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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>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.malcolm.id.au/owncloud/s/l1khaU4JGiPRnXR"
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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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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.
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<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>
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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>
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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>
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<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.
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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>
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<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>
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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>
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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>
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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
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href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"
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<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>"
moz-do-not-send="true">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net></a>
< <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">On Friday 14 July 2017 01:32 AM,
James Gannon wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Agree on the final
point for sure and 100% on transparency.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Sure, everybody is for 100 % transparency, but then only
till we actually begin to talk what that means.<br>
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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>
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<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>]
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<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>"
moz-do-not-send="true">
bestbits@lists.bestbits.net></a> < <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>
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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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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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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
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to continue the dialogue off list. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Renata
Avila<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span
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Digital Rights
Advisor</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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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
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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>>
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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>
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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>
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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>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 13 July 2017 20:31</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>>
< <<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"
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Well, there is more:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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>
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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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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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If not google, it is Facebook.<o:p></o:p></p>
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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">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">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"
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it clear now? <o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:9.5pt">Senior
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href="mailto:renata.avila@webfoundation.org"
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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>
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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>>
< <<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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<p class="MsoNormal"
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"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Its reserve fund. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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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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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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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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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<div>
<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>>
< <<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>
<div>
<div>
<p
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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">I
second
Renata. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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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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">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>
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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
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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">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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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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
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<p
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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
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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>
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<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>
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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">Unfortunately
most of
internet
policy has not
waken up to
this yet. I
wonder if it
ever will. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
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15:09, "Jeremy
Malcolm" <<a
href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>>
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<p
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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>
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<p
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3:21 am,
parminder
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
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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>
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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
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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
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<p
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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
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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>
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