Hi Phil,
To be fair, while nation states constrain what is allowable, there an array of other constraints in play which are perhaps even more forceful. They include what the marketplace will support or allow; what industry groups will support or allow; what legal systems will allow or support, especially relating to competition policy and normative obligations. Consider what will occur if Sec. 230 disappears.
My sense is that few IETF participants have a sense of what is
ensuing through the new EU legislation as the new regulations and
directives begin to come into force in 2023. The free-for-all
days of TCP/IP disruptive services and providers layered on top of
other networks without controls or encumbrances will be coming to
an end. The secondary effect will be to diminish the IETF's
already diminished value proposition. On the other hand, it will
not stop people who engage in the IETF for the personal pleasure
obtained there. It is perhaps ironically a bit like the new U.S.
Congress.
--tony
All of which is why I don't come to the IETF to be told what I am going to be allowed to do. I come to the IETF to find other people interested in building a particular view of the future. If the IETF were to decide that only futures approved by the US Congress or the EU Commission could be discussed, I would simply go somewhere else.
