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EU No Disconnect Strategy Supports Internet Freedom
1. No
Disconnect
Strategy
Andrea
Glorioso
European
Commission
–
DG
Information
Society
and
Media
Unit
A3
(Internet;
Network
and
Information
Security)
Andrea.Glorioso@ec.europa.eu
2.
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
3.
Human
rights
activists
worldwide
have
championed
the
power
of
technology
(e.g.
Internet
and
mobile
phones)
as
tools
for
democracy
and
positive
societal
change.
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
4.
Information
and
Communications
Technologies
(ICT's)
can
broadly
support
and
advance
freedom,
facilitate
the
exercise
of
Human
Rights
and
enable
the
peaceful
transition
to
democracy.
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
5.
But
ICTs
can
also
be
used
to
augment
repressive
regimes'
capabilities
for
censorship,
surveillance
and
human
rights
violations.
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
6. Origins
of
the
No
Disconnect
Strategy
Joint
Communication
of
the
European
Commission
and
the
High-‐Representative
of
the
Union
for
Foreign
Affairs
and
Security
Policy
of
8
March
2011
“A
Partnership
for
Democracy
and
Shared
Prosperity
with
the
Southern
Mediterranean”
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
7.
Action
23
of
the
South
Mediterranean
Action
Plan
The
EU
will
explore
ways
to
assist
individual
citizens
and
civil
society
organizations,
in
particular
tools
to
Qight
arbitrary
censorship
restrictions
and
protect
against
illegitimate
surveillance,
to
remove
barriers
to
free
access
to
Internet
and
other
electronic
communications
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
8.
Action
23
of
the
South
Mediterranean
Action
Plan
The
EU
will
explore
ways
to
assist
individual
citizens
and
civil
society
organizations,
in
particular
tools
to
Qight
arbitrary
censorship
restrictions
and
protect
against
illegitimate
surveillance,
to
remove
barriers
to
free
access
to
Internet
and
other
electronic
communications
+
Cooperation
with
Southern
Mediterranean
countries
on:
–
telecommunications
policy
–
audiovisual
and
media
policy
–
education
and
research
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
9. 9
December
2011
Vice-‐President
Kroes
speaks
at
the
Dutch
Ministerial
Conference
on
Internet
Freedom
(The
Hague)
and
presents
the
main
elements
of
the
strategy
for
2012-‐13:
1. Technological
development
2. Training
and
awareness
raising
3. European
capability
for
situational
awareness
4. Cooperation
with
industry
(CSR),
within
the
EU
and
with
third
countries
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
10.
(1)
Technological
development
/
(2)
trainin
and
awareness
Not
just
to
technical
solutions:
citizens'
empowerment
through
education
and
training
in
the
risks
and
beneUits
that
result
from
the
Internet,
to
ensure
the
security
and
privacy
of
their
communications
as
well
as
their
ability
to
counter
censorship.
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
11.
(1)
Technological
development
/
(2)
training
and
awareness
Not
just
to
technical
solutions:
citizens'
empowerment
through
education
and
training
in
the
risks
and
beneUits
that
result
from
the
Internet,
to
ensure
the
security
and
privacy
of
their
communications
as
well
as
their
ability
to
counter
censorship.
Short-‐
to
mid-‐term
European
Instrument
for
Democracy
and
Human
Rights
(2012)
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
12.
(1)
Technological
development
/
(2)
training
and
awareness
Not
just
to
technical
solutions:
citizens'
empowerment
through
education
and
training
in
the
risks
and
beneUits
that
result
from
the
Internet,
to
ensure
the
security
and
privacy
of
their
communications
as
well
as
their
ability
to
counter
censorship.
