From parminder at itforchange.net Fri Sep 1 00:56:27 2017 From: parminder at itforchange.net (parminder) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 10:26:27 +0530 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle Message-ID: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Quotes from the below article, which connects to the discussion (or non discussion) we recently had here on Google's funding of non profit/ academic research in digital area. Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” Jonathan Taplin, the author of /Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy/, was more blunt in his assessment of what happened at New America. “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way bullies act.” *Google Just Proved That Monopolies Imperil Democracy, Not Just The Economy* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-monopoly-barry-lynn_us_59a738fde4b010ca289a1155?section=us_politics Barry Lynn and his team of anti-monopoly researchers were fired by a think tank after criticizing the search giant. WASHINGTON ― For the past decade, former business journalist Barry Lynn has used his perch at the New America Foundation to warn politicians and the public that a new era of corporate monopolies threatened not only American workers, but also democracy itself. Lynn was just proven right: New America has fired him as head of its Open Markets program along with his team of about 10 researchers and journalists, after they called for an antitrust investigation of the think tank’s largest longtime donor, Google. On June 27, the Open Markets team in a 150-word statement called for the Federal Trade Commission to follow the lead of the European Union, which leveled a $2.7 billion fine on Google for violating antitrust laws. Since New America’s start in 1999 , Google has given it $21 million. And Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, served as New America’s chairman from 2008 through mid-2016. According to a report on Wednesday in The New York Times , Lynn was called on the carpet by New America head Anne-Marie Slaughter shortly after the Open Markets program praised the E.U.’s decision to find Google in violation of antitrust law for providing preferential placement to its own products and those of its subsidiaries over its rivals in search results. Schmidt, the Times reported, had expressed to Slaughter his “displeasure” with the statement backing the E.U.’s move. Slaughter, according to an email obtained by the Times, told Lynn that he and his team had to leave New America. The firing was, “in no way based on the content of your work,” she wrote, while also saying Lynn was “imperiling the institution as a whole.” Two current members of the Open Markets team confirmed this timeline of events to HuffPost. Lynn and his Open Markets colleagues were told to depart New America two days after the statement that supported the E.U. antitrust fine and called upon “U.S. enforcers” to “build upon this important precedent/. /The team, though, stuck around in an attempt to question New America’s leadership about whether it really wanted to fire the entire group. “We were trying to be, like, ’Are you sure you want to do this because it sort of seems bad,” Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Program, told HuffPost. “Are you sure you want to prove us right? Are you sure you want to back a monopoly in such an obvious and clumsy way? We were negotiating with them.” (Stoller is an occasional HuffPost contributor.) Despite those negotiations, Slaughter on Wednesday officially terminated Lynn and his team. Slaughter disputed the Times story, saying in a statement that the claim “that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets program” was “false.” Instead, she said that Lynn refused “to adhere to New America’s standards of openness and institutional collegiality.” She offered no explanation for firing the entire Open Markets team. A Google spokeswoman denied any involvement in Lynn’s firing in an email to HuffPost. She also said that Schmidt did not threaten to cut off funding for the think tank because of the Open Markets statement on Google’s antitrust fine. “We support hundreds of organizations that promote a free and open Internet, greater access to information, and increased opportunity,” Riva Sciuto, the Google spokesperson, said in the statement. “We don’t agree with every group 100 percent of the time, and while we sometimes respectfully disagree, we respect each group’s independence, personnel decisions, and policy perspectives.” New America did not immediately respond to a request for comment to HuffPost. Lynn is now building an independent think tank to continue his anti-monopoly work with his New America team. The group has already launched a campaign aimed at mobilizing public opposition to the power of modern-day monopolies by highlighting Google’s power to quash independent research like that by the Open Markets team. Its supporters say this case underscores that argument. Lynn and his colleagues “have long argued that monopolies are a problem for the economy, but they’re also a problem for democracy,” Zephyr Teachout, a fellow at Open Markets and board member of its new campaign ― called Citizens Against Monopolies ― told HuffPost. “This kind of proves the point.” It’s not as though the Open Markets team needed to get fired to buttress their concerns about monopoly power. Their efforts already have been influential ― more so than work by many other think tanks. The Democratic Party recently adopted the team’s warnings about monopolies in its “A Better Deal” platform . Politicians ― including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ― are pushing for enhanced antitrust enforcement and calling out concentrations of economic power more than before. Open Markets has helped lead the economic debate to a “more populist strain over the past couple of years,” Marshall Steinbaum, a fellow at the progressive economics think tank Roosevelt Institute, told HuffPost. Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” Jonathan Taplin, the author of /Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy/, was more blunt in his assessment of what happened at New America. “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way bullies act.” The internal workings of New America, though, is not the real issue, Stoller said. The public needs to recognize Google as an autocratic private power that is exerting itself in the economy and in policy to increase its own power over people, he argued. “We love a lot of the people at New America,” Stoller said. “We think their work is great. ... This is not an issue of New America. This is an issue about monopoly and Google.” And Google is undeniably a monopoly. Just ask monopoly proponent and billionaire investor Peter Thiel , who has said the company is able to offer so many wonderful perks to its employees because it doesn’t have to worry too much about competition. It controls 80 percent of the market for online search and 54 percent of the browser market in the U.S. Google and Facebook, another powerful online platform monopoly, have gobbled up practically every new online advertising dollar (thanks to their past acquisitions of online advertising companies) in recent years while pressuring news organizations , including HuffPost, to publish directly to their platforms. Google’s control of internet search has given it the power to squeeze money away from other websites (see: CelebrityNetWorth.com and Yelp.com ). Google’s dominant position as an advertising seller has also given it increasing power over newsrooms (although not as much as Facebook). The company ― which once went by the motto “Don’t be evil” ― has also sought to replicate its economic power in political and policy spheres. Google has previously sought to pressure a nonprofit over its criticism of the company. In 2009, Google’s head of public policy reached out to the foundation funding the California-based Consumer Watchdog to warn it about continuing to underwrite the work by the pro-privacy group. That work was critical of many of Google’s privacy policies. In the past decade, Google also has poured tens of millions of dollars into campaign contributions, lobbying firms, think tanks and policy nonprofits in the past decade. This political investment soared after 2011 when Google’s antitrust issues first came under the microscope. Its lobbying expenses doubled from $9.6 million in 2011 to $18.2 million in 2012, and have not fallen below $15 million since. In 2011, Google gave grants to 44 different nonprofits and think tanks. That number jumped to 81 in 2012 and now sits at 170. Goggle executives enjoyed unrivaled access to the White House under President Barack Obama , visiting hundreds of times, according to Secret Service visitor logs. Google has also pumped millions of dollars into research at universities , often to buttress its public policy positions, and is pushing its own agenda for public school education across the country. Google’s huge increase in political investment post-2011 was in direct reaction to the Federal Trade Commission opening an antitrust investigation into whether it abused its market position in internet searches. The FTC commissioners eventually dropped the investigation in exchange for small concessions by the company, despite a report by the agency’s legal team that labeled Google a “monopoly” and supported a full investigation. “The ‘A’ word is the one thing that can stop the music,” Luther Lowe, Yelp’s vice president of public policy, said of Google’s interest in antitrust issues. “It’s the one that’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From parminder at itforchange.net Fri Sep 1 01:00:46 2017 From: parminder at itforchange.net (parminder) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 10:30:46 +0530 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: two more articles on the same issue Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant By KENNETH P. VOGEL Aug 30 2017 AND New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest - 08/31/2017 - Yves Smith https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/new-america-foundation-head-anne-marie-slaughter-botches-laundering-googles-money.html We should ideally be doing a statement on this very significant and structural issue, basic to civil society work in this area. What do people here say? parminder On Friday 01 September 2017 10:26 AM, parminder wrote: > > Quotes from the below article, which connects to the discussion (or > non discussion) we recently had here on Google's funding of