Tech Policy Grind

In this episode Foundry Fellow Meri Baghdasaryan discusses all things Internet Governance with Dustin Loup and Jeremy Bernick. They cover the origins of the Internet Governance Forum, how it started in the US, current issue areas, as well as the inaugural Youth IGF USA. 

Dustin Loup is the Co-Chair of the IGF-USA, a role he has held for the past five years. He also leads other Internet related programs including the National Broadband Mapping Coalition and the Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society. In addition, his work centers around supporting community-driven efforts for digital equity planning and coordination.

Jeremy Bernick (they/them) is an incoming first-year law student (Juris Doctorate) at the University of Arizona, School of Law. They are a current Quantum Society Fellow at the National Science Foundation’s Center for Quantum Networks, and an ICANN Fellow. In addition, Jeremy is a former Global Youth Ambassador at the Internet Society, a Fellow at ARIN, and the former Executive Director of Hack Arizona, previously one of the largest international collegiate hackathons in the U.S. They are a public interest-minded legal technologist interested in the implementation and quality of digital public goods and rights.

Here are the resources mentioned in the episode: 

IGF USA 

IGF USA 2022 recordings

Youth IGF USA

Youth IGF USA 2022 recordings 

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In this episode, Class 4 Fellow Meri Baghdasaryan chats with Julie Owono, who is one of the inaugural members of the Facebook Oversight Board, the Executive Director of the Content Policy & Society Lab (CPSL) and a fellow of the Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) at Stanford University. She is also the Executive Director of digital rights organization Internet Sans Frontières. In addition, Julie is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. She holds a Master’s degree in International Law from la Sorbonne University in Paris. You can read Julie’s full bio here. 

Meri and Julie unpack the Oversight Board’s operations, from how a user can apply to the Board and how the cases are selected, to issuing recommendations and decisions. They discuss some of OB's most interesting cases and decisions, including the Depiction of Zwarte Piet decision, Ocalan’s Isolation decision, Pro-Navalny protests decision, Nazi quote decision  and the upcoming policy advisory opinion on Facebook’s cross-check system.

They also dig into the Oversight Board's future plans, including their work on the Metaverse and their expanding geographic reach. Further, thy get into the implementation of the decisions and recommendations. 

Check out the Oversight Board’s First Annual Report here. 

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We are excited to continue our Fellow Highlights series on the Tech Policy Grind! In this episode, Reema catches up with ILPF Class 4 President, Rikki George, on how her career started with investigating intellectual property infringements and has led her to overseeing a cyber war games program. Rikki and Reema also discuss the Foundry, its upcoming events, writing competition, and annual Hackathon. 

Rikki is a Chicago-based cybersecurity practitioner with expertise in online brand protection, cyber war games, cyber threat intelligence and incident response preparedness. Her work often addresses advanced persistent cyberthreats (APTs), emerging cyberattack vectors and systemic risks to critical infrastructure. Outside of work, Rikki is a member of Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) and the Internet Society, as well as a mentor for the Global Cybersecurity Mentorship and Rainier Scholars (of which she is an alum). She will begin her Master of Science in Cybersecurity at Brown University this Fall and was recently named as a finalist for the 2022 Women in IT Awards USA in two categories – Next Generation Leader and Security Leader. 

You can find Rikki on LinkedIn and Twitter .

Learn about how to participate in the Foundry's inaugural Policy Writing Competition here.

Resources Mentioned and Additional Resources:

Darknet Diaries – https://darknetdiaries.com/; https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/ 

Lawfare – https://www.lawfareblog.com/; https://www.lawfareblog.com/topic/lawfare-podcast 

CYBER (Vice) – https://www.vice.com/en/topic/cyber ; https://www.vice.com/en/topic/cyber-podcast 

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race by Nicole Perloth - https://www.amazon.com/This-They-Tell-World-Ends/dp/1635576059 

Putin’s World by Angela Stent – https://www.amazon.com/Putins-World-Russia-Against-West/dp/1455533025 

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What does privacy Post-Roe look like?

Technology and healthcare have become increasingly intertwined as our society has become more digitized. But as innovations in technology catapult forward, access to basic reproductive rights is threatened. Most notably as of late, by the overturning of the constitutional protections established in the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade by the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.

