Policing FPS

[jwrosewell]

During the virtual F2F meeting of 12th August 2021 one of the Google representatives suggested that civil society or the internet society might arbitrate disputes concerning what is a legitimate or illegitimate FPS. It was great to hear the proposers recognize the role of arbitration in a technical proposal.

However at the moment there is no explanation provided concerning the role and rules associated with arbitration or what a dissatisfied party could do if they felt an injustice as occurred.

Any policing of FPS (or equivalent systems) must be aligned to regional laws and law makers. There is unlikely to be a one size fits the whole world solution. The role of arbitrators should be defined clearly as part of the proposal. This is another example of a technical proposal that must include non engineering disciplines if it is to be workable in practice. It's great to see Google recognize this and as part of developing policy include this in the proposal.