non > profit/ academic research in digital area. > > Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a > Warren aide told HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted > her concerns. > > A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who > commented on the condition of anonymity, called the > firings “an example of the way that funding think tanks is > a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way that > lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” > > Jonathan Taplin, the author of /Move Fast and Break > Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture > and Undermined Democracy/, was more blunt in his > assessment of what happened at New America. > > “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. > “This is the way bullies act.” > > *Google Just Proved That Monopolies Imperil Democracy, Not Just The > Economy* > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-monopoly-barry-lynn_us_59a738fde4b010ca289a1155?section=us_politics > > Barry Lynn and his team of anti-monopoly researchers were fired by a > think tank after criticizing the search giant. > > WASHINGTON ― For the past decade, former business journalist Barry > Lynn has used his perch at the New America Foundation to warn > politicians and the public that a new era of corporate monopolies > threatened not only American workers, but also democracy itself. > > > Lynn was just proven right: New America has fired him as head of its > Open Markets program along with his team of about 10 researchers and > journalists, after they called for an antitrust investigation of the > think tank’s largest longtime donor, Google. > > On June 27, the Open Markets team in a 150-word statement > > called for the Federal Trade Commission to follow the lead of the > European Union, which leveled a $2.7 billion fine on Google for > violating antitrust laws. Since New America’s start in 1999 > , > Google has given it $21 million. And Eric Schmidt, the executive > chairman of Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, served as New > America’s chairman from 2008 through mid-2016. > > According to a report on Wednesday in The New York Times > , > Lynn was called on the carpet by New America head Anne-Marie Slaughter > shortly after the Open Markets program praised the E.U.’s decision to > find Google in violation of antitrust law for providing preferential > placement to its own products and those of its subsidiaries over its > rivals in search results. Schmidt, the Times reported, had expressed > to Slaughter his “displeasure” with the statement backing the E.U.’s move. > > Slaughter, according to an email obtained by the Times, told Lynn that > he and his team had to leave New America. The firing was, “in no way > based on the content of your work,” she wrote, while also saying Lynn > was “imperiling the institution as a whole.” > > Two current members of the Open Markets team confirmed this timeline > of events to HuffPost. Lynn and his Open Markets colleagues were told > to depart New America two days after the statement that supported the > E.U. antitrust fine and called upon “U.S. enforcers” to “build upon > this important precedent/. /The team, though, stuck around in an > attempt to question New America’s leadership about whether it really > wanted to fire the entire group. > > “We were trying to be, like, ’Are you sure you want to do this because > it sort of seems bad,” Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets > Program, told HuffPost. “Are you sure you want to prove us right? Are > you sure you want to back a monopoly in such an obvious and clumsy > way? We were negotiating with them.” (Stoller is an occasional > HuffPost contributor.) > > Despite those negotiations, Slaughter on Wednesday officially > terminated Lynn and his team. > > > > Slaughter disputed the Times story, saying in a statement > that > the claim “that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets > program” was “false.” Instead, she said that Lynn refused “to adhere > to New America’s standards of openness and institutional > collegiality.” She offered no explanation for firing the entire Open > Markets team. > > A Google spokeswoman denied any involvement in Lynn’s firing in an > email to HuffPost. She also said that Schmidt did not threaten to cut > off funding for the think tank because of the Open Markets statement > on Google’s antitrust fine. > > “We support hundreds of organizations that promote a free and open > Internet, greater access to information, and increased opportunity,” > Riva Sciuto, the Google spokesperson, said in the statement. “We don’t > agree with every group 100 percent of the time, and while we sometimes > respectfully disagree, we respect each group’s independence, personnel > decisions, and policy perspectives.” > > New America did not immediately respond to a request for comment to > HuffPost. > > Lynn is now building an independent think tank to continue his > anti-monopoly work with his New America team. The group has already > launched a campaign aimed at > mobilizing public opposition to the power of modern-day monopolies by > highlighting Google’s power to quash independent research like that by > the Open Markets team. > > Its supporters say this case underscores that argument. > > Lynn and his