{"id":12816,"date":"2019-07-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/07\/21\/en-usa-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-07-21T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T18:00:00","slug":"en-usa-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/07\/21\/en-usa-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-USA 2019 \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. IGF-USA 2019 met on 25 July 2019 at CSIS in Washington, D.C., with keynotes from State's Ambassador Robert Strayer and FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, putting the 'techlash' squarely on the agenda.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Convening just as the FTC announced its $5 billion Facebook penalty, the forum ranged across a national privacy strategy, Section 230 platform liability, antitrust, AI governance and 5G.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The closing plenary's question \u2014 is the techlash justified? \u2014 became the starting gun for the Big Tech regulation debates that followed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF-USA 2019<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nIGF-USA 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n25 July 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nCenter for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 1616 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nIGF-USA multistakeholder steering group (civil society, industry, academia and government)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Is the Techlash Justified? \u2014 The Closing Plenary Clash<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Closing plenary "Is the Techlash Justified?" (moderated by Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center)<\/p>\n

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    "What some might call techlash, some might call a need to rebalance the laws we have."
    \n\u2014 Julie Cohen (Georgetown University Law Center)<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    "Promises to a consumer about their data and how you will share it should be adhered to."
    \n\u2014 Maureen Ohlhausen (Baker Botts; former FTC Acting Chairman)<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n