brazil: A Dialogue on Digital Trade, Emerging Technologies and Regulation
Carlos Oliveira, Minister Counselor for Digital Market, Delegation of the European Union to Brazil
José Manuel Fernandes, President EU Brazil Delegation of the European Parliament
Jorge Arbache, Vice President for Private Sector at the Development Bank of Latin America
Tais Maldonado Niffinegger, Directress of International Affairs, ANATEL
Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy, CEPS
Luiz Moncau,Public Policy Manager, NuBank
Emily Rees, Senior Fellow, ECIPE & Director, Trade Strategies
Moderator: Luca Belli, Professor FGV Law School
Wrap-up and takeaways
Renato Flores, Director of FGV International Intelligence Unit and Professor at FGV Graduate School of Economics
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Hello everyone,
Just a kind reminder, in case you wish to provie further comments on the Glossary
Best
Dear colleagues,
I hope this mail finds you well, despite the pandemic situation.
As many of you already know, over the past year we have developed a Glossary of Key Terms on Platform Law and Policy, thanks to the IGF Coalition on Platform Responsibility*.
A “commentable” version of the Glossary will be available on the IGF website (here https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/glossary-on-platform-law-a…) until 31 January 2021. Everyone is welcome to add feedback, comments or references to his/her works on the matter, alongside the text, section per section.
We have received relevant feedback over the past months and at the IGF session on Platform Regulations: Towards A Common Vocabulary (video recordings here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzED-xkUYcM), but we are sure there are many viewpoints or works developed by members of this list that deserve to be included/cited. Please feel free to add your comments and references using the IGF platform. Comments and references to works developed by colleagues from the Global South are particularly welcome.
You can also download the Glossary in pdf format here https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/filedepot_download/4905/2373
FYI, the Glossary is also listed as one of the official outputs of the IGF 2020, in the Dynamic Coalitions' output section (here https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/dc-coordination-activities).
Lastly, please feel free to share this email or the linked documents through your networks. The more comments and feedback we receive, the stronger will be the final product.
I wish an excellent 2021, with less stress, more “normal' life, and multiple vaccines available to everyone!
All the best,
Luca
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Dear all,
We hope this email finds you well, despite the pandemic situation.
This is a much overdue follow-up to our IGF session (video herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzED-xkUYcM). We were pleased to see the initiative of the Glossary praised by several IGF stakeholders, and colleagues beyond the IGF, many of which offered to provide comments.
We have finally managed to upload the Glossary in an easy-to-comment format. It took a long time due COVID-related delays at the IGF Secretariat, combined with some technical issue that made the upload a very turbulent process.
The Glossary is now available in the official IGF platform (here https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/glossary-on-platform-law-a…) where everyone can add comments alongside the text, section per section. The format is less user-friendly than Google Docs, but it gives a certain level of formality to the process and allows everyone to comment without requiring to use Google services (which not everyone might be inclined to).
The entire Glossary is also available in pdf format (here https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/filedepot_download/4905/2373 . It is also listed as one of the official outputs of the IGF, in the Dynamic Coalitions' section (here https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/dc-coordination-activities).
The document will be open for comments and further work on definitions until 31 January 2021. We extended to 31 January as we lost almost a month trying to update the Document, and the previously agreed deadline (31 December) was becoming too tight. After the 31st of January, it will be edited, streamlined and sent to a publisher- we are still searching for the ideal format, if you have suggestions please let us know!
Lastly, please feel free to share the documents through your networks. The more comments and feedback we receive, the stronger will be the final product.
Best wishes, also for the upcoming holiday season!
Luca and Nicolo
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Dear all,
In case you haven't seen it on the webpage dedicated to our session, please find the consolidated DRAFT Glossary of Key Terms on Platform Law and Policy at this link https://cyberbrics.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Glossary-on-Platform-Law…
We would like to sincerely thank all the members of the Working Group on the Platform Glossary who dedicated a lot of time and efforts to produced this DRAFT (listed here in alphabetical order): Luca Belli, Vittorio Bertola, Yasmin Curzi de Mendonça, Giovanni De Gregorio, Rossana Ducato, Luã Fergus Oliveira da Cruz, Catalina Goanta, Tamara Gojkovic, Cynthia Khoo, Stefan Kulk, Paddy Leerssen, Laila Neves Lorenzon, Chris Marsden, Enguerrand Marique, Michael Oghia, Courtney Radsch, Konstantinos Stylianou, Rolf H. Weber, Chris Wiersma, Monika Zalnieriute and Nicolo Zingales.