colleagues “have long argued that monopolies are a > problem for the economy, but they’re also a problem for democracy,” > Zephyr Teachout, a fellow at Open Markets and board member of its new > campaign ― called Citizens Against Monopolies ― told HuffPost. “This > kind of proves the point.” > > It’s not as though the Open Markets team needed to get fired to > buttress their concerns about monopoly power. Their efforts already > have been influential ― more so than work by many other think tanks. > > The Democratic Party recently adopted the team’s warnings about > monopolies in its “A Better Deal” platform > . > Politicians ― including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie > Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) > ― are pushing for enhanced antitrust enforcement and calling out > concentrations of economic power more than before. > > Open Markets has helped lead the economic debate to a “more populist > strain over the past couple of years,” Marshall Steinbaum, a fellow at > the progressive economics think tank Roosevelt Institute, told HuffPost. > > Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide > told HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. > > A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the > condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that > funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same > way that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” > > Jonathan Taplin, the author of /Move Fast and Break Things: How > Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined > Democracy/, was more blunt in his assessment of what happened at New > America. > > “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the > way bullies act.” > > The internal workings of New America, though, is not the real > issue, Stoller said. The public needs to recognize Google as an > autocratic private power that is exerting itself in the economy and in > policy to increase its own power over people, he argued. > > “We love a lot of the people at New America,” Stoller said. “We think > their work is great. ... This is not an issue of New America. This is > an issue about monopoly and Google.” > > And Google is undeniably a monopoly. Just ask monopoly proponent and > billionaire investor Peter Thiel > , > who has said the company is able to offer so many wonderful perks to > its employees because it doesn’t have to worry too much about > competition. It controls 80 percent > > of the market for online search and 54 percent > > of the browser market in the U.S. > > Google and Facebook, another powerful online platform monopoly, have > gobbled up practically every new online advertising dollar > > (thanks to their past acquisitions of online advertising companies) in > recent years while pressuring news organizations > , > including HuffPost, to publish directly to their platforms. Google’s > control of internet search has given it the power to squeeze money > away from other websites (see: CelebrityNetWorth.com > > and Yelp.com > ). > Google’s dominant position as an advertising seller has also given it > increasing power over newsrooms > > (although not as much as Facebook). > > The company ― which once went by the motto “Don’t be evil” ― has also > sought to replicate its economic power in political and policy spheres. > > Google has previously sought to pressure a nonprofit over its > criticism of the company. In 2009, Google’s head of public policy > reached out to the foundation funding the California-based Consumer > Watchdog to warn it about continuing to underwrite the work by the > pro-privacy group. That work was critical of many of Google’s privacy > policies. > > In the past decade, Google also has poured tens of millions of dollars > into campaign contributions, lobbying firms, think tanks and policy > nonprofits in the past decade. > > This political investment soared after 2011 when Google’s antitrust > issues first came under the microscope. Its lobbying expenses doubled > from $9.6 million in 2011 to $18.2 million in 2012, and have not > fallen below $15 million since. In 2011, Google gave grants to 44 > different nonprofits and think tanks. That number jumped to 81 in 2012 > and now sits at 170. > > Goggle executives enjoyed unrivaled access > > to the White House under President Barack Obama > , visiting hundreds > of times, according to Secret Service visitor logs. Google has also > pumped millions of dollars into research at universities > , > often to buttress its public policy positions, and is pushing its own > agenda for public school education > > across the country. > > Google’s huge increase in political investment post-2011 was in direct > reaction to the Federal Trade Commission opening an antitrust > investigation > > into whether it abused its market position in internet searches. The > FTC commissioners eventually dropped the investigation in exchange for > small concessions by the company, despite a report by the agency’s > legal team that labeled Google a “monopoly” > > and supported a full investigation. > > “The ‘A’ word is the one thing that can stop the music,” Luther Lowe, > Yelp’s vice president of public policy, said of Google’s interest in > antitrust issues. “It’s the one that’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From suresh at hserus.net Fri Sep 1 01:05:42 2017 From: suresh at hserus.net (Suresh Ramasubramanian) Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:35:42 +0530 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: A very simple question. What does this have to do with the governance of the internet? From: on behalf of parminder Reply-To: parminder Date: Friday, 1 September 2017 at 10:33 AM To: BestBitsList , "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle We should ideally be doing a statement on this very significant and structural issue, basic to civil society work in this area. What do people here say? