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Who speaks for Earth is not a trivial problem
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Governance and consent
Governance pages are necessary because communication with extraterrestrial intelligence, if ever attempted seriously, would carry symbolic and political weight far beyond the transmitting institution.
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Who speaks for Earth is not a trivial problem
A viable reach-out plan needs legitimacy, not just power and a transmitter.
Key points
International consultation is a recurring theme in the IAA documents.
Content and senders both matter.
Without governance, a message is easy to send and hard to justify.
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IAA post-detection protocol
1989+
Verify first, announce carefully, coordinate globally
The IAA post-detection declaration is one of the clearest public documents outlining what responsible behavior after a candidate detection should look like.
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IAA reply protocol
1995+
No reply should be treated as a unilateral hobby project
The reply protocol makes the governance point explicit: if humanity ever decides to respond, it should not be done casually or by a single actor acting for everyone.
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Draft principles for sending communications to ETI
2025
Outbound messaging has an active governance debate
The draft position paper captures the still-open argument over whether, when, and how humanity should deliberately send messages toward extraterrestrial intelligence.
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