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May 2013
I&J in Latin America: Rio de Janeiro Workshop
I&J convened
June 4, 2013
The cross-border nature of the internet challenges the geographic conception of jurisdiction based on separated national sovereignties. Tension is growing in the absence of appropriate frameworks to deal with the diversity of procedures put in place by states to enforce local laws, and cross-border platforms to implement their Terms of Service. How can interoperability, fair process, transparency and proportionality in state-platform-user interactions be guaranteed?
To address this common concern for all stakeholders, Internet & Jurisdiction, in partnership with the Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade of the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil, held a meeting that gathered representatives from states, companies, technical operators and civil society actors in Rio de Janeiro on May 28-29, 2013.
The workshop “Handling the tension between Terms of Service and national jurisdictions: What cross-border frameworks to ensure interoperability and fair process?” was based upon the international consultations and meetings conducted by the I&J throughout 2012. The event focused on emerging trends and high-level patterns in Latin America. It explored how states, companies and users deal with the exiting regulatory patchwork and discussed possible ways forward.
The Rio workshop was part of the wider global I&J preparatory process for the UN Internet Governance Forum 2013 Workshop 42 “Fair process frameworks for cross-border online spaces.”
Participants
Workshop participants were from the following institutions:
- ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ARGENTINA
- COMITÊ GESTOR DA INTERNET (CGI.BR), BRAZIL
- CTS – GETULIO VARGAS FOUNDATION, BRAZIL
- FEDERAL PUBLIC MINISTRY, BRAZIL
- GOBIERNO DIGITAL, ECUADOR
- GOOGLE, BRAZIL
- LACNIC, URUGUAY
- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, BRAZIL
- MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS, BRAZIL
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, UK
- UOL, BRAZIL
The cross-border nature of the internet challenges the geographic conception of jurisdiction based on separated national sovereignties. Tension is growing in the absence of appropriate frameworks to deal with the diversity of procedures put in place by states to enforce local laws, and cross-border platforms to implement their Terms of Service. How can interoperability, fair process, transparency and proportionality in state-platform-user interactions be guaranteed?
To address this common concern for all stakeholders, Internet & Jurisdiction, in partnership with the Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade of the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil, held a meeting that gathered representatives from states, companies, technical operators and civil society actors in Rio de Janeiro on May 28-29, 2013.
The workshop “Handling the tension between Terms of Service and national jurisdictions: What cross-border frameworks to ensure interoperability and fair process?” was based upon the international consultations and meetings conducted by the I&J throughout 2012. The event focused on emerging trends and high-level patterns in Latin America. It explored how states, companies and users deal with the exiting regulatory patchwork and discussed possible ways forward.
The Rio workshop was part of the wider global I&J preparatory process for the UN Internet Governance Forum 2013 Workshop 42 “Fair process frameworks for cross-border online spaces.”
Participants
Workshop participants were from the following institutions:
- ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ARGENTINA
- COMITÊ GESTOR DA INTERNET (CGI.BR), BRAZIL
- CTS – GETULIO VARGAS FOUNDATION, BRAZIL
- FEDERAL PUBLIC MINISTRY, BRAZIL
- GOBIERNO DIGITAL, ECUADOR
- GOOGLE, BRAZIL
- LACNIC, URUGUAY
- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, BRAZIL
- MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS, BRAZIL
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, UK
- UOL, BRAZIL