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I am representing our group on that small team and i will be responsible of sharing more info with regards to the overall theme, the call for proposals and registration. Please consider this date and start making your travels plans to be able to join us for this meeting. I will be sharing more soon. Regards, Arsene ------------------------ **Arsène Tungali* * Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international *, CEO,* Smart Services Sarl *, *Mabingwa Forum * Tel: +243 993810967 GPG: 523644A0 *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil & Mexico ) - AFRISIG 2016 - Blogger - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles & Marrakech ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius )* - *IGFSA Member - Internet Governance - Internet Freedom. Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English ) and (French ) -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From ayden at ferdeline.com Fri Sep 1 06:13:18 2017 From: ayden at ferdeline.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Ayden_F=C3=A9rdeline?=) Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 06:13:18 -0400 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: I think the incident reflects far more poorly on the part of New America than it does Google. I notice they have now published on their website some [correspondence between their CEO and the terminated staffer](https://www.newamerica.org/new-america/press-releases/interest-transparency-new-america-releases-email-correspondence-barry-lynn/), but what is lacking is the correspondence between their CEO and Google executives on this matter. Perhaps we could ask for some more transparency around that. I find we are often very quick to denounce the activities of governments and platforms (as we should), but seem to give think tanks, conservative and libertarian, free reign to behave how they like. Maybe this is a bit of an over-simplification but that is my perception at least as to how they are held accountable. Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline [linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline) > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle > Local Time: 1 September 2017 6:00 AM > UTC Time: 1 September 2017 05:00 > From: parminder at itforchange.net > To: BestBitsList , governance at lists.igcaucus.org > > two more articles on the same issue > > Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant > By KENNETH P. VOGEL > Aug 30 2017 > [](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/eric-schmidt-google-new-america.html) > AND > > New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering > Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest - > 08/31/2017 - Yves Smith > https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/new-america-foundation-head-anne-marie-slaughter-botches-laundering-googles-money.html > > We should ideally be doing a statement on this very significant and structural issue, basic to civil society work in this area. What do people here say? > > parminder > > On Friday 01 September 2017 10:26 AM, parminder wrote: > >> Quotes from the below article, which connects to the discussion (or non discussion) we recently had here on Google's funding of non profit/ academic research in digital area. >> >>>>> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >>>>> >>>>> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >>>>> >>>>> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more blunt in his assessment of what happened at New America. >>>>> >>>>> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way bullies act.” >> >> Google Just Proved That Monopolies Imperil Democracy, Not Just The Economy >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-monopoly-barry-lynn_us_59a738fde4b010ca289a1155?section=us_politics >> >> Barry Lynn and his team of anti-monopoly researchers were fired by a think tank after criticizing the search giant. >> >> WASHINGTON ― For the past decade, former business journalist Barry Lynn has used his perch at the New America Foundation to warn politicians and the public that [a new era of corporate monopolies threatened not only American workers, but also democracy itself.