(2)The aim of the initiative as expressed by the organisers is to ‘call on the Commission to propose a framework for high-trust digital spaces and to take the initiative at European level to negotiate with ISO and ICANN with a view to safeguarding the .IA domain’. The organisers set out three objectives: ‘1. To propose an EU framework that promotes “High-Trust Digital Spaces” and testing environments (sandboxes) for ethical AI in the EU’; ‘2. To exercise its external representation powers and negotiate with ISO (3166 Agency) and ICANN/IANA with a view to the reservation, protection and allocation of the namespace .IA as an asset of European digital sovereignty (pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/517)’; ‘3. To ensure that the registration and resolution of the .IA domain incorporate the Sovereign Digital Identity (eIDAS 2.0), transparent algorithmic auditing (AI Act) and the protection of personal data (GDPR), thereby establishing a global ethical and legal standard.’ An annex to the initiative provides further details on its background, its subject matter and its objectives.
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