Start of the Human Rights meeting at #IETF99 https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/99/agenda/agenda-99-hrpc-01.txt

"Good morning, brave people of friday morning" #IETF99

Milton Mueller (author of "Ruling the root") on stage "Requiem for a dream: on advancing human rights via Internet architecture". #IETF99

First, the straw man :-) Mueller explains the "technical protocols may and should enable/help human rights" position (the one from HRPC documents). #IETF99

Extreme version of that is of course the "code is law" claim. He who makes the design make the rules. #IETF99

Now, the critique. 1) the Internet is already designed, we cannot change it in depth. 2) human rights can be in conflict with each other (privacy vs. accountability, which is required to protect people from aggression, or freedom of speech vs. protection against libel) #IETF99