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barry-lynn-washington-corporations_us_57c8a6a7e4b0e60d31de6433) >> >> Lynn was just proven right: New America has fired him as head of its Open Markets program along with his team of about 10 researchers and journalists, after they called for an antitrust investigation of the think tank’s largest longtime donor, Google. >> >> On June 27, the Open Markets team in a [150-word statement](https://www.newamerica.org/open-markets/press-releases/open-markets-applauds-european-commissions-finding-against-google-abuse-dominance/) called for the Federal Trade Commission to follow the lead of the European Union, which leveled a $2.7 billion fine on Google for violating antitrust laws. Since New America’s [start in 1999](http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/15/arts/silicon-valley-s-new-think-tank-stakes-out-radical-center.html), Google has given it $21 million. And Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, served as New America’s chairman from 2008 through mid-2016. >> >> According to a [report on Wednesday in The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/eric-schmidt-google-new-america.html?_r=0), Lynn was called on the carpet by New America head Anne-Marie Slaughter shortly after the Open Markets program praised the E.U.’s decision to find Google in violation of antitrust law for providing preferential placement to its own products and those of its subsidiaries over its rivals in search results. Schmidt, the Times reported, had expressed to Slaughter his “displeasure” with the statement backing the E.U.’s move. >> >> Slaughter, according to an email obtained by the Times, told Lynn that he and his team had to leave New America. The firing was, “in no way based on the content of your work,” she wrote, while also saying Lynn was “imperiling the institution as a whole.” >> >> Two current members of the Open Markets team confirmed this timeline of events to HuffPost. Lynn and his Open Markets colleagues were told to depart New America two days after the statement that supported the E.U. antitrust fine and called upon “U.S. enforcers” to “build upon this important precedent. The team, though, stuck around in an attempt to question New America’s leadership about whether it really wanted to fire the entire group. >> >> “We were trying to be, like, ’Are you sure you want to do this because it sort of seems bad,” Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Program, told HuffPost. “Are you sure you want to prove us right? Are you sure you want to back a monopoly in such an obvious and clumsy way? We were negotiating with them.” (Stoller is an occasional HuffPost contributor.) >> >> Despite those negotiations, Slaughter on Wednesday officially terminated Lynn and his team. >> >> Slaughter disputed the Times story, saying in a [statement](https://www.newamerica.org/new-america/press-releases/new-americas-response-new-york-times/) that the claim “that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets program” was “false.” Instead, she said that Lynn refused “to adhere to New America’s standards of openness and institutional collegiality.” She offered no explanation for firing the entire Open Markets team. >> >> A Google spokeswoman denied any involvement in Lynn’s firing in an email to HuffPost. She also said that Schmidt did not threaten to cut off funding for the think tank because of the Open Markets statement on Google’s antitrust fine. >> >> “We support hundreds of organizations that promote a free and open Internet, greater access to information, and increased opportunity,” Riva Sciuto, the Google spokesperson, said in the statement. “We don’t agree with every group 100 percent of the time, and while we sometimes respectfully disagree, we respect each group’s independence, personnel decisions, and policy perspectives.” >> >> New America did not immediately respond to a request for comment to HuffPost. >> >> Lynn is now building an independent think tank to continue his anti-monopoly work with his New America team. The group has already [launched a campaign](https://citizensagainstmonopoly.org/) aimed at mobilizing public opposition to the power of modern-day monopolies by highlighting Google’s power to quash independent research like that by the Open Markets team. >> >> Its supporters say this case underscores that argument. >> >> Lynn and his colleagues “have long argued that monopolies are a problem for the economy, but they’re also a problem for democracy,” Zephyr Teachout, a fellow at Open Markets and board member of its new campaign ― called Citizens Against Monopolies ― told HuffPost. “This kind of proves the point.” >> >> It’s not as though the Open Markets team needed to get fired to buttress their concerns about monopoly power. Their efforts already have been influential ― more so than work by many other think tanks. >> >> The Democratic Party recently adopted the team’s warnings about monopolies in its [“A Better Deal” platform](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-antitrust_us_5976572fe4b0a8a40e817612). Politicians ― including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ― are pushing for enhanced antitrust enforcement and calling out concentrations of economic power more than before. >> >> Open Markets has helped lead the economic debate to a “more populist strain over the past couple of years,” Marshall Steinbaum, a fellow at the progressive economics think tank Roosevelt Institute, told HuffPost. >> >> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >> >> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >> >> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more blunt in his assessment of what happened at New