Dear Colleagues,
The UK Chapter of the Internet Society recently held a Webinar and Roundtable on the new Draft UK Online Safety Bill and several people suggested that I post an announcement on the RIPE cooperation WG mailing list, once the Webinar's recording was made available.
Well, if you have missed this excellent Webinar and Roundtable, or simply want to watch it again, the recording and the slide deck are now available here.
As a reminder, the Bill contains several far reaching proposals including some suggesting that Encryption should be weakened through various methods. This has generated much pushback from UK entities and the Internet Society has drafted an online letter to members of the UK Parliament, co-signed by dozens of organisations, that “End-to-End Encryption keeps us safe”. The joint statement will go live on Monday 14th June 2021 at 9am UK time on the Global Encryption Website and will also be printed in the 14 June edition of the House.
The draft Bill is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-online-safety-bill
The repercussions of this Bill reach way further than just affecting the United Kingdom - this could be a blueprint for many other countries to follow - and the consequences could be terrible. Thus, since this is in draft form, it is important to pay attention now, as there is still time to suggest and design better solutions than the ones that will end up doing more harm than good.
1. Welcome & Introduction (Olivier Crépin-Leblond)
2. Brief presentation of the Proposed Bill — Heather Burns – Open Rights Group
3. Panellists
– Richard Allan – https://www.ricallan.uk/
and Blog posting on https://www.regulate.tech/uk-draft-online-safety-bill-24th-may-2021/
– Robin Wilton – Internet Society
– Chris Yapp – linkedin.com/in/chris-yapp-b626522
4. Open discussion
5. Next Steps
Watch this Webinar to discover what might be tomorrow's paradigm shift that will affect businesses, civil society, end users and even the political space and Press freedom.
The recording and the slide deck used are available here.
Best regards,
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
contact@isoc-e.org