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Various upcoming events
by Vesna Manojlovic 16 Aug '23

16 Aug '23

Dear colleagues, here is a long list of tech, activist, academic events that might be of interest, for cross-community cooperation. Regards, Vesna === BalCCon2k23 - Balkan Computer Congress 08-10 September in Novi Sad, Serbia https://2k23.balccon.org/ === 1-4 September, 2023, Freedom Not Fear, Brussels, https://freedomnotfear.org === 11-12. 10. EU DisinfoLab 2023 Annual Conference; Krakow, Poland: https://www.disinfo.eu/conference/ === 15-17. September, Global Climate Strike https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/sept-15/ & https://multiplace.org/8m/ (Counter Cloud Action Day) === September 1-4, 2023, Freedom Not Fear, Brussels, https://freedomnotfear.org === 14-16 Sep 2023 - 6th Foundational Economy Conference in Vienna: https://www.tuwien.at/ar/ifip/fec23 === 14 September 2023: 10th World Sustainability Forum (WSF2023) https://wsf-10.sciforum.net/?utm_source=sustainability_foundation&utm_mediu… === 14-16 September, Portugal https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/announcing-team-communitys-global-… === 19-20 September 2023, Brussels (& online) "Catalysing Communities: A European Gathering for Building Connections & Capacity" https://www.projects.gaiaeducation.uk/catalysing-communities-a-european-gat… === 20-22 September 2023: "Digitalization for sustainability transformations: Critical perspectives, lessons learned, future prospects" Centre for Climate Resilience, University of Augsburg, Germany https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/philsoz/fakultat/powi-klimapolitik…. The guest application form can be found here: https://cloud.weizenbaum-institut.de/apps/forms/RpWq9bPwZwHcdkfY === 12-15 October 2023, Milano: World Congress for Climate Justice https://ilmanifesto.it/lettere/per-il-congresso-mondiale-per-la-giustizia-c… // http://www.wccj.online/en/call/ === 16-18. October, Rome -> https://climateweek.thepeopleevents.com/ === 15-16 November, Brussels (Belgium) Next Generation Internet Forum: Unlocking the power of Digital Commons https://www.ngi.eu/event/ngi-forum-2023/ === For more events, follow: - https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/calendar - https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/events2023 - https://nsrc.net/calendar - https://pch.net/calendar - https://foss.events/ - https://radar.squat.net - https://events.rebellion.global -- Senior Community Builder, RIPE NCC https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/

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UK's IPA consultation
by Desiree Miloshevic 31 Jul '23

31 Jul '23

Dear colleagues Today was the last day to submit comments on the UK gov consultation relating to the Revised Investigatory Powers Act from 2016. The consultation ran from June 5 until 31 July 2023. These powers include the ability to issue notice to companies which may prevent them deploying technologies that help to secure personal data. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revised-investigatory-powers-ac… Desiree — RIPE Coop WG Co-Chair

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Routing Security Summit 2023 (for Cooperation WG?)
by Desiree Miloshevic 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Dear all I would like to draw your attention to the following session and the event taking place next week and especially the last session: Working with governments to Progress Routing security. https://www.manrs.org/event/routing-security-summit-2023/ <https://www.manrs.org/event/routing-security-summit-2023/> Desiree -- RIPE Coop WG Co-Chair

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EU-US data transfer adequacy decision
by Desiree Miloshevic 13 Jul '23

13 Jul '23

Dear colleagues This vote might be of interest. Yesterday, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy network https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_23_3752 <https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_23_3752> Desiree — RIPE Coop WG Co-Chair

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New on RIPE Labs: EuroDIG 2022 Live Blog
by Gergana Petrova 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, EuroDIG is happening right now with sessions on digital sovereignty and identity, the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, cybersecurity, and much more. RIPE NCC staff is live blogging the event over on RIPE Labs. Stay tuned for updates: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/eurodig-2022-live-blog/ Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova Community Development Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Central Europe
by Suzanne Taylor 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, Today we published the next in our series of RIPE NCC Internet Country Reports, this time focusing on the Internet landscape in four countries in Central Europe: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia: https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-countr… We examine the major market players and level of competition, Internet number resource holdings, IPv4 transfers and IPv6 readiness to understand the history and current state of Internet development in this region as well as its capacity for future growth. We also analyse the region's resilience and stability by mapping the relationship between different networks in the countries, international connectivity to the global Internet, access to K-root, traffic paths and routing security. The RIPE NCC produces these country reports in order to support Internet development and inform discussion among technical communities and policymakers throughout our service region. I hope you’ll find it an interesting read. Please share the report with your colleagues, and as always, we’d be happy to hear your thoughts or to discuss the findings. Best regards, Suzanne _________________ Suzanne Taylor Public Policy & Internet Governance RIPE NCC www.ripe.net <http://www.ripe.net/>

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fair share debate - ECON Committee's 2022 Annual Report on Competition Policy vote
by Desiree Miloshevic 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Dear colleagues Yesterday, the European Parliament voted to adopt on the 2022 Annual Report on Competition Policy. The vote coverage may differ though, according to he blog post from Barbara van Schewick - it provides further insight: https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2023/06/when-media-gets-it-wrong-eu-parl… Desiree — RIPE Coop WG Co-Chair

