Hi all This Guardian article is interesting - I don't know how likely this is to happen, but it suggests a new PM and Culture Secretary might kill off the Bill:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/13/no-10-vacuum-has-made-tories-give-up-on-governing-says-opposition Best Lucy On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 at 09:22, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Publicpolicy mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/publicpolicy.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Publicpolicy digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: EU Policy Monitoring Report: June 2022 (Phil Bradley-Schmieg) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:31:33 +0100 > From: Phil Bradley-Schmieg <[email protected]> > Subject: [Publicpolicy] Re: EU Policy Monitoring Report: June 2022 > To: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia > <[email protected]>, Alex Stinson > <[email protected]> > Cc: Matthew Gallagher <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="--_com.samsung.android.email_1973371729268130" > > Could I be the first to point out that government powers to ban > disinformation and other "harmful" forms of speech are exactly what led to > the Wikipedia ban in Turkey, and current threats against Wiki projects in > Russia?Now look what else they're trying to throw into the UK OSB: breaking > E2E encryption. > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/06/uk-could-force-messaging-apps-to-scan-for-child-sexual-abuse-imagesBe > extremely careful what you wish for(and worse still, what you campaign > for), unless the law you're trying to make even stricter excludes > nonprofits or community-moderated projects. Especially when rights of > redress under the Human Rights Act are being watered down.Phil > -------- Original message --------From: Kyle Taylor <[email protected]> > Date: 06/07/2022 09:22 (GMT+00:00) To: Alex Stinson < > [email protected]> Cc: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia < > [email protected]>, Matthew Gallagher <[email protected]> > Subject: [Publicpolicy] Re: EU Policy Monitoring Report: June 2022 Hi > Alex!Apologies for my incredibly slow reply. I have Covid yet again and > it's gotten the best of me this time!In short, the broad view (of course > not speaking for everyone) is that the bill doesn't go far enough with > dealing with disinformation largely because of the exemptions, exceptions > and exclusions but secondarily because of the powers reserved to the > Secretary of State to largely determine what is disinformation and this > Committee they're proposing, which doesn't report for EIGHTEEN MONTHS. So > it doesn't go far enough, I'm afraid. Within UK civil society, Full Fact > has down great work around this. A few of their pieces: > https://fullfact.org/blog/2022/mar/online-safety-bill/https://fullfact.org/blog/2022/jul/the-government-must-start-listening-to-concerns-on-online-safety-bill/I > hope that helps a bit!Best wishes,Kyle---Kyle TaylorFounder and Director+44 > 7745 93 44 33https://www.fairvote.ukOn Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 7:11 PM Alex > Stinson <[email protected]> wrote:The meeting I was in yesterday as > part of: https://caad.info/who-we-are/ -- highlighted how easy it was for > misinfo actors to get exemptions from the rules around disinfo: so it's > likely to be exploitable, and potentially a shelter for disinformation > actors from outside the UK. I am curious if we have a position on the > disinformation parts of the law? On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 8:35 AM Rita > Jonusaite <[email protected]> wrote:Hey all, If you have not seen re OSB in > the UK, the Fair Vote UK is circulatring a Global letter to the UK > Government on the loopholes in the UK's Online Safety Bill that they would > like other organisations to sign. The joint letter is nearing 50 signatures > already including Accountable Tech, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, > Global Witness and Global Project Against Hate and Extremism etc. I am > sharing with you their original message below and adding Matt and Kyle who > are leading the campaign in Cc if you have any questions directly. Deadline > is COB Friday (but they can go as late as Monday > to my understanding)!Best, Rita --ORIGINAL ASK--I'm Matt of Fair Vote UK, > and I'm leading within our organisation on an international coalition > campaign to voice global opposition to the loopholes currently written into > the UK's Online Safety Bill. I'm writing to ask for your organisation's > signature on a global letter to the UK Government, highlighting the > danger posed by this bill's exemptions, exceptions and exclusions – which > fundamentally undermine its purpose of making the internet safer. The risks > are international in scope as these loopholes could effectively allow for > harmful content and disinformation to be "laundered" in the UK. Please sign > if possible! Overview of the Letter: The UK’s Online Safety Bill, currently > making its way through Parliament, aims to make the UK “the safest place in > the world to go online”. Unfortunately, it falls far short of that > objective in its current form – to the extent that it could actually make > adults and children less safe online. The bill contains glaring loopholes > that could allow some of the actors most responsible for harm online to > avoid oversight and regulation. Media entities are exempt based on > incredibly lenient criteria which would allow nefarious actors to launder > harmful content. The