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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Monday 17 July 2017 10:55 PM, Jeremy
      Malcolm wrote:<br>
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      I am not going to reopen this discussion but Parminder you were on
      one side of it, and there is another side which has a very
      different perspective.  I have written a paper which revisits this
      and gives both sides.  Here is the link to the preprint:<br>
      <br>
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
        href="http://www.malcolm.id.au/owncloud/s/l1khaU4JGiPRnXR"
        moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.malcolm.id.au/owncloud/s/l1khaU4JGiPRnXR</a><br>
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      Don't worry the paper is very neutral and even-handed (compared to
      some of our earlier, more heated debates).<br>
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    <br>
    I have not yet gone through the paper, but it is amusing that you,
    being right in the middle of that controversy yourself, claim
    neutrality and even-handedness for yourself, but find it necessary
    to affix to my opinions on this issue the qualifying fact that I was
    on one side of it :). Anyway, I am pretty proud of which side I was
    on - that of funding transparency for public interest organisations.
    <br>
    <br>
    But if you are indeed neutral you can perhaps tell us now what your
    view is about funding transparency of public interest organisations,
    especially those that seek to work at such scale as to be a major
    force in opinion and policy making circles (and of course unless
    some attenuating circumstances are shown which may expose that
    organisation to any real danger if it were transparent with its
    finding) .'<br>
    <br>
    And there is no reason to make it look like that such a discussion
    is not an important one for civil society groups and coalitions.
    Every outsider considers it a joke that civil society that takes its
    job to be to ask tough questions from those who exercise any kind of
    power runs away from such questions directed at itself. <br>
    <br>
    parminder <br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/7/17 2:44 am, parminder wrote:<br>
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        <p><font face="Verdana">Thanks James, you are very clear, and
            indeed I agree. <br>
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        <p><font face="Verdana">These are clear and specific
            requirements of academic and civil society transparency,
            which should be upheld by all<br>
          </font></p>
        <p><font face="Verdana">Alas though some participating groups
            asked for the same in the initial years of this bestbits
            coalition, in terms of those organisations that become key
            steer-ers of this global coalition. The involved major
            groups refused to divulge their funding (like as you
            mention, with an end of year annual reporting and such), and
            the people/ groups who had asked for accountability were
            kind of pushed off the group. One of them was a listed
            founding member of bestbits who asked to be removed from the
            list of founders as a consequence of this disagreement.
            Sorry, I digress here perhaps. But then just saying that,
            unfortunately, this civil society coalition itself does not
            pass the criterion of "transparency" that you rightly frame.
            <br>
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        <p>parminder <br>
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        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Monday 17 July 2017 01:40 PM,
          James Gannon wrote:<br>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hope
                I’m interpreting the question right but I would 100%
                support a requirement that where direct funding has been
                received by a civil society actor or an academic to
                support a campaign or a paper that that is disclosed as
                part of the documentation (Campaign info or in the
                acknowledgements of the paper/research).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For
                indirect funding I think that yes similar to a
                non-profits 990 at the end of the fiscal year there
                should be a reporting of sources of indirect funding by
                both groups also. Topically webfoundations donor page is
                a great example <a
                  href="http://webfoundation.org/about/funding-partners/"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">
                  http://webfoundation.org/about/funding-partners/</a>,
                now an argument might be made that that might be a lot
                of overhead for an academic, maybe that is an
                opportunity for CS is out space to help, a small project
                setup to help academics report on their funding, I
                certainly don’t know of many academics that are looking
                to actively hide their funding, but rather there is no
                easy or standardised way of reporting it leading to
                situations like we have now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If
                this is not what your were aiming at please feel free to
                steer me in the right direction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">-James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"
                moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                  style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext"
                      lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                    style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US"> parminder [<a
                      class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                      href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:parminder@itforchange.net</a>]
                    <br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> 17 July 2017 05:51<br>
                    <b>To:</b> James Gannon <a
                      class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                      href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><james@cyberinvasion.net></a>;
                    Renata Avila <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                      href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><renata.avila@webfoundation.org></a><br>
                    <b>Cc:</b> Renata Aquino Ribeiro <a
                      class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                      href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><raquino@gmail.com></a>;
                    Jeremy Malcolm <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                      href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><jmalcolm@eff.org></a>;
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                      href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net&gt"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net&gt</a>
                    &lt <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                      href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><bestbits@lists.bestbits.net></a><br>
                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] Accountability group
                    puts Google in same league as big oil and big
                    tobacco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">On Friday 14 July 2017 01:32 AM,
                James Gannon wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Agree on the final
                  point for sure and 100% on transparency.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            </blockquote>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
              Sure, everybody is for 100 % transparency, but then only
              till we actually begin to talk what that means.<br>
              <br>
              So let me ask you, James, what would the 100% transparency
              be that you agree with..... Like civil society groups
              should disclose their funding (unless compelling
              circumstances which makes is counter-productive can be
              proved)? This is a long history of that discussion in the
              matter of formation and governance of this very group
              bestbits. Maybe you can contribute to it. Look forward to
              hearing your response.<br>
              parminder <br>
              <br>
              <br>
              <br>
              <o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                  lang="EN-US"> Renata Avila [<a
                    href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a>]
                  <br>
                  <b>Sent:</b> 13 July 2017 21:00<br>
                  <b>To:</b> James Gannon <a
                    href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><james@cyberinvasion.net></a><br>
                  <b>Cc:</b> Renata Aquino Ribeiro <a
                    href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><raquino@gmail.com></a>;
                  Jeremy Malcolm <a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><jmalcolm@eff.org></a>;
                  <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net&gt"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">
                    bestbits@lists.bestbits.net&gt</a> &lt <a
                    href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">
                    <bestbits@lists.bestbits.net></a><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] Accountability group
                  puts Google in same league as big oil and big tobacco</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I