How will the current state of digital liberties affect those who can become pregnant, and how will the decision affect the status of privacy laws going forward? Further, how does the current landscape of surveillance and privacy impact the enforcement of state “trigger laws” emerging from the decision, and other rights in danger of being restricted in the future? 

Foundry Fellow and TPG Host Reema Moussa sits down with Eva Galperin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation to explore these questions. They dig into privacy post-Roe and cover the current landscape of surveillance technology as it affects those who can become pregnant.

Eva’s work primarily focuses on providing privacy and security for vulnerable populations around the world. More recently, she has worked on addressing the digital privacy and security needs of survivors of domestic abuse. She is also a co-founder of the Coalition Against Stalkerware, and has been an outspoken voice on digital privacy and security issues surrounding reproductive rights.

You can check out Eva’s full bio here and her Twitter here.

Resources Mentioned and Additional Resources:

Consumer Reports: Report on VPN Vendor Recommendations by Yael Grauer

EFF: Digital Security and Privacy Tips for Those Involved in Abortion Access

EFF: SafeGraph’s Disingenuous Claims About Location Data Mask a Dangerous Industry

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We are excited to launch a new series within the Tech Policy Grind - Fellow Highlights! In this episode, Reema chats with Fellow Meri Baghdasaryan on her career journey into tech law and policy at the intersection of digital human rights, free speech, and surveillance.

Meri is an international lawyer from Armenia, and has extensive experience in international human rights litigation, research and consulting. For the last six years, she has been engaged in Internet governance initiatives and communities, working on digital human rights, content moderation, intermediary liability and privacy issues. Currently, Meri is a Legal Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a Steering Committee member of the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition. 

You can reach out to Meri on Linkedin, Twitter  or via email at [email protected].

Check out the list of resources discussed in this episode:

IGF Youth Ambassadors Program

ICANN NextGen 

CS for Lawyers 

Internet Rights and Principles Coalition

Legal Mentor Network 

Check out the blogpost mentioned in the discussion here:

Speech-related Offenses Should be Excluded from the Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty, EFF Deeplinks Blog (Meri Baghdasaryan, Katitza Rodriguez, David Greene and Karen Gullo). 

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Welcome back to the Tech Policy Grind Podcast by the Internet Law and Policy Foundry. In this episode, Class 4 Fellow Emine Ozge Yildirim interviews Catherine Stihler, the CEO of Creative Commons. 

We dive deep into the evolution of Creative Commons over 20 years, CC’s role as an organization, and the how and why of its mission to facilitate better sharing online. Further, we hear from Catherine on CC's 20th year anniversary and what direction the organization is moving towards under her leadership. So, tune in for this discussion on some of the crucial yet controversial questions surrounding the open knowledge community and access to knowledge and culture.

Check out the resources mentioned in the episode here:

Creative Commons Network: https://network.creativecommons.org/get-involved/

Copyright Platform: https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-copyright-platform-activity-fund/

Open GLAM Platform: https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-openglam-platform/

Open Education Platform: https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-open-education-platform/

CC Chapters: https://network.creativecommons.org/chapter/ Blog: https://creativecommons.org/blog/

CC Open Minds Podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativecommons

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Finally, this episode's transcript can be downloaded by clicking the "Download Transcript" link below the play button on this show's episode page on the ILPF website, which you can find here: https://www.ilpfoundry.us/podcast/the-future-of-open-access-and-creative-commons-episode-6/

Welcome back to the Tech Policy Grind Podcast by the Internet Law and Policy Foundry. In this episode, Class 4 Fellow Ellen Magallanes interviews Carmen Lo, Associate at White & Case and Mike Pham, Product Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation.  

Episode five goes into deep and personal territory. As Asian Americans, what does the model minority myth mean to us in tech? What does “Asian American” even mean? What are some commonalities that unite Asian Americans, particularly in their experience of systemic racism, and what is the danger that lurks behind viewing the AAPI community as a monolith? Join Carmen, Mike and Ellen as we embark on a journey to scratch at the surface of these tough questions and stick around for advice gleaned from working deep in the trenches on how to make diversity better at your workplace. 

