[Manila Principles] Manila Principles & Broadband Commission VAWG report

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 29/09/2015 1:06 am, gabrielle at article19.org wrote:
> ARTICLE 19 has been in touch with UNESCO to flag our concerns
> regarding the implications of the report for intermediary liability
> (despite the fact that the Manila Principles are cited in the report
> at page 26). The recommendation for government bodies to use their
> licensing prerogative to ensure that "only those telecoms and search
> engines are allowed to connect with the public that supervise content
> and its dissemination" is particularly problematic (see page 48):
> http://broadbandcommission.org/Documents/reports/bb-wg-gender-report2015.pdf 
>
>
> We've also suggested to UNESCO a joint event on 'gender-based hatred'.
>
> Happy to discuss this further.

It's a concern.  I'm thinking of drafting an op ed back to the WaPo,
distancing ourselves from those recommendations while acknowledging the
importance of the issue, in response to this report on the Broadband
Commission paper:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/09/24/the-united-nations-has-a-radical-dangerous-vision-for-the-future-of-the-web/

If the op ed seems feasible, I may be able to share it back here for
comments and endorsements.  If not, then at least we will do a blog post
and some tweets, and others should consider doing the same.

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Jeremy Malcolm
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