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Dear colleagues,<br>
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an action item from our January EURALO call was:<br>
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data-user-hover-bound="true">Olivier Crepin-Leblond</a> to forward
Jean Jacques Subrenat's summary of Macron's speech at the IGF to the
EURALO mailing list.<br>
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With apologies for having dropped this and not forwarded it earlier,
please be so kind to find Jean-Jacques' summary in the forwarded
message below. This is to be discussed further, with regards to the
EURALO Hot Topics.<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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<td>Re: Action Item on EURALO monthly call December 2018</td>
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<td>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:14:49 +0100</td>
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<td>Jean-Jacques Subrenat <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jjs@dyalog.net"><jjs@dyalog.net></a></td>
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<td>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ocl@gih.com"><ocl@gih.com></a></td>
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<td>silvia Vivanco <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:silvia.vivanco@icann.org"><silvia.vivanco@icann.org></a></td>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Dear Olivier,</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Dear Silvia,</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">here’s a brief
résumé about President Macron’s speech at the IGF-2018 in Paris.
If you wish, I could present the topic orally in the second half
of our conference call later today, because a discussion would
be warranted.</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">If E. Macron’s
speech gave rise to some concerns, these were heard mainly on
the side of large corporations, say in the USA, who reacted to
the use of the R word, largely banished from their vocabulary.
For some, Regulation is the beginning of Communism. From the
standpoint of the global Internet user, I would point out the
following features:</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br>
</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">- Threats to
the Internet and its users:</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> -
Structural: the single, unique Internet is under the risk of
breaking up into national segments or continental ‘’plates’'</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - Cybercrime
is a direct threat to physical security of the Internet, and to
the continued availability of public services.</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br>
</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">- The global
Internet now needs ‘’decisive, but lucid action’’ in order to
preserve or protect</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - ideals,
values</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - net
neutrality</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br>
</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">- It is a
falsehood to describe net neutrality as leading to the end of
free thought. One must distinguish between neutrality and
universality.</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br>
</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">- In light of
the above, it is time for us all to ‘’build a new space'', with</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - ‘’an open
and safe Internet’'</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - with
adequate respect for ideals and values</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br>
</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">- In order to
preserve the Internet and global users against these dangers, it
has become necessary to set up some degree or regulation:</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - because
governments espouse different values: some democratic, others
far less so</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - France was
the first signatory of the ‘’Contract to Save the Internet’’
initiated by Tim Berners-Lee, with a view to protecting
democracy</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - It has
become necessary to reach beyond the misleading alternative of
‘’complete self-regulation, or deregulation’’, and ‘’a segmented
Internet controlled by authoritarian states’'</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> - Therefore,
E. Macron is calling for a ‘’cooperative regulation’’, in the
spirit of the growing movement towards sharing commons</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br>
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<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">- France,
following Switzerland, will contribute to the implementation of
such a ‘’cooperative regulatory’’ movement, as of 2019, on 3
main issues:</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> 1) Protect
private data (enhance protection through some regulatory
mechanism), along the EU model</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> 2) Ensure
and enhance trust, stability and security in cyberspace; France
supports the ‘’Paris Appeal for Trust and Security in
Cyberspace’'</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"> 3) Preserve
potential for creativity, invention and economic development</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br>
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<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">- In mid-2019,
France will invite to Paris an international ‘’scientific
council'’ on AI</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont"
style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">- Conclusion,
a quote from the late Kofi Annan: ‘’To cope with Internet in our
lives, we need to be at least as creative as those who invented
it.’’</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">(All the above
passage were translated into English by yours truly)</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Link to the
original as published: <a
href="https://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2018/11/13/discours-du-president-de-la-republique-emmanuel-macron-lors-du-forum-sur-la-gouvernance-de-linternet-a-lunesco"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2018/11/13/discours-du-president-de-la-republique-emmanuel-macron-lors-du-forum-sur-la-gouvernance-de-linternet-a-lunesco</a> </div>
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rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Best regards,</div>
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style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color:
rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Jean-Jacques.</div>
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