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INTACT - Internet Trust Act
Defining The Internet as a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols,
Defining Global Internet infrastructure as Internet Exchange Points, International and Intercontinental Undersea Cables, highest level DNS providers, Top Level domain registrars and Internet Providing Satellites,
Defining Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) as meeting points where different networks interconnect. They enable efficient data exchange between internet service providers (ISPs) and content providers,
Defining The Internet backbone as the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected networks and core routers on the Internet,
Defining An Uncensored Internet connection as a connection to the internet which is not obstructed by any kind of firewall or filter that the user can not fully control or opt out of.
Noting the worrying trend of governmental and private entities taking ownership and control of many important parts of the Global Internet Infrastructure and even The Internet backbone,
Noting the use of nationwide censorship and strategic internet shutdowns to restrict the use of the internet for the purposes of denying basic human rights,
Noting the critical lack of international regulation regarding this issue.
Aware of the potential consequences of a less free internet.
The World Assembly hereby enacts:
The Internet Trust Act (INTACT)
Article 1: The INTACT Authority and Trust
• (1) A new international organisation called The INTACT Authority shall be created.
• (2) The INTACT Authority shall have under it's control the INTACT Trust.
• (3) The INTACT Trust shall own and service the entirety of The Internet Backbone, and the Global Internet infrastructure.
• (4) The INTACT Authority may aid in the execution of World Assembly resolutions.
• (5) The INTACT Authority will keep a set of uniform standards regarding things like network equipment, safe encryption protocols and standardized data exchange standards which nations need to comply with to ensure that the internet remains interoperable. The INTACT Authority will enforce these.
Article 2: Internet Equality
• (1) The INTACT Authority shall make annual reports to the World Assembly regarding the status of Net Neutrality, Uncensored Internet access and general Internet access.
• (2) The INTACT Authority shall not participate in or aid censorship on the Internet.
• (3) The INTACT Authority shall not favour servicing any nations or regions infrastructure over anothers.
• (4) The INTACT Authority shall be immune to any clauses in non-WA laws or regulations that may make it susceptible to "being compelled" to do or release anything.
Article 3: Exceptions & Additional Definitions
• (1) The INTACT Authority may aid in the location and suppression of CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) on the Internet.
• (2) The INTACT Authority may temporarily divert more Infrastructure servicing funding to nations with Backbone and Global Internet infrastructure damage caused by disasters.
• (3) A filter and firewall can be described, for the purposes of this resolution, as tools that control what information or data flows through a digital system. Firewalls typically operate at a network level, examining data packets to permit or deny their passage based on pre-defined rules. Filters can be more granular, applying restrictions based on content type, application, or other criteria.