[bestbits] OPED: Brazil: the New Internet Freedom Champion?

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 16/10/13 08:49, Eduardo Bertoni wrote:
>
> For instance, if Brazil were to join the Freedom Online Coalition
> <http://www.freedomonline.tn/Fr/home_46_4>, a group of governments
> committed to advance Internet freedom, it would send a positive
> message to the international community. Countries that join the
> coalition endorse a statement supporting the principle that all people
> enjoy the same human rights online as they do offline. From Latin
> America, only Costa Rica and Mexico are part of the coalition. On the
> other hand, other countries that are not members of the coalition,
> such as Russia, China and India, have taken steps in the wrong
> direction. For example, in the past, they have presented draft
> resolutions to the UN General assembly, which would have put in risk
> Internet governance. For Brazil, joining the Freedom Online Coalition
> would be a turning point and a step in the opposite direction,
> demonstrating that it takes some distance from its partners in groups
> such as the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and IBSA (India,
> Brazil and South Africa).
>

It would be very interesting to read a reply from the perspective of
India.  We can't overlook that the United States is also a member of the
Freedom Online Coalition.  Not to mention say Tunisia, which is ranked a
full point lower than India in the Freedom House survey.  Given that the
"Internet freedom" slogan has suffered a serious blow from the NSA
revelations, it is quite debatable what was the "wrong direction" to
take in opposition to the status-quoist position on Internet governance
taken by the FOC states.  Hmm.

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