[governance] Rights online petition

Ian Peter ian.peter at ianpeter.com
Thu Jan 27 16:27:23 EST 2011 

While I cant tell you a great deal, their Advisory Board adds good
credibility for me (moveon, avaaz, ethanzuckerman, peter gabriel, tor
project etc) 

Ian

Andrew Lewman - Executive Director of the Tor Project
Andrew Rasiej - Founder of Personal Democracy Forum
Chris Hughes - Co-founder of Facebook and Director of Online Organizing for
Obama¹s Presidential Campaign
Eli Pariser - Former Executive Director and Current Board President of
MoveOn.org
Ethan Zuckerman - Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and
Society, Co-Founder of Global Voices Online
Joe Rospars - New Media Director for Obama¹s 2008 Presidential Campaign and
Founding Partner of Blue State Digital
Lawrence Lessig - Co-founder of Creative Commons and Professor at Harvard
Law School
Peter Gabriel - Grammy Award winning international musician and co-founder
of Witness and the Elders
Reihan Salam - Policy advisor at Economics 21, blogger and conservative
political analyst
Ricken Patel - Co-founder and Executive Director, Avaaz.org
Professor Ron Deibert - Director of the Citizen Lab, Co-founder of the
OpenNet Initiative and Psiphon  
Tattu Mambetallieva Emilbekovna - Director of the Civil Initiative on
Internet Policy
Yvette J. Alberdingk Thijm - Executive Director, Witness




From: Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:50:45 -0430
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
Subject: Re: [governance] Rights online petition

   I tried to find more information on accessnow.org, and did not find much
background or history outside of their own site. Does anyone have
information or links to reviews or more information about this organization?
Even Web of Trust (WOT) says 'not enough ratings for this site' about their
site. This is not negative... but I would like to read more about them.
 
 Thanks, Ginger
 
 On 1/27/2011 4:16 PM, Ian Peter wrote:
>  
> While realising that the long term answer lies in governance, in the short
> term people might like to support the petition suggested below.
> 
> And perhaps somewhere in our strategies the idea of advocating terms of
> service as a tool for protection of users might be a good inclusion!
> 
> Ian Peter
> 
> 
>  
>>  
>> 
>> Dear Friends, 
>> 
>> Events in Egypt and Tunisia, and Amazon's takedown of Wikileaks, have shown
>> that our right to information online is fundamentally at risk. Increasingly,
>> internet companies on both sides of the firewall are unilaterally removing
>> the
>> online information that they host, and right now, nothing can stop them.
>> 
>> That includes the websites we get our information from, the videos we watch,
>> and the social networking pages that channel news directly to us from around
>> the world. This free exchange of information is in danger not just in
>> countries like Tunisia and Egypt (where Twitter has just been blocked), but
>> as
>> the Wikileaks experience has shown us, in front of the firewall as well.
>> 
>> Each year thousands of webpages are taken offline, yet few receive legal
>> review or appeal, and only a handful, like Wikileaks, receive media
>> attention.
>> In the international information arms race, authoritarian governments are
>> redoubling efforts to close down open communication channels. Sign this
>> petition, urging internet companies like Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, and
>> Google
>> to respond with a firm commitment to preserve the free flow of information:
>> 
>> https://www.accessnow.org/freedom-of-speech-for-all
>> 
>> Most online content is hosted on corporate-owned servers, which have
>> unregulated control over what information we see and read. Following Amazon's
>> decision to delete Wikileaks from its servers, internet companies are now
>> reviewing which sites they host and tightening their acceptable use policies.
>> 
>> We may not be able to influence authoritarian states, but there are many ways
>> that webhosts (often referred to as internet service providers (ISPs) and
>> online service providers (OSPs)) can respect our rights in their Terms of
>> Service, but they're not going to change their ways unless there's a global
>> public outcry urging them to do so. Take action now by signing this petition:
>> 
>> https://www.accessnow.org/freedom-of-speech-for-all
>> 
>> The Tunisian government blocked YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion but
>> protestors
>> were still able to use Facebook and Twitter to organize and spread
>> information
>> about the grassroots movement for democracy. The Egyptian government has just
>> blocked Twitter while thousands of protestors are on the streets
>> demonstrating
>> for democracy and reform.
>> 
>> We can help keep the internet open and support freedom movements around the
>> world, but only if we stand together as users and demand our right to
>> information. Join us by signing this petition, and we'll deliver it to the
>> largest internet companies:
>> 
>> https://www.accessnow.org/freedom-of-speech-for-all
>> 
>> In 2010, we fought against the sale of surveillance technologies to
>> repressive
>> regimes; called upon the top 100 most trafficked websites to protect our
>> security by implementing HTTPS by default; and supported technologies that
>> allow activists to securely connect to the internet. Now, let's take the
>> fight
>> for digital freedom to the online service providers who singlehandedly
>> control
>> what can be said on the internet. Sign here:
>> 
>> https://www.accessnow.org/freedom-of-speech-for-all
>> 
>> With hope,
>> The Access Team
>> 
>> 
>>  
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