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<https://igf2019.sched.com/event/SU3d/dc-on-platform-responsibili… 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-c…
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<https://webmail.fgv.br/owa/redir.aspx?C=FCNdGHWO68fl4isDhi9H3YDGGN4lO9zvXnPm6tZJoFb_Zhkrq2rXCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.intgovforum.org%2fmultilingual%2fcontent%2fdynamic-coalition-on-platform-responsibility-dcpr%3fqt-dynamic_coalition_on_platform_re%3d4%23qt-dynamic_coalition_on_platform_re>
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<https://webmail.fgv.br/owa/redir.aspx?C=PnNFZct-YK-xUaPuiXftx-yLhvwKKEJeePHU3-RI3dv_Zhkrq2rXCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.intgovforum.org%2fmultilingual%2fcontent%2fdcpr-best-practices-on-due-process-safeguards-regarding-online-platforms%e2%80%99-implementation-of>).
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<https://webmail.fgv.br/owa/redir.aspx?C=RvYWckPsI7o-ER1x7tMs5WL15HCp1QesegOsn4Beydj_Zhkrq2rXCA..&URL=http%3a%2f%2fssrn.com%2fabstract%3d3488282.>.
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