                      respectfully disagree on your restrictive
                      interpretation of ICANN mission. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I
                      also disagree on relaxing accountability on who
                      funds academic research and its impact. On the
                      contrary, I think limiting our work to some sort
                      of transparency is insufficient. Strict
                      accountability is needed to limit the power of
                      such powerful companies (which are involved in
                      broader sectors, like defense, health, etc.). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We
                      need more and better accountability and also make
                      visible how big companies (as big Pharma did) are
                      influencing through lobby, research and
                      "philanthropy" the public agendas and apply the
                      experience from other sector, like public health
                      and the environment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Happy
                      to continue the dialogue off list. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">R</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p>Renata
                                                          Avila<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:9.5pt">Senior
                                                          Digital Rights
                                                          Advisor</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:52
                      PM, James Gannon <<a
                        href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>>
                      wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"
                            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">No
                            because the auction funds are also bounded
                            by ICANN mission.<o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"
                            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"
                            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I
                            think that we should trust academics to be
                            able to conduct research in an independent
                            manner, that we need to stop looking at the
                            GAFA conspiracy theories and that we
                            shouldn’t sully those academics who are
                            working on critical areas of research for us
                            by claiming that once they are ever
                            ‘tainted’ by corporate funding that they
                            should forever have to walk around with a a
                            Google/FB/etc disclaimer on every word they
                            write or talk they give or opinion they
                            express. <o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"
                            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"
                            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
                                lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                              lang="EN-US"> Renata Avila [mailto:<a
                                href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a>]
                              <br>
                              <b>Sent:</b> 13 July 2017 20:31</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                                <b>To:</b> James Gannon <<a
                                  href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>><br>
                                <b>Cc:</b> Renata Aquino Ribeiro <<a
                                  href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">raquino@gmail.com</a>>;
                                Jeremy Malcolm <<a
                                  href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>>;
                                <a
                                  href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>&gt
                                &lt <<a
                                  href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br>
                                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits]
                                Accountability group puts Google in same
                                league as big oil and big tobacco<o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"
                                style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Well, there is more:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The
                                      proceeds from New </span><span
                                      style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">gTLD</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"> Program
                                      auctions, <b>which will total
                                        more than $230 million, are
                                        being reserved.</b> The
                                      multistakeholder community will
                                      develop proposals for how these
                                      proceeds could be distributed. A
                                      community-based drafting team is
                                      currently working on a charter for
                                      a Cross-Community Working Group
                                      that will create recommendations
                                      for Board consideration. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a
                                        href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-07-28-en"
                                        target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-07-28-en</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                </div>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">My point: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Google funds
                                      everything, especially advocacy
                                      and research in poor countries. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">-
                                    If not google, it is Facebook.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">-
                                    That harms legitimacy. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Funds
                                    are really scarce for research,
                                    advocacy and policy. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Meanwhile,
                                    ICANN = 230 million plus 70 million
                                    reserves. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">What
                                    if we advocate for those funds to <b>support
                                      public interest research</b>, via
                                    a Foundation or similar, instead of
                                    Google (or other companies) funding
                                    research. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Is
                                    it clear now? <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">R<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br
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                                                          <p>Renata
                                                          Avila<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:9.5pt">Senior
                                                          Digital Rights
                                                          Advisor</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a
                                                          href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:8.5pt">1110
                                                          Vermont Ave
                                                          NW, Suite 500,
                                                          Washington DC
                                                          20005, USA</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">| </span></b><a
href="http://www.webfoundation.org/" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"><b><span
style="font-size:8.5pt">www.webfoundation.org</span></b></a><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:8.5pt"> |
                                                          Twitter:
                                                          @webfoundation</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On
                                    Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:21 PM, James
                                    Gannon <<a
                                      href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net"
                                      target="_blank"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>>
                                    wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                                  <blockquote
                                    style="border:none;border-left:solid
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The
                                          ICANN reserve fund is designed
                                          to keep ICANN running in the
                                          event of financial distress
                                          and is not subject to any
                                          external use outside of ICANN,
                                          and even if it was it would
