[governance] Rights online petition

Thu Jan 27 17:10:57 EST 2011

Dear Ian,

Could you please send  me an explanation of what the Petition is
about? I am not sure whether this is a petition for citizens within
countries who have have their internet content and media censored or
whether it is a Petition to declare Internet as a Human Right.

Eitherway, the theft of data/information from Facebook and other
Social utility sites and the challenges of citizens from various
jurisdictions to lodge a claim against these sites, or even the
investigation process, underresourced regulatory regimes, and the
various challenges extraterritorially pose deep philosophical
questions that need to be asked before policies are written and laws
are passed and treaties are signed.

Kind Regards,

Sala

On 1/28/11, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> 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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