Submission of Suggestions or Ideas for Issues to be discussed at the 2014 IGF
John Laprise
I would like to suggest IGF discuss the following:
* Organizing and sponsoring a project to conduct a comprehensive public security audit of Internet infrastructure, hardware, and software. Following this past year's disclosure of surveillance, it's important for the global community to identify and quantify weaknesses and vulnerabilities
* Compilation of a comprehensive list of manufacturers of filtering technologies and their target audience. While some filtering technologies are created to constrain the dissemination of universally abhorred content such as child pornography, many others are constructed to oppose the free speech championed by the IGF. Public identification would shed light on the scope of this industry and the potential problem.
* IGF should make a major effort to bring national security policy makers into the conversation at the next IGF. In light of current discussions around security and privacy, their absence is glaring.
* Similarly, IGF should make a major effort to bring the private security industry into the conversation at the next IGF. Their absence is similarly notable.
* IGF should begin opening a discussion about the implications of the widening gap between the rates of legal and technological innovation. In particular, how do we deal with the growing likelihood that an internet technology will emerge with significant and potentially damaging ramifications before the law can regulate it?
Best regards,
John Laprise, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication in Residence