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Open Call: IGF MAG Nominations from the Internet Technical Community
by Chris Buckridge 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, With a very active and interesting couple of years ahead for the Internet Governance Forum (and Internet governance more generally), the Internet Technical Collaboration Group (ITCG) is opening a call for volunteers to represent the Internet technical community on the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). The MAG serves primarily as a Programme Committee for the annual IGF event, while also advising on the strategy and direction of the IGF, and working closely with the Secretariat. Since the early 2000s, the IGF has embodied the UN’s commitment to a multistakeholder approach to Internet governance, ensuring that stakeholders (like the Internet technical community) have a seat at the table and a voice in global governance processes. With some important discussions upcoming (including a 20-year review of the UN World Summit of the Information Society, which gives the IGF its mandate), maintaining a strong commitment to that approach is very important! Details of the open call are available on the ITCG website: https://www.internetcollaboration.org/2023/05/itcg-call-for-nominations-202… The nomination form is here: https://www.internetcollaboration.org/2024-igf-multistakeholder-advisory-gr… I am a current member of the MAG, so please feel free to reach out to me with any questions (or grab me in the corridor during this week’s RIPE Meeting in Rotterdam), particularly about time and work expectations. Best regards, Chris —— Chris Buckridge Advisor to the Managing Director, Global Strategic Engagement RIPE NCC

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Regulatory update on EU-US Trade and Technology council
by Desiree Miloshevic 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Dear members Recent news might be of interest: The EC-US joint statement from Trade and Technology council meeting yesterday: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_23_2992 <https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_23_2992> https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/03/27/ex… <https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/03/27/ex…> Desiree — Coop WG Co-Chair

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Wikimedia Europe and RIPE (Fwd: [WMEU updates] VLOP designation of Wikipedia under the DSA)
by Željko Blaće 25 May '23

25 May '23

Dear RIPE.net Collaboration working group, after meeting some of you at RIPE#86 meeting and talking to your chair Desire Milosevic, I am making a second effort in trying to connect RIPE and Wikimedia, now with more specifically Wikimedia Europe that has been recently formally recognized as a legal entity and not just a advocacy group (as it used to be for many years in Brussels) supported by Wikimedia Germany and other affiliates. Here is the most recent Wikimedia Europe update where I think our shared focuses overlap and could maybe benefit from inter-personal or inter-organizational coordination. As both organizations make strong efforts to work in maximum transparency to its communities and general public, as well as for the equality and benefit of all Internet users I am sure this will be possible to do in the near future and around shared urgencies. Best Z. Blace ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dimi Dimitrov <dimi(a)wikimedia.be> Date: Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 9:30 AM Subject: [WMEU updates] VLOP designation of Wikipedia under the DSA To: <updates(a)wikimedia-europe.eu> Hi all, The European Commission has designated Wikipedia as a Very Large Online Platform. This is no surprise and is based on the user numbers the WMF has published for the EU ( https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:EU_DSA_Userbase_Statistics) We estimate that we have 151 million users in the EU, 45 million would have been required. There are 19 platforms that fall into this category, we are the only not-for-profit. This comes with additional obligations and some bragging rights. With this status I think we can demand high level political attention in Europe. On the obligations, I am copying the monitoring report paragraphs below. Here is also a list of the main points: - The DSA is targeted at the service provider (Wikimedia Foundation), not the community content moderation - The WMF will have to appoint a legal representative in the EU for which it will need to choose a country - The notice & action system means that how a user sends complaints to the WMF is now clear and the stages that follow. - The WMF will have to do annual risk assessments for systemic risks and mitigation reports based on them - The WMF will need to find an auditor to control the risk assessment and mitigation measures - The WMF will need to publish its EU user estimate every three months - The WMF will have to pay a VLOP fee to the European Commission - The WMF is expected to contribute to the EU's moderation decision database - The WMF will need to demonstrate how it protects minors on Wikipedia I am available for additional questions, statements or interviews. Below is the monitoring report section for more detail. Phil Bradley-Scmieg, the WMF lawyer who is based in Europe and working on this can also be reached by email or on the public policy mailing list. === Digital Services Act === WE ARE VLOP. Officially. [1] For those less acquainted with EU terminology: Wikipedia has been designated as a Very Large Online Platform by the European Commission, which means that the WMF will have to comply with the strictest obligations under the Digital Services Act, including regular risk assessments for systemic risks (including things like public health, kids’ safety and freedom of expression), publishing mitigation measures based on them, and then undergoing an external audit. Wikipedia is the only not-for-profit service that has been designated as a VLOP; the other 18 are for-profit. — This is a chance for Wikimedia to demonstrate that compliance with such rules can be done in a manner that respects user rights and keeps communities - not the platform operator - in the driving seat. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is working on compliance and dedicating significant resources to this. The challenges are serious too. If regulators cannot be convinced that Wikipedia is properly addressing “systemic risks”, like election manipulation, then WMF and the community will be challenged to find additional responses to that. There’s also substantial “bureaucracy”: VLOP designation means that the WMF needs to appoint a legal representative in the EU. It needs to adjust internal processes so they are in line with the new “notice & action” framework, it has to set up a process on how to conduct risk assessments and mitigation reports (annually, and before making significant changes to things), and to find an appropriate auditor who will grill it on all of these things. — VLOPs are also expected to contribute to the European Commission’s moderation decision database (though whether and how such a database can comply with EU privacy laws, remains to be seen). Plus, there remains the not inconsequential task of ensuring all of the other Wikimedia projects - such as Commons - comply with the DSA’s more general rules. That’s a lot of work - and so is convincing the regulators to not forget our model when they’re writing the guidance and implementing rules - and it is handled by very lean teams (as openly and collaboratively as they can manage - witness the TOU update <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Legal_department/2023_…> ). Cheers, Dimi -- Dimitar Dimitrov Policy Director Wikimedia Europe mobile: +32497720374 Rue Belliard 12 Belliardstraat Brussels *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.* www.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Europe ivzw

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