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          <p class="western" style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom:
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              sans-serif">Dear All</font></p>
          <p class="western" style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom:
            0.08in; line-height: 115%"><font face="Calibri Light,
              sans-serif">This is an<a
                href="https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech.pdf">
                open letter to the UN Secretary General</a> initiated by
              16 global and national level civil society networks and
              organisations urging him to shelve plans for a High Level
              Multistakeholder Body which, if set up, can be expected to
              become the default apex global digital governance and
              policy body. This body is proposed to have a private
              funding model, with strong hints also at a 'pay to play'
              model. It is but obvious that Big Tech will come to
              dominate any such body. <br>
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          <p class="western" style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom:
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              sans-serif">Quoting from the letter:</font></p>
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            <p> </p>
            <p class="western" style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom:
              0.08in; line-height: 115%"><i> </i><font face="Calibri
                Light, sans-serif"><i>Not only in developing countries
                  but also in the US and EU, calls for stronger
                  regulation of Big Tech are rising. At the precise
                  point when we should be shaping global norms to
                  regulate Big Tech, plans have emerged for an
                  ‘empowered’ global digital governance body that will
                  evidently be dominated by Big Tech. Adding vastly to
                  its already overweening power, this new Body would
                  help Big Tech resist effective regulation, globally
                  and at national levels. Indeed, we face the
                  unbelievable prospect of ‘<b>a Big Tech led body for
                    Global Governance of Big Tech’</b>.</i></font></p>
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          <font face="Calibri Light, sans-serif"> Two technical annexes
            to the open letter explain the background of the matter in
            considerable detail. <br>
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          <p class="western" style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom:
            0.08in; line-height: 115%"><b><font face="Calibri Light,
                sans-serif">This letter is open for endorsements, </font></b><font
              face="Calibri Light, sans-serif">which can be done by
              writing an email to </font><font color="#000080"><span
                lang="zxx"><u><a class="western"
                    href="mailto:secretariat@justnetcoalition.org"><font
                      face="Calibri Light, sans-serif"><span
                        lang="en-GB">secretariat@justnetcoalition.org</span></font></a></u></span></font><font
              face="Calibri Light, sans-serif"> or filling </font><font
              color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a class="western"
                    href="https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech-form"><font
                      face="Calibri Light, sans-serif"><span
                        lang="en-GB">this form</span></font></a></u></span></font><font
              face="Calibri Light, sans-serif"> before midnight PST
              (GMT-8) of the 7</font><sup><font face="Calibri Light,
                sans-serif">th </font></sup><font face="Calibri Light,
              sans-serif">of March.</font></p>
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            0.08in; line-height: 115%"><font face="Calibri Light,
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          <p class="western" style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom:
            0.08in; line-height: 115%"><font face="Calibri Light,
              sans-serif">Please also do circulate to other groups and
              networks where it may attract interest. <br>
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          <p class="western" style="margin-top: 0.08in; margin-bottom:
            0.08in; line-height: 115%"><font face="Calibri Light,
              sans-serif">The open letter may also be accessed at <a
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                href="https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech.pdf">https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech.pdf</a><br>
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            0.08in; line-height: 115%"><font face="Calibri Light,
              sans-serif"><font face="Calibri light">French </font><font
                face="Calibri light">text is at </font><font
                face="Calibri light"><a
href="https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech-french.pdf">:
https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech-french.pdf</a>
                and </font><font face="Calibri light">Spanish version
                at - <a
href="https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech-spanish.pdf">https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech-spanish.pdf</a></font>
              <b> </b></font></p>
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              sans-serif">Please let us know if you have any questions
              or comments regarding the above.</font></p>
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          <font face="Calibri Light, sans-serif">Best, parminder </font>
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