democratic importance exemption would let politicians' > online speech stay up regardless of its vast reach and potential to cause > harm. Paid ads are left in scope despite their demonstrable role in > spreading disinformation and hate. All of this serves to create a > two-tiered system in which some of the most harmful actors are given > precedence, prioritising their freedom of speech over the regular user. > We’re demanding online regulation that protects all of our human > rights equally. These loopholes have severe implications not just for the > UK, but for the global community as well. If this new regime does not > address them, the UK could become the world’s “disinformation > laundromat”. We’re urging orgs and individuals from anywhere in the world > concerned with democracy, children’s safety, disinformation, public health, > climate change or other related causes to sign this letter to the UK > Government calling on them to close the loopholes and build a more robust > human rights framework that applies equally. In addition to this letter, > we’re kicking off a public advocacy campaign on July 4th with significant > digital spend behind it to further raise awareness about the OSB’s > dangerous loopholes. You can sign on by adding your name in the format > shown at the bottom of the document. Please let me know if you have any > questions or concerns! Many thanks, MattP.S. Please feel free to forward > this on to additional orgs and individuals you think would consider signing > with [email protected] cc'ed. Thank you! On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 13:05, Eric > Luth <[email protected]> wrote:Hi everyone,Thanks for the summary, > Dimi. Interesting read on the Digital Commons, happy to see that the > Swedish government also supported.On Copyright reform, the Swedish > government has sent its proposal on copyright reform to the council on > legislation, which is the last step before it goes to parliament. We are > currently analyzing the proposal, and working with MPs to improve the worst > parts and safeguard the best.Best Eric LuthProjektledare engagemang och > påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and AdvocacyWikimedia > [email protected]+46 (0) 765 55 50 95Stöd fri kunskap, bli > medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.seDen tors 30 > juni 2022 kl 17:58 skrev Jan Gerlach <[email protected]>:Many thanks > for another great update, Dimi!Alex, the Foundation's Global Advocacy team > is tracking the UK Online Safety Bill and we have published our first > impressions on the text here. We're in touch with various allies of our > movement in the UK and plan to further engage on the bill when > appropriate.Thanks for your interest!JanOn Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 8:32 AM > Alex Stinson <[email protected]> wrote:Hi Demi and list?Is anyone > following the UK law at: > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-bill-supporting-documents/online-safety-bill-factsheet > Curious > if we are watching that in connection with other Disinfo/Content moderation > laws.Cheers, AlexOn Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 12:16 PM Dimi Dimitrov < > [email protected]> wrote:The French government has vowed to invest money > in the commons. Rub your eyes, read it again and then continue reading > below. ====================DIGITAL COMMONS====================It still > surprises us to be able to put “French government” and “investment in the > digital commons” together, but here we go: The French Presidency of the > Council of the EU came up with a plan how the old continent can compete > with dominant US tech companies. The plan is to have more “digital > commons”, which can be anything open source, including software, code > libraries, tools, repositories. The basic thinking is that if fundamental > tools and libraries are accessible to all players, this will level the > playing field. [1]—19 EU Member Countries and the Commission presented the > idea of digital commons at the Digital Assembly in Toulouse. They > acknowledge that there are many instances of working digital commons, but > also point out that oftentimes projects lack long-term, structural support. > The plan envisages financial help and a “one-stop-shop” to find government > support. [2]—Funds in the ballpark of tens of millions of euros are already > pledged, but the concrete details are still in the making. Thanks to the > leadership of Wikimédia France, our movement and a group of partners > (Europeana, Communia, OpenStreetMap) are part of this conversation from the > start. We especially want to show that governments can often help by > removing legal and administrative obstacles, not just by peddling money. > [3]======CSAM======We wrote about the proposal of the Commission to > regulate the online moderation of “Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)” in > last month’s report [4]. While it is a very important issue to tackle, we > do have great concerns with parts of the text, especially provisions that > would allow scanning all online chats on a given platform. We are still > analysing how exactly, if at all, this would impact Wikimedia projects. In > the meantime, we can offer a short briefing. [5]—On the legislative side, > the start feels very bumpy: The European Parliament probably won’t refer > the file to a committee until September or October, while ample criticism > is pouring in, including from the German government. [6]=========Net > Neutrality=========The European Commission plans to push out a new > legislative