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Webinar and Roundtable Invitation: understanding the UK Online Safety Bill

Understanding the UK Online Safety Bill

“The draft Online Safety Bill delivers the government’s manifesto commitment to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression.”

This draft legislation gives effect to the policy approach outlined in the February 2020 and December 2020 government responses.

The above Statement was posted on the UK Government Web site on 12 May 2021 – and the draft Bill is published there: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-online-safety-bill

The Bill contains several proposals including some suggesting that Encryption should be weakened through various methods.… Read more ...

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Webinar: Rebuilding and Enhancing Trust in Algorithms Policy

Webinar: Rebuilding and Enhancing Trust in Algorithms Policy

When: Jun 3, 2021 16:00 London

ISOC UK England invite you to a Webinar focussing on the presentation of the policy implications and recommendations based on the outcomes of the EPSRC funded ReEnTrust project. ReEnTrust was a collaboration of the Human Centred Computing Group at the University of Oxford, the Artificial Intelligence and its Applications Institute (AIAI) at the University of Edinburgh, and the HORIZON Digital Economy Research at the University of Nottingham ReEnTrust: Rebuilding Trust in Online Algorithmic Systems.… Read more ...

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UK Chapter 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Please join us on 10 December 2020 for the Chapter’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year the AGM will take place online due to Pandemic restrictions.

Date and Time

Thursday 10 December 2020, 16:00 – 18:00 UTC 

Calendar InvitationDownload

Provisional Agenda:

16:00-18:00 (120 minutes)

Part 1 – 16:00-16:30 – Internet Society UK Limited

  1. Welcome, Roll Call, Introduction by the Chair (5 minutes)
    1. Approval of Agenda
  2. Internet Society UK Limited (25 minutes)
    1. Financials of ISOC UK England
    2. Confirmation of FY2019 Accounts filed
    3. Approval of FY2020 preliminary Accounts
    4. Approval of current company/society organisation
    5. Appointment of Accountants
    6. Elections Process

Part 2 – 16:30-18:00 – ISOC UK England

  1. Chair’s Report of Chapter Activities since last AGM (10 minutes)
  2. Working Groups (30 minutes)
    1. Addition/Reduction/Renewal
      1. Policy list
      2. Universities list
      3. Open Trust list
  3. Future Activities for 2021 (30 minutes)
  4. IPv6 Matrix update (10 minutes)
  5. Any other Business

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ICANN69 Read-Out – watch recording

Key take-aways from the latest ICANN69 Virtual Annual General Meeting

Friday 20 November 2020 will see the first ICANN69 read-out session where key participants at ICANN’s recent virtual Annual General Meeting will be sharing their perspectives and understanding of the outcomes of that meeting. The UK Chapter of the Internet Society has partnered with the European At-Large Organisation (EURALO) and ICANN to provide you with this exclusive, condensed and exciting review of the three weeks of meetings in less than 90 minutes!… Read more ...

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2020 European Chapters Workshop Recordings available

The Internet Society has conducted an online European Chapters meeting on 5-7 October 2020. Many ISOC UK England members participated in this online workshop and enjoyed their participation.

We also understand that many people were too busy to participate, as it took place during business hours, so we are happy to announce that all recordings and presentation slide decks of the meeting can now be accessed, as listed in the following

2020-european-chapters-workshop-reviewlinksDownload

We encourage you to dowload the PDF file and to click through its links.… Read more ...

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UK Internet Governance Forum 2020

Date: 15, 16, 17 September 2020.

As announced on the UK IGF Web Site:

The UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) is the national IGF for the United Kingdom. IGFs are an initiative led by the United Nations for the discussion of public policy issues relating to the internet. A key distinguishing feature of IGFs is that they are based on the multi-stakeholder model – all sectors of society meet as equals to exchange ideas and discuss best practices.

The purpose of IGFs is to facilitate a common understanding of how to maximise the opportunities of the internet whilst mitigating the risks and challenges that the internet presents.… Read more ...