Short-‐
to
mid-‐term
European
Instrument
for
Democracy
and
Human
Rights
(2012)
Mid-‐
to
long-‐term
FP7:
Future
Internet
Research
and
Experimentation
(2012-‐2013)
FP7:
“Trust
and
Security”
objective
(2013)
FP7:
Social
Science
and
Humanities
(2012-‐2013)
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
13. (3)
European
capability
for
situational
awareness
Multi-‐disciplinary,
real-‐time
situational
awareness
to
act
as
"early
warning",
complemented
with
technical
capabilities
that
provide
insights
about
the
"state
of
the
Internet"
like
its
integrity,
resilience,
security
and
stability.
Reliable
data
to
feed
into
the
policy
making
process.
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
14. (3)
European
capability
for
situational
awareness
Multi-‐disciplinary,
real-‐time
situational
awareness
to
act
as
"early
warning",
complemented
with
technical
capabilities
that
provide
insights
about
the
"state
of
the
Internet"
like
its
integrity,
resilience,
security
and
stability.
Reliable
data
to
feed
into
the
policy
making
process.
Short-‐
to
mid-‐term
Study
on
“Internet
monitoring
tools
and
methodologies”
(2012)
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
15. (3)
European
capability
for
situational
awareness
Multi-‐disciplinary,
real-‐time
situational
awareness
to
act
as
"early
warning",
complemented
with
technical
capabilities
that
provide
insights
about
the
"state
of
the
Internet"
like
its
integrity,
resilience,
security
and
stability.
Reliable
data
to
feed
into
the
policy
making
process.
Short-‐
to
mid-‐term
Study
on
“Internet
monitoring
tools
and
methodologies”
(2012)
Mid-‐
to
long-‐term
CIP:
“Open
data”
projects
(2013)
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
16.
(4)
Cooperation
with
industry
(CSR)
• The
private
sector
owns
or
controls
most
of
that
Internet
technical
infrastructure
and
related
services,
playing
a
key
role
in
enabling
the
effective
exercise
of
human
rights
and
fundamental
freedoms.
• Corporate
social
responsibility
frameworks
can
serve
guidance
for
companies
operating
in
potentially
"problematic"
environments.
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
17.
(4)
Cooperation
with
industry
(CSR)
• The
private
sector
owns
or
controls
most
of
that
Internet
technical
infrastructure
and
related
services,
playing
a
key
role
in
enabling
the
effective
exercise
of
human
rights
and
fundamental
freedoms.
• Corporate
social
responsibility
frameworks
can
serve
guidance
for
companies
operating
in
potentially
"problematic"
environments.
Short-‐
to
mid-‐term
Development
of
“guidance”
for
European
ICT/Internet
industry
to
implement
the
“Ruggie
Framework”
(2012)
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
18.
(4)
Cooperation
with
industry
(CSR)
• The
private
sector
owns
or
controls
most
of
that
Internet
technical
infrastructure
and
related
services,
playing
a
key
role
in
enabling
the
effective
exercise
of
human
rights
and
fundamental
freedoms.
• Corporate
social
responsibility
frameworks
can
serve
guidance
for
companies
operating
in
potentially
"problematic"
environments.
Short-‐
to
mid-‐term
Development
of
“guidance”
for
European
ICT/Internet
industry
to
implement
the
“Ruggie
Framework”
(2012)
Mid-‐
to
long-‐term
Rationalise
the
many
different
initiatives
Achieve
critical
mass
in
the
Internet/ICT
industry
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
19. (4)
Other
cooperation
activities
Within
the
EU
On-‐going
dialogue
With
third
countries
On-‐going
dialogue
(But…
too
many
"coalitions"?
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
20. We
are
not
an
island...
• Charter
of
Fundamental
Rights
of
the
EU
• COM(2010)
573
–
“Strategy
for
the
effective
implementation
of
the
Charter
of
Fundamental
Rights
by
the
European
Union”
• COM(2011)
886
–
“Human
Rights
and
Democracy
at
the
heart
of
EU
external
action”
• Regulatory
cooperation
with
third
countries
• EU
Electronic
Communications
Regulatory
Framework
• Policies
on
media
pluralism
• European
Strategy
for
Cyber-‐Security
Digital
Agenda
for
Europe
