Call for Topics 2024 - Online Harms
From IGF-USA
| Submission Number | Submission | Issue Areas | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Number | Submission | Issue Areas | |
| 2024 Submission 11 | Online Privacy: safety, design, and controls. From policy and regulatory perspectives, much attention has recently turned to privacy design and settings. Because of its current popularity in lawsuits, penalties, and even mainstream news, privacy controls would be a worthwhile topic for IGF-USA this year. | Cybersecurity • Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 12 | Leveraging the Multistakeholder Approach for Combatting Online Abuse: Effective and Ineffective Engagement Strategies | Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 16 | Promoting the deployment of Internet Standards and ICT best practices, by teaching large organisations, public and private, to procure secure by design and make consumer protection and advocacy organisations understand they have to take the IoT components into account when judging, respectively testing products, devices and services. Start a discussion on how tertiary cyber security education can close the skills gap between the offered education and the demand coming from industry and the technical community. | Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Online Harms • Other | |
| 2024 Submission 18 | It is time in the wake of the growing capability and use of AI that serious consideration be given to establishing a legal framework to protect individuals from having their image and likeness used without informed consent - deep fakes. In addition, the unauthorized use of such images, to include (audio recordings), that are altered without informed consent should constitute a cause of action resulting in civil penalties. Government regulatory bodies such as the FCC should be given the authority to sanction persons or entities that do so. | Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Emerging Technologies • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 22 | The Future of Internet Governance: Can Multi-Stakeholderism be Saved from Corporate Capture? | Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Digital Markets and Competition • Emerging Technologies • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 24 | 1. Responsible use of the Internet.
2. Potential fragmentation caused by artificial intelligence. 3. The need for free tools for privacy to protect Human Rights. 4. Potentially harmful packaging (e.g., privacy loss, restricted access, lack of competition, etc.) of core Internet functionality (data transmission, management, prioritization, identity/IP protection, etc.) as products to users. 5. Governments using the Internet to build small business capacity and global competitiveness. | Access and Digital Inclusion • Artificial Intelligence • Data Governance and Privacy • Digital Markets and Competition • Emerging Technologies • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 28 | Responsible use of the Internet. Privacy tools for consumers as a Human Right. AI’s impact on fragmentation. Potential harms associated with the increase in commodification of core Internet infrastructure. Government, small business and the Internet. | Access and Digital Inclusion • Artificial Intelligence • Data Governance and Privacy • Digital Markets and Competition • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 34 | The current digital landscape struggles to offer a system that installs trust and confidence in online interactions. Despite the rapid growth of online services and the critical need for secure identification, there is no cohesive mechanism in place to introduce a level of trust that mirrors what we experience in the physical world. This has resulted in inconsistencies, vulnerabilities, and a myriad of security challenges. The Decentralized Identity Verification System (DIVS) aims to bridge this gap by introducing the trust of the physical world (e.g., governmental entities) into the digital space. By leveraging secure cryptographic systems and learning from experiences like the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), the goal is to build a digital identity framework that can serve as a robust layer of trust. | Access and Digital Inclusion • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Emerging Technologies • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 38 | I am interested in debates around safety and protections among and between online sex workers and the consumers of online sexual activity. Right now there is a confrontation between P*rnhub and the states of Virginia and Mississippi, where new age verification laws have made it difficult to provide their content without significant roadblocks. Many sex workers and activists are contesting the age verification laws, saying it makes it unreasonably difficult to provide their content. I saw an activist present on this topic at the 2023 Association of Internet Researchers and think its among the more important topics to discuss at an Integer governance forum. | Access and Digital Inclusion • Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Digital Markets and Competition • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 46 | How does the ruling in NetChoice supreme court cases affect federal and state government powers to impose requirements on social media content moderation practices? | Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Digital Markets and Competition • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 47 | What are the respective roles of government, business, civil society and parents in controlling how minors access online services and apps? | Access and Digital Inclusion • Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Digital Markets and Competition • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 48 | Should ISPs, App stores, and domain name resolution services monitor user activity in order to enforce government restrictions, such as the TikTok ban? | Access and Digital Inclusion • Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 49 | To what extent is robust encryption a crucial part of the cybersecurity and privacy landscape? Should government be able to compel access to in transit messages? | Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 50 | Online safety and well-being is a focus area for state and federal policymakers in the United States as the United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, Australia and other companies are implementing new online safety regulations for social media and other online services. What are areas of consensus and opportunities to standardize online safety measures and compliance across regulatory systems? Are there measures that Congress or state legislators should pass that can improve the health, safety, and privacy of children online? | Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 53 | An important debate in the Internet Governance community is the appropriate role of domain registries and registrars in content regulation. While these entities have a responsibility to enforce contractual provisions related to DNS abuse, they must also navigate complex legal and jurisdictional issues when responding to requests to take down or suspend domain names hosting allegedly abusive content. Given the proximity to important government and industry stakeholder related to DNS abuse and content regulation here in DC, this panel wants to explore solutions that strike a balance between safeguarding internet users and preserving the openness and resilience of the internet ecosystem. Through multistakeholder collaboration and dialogue, stakeholders in the region will speak to various approaches that address the complexities of DNS abuse and content regulation while upholding the values of a free, open, and secure internet. | Content Policy • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 52 | An important debate in the Internet Governance community is the appropriate role of domain registries and registrars in content regulation. While these entities have a responsibility to enforce contractual provisions related to DNS abuse, they must also navigate complex legal and jurisdictional issues when responding to requests to take down or suspend domain names hosting allegedly abusive content. Given the proximity to important government and industry stakeholder related to DNS abuse and content regulation here in DC, this panel wants to explore solutions that strike a balance between safeguarding internet users and preserving the openness and resilience of the internet ecosystem. Through multistakeholder collaboration and dialogue, stakeholders in the region will speak to various approaches that address the complexities of DNS abuse and content regulation while upholding the values of a free, open, and secure internet. | Content Policy • Online Harms |
