[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: [bestbits] SFLC.in’s report titled “Online Harassment: A Form of Censorship”

Sun Dec 4 09:35:43 CET 2016

This is NCSG, matter related to ICANN and Internet governance. Matters below and the length, is a waste of time for me to read. I am sure it must be for many. 

Please share relevant matter and not promote ur friends, network and others.  This too is a form of harassment on the list. 

Thanks and if I am direct, then that is in the interest of time, not personal. 

Regards, 
-VA

Sent from my mobile device. Typos regretted.

> On Dec 4, 2016, at 4:27 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "dialogues
> with key stakeholders, including social media platforms and 18 prominent
> individuals comprising legislators, journalists, civil society actors
> and targets of online harassment campaigns, who have had first hand
> glimpses at the plight of the harassed. "
> 
> Testimonials which could be interesting for ICANN Anti-harassment comment
> 
> ---------- Mensagem encaminhada ----------
> De: "Mishi Choudhary" <mishi at softwarefreedom.org>
> Data: 02/12/2016 14:44
> Assunto: [bestbits] SFLC.in’s report titled “Online Harassment: A Form of Censorship”
> Para: "bestbits at lists.bestbits.net&gt bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
> Cc: 
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> 
> *SFLC.in’s report titled “Online Harassment: A Form of Censorship”*
> 
> On November 22, 2016, SFLC.in released a report titled “Online
> Harassment: A Form of Censorship
> <http://sflc.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OnlineHarassment_SFLCin.pdf>”
> at an event organized in New Delhi in association with the Digital
> Empowerment Foundation, Internet Democracy Project, Foundation for Media
> Professionals, and IT for Change. The The report was jointly released by
> Mr. Baijayant Panda (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha), Mr. Arvind Gupta
> (National Head, Information and Technology, BJP), Mr. Anyesh Roy [Deputy
> Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell), Delhi Police], Mr. Chetan
> Krishnaswamy (Director, Public Policy, Google India), Ms. Mahima Kaul
> (Head of Public Policy, Twitter India), Mr. Saikat Datta (Cyber Security
> Consultant and Consulting Editor, Scroll.in), and Ms. Anja Kovacs
> (Director, Internet Democracy Project).
> 
> SFLC.in has been studying online harassment as form of censorship that
> forces people out of participation in online policy discourses. This
> report’s goal is to explore this phenomenon in detail, document how
> people experience the effects of harassment in their lives as we work
> towards finding a workable and understandable ways to address the
> problem. The report is supported by the Software Freedom Law Center, New
> York and Jigsaw, a New York based think tank, and features dialogues
> with key stakeholders, including social media platforms and 18 prominent
> individuals comprising legislators, journalists, civil society actors
> and targets of online harassment campaigns, who have had first hand
> glimpses at the plight of the harassed. The individuals interviewed are:
> 
> 1.     Abhinandan Sekhri, Co-founder, NewsLaundry
> 
> 2.     Arvind Gupta, National Head, Information and Technology, BJP
> 
> 3.     Baijayant Panda, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
> 
> 4.     Bishakha Datta; Executive Director, Point of View
> 
> 5.     Hartosh Singh Bal; Political Editor, The Caravan
> 
> 6.     Inji Pennu; Writer, activist
> 
> 7.     Karuna John; Freelance journalist
> 
> 8.     Kavita Krishnan; Secretary, All India Progressive Women’s Commission
> 
> 9.     Meena Kandasamy; Poet, writer, activist
> 
> 10.  Navrang S B; Former Head of Social Media, BJP
> 
> 11.  Prabir Purkayastha; Editor, Newsclick
> 
> 12.  Rajeev Chandrasekhar; Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
> 
> 13.  Rakshit Tandon; Cyber Security Expert and Consultant
> 
> 14.  Ravish Kumar; News Anchor, NDTV India
> 
> 15.  Rega Jha; Editor, BuzzFeed India
> 
> 16.  Rohit Chopra; Associate Professor, Santa Clara University
> 
> 17.  Saikat Datta; Journalist
> 
> 18.  Sheeba Aslam; Journalist, scholar and Islamic writer
> 
> In addition, the report offers overviews of existing state and non-state
> responses to online harassment, and takes stock of existing campaigns
> against online harassment and Indian stakeholders who are active in this
> domain. It finds, among others, that greater transparency and
> responsiveness in content moderation processes adopted by online speech
> platforms like social media websites, blogs, and discussion boards,
> along with renewed focus on capacity building for law enforcement agents
> could go a long way towards addressing the issue. Educating people about
> existing mechanisms for combating online harassment is highlighted as
> another area deserving attention.
> 
> The report also details a number of measures that could be adopted by
> users of online speech platforms to guard themselves against online
> harassment and abuse, both in the form of general safeguards applicable
> to every-day Internet use, as well as responses when users are faced
> with targeted online harassment campaigns. It also lays out a set of
> draft best practices that could be adopted by online intermediaries to
> limit harassment on their networks, though these are mere suggestions at
> this stage that require substantial deliberation before they can be
> formalized.**
> 
> --
> Warm Regards
> Mishi Choudhary, Esq.
> Legal Director
> Software Freedom Law Center
> 1995 Broadway Floor 17| New York, NY-10023
> Direct: +1-212-461-1912| Main: +1-212-461-1901| Fax: +1-212-580-0898
> www.softwarefreedom.org
> 
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