Open Internet Governance: The 6F Framework and COVID-19

AutorAlejandro Pisanty
Ocupação do AutorProfessor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico where he has also served as Academic CIO and Coordinator for Open and Distance Education. His education includes a Ph.D.
Páginas95-101
95The Value of Internet Openness in Times of Crisis
Keeping the Internet open and effective for communication and collabora-
tion is vital for humankind in the struggle against the COVID-19 pan-
demic. This in turn depends on deeply understanding the forces that may
damage or hamper the Internet through intentional or unintentional abuse and
misinterpretations of its role.
Six factors allow us to either peel away the novelty contributed by the Internet
and discover underlying conducts and motivations, thus identifying the Inter-
net’s specific contributions, or, in the inverse direction, to map from an offline
conduct to its online possibilities. These are now refracted in the ongoing (at this
date) first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic:
8.1 SCALING
The Internet was designed to be able to scale up well. Some of its most visible
effects on human conduct, business, and society are in the massive scaling up
from individual, isolated activities, to those comprising hundreds or even thou-
sands of millions of units, further amplified through network effects.)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a fraction of humankind has moved to
stay-at-home, with mobility and contact diminished to an absolute minimum.
For many, work-from-home (WFH) has become compulsory. Educational activ-
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Alejandro Pisanty
Open Internet Governance:
The 6F Framework and COVID-19
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