Below a useful recap of the steps that we have followed over the past months to elaborate this DRAFT with the members of the Working Group on the Platform Glossary
The following action plan was shared for feedback, and subsequently implemented between May and October 2020:
1) reception of expressions of interest for the development of the Glossary and participation to the Coalition session
2) consolidation of the proposed terms and circulation of a draft list of terms to be used to compose the Glossary
3) reception of feedback on the draft list and suggestion of further terms
4) creation of a multistakeholder working group dedicated to the elaboration of the glossary including all the individuals who expressed interest in the initiative
5) elaboration of draft entries describing the proposed terms
6) consolidation of the draft entries into a first draft version of the glossary and request for comment on the first draft
7) consolidation of the updated version into a consolidated draft to be circulated at the IGF 2020 for further feedback from the IGF community
8) discussion of the draft at the 2020 session of the Coalition, during the IGF, and elaboration of a strategic approach aimed at maximising the impact of the Glossary.
Please feel free to share your feedback on the Glossary either here or during the session https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-platform-regulati…
We would like to allow all interested stakeholders (from the IGF community at large) to provide feedback on this DRAFT by the end of the year (31 December) so that we can subsequently consolidate all feedback and proceed with the final revision and publication of the Glossary
A special thanks to the members of this list that supported this project and many thanks in advance to all those who will share their feedback
All the best
Luca and Nicolo
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Dear all,
Please, note that IGF registration is essential to participate to the Coalition session and it will be possible to register until the end of the meeting via this link.
Below the details of the Coalition session:
IGF 2020 Platform Regulations: Towards A Common Vocabulary
16:20 to 17:50 UTC, 5 Nov, Room 1, organised by the IGF Coalition on Platform Responsibility
IGF 2020 Platform Regulations: Towards A Common Vocabulary
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Room:
Room 1
About this Session:
This session will discuss the most relevant and contentious platforms governance issues such as AI, content moderation, effective remedies that need a convergent approach to be addressed effectively. It will present the first consolidated draft of the Glossary on Platform Law and Policy, a guide on key terms related to platform governance for policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders alike.
DC:
Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility
Panel - Auditorium - 90 Min
Theme:
Trust
Subtheme:
Content Blocking and Filtering
Information and disinformation
Platforms
Description:
This session will feature an expert-led discussion of recent trends and developments around platform governance. It will begin with a series of brief presentations of the DC output for 2019/2020: a glossary of terms of platform law and policy. This will be followed by an open discussion with specific focus on future directions of work for the DCPR.
Relevance to IG:
The proposal aims to provide visibility to the important work of the DCPR around the definition and simplification of key internet governance issues, such as platform responsibility, content recognition technologies, disinformation, various forms of online harm, end to end encryption, recommender systems, data portability, interoperability and non-discrimination (just to name a few). This will provide the floor for a multistakeholder discussion, bringing together a range of views, and account for the relationships between existing laws, enforcement and self-regulation in crucial platform governance domains.
Relevance to Theme:
The discussion that this proposal aims to stimulate would enable the identification by stakeholders of diverging and converging approaches to responsible content moderation, thus elucidating the importance of different approaches to responsibility for platforms and users alike.
Organizers:
Nicolo Zingales, FGV + Luca Belli, FGV
Speakers:
Keynote speeches on Platform Governance and its new dimensions
Julie Owono, Oversight Board (Facebook)
Lofred Madzou, World Economic Forum
Presentations (5-minute long) by panellists followed by open discussion:
Richard Wingfield, Global Partners Digital
Rossana Ducato, University of Aberdeen and UC Louvain
Catalina Goanta, Maastricht University
Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich
Chris Wiersma, Netherlands Committee of Jurists for Human Rights
Giovanni De Gregorio, Milano Bicocca University
Paddy Leerseen, University of Amsterdam
Enguerrand Marique, UC Louvain
Yasmin Curzi, FGV
Ivar Hartmann, FGV
Onsite Moderator:
Nicolo Zingales, FGV + Luca Belli, FGV
Online Moderator:
Yasmin Curzi, FGV
Rapporteur:
Yasmin Curzi, FGV
SDGs:
GOAL 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
All the best
Luca
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Hi friends! [and with standard apologies for cross-posting. ]
Something I mentioned last time we met – which seems so long ago now.
