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
<https://isoc-e.org/understanding-the-uk-online-safety-bill/>.
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
<https://www.globalencryption.org/> and will also be printed in the 14
June edition of the House.
<https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/magazine.htm>
The draft Bill is published at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-online-safety-bill
<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.
Agenda
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/ <https://www.ricallan.uk/>
and Blog posting on
https://www.regulate.tech/uk-draft-online-safety-bill-24th-may-2021/
<https://www.regulate.tech/uk-draft-online-safety-bill-24th-may-2021/>
– Robin Wilton – Internet Society
– Chris Yapp – linkedin.com/in/chris-yapp-b626522
<https://www.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
<https://isoc-e.org/understanding-the-uk-online-safety-bill/>.
Best regards,
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
[email protected]