proposal after the summer that is expected to include > provisions forcing some service providers to pay for data traffic (think > Facebook and Netflix paying Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica). While this is > a classic example of a lobbying battle between very large > telecommunications companies and very large tech companies, it also would > violate some basic principles of net neutrality. A group of civil society > organisations, led by EDRi, sent a letter to the relevant Commissioners > outlining the main issues. [7]—On the bright side, BEREC, the EU’s body of > telecoms regulators, has updated its net neutrality guidelines to close > some loopholes and effectively ban zero rating of data for some > applications. [8]=============Disinformation=============The European > Commission has presented an updated Code of Practice on Disinformation. [9] > Wikimedia had not signed up the original Code, because we deemed it was > mainly focused on “follow the money”, hence where disinformation is spread > through advertising and paid reach. The version will allow researchers more > access to data of large platforms and again focus on advertising.—The Code > of Practice is a voluntary initiative for online platforms, but taking part > in it essentially removes some obligations under the newly created Digital > Services Act. =============Italian Dramas=============The Italian > government published new draft guidelines about public data (open > government) and opened a consultation. [10] They basically state that open > government and open data provisions don’t apply to institutions related to > culture, which is a very Italian thing. We wonder if this is in line with > the Public Sector Information Directive and will investigate with Wikimedia > Italia, which are also participating in the consultation. —The Italian > government has been on a roll. It also published the draft national > digitisation plan. It would establish an administrative fee for the > commercial use of all public domain digitisations of cultural institutions. > It essentially outlaws CC0 as a relevant license for most GLAMs in the > country and circumvents the public domain safeguard enshrined in the latest > copyright directive. There was a public consultation until 15 June which > Wikimedia Italy and partners participated in. Expect blog posts on Diff and > on wikimedia.brussels soon.=============Polish & Czech Copyright > Reforms=============The Czech copyright reform is in parliament. We have a > Czech language copy. [11] The Polish government published its proposal, > which will go to parliament very soon. We have a rough English translation. > [12] If you consider yourself a copyright geek, enjoy reading them. If you > want to help our national partners advocating on this, get in touch! > :)====END====[1] > https://twitter.com/AmbNum/status/1540657835427741699[2]https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/diplomatie-numerique/actualites-et-evenements/article/le-rapport-sur-les-communs-numeriques-un-levier-essentiel-pour-la-souverainete[3]https://www.wikimedia.fr/pour-un-developpement-des-communs-numeriques-a-lechelle-europeenne/[4]https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/D6C5TA6FWDLA6JHLJHAT66C2BZ4AQ3XG/[5]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dD5AF8-uk2LFG7mu62AK7S80H4CrF1ftV7lheE6ZJBM/edit?usp=sharing[6]https://www.techdirt.com/2022/06/27/germany-says-hell-no-to-eu-proposal-to-outlaw-encryption/[7]https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Q4d13xqr5UsPkoSMw7d_3YL-hZnq4cL/view?usp=sharing[8]https://fossbytes.com/europe-bans-zero-rating-internet-offers/[9]https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_3664[10]https://www.agid.gov.it/it/agenzia/stampa-e-comunicazione/notizie/2022/06/16/open-data-consultazione-linee-guida.[11]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J7dvl4yEk6ScWIIypdI6Uq_7273T7G5i/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110641574264354613563&rtpof=true&sd=true[12]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N0ArQkgpZkQQcdpsidS_Yc-bS5liQsl5/view?usp=sharing > > > Wikimedia Belgium vzwBE 0563.775.480 > - RPR BrusselAntwerpselaan 40 Boulevard d’Anvers 1000 > Brussel/[email protected]_______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Alex Stinson Lead Program StrategistWikimedia FoundationTwitter: > @sadadsLearn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and > other Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors > through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Rita JonusaiteAdvocacy Coordinator | EU DisinfoLab +32 488 59 70 > 70 (WhatsApp/Signal) Subscribe here to our newsletterEU DisinfoLab 2022 > Conference (Oct. 25-26): Register now! > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Alex Stinson Lead Program StrategistWikimedia FoundationTwitter: > @sadadsLearn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and > other Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors > through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns > > -------------- next part -------------- > A message part incompatible with plain text digests has been removed ... > Name: not available > Type: text/html > Size: 47861 bytes > Desc: not available > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Publicpolicy Digest, Vol 119, Issue 5 > ******************************************** > -- Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her) Chief Executive
_______________________________________________ Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