                                          still be bound by ICANNs
                                          mission.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Im
                                          not seeing the relationship to
                                          the current discussion at all.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">-James<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
                                              lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                                            lang="EN-US"> Renata Avila
                                            [mailto:<a
                                              href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org"
                                              target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true">renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a>]
                                            <br>
                                            <b>Sent:</b> 13 July 2017
                                            20:19<br>
                                            <b>To:</b> James Gannon <<a
href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net" target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>><br>
                                            <b>Cc:</b> Renata Aquino
                                            Ribeiro <<a
                                              href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com"
                                              target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true">raquino@gmail.com</a>>;
                                            Jeremy Malcolm <<a
                                              href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org"
                                              target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>>;
                                            <a
                                              href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
                                              target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>&gt
                                            &lt <<a
                                              href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
                                              target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br>
                                              <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                              [bestbits] Accountability
                                              group puts Google in same
                                              league as big oil and big
                                              tobacco<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Its reserve fund. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It could be modified,
                                                    any time, to support
                                                    broader areas... </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Figures in USD
                                                    (millions)  Page 9. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Link: <a
href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy17-unaudited-financials-31mar17-en.pdf"
                                                      target="_blank"
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy17-unaudited-financials-31mar17-en.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">R.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p>Renata
                                                          Avila<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:9.5pt">Senior
                                                          Digital Rights
                                                          Advisor</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a
                                                          href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:8.5pt">1110
                                                          Vermont Ave
                                                          NW, Suite 500,
                                                          Washington DC
                                                          20005, USA</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">| </span></b><a
href="http://www.webfoundation.org/" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"><b><span
style="font-size:8.5pt">www.webfoundation.org</span></b></a><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:8.5pt"> |
                                                          Twitter:
                                                          @webfoundation</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On
                                                  Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at
                                                  9:09 PM, James Gannon
                                                  <<a
                                                    href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>>
                                                  wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                      <p
                                                        class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Can you
                                                        elaborate on
                                                        this piece? What
                                                        ICANN money,
                                                        ICANN does some
                                                        very limited
                                                        funding of
                                                        research but
                                                        doesn’t fund
                                                        anything in the
                                                        area of
                                                        advocacy, and
                                                        there is very
                                                        little research
                                                        that is within
                                                        ICANNs mission
                                                        anyway.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                      <p
                                                        class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                      <p
                                                        class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">-J<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                      <p
                                                        class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                      <p
                                                        class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
                                                          lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                                                          lang="EN-US">
                                                          <a
                                                          href="mailto:bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net</a>
                                                          [mailto:<a
                                                          href="mailto:bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net</a>]
                                                          <b>On Behalf
                                                          Of </b>Renata
                                                          Avila<br>
                                                          <b>Sent:</b>
                                                          13 July 2017
                                                          20:05<br>
                                                          <b>To:</b>
                                                          Renata Aquino
                                                          Ribeiro <<a
href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">raquino@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                                          <b>Cc:</b>
                                                          Jeremy Malcolm
                                                          <<a
                                                          href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>>; <a
                                                          href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>&gt
                                                          &lt <<a
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br>
                                                          <b>Subject:</b>
                                                          Re: [bestbits]
                                                          Accountability
                                                          group puts
                                                          Google in same
                                                          league as big
                                                          oil and big
                                                          tobacco</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                        <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I
                                                          second
