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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/10/13 08:49, Eduardo Bertoni
wrote:<br>
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Grande',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:23px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">For
instance, if Brazil were to join the <a
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href="http://www.freedomonline.tn/Fr/home_46_4"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(157,1,6)">Freedom
Online Coalition</a>, a group of governments committed
to advance Internet freedom, it would send a positive
message to the international community. Countries that
join the coalition endorse a statement supporting the
principle that all people enjoy the same human rights
online as they do offline. From Latin America, only Costa
Rica and Mexico are part of the coalition. On the other
hand, other countries that are not members of the
coalition, such as Russia, China and India, have taken
steps in the wrong direction. For example, in the past,
they have presented draft resolutions to the UN General
assembly, which would have put in risk Internet
governance. For Brazil, joining the Freedom Online
Coalition would be a turning point and a step in the
opposite direction, demonstrating that it takes some
distance from its partners in groups such as the BRIC
(Brazil, Russia, India and China) and IBSA (India, Brazil
and South Africa).</p>
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It would be very interesting to read a reply from the perspective of
India. We can't overlook that the United States is also a member of
the Freedom Online Coalition. Not to mention say Tunisia, which is
ranked a full point lower than India in the Freedom House survey.
Given that the "Internet freedom" slogan has suffered a serious blow
from the NSA revelations, it is quite debatable what was the "wrong
direction" to take in opposition to the status-quoist position on
Internet governance taken by the FOC states. Hmm.<br>
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