I want to draw your attention to the consultation process to update
the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in
Content Moderation: https://santaclaraprinciples.org/cfp/
These principles have proved somewhat useful in getting tech companies
to improve the information they provide to users about content
takedowns under their Terms of Service. EFF had a list in 2019 of
major platforms that had endorsed or at least partially adopted them:
https://www.eff.org/wp/who-has-your-back-2019
There’s going to be a big revision process over the next year, and the
first stage is to hear from advocates and scholars working in the
area. Any comments you can provide would be greatly appreciated
(deadline is 30 June 2020).
This consultation is an acknowledgement that the drafting of the
initial principles was a relatively quick process by a small group of
civil society advocates and scholars, and we left a lot of important
voices out. The important thing for the next version is to make sure
that they represent a more diverse set of views and address the major
challenges that people have identified and are facing. We’d also
appreciate if you could circulate the call for submissions to others
who may be interested.
Any questions, let me know.
Nic
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Dear Paddy,
Many thanks for your appreciation and enthusiasm. Please feel free to remove your name from any term! The idea is for everyone to contribute as much as they can and on terms they feel strongly about…and it sounds like you have a preference there : )
If any of the proposed terms are left unaddressed, we can simply remove them (unless they are really essential). We might also be able to bring in a couple more people, and please do feel free to extend the invitation to anyone you feel would be interested!
Best,
Nicolo
From: "Leerssen, Paddy" <p.j.leerssen(a)uva.nl>
Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 at 08:32
To: Nicolo Zingales <nicolo.zingales(a)fgv.br>, "LB(a)lucabelli.net" <LB(a)lucabelli.net>, Richard Wingfield <richard(a)gp-digital.org>, "cpr(a)listas.altermundi.net" <cpr(a)listas.altermundi.net>
Subject: RE: [CPR] Platform Regulations Glossary for IGF 2020
Dear Luca, Dear Nicolo,
Thanks for your message. I’m afraid this isn’t the answer you were hoping for, but I’m actually hoping I could reduce my contribution somewhat.
It’s my own fault, of course, but I got a bit carried away in my enthusiasm and self-registered for 10 different terms. Now I’m a bit worried about the workload, keeping in mind not only the admonitions of my PhD supervisors but of course also with a view to ensuring the quality of my contribution.
I’d feel a lot more comfortable if I was able to drop three or four terms. Whether or not we try to find replacements, or instead drop some of these terms entirely, is a decision I’ll leave up to you. If possible, I would prefer to retain the terms ‘governance’, ‘platform governance’, ‘curation’, ‘amplification’ and ‘microtargeting’, and ‘media pluralism’. I am less attached to ‘must-carry’, ‘common carrier’, ‘utility’, ‘infrastructure’. But I’m of course willing to be flexible depending on what you think is best for the project.
Again, thanks for involving me in this, and sorry for letting my eyes grow bigger than my stomach. I think it’s interesting and important work.
All the best,
Paddy
PhD Candidate<https://www.ivir.nl/nl/medewerker/paddyleerssen/> | University of Amsterdam | Instituut voor Informatierecht (IViR)
Non-Residential Fellow<http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/paddy-leerssen> | Stanford University | Stanford Center for Internet & Society
Twitter: @PJLeerssen<https://twitter.com/PJLeerssen>
Van: Nicolo Zingales [mailto:nicolo.zingales@fgv.br]
Verzonden: 12 May 2020 03:32
Aan: LB(a)lucabelli.net; Richard Wingfield <richard(a)gp-digital.org>; cpr(a)listas.altermundi.net
Onderwerp: Re: [CPR] Platform Regulations Glossary for IGF 2020
Dear all,
Thank you very much for the terms you suggested, and for your expressions of interest to provide definitions of several terms. We have put together a decent number of them, 63 terms to be precise, and 14 contributors.
