Terms of service & human rights – Flash 0 2016
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Session description
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- The session will kick off with a brief introduction to the work done by the Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (i.e., Recommendations on ToS and HR: http://review.intgovforum.org/igf-2015/dynamic-coalitions/dynamic-coalition-on-platform-responsibility-dc-pr/) as a reference in the backdrop of this meeting.
- Mr. Frank La Rue (Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO) will give a short keynote on the role of intermediaries and ToS in the digital environment.
- Mr. Brendan Van Alsenoy (PhD Researcher, Centre for IT & IP Law, KU Leuven) will present about the case brought by the Belgian Data Protection Authority against Facebook, following a report on Facebook's ToS (commissioned by the Authority) which he co-authored with other colleagues (see: https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/en/news/item/facebooks-revised-policies-and-terms-v1-2.pdf)
- There will be 2 shorter presentations on challenges in using ToS to measure human rights compliance: 1) Ms. Marilia Maciel (Coordinator at the Center for Technology and society of the Fundação Getulio Vargas) on the "Terms of Service and Human Rights" project; 2) Mr. Allon Bar (Policy and Engagement Manager with the "Ranking Digital Rights" project)
- Open discussion and brainstorming on the promotion of more human-rights respecting Terms of Service.
Keywords
They will be used as hash tags for easy searching on the wiki
Format
Please try new interactive formats out. EuroDIG is about dialogue not about statements.
The format of this session is divided in two parts: the first 30 mins will consist of a series of planned interventions, while the second part is highly interactive. Participants will engage in an open discussion departing from the context given by the moderators and the 4 "fire starters".
This open discussion will begin at 12:10 and can last up to 13:00, depending on audience participation.
Further reading
Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents. Please note we cannot offer web space, only links to external resources are possible.
www.platformresponsibility.info
People
Name, institution, country of residence
Mr. Nicolo Zingales, Tilburg University and Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, Netherlands
Mr. Luca Belli, Fundação Getulio Vargas and Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, Brazil
Session twitter hashtag
Hashtag:
- ToSHR