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Outcome of WCIT on spam

ITU Workshop on “Countering and Combating Spam” (Durban, South Africa, 8 July 2013). Outcome of WCIT on spam. Richard Hill Partner, Hill & Associates rhill@hill-a.ch. African proposal Countering spam.

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Outcome of WCIT on spam

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  1. ITU Workshop on “Countering and Combating Spam” (Durban, South Africa, 8 July 2013) Outcome of WCIT on spam Richard Hill Partner, Hill & Associates rhill@hill-a.ch

  2. African proposalCountering spam Member States shall ensure that operating agencies take appropriate measures to prevent the propagation of spam including: to adopt national legislation to act against spam; to cooperate to take actions to counter spam; to exchange information on national findings/actions to counter spam. Durban, South Africa, 8 July 2013 2

  3. Article 7 [was 5B]Unsolicited bulk electronic communications Member States should endeavour to take necessary measures to prevent thepropagation of unsolicited bulk electronic communications and minimize its impact oninternational telecommunication services. Member States are encouraged to cooperate in that sense. Durban, South Africa, 8 July 2013 3

  4. Article 7 Is subject to: human rights obligations article 1: “These Regulations do not address the content-related aspects of telecommunications.” Cannot be seen as addressing content It is about measures that do not related to content (e.g. address filtering; see Recommendations ITU-T X.1231 and X.1240) Durban, South Africa, 8 July 2013 4

  5. Article 7 Should lead to cooperation to implement best practices that are already prevalent should make it less likely that some country would (perhaps unwittingly) adopt inappropriate spam legislation Best practices are provided by the ITU and other organizations Durban, South Africa, 8 July 2013 5

  6. Internet Society material Effective application of anti-spam law Awareness raising Development of technical solutions Strong international cooperation The fight against spam requires implementing a series of actions on several levels: See http://www.internetsociety.org/spam Durban, South Africa, 8 July 2013 6

  7. Technical Solutions ITU-T Recommendations IETF RFCs Messaging Malware Mobile Anti Abuse Working Group (M3AAWB or MAAWG) Spamhaus project Others http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/combating-spam-policy-technical-and-industry-approaches Durban, South Africa, 8 July 2013 7

  8. Conclusions and recommendations • States should cooperate to counter spam as outlined above • National legislation • Training/capacity building • Ensure that end-users and ISPs have access to appropriate anti-spam software

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