<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Jeremy,<br><br></div>This is a great statement. Access has signed on.<br><br></div>Best,<br></div>Deji<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
I am writing to present a new opt-in sign-on statement for your<br>
consideration. Not too long ago Anriette from APC posted a message to<br>
this list about the Draft Online Regulation Policy on which the South<br>
African Film and Publications Board publicly consulting. The draft<br>
policy is over-broad, and allows content to be blocked without a<br>
judicial order. Therefore many civil society groups in South Africa<br>
have been actively mobilising against it.<br>
<br>
One of the groups leading this fight (along with APC and others) is<br>
Right2Know, and Micah Reddy from that organisation has contributed a<br>
joint statement for international groups to sign in solidarity with<br>
local activists:<br>
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<a href="http://bestbits.net/draft-online-regulation-policy/" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/draft-online-regulation-policy/</a><br>
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This supplements, but does not replace, an existing petition that is<br>
also linked at the bottom of the statement, and which you are also<br>
encouraged to endorse.<br>
<br>
This is a campaign that many of us can get since it does not raise any<br>
issues that most participants have found divisive (such as<br>
multi-stakeholder mechanisms or civil society funding), however it is<br>
known some Best Bits participants have different views about child<br>
protection and may not with to endorse. This is totally fine, because<br>
like all our joint statements, it is opt-in, being posted on our open<br>
platform so that those who agree can endorse, and those who do not can<br>
abstain from doing so.<br>
<br>
Nonetheless I would like to encourage all of those who agree with the<br>
statement to consider endorsing it. Many thanks in anticipation of your<br>
support.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Jeremy Malcolm<br>
Senior Global Policy Analyst<br>
Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>
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