Dear all,

As the Internet Governance Forum is approaching, this email is to coordinate with those who are going to be in attendance.

First, as you probably know, the CPR will hold its session on 27 November from 15 to 16:30 in Estrel Saal B in Sonnenallee 225, 12057 Berlin, and you are warmly invited to participate. We’re delighted to have a panel representing views from a range of experts and stakeholders, promising a lively discussion. You will find more details at the bottom of this email. By way of stimulation of your punctuality at the session, please be informed that we will have 100 hard copies of the Computer Law & Security Review’s Special Issue on ‘Platform Values: Conflicting Rights, AI and Tax Avoidance’ available on a first come, first served basis.

Second, as in previous years, we would like to arrange an informal meeting of CPR members and likeminded researchers to discuss ideas and opportunities for collaboration around platform responsibility. We think that the best moment of the conference to do that is during one of the introductory high-level sessions. Therefore, we’d like to invite you to join us to meet at 16h on 26 November (day 1 of the IGF) at the main entrance of the room where our session will take place (again, Estrel Saal B). If you think you will be able to make it, please let us know (offlist) so we can count you in and make sure to find a suitable location for the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Best wishes,

Nicolo and Luca

Long description of the session https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019-platform-values-conflicting-rights-ai-and-tax-avoidance

Below is a shorter description of the session and the Table of Contents of the SI.

Platform Values: Conflicting Rights, AI and Tax Avoidance

This session will discuss three of the most crucial points of contention with regard to values underlying the operation of digital platforms: Conflicting Rights, Artificial Intelligence and Tax Avoidance.

The session will include presentations based on the papers featured in a Special Issue (SI) of the Computer Law & Security Review, celebrating five years of activities of the UN IGF Coalition on Platform Responsibility and entitled 'Platform Value(s): Conflicting Rights, Artificial Intelligence and Tax Avoidance'.

The SI, which is the 2019 official outcome of the coalition, will include also the finalised Best Practices on Platforms' Implementation on the Right to Effective Remedy, produced by the Coalition between May 2018 and March 2019 (available here). The entire work will be released in open access starting 27 November 2019. In the meantime, you can read the editorial "Platform value(s): A multidimensional framework for online responsibility" here.

The session will have the following agenda:

• · Opening remarks by Nicolo Zingales, University of Leeds, and Luca Belli, FGV 

Part I- Platform Values, Freedom of Expression and Democracy

• · Keynote by Edison Lanza, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Organization of American States
• · Nic Suzor, Queensland University of Technology
• · Monica Rosina, Facebook 

Quick round of questions

Part II: Platform values and content moderation

• · Chris Marsden, University of Sussex
• · Ivar Hartmann, FGV 
• · Giovanni De Gregorio, Univerista' Milano Bicocca
• · Dragana Obradovic, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network 

Quick round of questions

Part III: Conflcting rights and values

• · Catherine Carnovale, Elsevier
• · Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich
• · Catalina Goanta, Maastricht University
• · Yseult Marique, University of Essex

· Open Debate

Table of contents of the Special Issue

• Platform Value(s):A Multidimensional Framework for Online Responsibility

Luca Belli and Nicolo Zingales  [Already available here]

Introductory Essays

• Governing Digital Societies: Private Platforms, Public Values

José van Dijck

• A Constitutional Moment: How We Might Reimagine Platform Governance

Nicolas Suzor

• From the Telegraph to Twitter: The Case for the Digital Platform Act

Harold Feld

Conflicting Rights

• The New City Regulators

Sofia Ranchordas and Catalina Goanta

• Sanctions on Digital Platforms: Balancing Proportionality in the Modern Public Square

Engerrand Marique and Yseult Marique

• A New Framework for Online Content Moderation

Ivar Hartmann

Artificial Intelligence

• Socio-Ethical Values and Legal Rules on Automated Platforms: The Quest for a Symbiotic Relationship

Rolf H. Weber

• Democratising Online Content Moderation: A Constitutional Framework

Giovanni De Gregorio

• Platform Values and Democratic Elections: How Can the Law Regulate Digital Disinformation?

Chris Marsden, Trisha Meyer and Ian Brown

Tax Avoidance

• The Progressive Policy Shift in the Debate on the International Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy: A “Pretext” for Overhaul of the International Tax Regime?

Alessandro Turina

• E-commerce and Effective VAT/GST Enforcement: Can Online Platforms Play a Valuable Role?

Luisa Scarcella

Annex

• Best Practices Platforms’ Implementation of the Right to an Effective Remedy

Collectively elaborated by members of the IGF Coalition on Platform Responsibility