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I would like to see more emphasis on developing of ICT in education sector especially tempted areas in Asia Pacific cause this would probably promote and encourage a universal access policies of individuals users in ICT

I will repeat something that I said at the mic. :-)

This is a reminder about the purpose of this document, which is to report the discussions and agreements of the APrIGF 2018.

So, this document isn’t a place to add new points or positions which were not actually raised or discussed on the floor, in the workshops of the meeting.

Also, it is very useful when posting comments here, to state the actual WS or session which they relate to. That will help the drafting team to add the right footnotes and references in the final document.

Perhaps could be good, in an introductory paragraph, a mention to the presentation by Vint and Chengetai about the recent launch, by the UN Secretary General, of the High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. The APrIGF community may acknowledge the Panel and appreciate the efforts by Chengetai and Vint to reach out to this community and the mapping of different issues. Perhaps we can also set some expectations about the level of openness, inclusiveness and transparency in which the panel will be working; and also perhaps recommend that the voice of the HLP is very much welcomed, but not necessarily representative of the multistakeholder community.

After attending across border lesson, i want to add if IGF and its sponsors could contribute in building Law Enforcement capacity in future. Currently Pacific LEA are in major needs in strenghtening our capabilities in the global fight against crime.

Compromised IoT devices, such as webcams or even lightbulbs, can be used to form “botnets”, networks of Internet-connected externally controlled devices. These devices, referred to in this context as “bots”, are often infected with malicious software and used for disruptive or criminal purposes. Understanding the growing impact that IoT security has on the Internet and its users is critical for safeguarding the future of the Internet. IoT manufacturers, IoT service providers, users, standards developing organizations (SDOs), policymakers, and regulators will all need to take action to protect against threats to Internet infrastructure.

Need further elaboration on role of law enforcement and more guidance for them on balancing individual privacy rights while ensuring public safety.

Law enforcement agencies and the technical community need more communications and collaboration together. Make LEA have more technical guidance and info on the practical security issues, and make the two sides understand each other’s concerns comprehensively. All the stakeholders need to contribute.

A solid and detailed guideline for the enforcement body is essential. We cannot guarantee that the enforcement body would not perform any acts that go beyond the line and infringes ones’ privacy, even when its intention is to promote national security. In that connection, there must also be ways to stop those enforcement bodies from continuously infringing individual privacy.

In relation to the balance, it is also suggested that the guidelines should incline more to the protection of individual privacy, which is believed fundamental in human rights.

There are several points/inputs with Cybersecurity and APrIGF:

1. I think the opening sentence/statement is very good and states well what cybersecurity in the Asia Pacific region. Highlighting the words: “…growing concern, developing economies, security measures, online economies and emerging technologies…” really expresses the need to address cybersecurity gaps with multi-stakeholders security collaboration and partnership approaches with capacity building and promoting cybersecurity especially in the Pacific.

2. This is a proposal to add to the APrIGFG 2019 sessions: more dialogue and discussion around addressing cybersecurity gaps with (1) more emphasis on security research inputs from industry research centers, academic research centers and governmental research centers, (2) innovation technologies within Cybersecurity domain, (3) law enforcement approaches, and (4) introduction of security techniques and methodologies which could help protect end-users help themselves over the internet, (5) Cyber Security standards such as ISO 27000 security Series standards, etc.

Elaborating on how law enforcement play effective role in ensuring a safe Internet environment for users, existing collaborations with law enforcement research centers and agencies have indicated working relationships with security companies, academic institutions and financial institutions. Such working partnership are indicating positive way forward to addressing cybersecurity issues which the Asia Pacific region. Hence, encouraging the Pacific region to establishing partnership with law enforcement would be a bonus to their capacity building strategies.

3. Encryption Standards and regulations. This input is more of a general input, where I am hoping to include discussion and inputs for the Asia Pacific region.

4. I am supporting other speakers and people who commented on inviting more technical people to attend and create more session. I am not sure how much relevance this would be to the whole Internet governance forum (especially around management, logistics, etc.), but including technical work shop sessions such as Security tool training, and mini cyber security challenges especially for YIGF and pacific attendees would be a capacity building suggestion.

5. Finally, my observation for the Pacific on a way forward with cyber security is to encourage effective partnership with security firms, institutions, academic institutions, law enforcement, ISPs, regulators. Finally learn from developed nations who are implementing effective cyber security strategies.

Need to push for enforcement of law both on and offline, particularly at national level;

To mitigate security concerns and cybercrime, there is an urgency to develop robust cybersecurity policies at organisational and national levels.

Need language on the need for more capacity development activities to increase knowledge and capabilities of technical operators.