However, we are currently short of contributors for about 20 terms, so in order to have a complete list we would kindly ask each of you by 15 May (our original deadline) to pick between one and two additional terms that have not yet been taken (those highlighted in green in the shared doc<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…>). There are a couple of situations where we have suggested that two terms should be defined by the same person as they are closely related, for example the definition of self- and co-regulation.
Where more than one contributor exists for a specific term, we would welcome a collaboration between those contributors at the drafting stage, so as to make it easier to integrate each other’s input in the definition. In practice, it would be ideal if those contributors could come up with a joint definition, hoping this is fine for you.
Please let us know any questions or suggestions. We’ll get back to you with the final list by the end of the week.
All the best,
Luca and Nicolo
From: "LB(a)lucabelli.net<mailto:LB@lucabelli.net>" <LB(a)lucabelli.net<mailto:LB@lucabelli.net>>
Date: Thursday, 16 April 2020 at 10:51
To: Richard Wingfield <richard(a)gp-digital.org<mailto:richard@gp-digital.org>>, "cpr(a)listas.altermundi.net<mailto:cpr@listas.altermundi.net>" <cpr(a)listas.altermundi.net<mailto:cpr@listas.altermundi.net>>
Cc: Nicolo Zingales <nicolo.zingales(a)fgv.br<mailto:nicolo.zingales@fgv.br>>
Subject: RE: Re: [CPR] Platform Regulations Glossary for IGF 2020
Dear Richard,
Thank you for your interest and for sharing these thoughtful comments.
Both points relate to an intrinsic limitation of this exercise: it will be extremely hard to make a comprehensive and detailed glossary, especially considering the limited time and resources that people are likely to be able to put into this commitment in these hectic times.
We can try to assuage those concerns by:
(1) making sure the list of terms features some of the most pressing and debated issues in the debate over platform law and policy. It is probably a good choice not to get into the definition of specific types of illegal content, as that would be heavily dependent on the jurisdiction in question, but it may be a remiss not to attempt a definition of the policy issues that are used to claim/justify some form of platform responsibility beyond what the applicable law requires. So, in this sense, defining disinformation, trolling and “inauthentic coordinated behaviour” (a concept that Facebook uses to prevent coordinated forms of “misuse” of their service in violation of community standards) would appear more useful than defining terms like hate speech, defamation, violent extremism, terrorism, bullying, revenge pornography.
(2) in the definitions, recognizing as much as possible the existence of competing/alternative views on the topic, possibly also providing links to sources where those views are more fully explained. While our goal is definitely to be schematic and clear, as you suggest, I’d like to think that this group can add value by referencing some of the cases/official documents of public authorities that address those concepts in more detail. In other words, we do not have to entirely sacrifice nuance for the sake of clarity and simplicity, if we can add links/references. Perhaps one challenge there is how to maintain as much as possible an impartial and objective perspective while also recognizing the diversity of approaches, but I don’t think the two are irreconcilable if we maintain a sufficiently abstract and high-level approach. After all, it is not uncommon for glossaries to have more than one entry for each concept, right?
Happy to discuss this more in detail, either in the list or within the group of people who volunteered to participate. We’ll circulate an email to those people shortly with more information about our next steps.
All the best,
Nicolo and Luca
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Subject: Re: [CPR] Platform Regulations Glossary for IGF 2020
From: "Richard Wingfield" <richard(a)gp-digital.org<mailto:richard@gp-digital.org>>
Date: 4/14/20 6:18 am
To: "cpr(a)listas.altermundi.net<mailto:cpr@listas.altermundi.net>" <cpr(a)listas.altermundi.net<mailto:cpr@listas.altermundi.net>>
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Dear all,
A huge thanks to Luca and Nicolo for getting the ball rolling on this. I think it's a really interesting and useful project and I look forward to being a part of it!
One question I do have is how we approach the idea of providing definitions of particular types of illegal/harmful content (at present, the list includes disinformation and hate speech, but I can see others are already making suggestions). While it may well be necessary to look at these through the Glossary, I can see a couple of challenges.
