[bestbits] International civil society letter to Congress to follow up from HRC statement

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 13/06/2013, at 3:47 AM, Avri Doria <avri at ella.com> wrote:

> On 12 Jun 2013, at 15:25, Anja Kovacs wrote:
> 
>> I can see that in this particular statement, we would want to think carefully about which concerns to highlight and how to frame them, so as to provide as much support as possible to the current momentum. But I do think there are certain non-negotiables if a wide sign up to this statement is desired. For example, at last year's Best Bits meeting, we already had a discussion on how few of us in the Global South use the term "Internet freedom" to describe the work we do for a whole range of highly political reasons and so I would think not using that term is one such non-negotiable. As long as we take such issues into account, I am sure a sound compromise can be reached that will make for a strong statement acceptable to all. 
> 
> i think the term has become somewhat tainted by its use as a US-referent  political meme.  
> so finding another way to describe Freedoms of/on/via/by the Internet might be a good idea.  


+1.  I have been saying the same thing for a while (https://twitter.com/qirtaiba/status/303409261923405824), but the PRISM scandal has cemented this.  The Best Bits website says "Internet governance and Internet rights".  Neither of those are perfect either.  The disadvantage of "Internet governance" is that a lot of people think it means naming and numbering.  The disadvantage of "Internet rights" is that (with a nod to APC) Internet rights are human rights.

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