To learn more about this topic, consider these resources:

A good starting point is the open source Guide to Allyship by Amélie Lamont.

This in-depth study by IBM about Asian American Inclusion in the Workplace.

2018 Pew Research study showing that income inequality is rapidly rising among Asian Americans.

William Peterson, “Success Story, Japanese American Style,” New York Times Magazine, January 9, 1966.

Ascend Pan-Asian Leaders study in 2015, The Illusion of Asian Success.

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Esperanto: Maniso

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Caro Asercion

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Welcome back to the Tech Policy Grind Podcast by the Internet Law and Policy Foundry. In this episode, Class 4 Fellow Lama Mohammed chats with Nick Merrill on internet fragility and structure. Nick is a Research Fellow at UC Berkeley's Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and Director of the Daylight Security Research Lab.

So what is Internet fragility, anyways? When the world's wealthiest and most powerful stakeholders battle for control of the Internet, they push marginalized voices out. As solutions, our experts discuss the significance of decentralizing the web and highlight how public-private partnerships can strengthen the Internet.

The Daylight Security Research Lab aims to shift the way people understand, identify, and implement safeguard against harms—and expands the kinds of decision-makers able to do so. By generating novel tools, practices, and representations, the lab  makes “security” specific and actionable to those who need it.  Innovative projects of DSRL include the Cybersecurity Arts Contest, the card game Adversary Personas, and a series of curricula addressing machine learning failures and algorithmic bias (MLFailures). Nick pioneered early work on measuring Internet fragmentation.

Interested in learning more? Connect with Nick on Twitter (@_elsehow), subscribe to his Substack, or read about the Daylight Security Research Lab's great work online.

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Welcome back to the Tech Policy Grind Podcast by the Internet Law and Policy Foundry. In this episode, ILPF Fellow Joe Catapano speaks with Jim Lewis, Senior VP and Director of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the state of global internet governance. Where have we been, and more importantly where are we going? How will the deliberations at important international bodies in 2022 affect the Internet we rely on for the next decade?

It's a fascinating time for global internet governance. At the United Nations and its tech-focused agency, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), numerous key meetings and discussions are ongoing. The upcoming battle for ITU Secretary General quickly approaching. The global bodies that will determine the future of the Internet and the policies governing it have participated in activities and discussions shaping this future, culminating in the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference this September. 

Note: We recorded this episode on April 19, 2022, and does not reflect any following developments. Joe's participation in this podcast is in his personal capacity; his questions and comments do not represent the views of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

You can connect with Jim on Twitter @james_a_lewis. You can read his full bio on the CSIS website. 

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This is the Tech Policy Grind Podcast by the Internet Law and Policy Foundry. If you’re an old listener, you may have noticed this show has been on hiatus for the past couple of years. If you’re new here, welcome! We’re overjoyed to be back. And we're starting off our slate of initial episodes on the topics that matter; this one, on the notion of the open Internet, and how the war in Ukraine is affecting it.

In this episode, Meri Baghdasaryan sits down with Konstantinos Komaitis. Konstantinos is a veteran of developing and analyzing internet policy to ensure a global, open Internet. Konstantinos has spent almost ten years in active policy development and strategy as a Senior Director at the Internet Society. Before that, he spent seven years researching and teaching Internet policy. Additionally, Konstantinos is a public speaker and writer, and also co-hosts the "Internet of Humans Podcast."

We chatted about the recent developments around Internet infrastructure and online content in the context of the war in Ukraine. In particular, we discussed the responses from ICANN and RIPE NCC to Ukraine’s requests to respectively make access to Russian websites and email difficult for people outside as well as inside of Russia, and to revoke IP address delegation to Russia. Moreover, we discussed the European Union’s unprecedented move to prohibit the broadcasting and distribution of content by two Russian news outlets throughout the European Union, and the corresponding responses from the tech platforms. Tune in to hear about what these developments mean for the future of the open Internet. 

Additional Notes:

We recorded this episode on March 31, 2022. It does not reflect any developments after that date. 

You can connect with Konstantinos on Twitter @kkomaitis, or on his website www.komaitis.org. Check out the “Internet of Humans” podcast Konstantinos co-hosts. 

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