First, there are dozens of types of such illegal/harmful content (the list could easily also include defamation, bullying, violent extremism, terrorism, trolling, revenge pornography), all of which are concerning to policymakers. We'll need to think carefully over which ones we want to include as, conceptually, it might be hard to justify including some but not others.
Second, it's almost impossible to define some of these satisfactorily. Experts in the field haven't been able to reach agreement on a definition for hate speech, for example, and I'm not sure that even the brilliant minds within DCPR will be able to reach consensus. We may want to think about how we can help promote good, clear definitions of some of these terms, without necessarily suggesting that we have the perfect definitions
I'd be interested in others' thoughts on this, and how we can use the Glossary to help move the discussion forward among policymakers on these sensitive issues.
Richard
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On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 at 00:52, <LB(a)lucabelli.net<mailto:LB@lucabelli.net>> wrote:
Thanks for the useful comments Giovanni!
Hope you and your family are healthy and safe!
Best
Luca
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Subject: Re: [CPR] Platform Regulations Glossary for IGF 2020
From: "Giovanni De Gregorio" <g.degregorio(a)campus.unimib.it<mailto:g.degregorio@campus.unimib.it>>
Date: 4/9/20 5:48 am
To: "LB(a)lucabelli.net<mailto:LB@lucabelli.net>" <LB(a)lucabelli.net<mailto:LB@lucabelli.net>>
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Dear all,
happy to participate in this project. It sounds interesting and, I would say, useful.
I have already added some other key terms, especially focusing on online advertising.
Hope to meet you all in November. Please take care!
Best wishes
Giovanni
Il giorno mer 8 apr 2020 alle ore 21:34 <LB(a)lucabelli.net<mailto:LB@lucabelli.net>> ha scritto:
Dear all,
Hopefully this email finds you well and in good health in these troubled times. Its goal is to solicit your input into work to be developed as coalition 2020 output and the organisation of the annual IGF meeting.
As you might know, the IGF Secretariat recently issued its call for proposals for workshops and DC meetings for the next IGF, which should in principle (Coronavirus permitting) take place in Poland on 2-6 November. As one of the Dynamic Coalitions, we can reserve a slot by showing that we have been working on some form of output; therefore, we would like to hereby launch a process of implementation of the main suggestions made in our informal meeting at the 2019 IGF, i.e. to create a Glossary of key terms on platform law and policy, so as to provide a common language for academics, regulators and policy-makers when discussing issues of platform responsibility.
As usual, we rely on spontaneous contributions of members of this list, and thus we let the list of terms be shaped by your intuition of what is most useful. Here is a shared document <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…> where you can indicate terms for which you could provide a definition, in clear and objective terms. Some examples of key concepts are listed in the document, but please feel free to add more. Definitions could vary in length and focus (and the more nuance the better), but we would aim this to be a “living document” where we can bring together contributions from a range of disciplines and vocabularies. So, by all means, do not hesitate to put your name if you are inclined to provide a definition for a particular term in the list, even if someone else has already indicated their availability to do so. We will then help coordinate to ensure that the inputs from multiple contributors are complementary, rather than duplicating efforts.
At this point, we would like to simply receive your feedback as regards your interest in the development of the glossary and to participate in the DCPR session as a speaker (the former being a prerequisite for the latter). Our proposed plan (on which we welcome any feedback) is the following:
1) by 15 April: receive your expressions of interest for the development of the Glossary and participation to the session, so that we can submit a request for an IGF 2020 Session of the Coalition (the deadline is the 22of April)
2) by 15 May: consolidate your proposed terms and share a first drafts of the list of terms that will compose the Glossary, to which you can add further terms or express your feedback until the 30th of May.
3) by 30 June: those who have expressed interest regarding the elaboration of specific terms will add their proposed definitions (ideally between 100 and 1000 words) to the shared document
4) by 30 July: we will allow all coalition members to share further updates and/or add alternative definitions to the list of proposed definitions
5) by 30 August we will have a finalised version of the Glossary that we can proofread and send to our designer to print a booklet that will be circulated at the IGF with acknowledgment of contributors.
Any comments are very welcome!
Best regards
Luca and Nicolo
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