I-Stars: Protocols and Power
Mallory Knodel
Back for the third time, author and technologist Mallory Knodel will give an update on several I-star organizations, namely ICANN, IETF, IEEE, W3C, and ITU. The tensions and synergies of human rights considerations in Internet governance and standards setting across the I-star bodies is rapidly expanding. This talk will touch on the major controversies in each space as they relate to human rights, namely censorship and the right to privacy.
Friday 1100 Crystal Ballroom
Mallory Knodel is a technologist, author, and public interest advocate working at the intersection of I nternet governance, technical standards, and human rights. She is the founder of the Social Web Foundation and co-chair of the Human Rights Protocol Considerations research group of the Internet Research Task Force. She previously served as c hief technology officer at the Center for Democracy and Technology and as an elected member of the Internet Architecture Board. Mallory has spent 15 years participating in Interne t governance and standards bodies including the Internet Engineering Task Force, ICANN, World Wide Web Consortium, and the International Telecommunication Union. She is the author of How the Internet Really Works and the weekly newsletter The Internet Exchange (internet.exchangepoint.tech).