                                                          Renata. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",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" moz-do-not-send="true">http://fortune.com/2016/03/11/apple-google-taxes-eu/</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",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? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">R </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br
                                                          clear="all">
                                                          <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p>Renata
                                                          Avila<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:9.5pt">Senior
                                                          Digital Rights
                                                          Advisor</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a
                                                          href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">renata.avila@webfoundation.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:8.5pt">1110
                                                          Vermont Ave
                                                          NW, Suite 500,
                                                          Washington DC
                                                          20005, USA</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">| </span></b><a
href="http://www.webfoundation.org/" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"><b><span
style="font-size:8.5pt">www.webfoundation.org</span></b></a><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:8.5pt"> |
                                                          Twitter:
                                                          @webfoundation</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          </div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Thu, Jul
                                                          13, 2017 at
                                                          8:20 PM,
                                                          Renata Aquino
                                                          Ribeiro <<a
href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">raquino@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Yes it does.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Unless they
                                                          are
                                                          transparent
                                                          about it and
                                                          clear about it
                                                          not
                                                          interfering
                                                          with their
                                                          research
                                                          ethics.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: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. <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Which is why
                                                          access and
                                                          production of
                                                          knowledge
                                                          needs to be
                                                          always
                                                          transparent
                                                          and public.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Unfortunately
                                                          most of
                                                          internet
                                                          policy has not
                                                          waken up to
                                                          this yet. I
                                                          wonder if it
                                                          ever will. <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Em 13/07/2017
                                                          15:09, "Jeremy
                                                          Malcolm" <<a
href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>>
                                                          escreveu:<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <blockquote
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">But here's an
                                                          article
                                                          putting the
                                                          other side of
                                                          the story:<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <a
href="http://www.chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Cry-Foul-at-Their/240635"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Cry-Foul-at-Their/240635</a><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          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?<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On 13/7/17
                                                          3:21 am,
                                                          parminder
                                                          wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px">
                                                          <blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px">
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                                                          <p
style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white;margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Google
                                                          has spent
                                                          millions
                                                          funding
                                                          academic
                                                          research in
                                                          the US and<span
class="m-5706486385254671925m8016028645852022803m4332408754697446506m-8478249900900100860m4692170354545645344m-8149673231526419264apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#005689">Europe</span></a><span
class="m-5706486385254671925m8016028645852022803m4332408754697446506m-8478249900900100860m4692170354545645344m-8149673231526419264apple-converted-space"> </span>to
                                                          try to
                                                          influence
                                                          public opinion
                                                          and
                                                          policymakers,
                                                          a watchdog has
                                                          claimed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white;margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">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-5706486385254671925m8016028645852022803m4332408754697446506m-8478249900900100860m4692170354545645344m-8149673231526419264apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://campaignforaccountability.org/new-report-reveals-googles-extensive-financial-support-for-academia/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#005689">in a
                                                          report</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white;margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">“Google
                                                          uses its
                                                          immense wealth
                                                          and power to
                                                          attempt to
                                                          influence
                                                          policymakers
                                                          at every
                                                          level,” said
                                                          Daniel
                                                          Stevens, CfA
                                                          executive
                                                          director. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white;margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">................
                                                          </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white;margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">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><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white;margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">...........</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">“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 <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/tobacco-a-deadly-business"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"> big tobacco</a>.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin:1rem;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/13/google-millions-academic-research-influence-opinion"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/13/google-millions-academic-research-influence-opinion</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                                          <p><span
                                                          style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">parminder
                                                          </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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