If these questions should reflect the discussion during APrIGF; I feel the focus was much more on capacity development, awareness raising, and another interesting view, different interpretations of security across the region. The threat perception in the Pacific being different from Asia and Aus/NZ.

Data protection practices must comply with international principles like the OECD 1980 one
Region should look at what GDPR mean for us and how the good principles can be adapted int he region

Tension between internet governance law and extra territorial laws

Where Internet has enabled the access to information and on-line social networking the need of Digital Rights Management has emerged as need of community for protecting the social-cultural need and to protect users online privacy and safe data use. And capacity building programs are in high demands.

Similarity in legislation – states should cooperate to have comparable legislation and tweak it ot local context

Community Networks are proven and are becoming a trend. Perhaps some discussion is necessary. While community networks were a session in 2018 APrIGF it was also a session in 2017; specifically supporting ICT resilience and emergency communication. Community networks were also identified as means for solutions for landlocked and small developing islands. The backhaul for such networks would come from big players like Facebook, Google.

Synthesis – Town Hall 1
Content moderation – to be rooted in human rights – David Kaye report – Human rights impact assessment – social media for content moderation

Need for greater participation and voice of youth to be heard

Network shutdowns – need to capture – in relation to disaster management and response

Nowadays, it cannot be denied that many countries have the access gap in AP region, but we believe that the situation is getting better because the governments have recognized this issue and they’re working hard to improve this situation. However, there is one thing that few people concern, that is，balance is needed between over-access and lack of access in a country especially the access to education information. Resources are limited，children in the areas with high level of accessibility may face the problem of Internet addiction or over-reliance, while those in the areas lack of Internet access cannot benefit from Internet. Empowerment should be lead the Internet to a more benefit way, it needs balance and reasonable guidance to the access issue for different areas of AP region countries. Aged people also need special capacity building.

How do we know that applications that are developed satisfy the needs of all users of the app? If we do not have that access at the very beginning, then we would not have known the answer now. But it is more important that we build that into the very core of our education system so that youths are empowered knowledge and information as they walk out of college. It would be a little bit of a challenge for those that never made it to the elementary schools. But the vocational training centres should be able to bridge the gap.

Emerging technologies must utilize the benefits of community networks for connecting the last miles network for access to affordable Internet.

The concept of universal design was discussed in WS 44.

national e-commerce frameworks need to enable economies to leverage the use ict’s to drive social and economical development

There are different development levels in each Asia Pacific region and country. East Asia, South Asia, Southern-Ease Asia, Oceanic countries, etc. Some countries are doing their economy in technology development well, but some countries are just beginning.

Developed countries can share or transfer their e-commerce or other on-line services experience to developing countries to prevent the harming again.

Internet Restrictions and shutdowns affect Digital Economy at large. Internet restriction and shutdowns may cause serious problem when it comes to Emerging Technology usages.

Same time most of the emerging technologies need to be used to uplift the standards of people. Privacy is a major concern we all have to think of.

The inclusion should also shape the technology in a way that is easily acceptable in diverse social culture.

I have observed that the discussion and ICT development focuses on psychosocial disabilities? I suggest that the next forum with also tackle this issue. What are the assistive technologies to support this group?

The implementations strategy must also take in account the age factors. The young womens today have more capacity and capability and access to absorb the Internet then mid aged women. So there is need to capacity development of women specific program to educate them about safe use pf technology.

Alongside the goal of inclusion, consideration needs to be given for safeguards to ensure the well-being of vulnerable groups, such as children, in their usage of the Internet. These safeguards should be crafted with the interests of vulnerable groups in mind, to ensure that they are protected from Internet-related dangers and inappropriate content.

Our messages have tendency to be too complex that an ordinary individual who have less exposure to technical contents and scholarly concepts. Transforming our message into understandable language for all can be of help. This can encourage more participation. It is a common knowledge that some segments of the local community are not confident to speak up. Creating ways to encourage them to speak up and tell their stories is a good start.

the benefits of such initiatives should be effectively advocated and communicated to local communities in order to leverage or realise the full benefit of the multi stakeholder engagement

The eGovernment workshop involved getting ideas from the participants of what they would like to have in their eGovernment website if they were asked for input. As most of them in this group were from Vanuatu, and I know that Vanuatu is currently setting up their infrastructure for an eGovernment website, I will include these inputs into my report on the workshop and send a copy to the Vanuatu Government’s Office of Information and Communication. Hopefully the APRIGF can contribute some input into the development of their country’s new eGov system.

Outreach and capacity-building efforts for Internet governance, whether local or regional, should also follow a multistakeholder and collaborative approach towards a shared goal of bolstering the community.