Members of the IGF Coalition on Net Neutrality will gather at meeting at the meeting pod 3, on Thursday 13, from 15.15 to 16.15

In previous discussions onlist and off list, two proposals emerged as most interesting net neutrality issues to be raised at the RightsCon meetingin preparation to the IGF in Berlin:

•    So-called “network slicing” and the compatibility of 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) with NN frameworks

•    The impact of zero rating of dominant social media on quality journalism and on elections

Over the past years, DCNN members have produced substantial works and research on these issues, which have recently gained incredible prominence with regard to both political and developmental agendas (specially with regard to geaopolitical impact of 5G networks). While 5G and the IoT are supposed to bring incredible changes to the way connectivity is provided and utilised, zero rating practices – with particular regard to the sponsoring of social media – are already determining an incredible impact on democracies around the world.

To organise work and discussions leading to the IGF in Berlin, the proposal is to use our RightsCon session to map and reflect on the works developed by DCNN members on these issues over the past year (including the DCNN 2018 outcome, the Zero Rating Map  www.zerorating.info ) and organise an effective DCNN session 2019 dedicated to the consequences of technological and commercial developments are deploying and will deploy on Internet users’ capability to freely access and share innovation and information online.

An important issue to be discussed is the  definition of the IGF session agenda which may be the following:

•    Introduction and presentation of DCNN and its work

•    Presentations and debate on 5G and IoT

•    Presentations and debate on zero rating

•    Discussion of next steps and priorities for DCNN

Please feel free to share any other suggestions for topics to be analysed at the RightsCon and IGF Session.