<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>…And while this thread is discussing companies being more responsible towards its users, here comes a very interesting piece and yet again from Guardian and this time about Google :)</div><div><br></div><div>Google: don't expect privacy when sending to Gmail</div><div><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/14/google-gmail-users-privacy-email-lawsuit">http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/14/google-gmail-users-privacy-email-lawsuit</a></div><div><br></div><div>Chaotic!</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes and regards</div><div>Shahzad</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Shawna Finnegan <<a href="mailto:shawna@apc.org">shawna@apc.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, August 15, 2013 4:25 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [bestbits] Facebook's secret censorship deal with the Pakistan government<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----</div><div>Hash: SHA1</div><div><br></div><div>Hi Shahzad and all,</div><div><br></div><div>I apologize for my late reply. Thank you for sharing this article.</div><div><br></div><div>Simon makes some very good points. In particular, the way internet</div><div>intermediaries respond to government requests that clearly violate the</div><div>human rights of marginalized groups:</div><div><br></div><div>"Here’s a question to all companies operating online services: how are</div><div>you going to respond when a Russian police agency either demands</div><div>personal information on gay activists, or presents a takedown request of</div><div>pages that promote gay issues? [..] In this case – and in the face of</div><div>any reasonable ethical scrutiny – the “lawful authority” model would</div><div>entirely collapse. If companies agree to such requests from Russia</div><div>they would violate the core principles of human rights. If they don’t</div><div>comply, it becomes clear their model is based on a frame of reference</div><div>beyond the stated respect for local law and culture that companies</div><div>promote so vigorously."</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of the article Simon suggests that companies sign on to the</div><div>International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.</div><div><br></div><div>What do others think of this idea?</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps not a great business strategy, but it would be an important</div><div>indication of which companies are serious in their commitment to</div><div>respect and protect human rights. Of course, depending on how those</div><div>rights are interpreted, that could put companies at odds with</div><div>governments in many countries, including the US.</div><div><br></div><div>Shawna</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 13-08-07 12:05 AM, Shahzad Ahmad wrote:</div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> Folks,</div><div> </div><div> While we are still compiling some more information to be shared</div><div> with GNI and Facebook, Simon Davies (Privacy Surgeon) shared this</div><div> piece with us.</div><div> </div><div> He writes "It©ös time for companies to become champions of rights</div><div> instead of government stooges".</div><div> </div><div> <a href="http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/its-time-for-companies-to-become">http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/its-time-for-companies-to-become</a></div><div><br></div><div> </div></blockquote><div>- -champions-of-rights-instead-of-government-stooges/</div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> </div><div> Thought it will be of interest to you.</div><div> </div><div> Best wishes and regards Shahzad</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> From: David Sullivan <<a href="mailto:dsullivan@globalnetworkinitiative.org">dsullivan@globalnetworkinitiative.org</a>> Date:</div><div> Wednesday, July 31, 2013 2:27 AM To:</div><div> <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>> Subject: Re: [bestbits] Facebook's</div><div> secret censorship deal with the Pakistan government</div><div> </div><div> Hi all,</div><div> </div><div> Just want to make sure that the Best Bits Network receives GNI's</div><div> response to the Bytes for All open letter, which we've posted on</div><div> our website and is available here: </div><div> <a href="http://globalnetworkinitiative.org/news/gni-responds-bytes-all-pakistan">http://globalnetworkinitiative.org/news/gni-responds-bytes-all-pakistan</a></div><div><br></div><div> All the best, David</div><div> </div><div> </div></blockquote><div>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----</div><div>Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)</div><div>Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - <a href="http://www.enigmail.net/">http://www.enigmail.net/</a></div><div><br></div><div>iQGcBAEBAgAGBQJSDBH3AAoJEAZqUsH4P1GKn98MAIZX0g28uQUD3lfmn6qeV4Lv</div><div>UOH+MwkdXwRqU71+A0LDRyqMEzdr9mPkDFmQHQCxhwbAPK8oFM+v4vUzMrXKCitP</div><div>+ac8Rwlm+9mrQzk4h1KWAmXgdvXyYZbNS51YLFz8F/c4cXDXc6jzXOTJi9hBBF9n</div><div>VO4lDT7CpDgzZvcUYtaDlXh8Qvqd+STyxpIzsgygQSIVIIE3MVTx6cT1KiHMlK98</div><div>8H6qF13IeUlGNIfn/zq1XP4Ftgb7mrABiHXMKeHH+Ny0z2M9SHgNnWlWGMvfIUPY</div><div>n+dJYcTNDBG1146elSLYjMllS9nL/pH0hhJJhU0Bez6F74Ai+e55P+F1XWENLG8j</div><div>5JD2wFN+6yKIrKlyu+qZZ2mMtxDeRTSi3EM8AgsgKfV90igVfA1+S0ZWRTAassQu</div><div>W3FJzRaLjg2NXubwMq64q6bURs0daAkUOGUTrrhop+7FDG+jfTq1jXMymqrpzKfE</div><div>0J529EPUOPTXqof9uCfdgBMyHl9OI9C+19ThrNES6g==</div><div>=xD2J</div><div>-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----</div><div><br></div></div></div></span></body></html>