<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">* I deleted by mistake part of a phrase. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">* Research funds and State grants to Universities are reducing, as tax cuts, privileges to tech companies and tax evasion increases. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cheers, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">R</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p>Renata Avila</p><p><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Senior Digital Rights Advisor</b></span><br></p><a href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org" target="_blank">renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a><p><b style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:rgb(81,144,50)">1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20005, USA</span></b><font size="2"> </font><b style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:rgb(81,144,50)">| </span></b><a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:rgb(81,144,50);text-decoration:none">www.webfoundation.org</span></b></a><b style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:rgb(81,144,50)"> | Twitter: @webfoundation</span></b></p></div></div><div style="font-size:13px"></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:13px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Renata Avila <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org" target="_blank">renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I second Renata. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Our research and advocacy space is suffering from a funding problem and it is harming its credibility. It will be great to have a larger pool of funds supporting our efforts, which are becoming more mainstream and relevant for the next 50 years (especially for developing countries). The production of research is extremely concentrated and, as austerity is rampant all over the World, State funding to research is shrinking by the day even for developed countries at the same pace as tax evasion (or elusion) (Google is not guilt free in this area <a href="http://fortune.com/2016/03/11/apple-google-taxes-eu/" target="_blank">http://fortune.com/2016/<wbr>03/11/apple-google-taxes-eu/</a>)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">And in small countries, priorities of both governments and private sector to support research support traditional areas, such as health or education. Certainly, local funds are not supporting local advocacy efforts for privacy, net neutrality, etc. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I think the problem is deeper and I think that, in order to continue our work and efforts with impartiality and credibility, we need a coordinated effort to get a diverse pool of donors and ways towards sustainability. I think the comparisons of Big Oil funding Greenpeace, when we talk about giants like Facebook or Google, is valid now. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">What about all the ICANN money? Will it be enough to fund all global and local advocacy and at least part of the relevant research? A global fund? Crowdfunding for advocacy and more pressure on governments for research? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">R </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_7478120888624251693gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p>Renata Avila</p><p><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Senior Digital Rights Advisor</b></span><br></p><a href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org" target="_blank">renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a><p><b style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:rgb(81,144,50)">1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20005, USA</span></b><font size="2"> </font><b style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:rgb(81,144,50)">| </span></b><a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:rgb(81,144,50);text-decoration:none">www.webfoundation.org</span></b></a><b style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:rgb(81,144,50)"> | Twitter: @webfoundation</span></b></p></div></div><div style="font-size:13px"></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:13px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:20 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" target="_blank">raquino@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Yes it does.<div dir="auto">Unless they are transparent about it and clear about it not interfering with their research ethics.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In the public education system in developing countries it is quite common to see funding being misused. Researchers who get money from international organizations, even some national ones, using public universities to advance an agenda. And yes, this can be sometimes an astroturfing exercise. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Which is why access and production of knowledge needs to be always transparent and public.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Unfortunately most of internet policy has not waken up to this yet. I wonder if it ever will. </div></div><div class="m_7478120888624251693HOEnZb"><div class="m_7478120888624251693h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Em 13/07/2017 15:09, "Jeremy Malcolm" <<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>> escreveu:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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But here's an article putting the other side of the story:<br>
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<a class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Cry-Foul-at-Their/240635" target="_blank">http://www.chronicle.com/artic<wbr>le/Scholars-Cry-Foul-at-Their/<wbr>240635</a><br>
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We place Google Policy Fellows at EFF, too. Does that mean that
whatever work they do for the rest of their careers is tainted by
the few thousand they received to support their living expenses as
an EFF fellow?<br>
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<div class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264moz-cite-prefix">On 13/7/17 3:21 am, parminder wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Guardian Text Egyptian Web',Georgia,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Google has spent
millions funding academic research in the US and<span class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news" class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264u-underline" style="color:rgb(0,86,137);text-decoration:none!important;border-bottom-width:0.0625rem;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(220,220,220);background:transparent" target="_blank">Europe</a><span class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264Apple-converted-space"> </span>to try to influence
public opinion and policymakers, a watchdog has claimed.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Guardian Text Egyptian Web',Georgia,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Over the last
decade, Google has funded research papers that appear to
support the technology company’s business interests and
defend against regulatory challenges such as antitrust and
anti-piracy, the US-based Campaign for Accountability (CfA)
said<span class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://campaignforaccountability.org/new-report-reveals-googles-extensive-financial-support-for-academia/" class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264u-underline" style="color:rgb(0,86,137);text-decoration:none!important;border-bottom-width:0.0625rem;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(220,220,220);background:transparent" target="_blank">in a report</a>.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Guardian Text Egyptian Web',Georgia,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span>“Google uses its immense wealth and
power to attempt to influence policymakers at every
level,” said Daniel Stevens, CfA executive director. </span><span><br>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Guardian Text Egyptian Web',Georgia,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">................
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Guardian Text Egyptian Web',Georgia,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span>Academics were directly funded by
Google in more than half of the cases and in the rest of
the cases funded indirectly by groups or institutions
supported by Google, the CfA said. Authors, who were paid
between $5,000 and $400,000 (£3,900-£310,000) by Google,
did not disclose the source of their funding in 66% of all
cases, and in 26% of those cases directly funded by
Google, according to the report.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Guardian Text Egyptian Web',Georgia,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span>...........</span></p>
<span>“Whenever
Google’s bad behaviour is exposed, it invariably points the
finger at someone else,” said Stevens. “Instead of
deflecting blame, Google should address its record of
academic astroturfing, which puts it in the same league as
big oil and </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/tobacco-a-deadly-business" class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264u-underline" target="_blank">big tobacco</a><span>.”</span><br>
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<p><font face="Verdana"><a class="m_7478120888624251693m_4692170354545645344m_-8149673231526419264moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/13/google-millions-academic-research-influence-opinion" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/te<wbr>chnology/2017/jul/13/google-mi<wbr>llions-academic-research-influ<wbr>ence-opinion</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">As we know Google has recently been fined
$ 2.7 billion for anti-competitive practices by the EU
regulator, which only means that in all countries that are too
weak to take on google (or benefit from its profits, meaning
the US) Google remains in violation of competition (and many
other) laws..... All this Google funded research and advocacy,
of dont regulate the Internet (read, Internet companies), are
playing a dangerous game, seriously compromising public
interest. <br>
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<p><font face="Verdana">It is time we declare the honeymoon of
civil society and academic love for digital global
corporations over. They are today like big oil companies -- no
doubt the latter provide what is still the main energy
resource that keeps our societies ticking but in the bargain
they very often, and systemically, indulge in stuff that needs
academics and NGOs to be watching against. It is pretty
difficult to undertake such watching while taking considerable
money from them. It is a simple truism, but the digital sector
tends to ignore it.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">parminder <br>
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