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- Fourth Annual Meeting of the IGF
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Sunday, November 15 at 10:00am - EuroDIG 2009
European Broadcasting Union (EBU), ...
Monday, September 14 at 11:00am - Pre-Euro Dig IRP Workshop and ...
Geneva (exact location to be confir...
Sunday, September 13 at 12:00pm
Internet Rights and Principles
" . . . addressing the freedom of internet usage in 20 Arab
countries, as well as examining four tools (Blogs, Facebook, Twitter
and YouTube) that are utilized by Arab youth, to practice their right
of free expression, exposing human rights violations, highlighting
corruptions and acts of repression in the Arab world" (RT ...@Advox) - the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) http://bit.ly/4QyRNJ
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Defending Free Speech Online
Internet Rights and Principles
A new steering committee has been elected, a "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" is underway, and now's a good time to participate more fully in the dynamic coaltion in this pivotal year. Join the IRP mailing list at: IRP@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.or
Internet Rights and Principles
Internet rights activism in Spain (via Rafik) . . .
"A group of journalists, bloggers, professionals and creators want to
express their firm opposition to the inclusion in a Draft Law of some
changes to Spanish laws restricting the freedoms of expression,
information and access to culture on the Internet."
www.boingboing.net
Javier "Barrapunto" Candeira writes, "Last Monday the Spanish Government sent the parliament the latest draft for the Ley de Economia Sostenible (Sustainable Economy Act), which contained riders modifying the current laws on copyright and interactive services. ...
Internet Rights and Principles
Clear audio of #IGF09 rights-based workshops:
(1) "Human rights and principles in internet governance: Practical steps forward" http://bit.ly/3drsun
(2) "A Rights Based Framework" http://bit.ly/7XULxR
(3) "IP, Competition and Human Rights" http://trunc.it/3eh2z
(4) "Dynamic Coalition: Rights and principles" http://bit.ly/...7uQ7Fq
(5) "Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on the Internet" http://bit.ly/6tFK5c
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Internet Rights and Principles Association for Progressive Communications ICT policy handbook available as download (230 pages). Reading Chapter 5: Information & Communication Rights by lead author Lisa Horner (pp. 23-29).
www.apc.org
How is the internet being used to improve people's lives? APC sends you news stories, resources and info about what we are doing twice a month.
Internet Rights and Principles
RT @intgovforum (via Seiiti Arata): "We made 48 interviews at #IGF09 - now they are
organized in a playlist." Good work!
Internet Rights and Principles Some core #IGF09 events regarding Internet Rights and Principles continued (via Max Senges) Third Day - Tuesday 11.30-12.30 Dynamic Coalition 75: Freedom of Expression of the Media on the Internet Forth Day - Wednesday *****9.00 - 10.30 Dynamic Colition: Rights and Principles***** (gotta love fb's formatting)
Internet Rights and Principles Some core #IGF09 events regarding Internet Rights and Principles (via Max Senges) First Day Sun 15th 9.30-11.30 Workshop 314 Human rights and principles in internet governance: Practical steps forward 11.30-12.30 Workshop 361 A rights-based framework Host Country Gala Dinner (20:00-22:00) Second Day - Mon 11.30-12....30 Workshop 245: Balancing between online freedom of expression and privacy
Internet Rights and Principles
"I call
on the U.K. authorities to change their national laws. ... People's
privacy and the integrity of their personal data in the digital world
is not only an important matter, it is a fundamental right, protected
by European law."
-Viviane Reding, EU telecoms commissioner
adage.com
The U.K. government is facing international embarrassment over its failure to safeguard British citizens' privacy from behavioral targeting on the internet.
www.readwriteweb.com
According to once-secret, now-leaked sections of the new, plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, global Internet users and ISPs might be in for a world of hurt in the near ...
www.edri.org
The public voice coalition, where EDRi is also a member, gathered almost two hundred privacy experts, advocates, and governments officials from around the world for a civil society event in Madrid with the title "Global privacy standards for a Global world".
Internet Rights and Principles "Civil Society reps, ICANN Board bridge differences at Seoul meeting" (from the Internet Governance Project)
blog.internetgovernance.org
The all-important direct meeting between the ICANN Board and the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC), which represents civil society in ICANN, took place today. It cleared up a number of misunderstandings, ...
Internet Rights and Principles Video About New Technology and Its Use in Human Rights (from Global Partners and Associates)
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An animation commissioned by Global Partners & Associates looking at how new technologies are affecting the way Human Rights and Freedom activists must approach rights and freedoms in the digital age.