America. >> >> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way bullies act.” >> >> The internal workings of New America, though, is not the real issue, Stoller said. The public needs to recognize Google as an autocratic private power that is exerting itself in the economy and in policy to increase its own power over people, he argued. >> >> “We love a lot of the people at New America,” Stoller said. “We think their work is great. ... This is not an issue of New America. This is an issue about monopoly and Google.” >> >> And Google is undeniably a monopoly. [Just ask monopoly proponent and billionaire investor Peter Thiel](http://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-google-monopoly-2014-9), who has said the company is able to offer so many wonderful perks to its employees because it doesn’t have to worry too much about competition. It controls [80 percent](http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-search_engine-US-monthly-201608-201608-bar) of the market for online search and [54 percent](http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-search_engine-US-monthly-201608-201608-bar) of the browser market in the U.S. >> >> Google and Facebook, another powerful online platform monopoly, have [gobbled up practically every new online advertising dollar](https://www.recode.net/2017/5/2/15516674/global-ad-spending-charts) (thanks to their past acquisitions of online advertising companies) in recent years while [pressuring news organizations](https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/platform-press-how-silicon-valley-reengineered-journalism.php), including HuffPost, to publish directly to their platforms. Google’s control of internet search has given it the power to squeeze money away from other websites (see: [CelebrityNetWorth.com](https://theoutline.com/post/1399/how-google-ate-celebritynetworth-com) and [Yelp.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/technology/yelp-google-european-union-antitrust.html?mcubz=3)). Google’s dominant position as an advertising seller has also given it [increasing power over newsrooms](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/business/media/google-facebook-news-media-alliance.html?mcubz=3) (although not as much as Facebook). >> >> The company ― which once went by the motto “Don’t be evil” ― has also sought to replicate its economic power in political and policy spheres. >> >> Google has previously sought to pressure a nonprofit over its criticism of the company. In 2009, Google’s head of public policy reached out to the foundation funding the California-based Consumer Watchdog to warn it about continuing to underwrite the work by the pro-privacy group. That work was critical of many of Google’s privacy policies. >> >> In the past decade, Google also has poured tens of millions of dollars into campaign contributions, lobbying firms, think tanks and policy nonprofits in the past decade. >> >> This political investment soared after 2011 when Google’s antitrust issues first came under the microscope. Its lobbying expenses doubled from $9.6 million in 2011 to $18.2 million in 2012, and have not fallen below $15 million since. In 2011, Google gave grants to 44 different nonprofits and think tanks. That number jumped to 81 in 2012 and now sits at 170. >> >> Goggle executives enjoyed [unrivaled access](https://theintercept.com/2016/04/22/googles-remarkably-close-relationship-with-the-obama-white-house-in-two-charts/) to the White House under President [Barack Obama](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/barack-obama), visiting hundreds of times, according to Secret Service visitor logs. Google has also pumped [millions of dollars into research at universities](https://www.wsj.com/articles/paying-professors-inside-googles-academic-influence-campaign-1499785286), often to buttress its public policy positions, and is [pushing its own agenda for public school education](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/technology/google-education-chromebooks-schools.html) across the country. >> >> Google’s huge increase in political investment post-2011 was in direct reaction to the Federal Trade Commission [opening an antitrust investigation](http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/25/business/la-fi-google-ftc-20110625) into whether it abused its market position in internet searches. The FTC commissioners eventually dropped the investigation in exchange for small concessions by the company, despite [a report by the agency’s legal team that labeled Google a “monopoly”](https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-u-s-antitrust-probe-of-google-1426793274) and supported a full investigation. >> >> “The ‘A’ word is the one thing that can stop the music,” Luther Lowe, Yelp’s vice president of public policy, said of Google’s interest in antitrust issues. “It’s the one that’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From suresh at hserus.net Fri Sep 1 07:06:19 2017 From: suresh at hserus.net (Suresh Ramasubramanian) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 16:36:19 +0530 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: <4DD5C6BD-20DD-46EF-9AF2-6ADE2A5A84A7@hserus.net> Free rein in this case because they do provide a convenient club for Parminder and his ilk to beat the “usg is evil, google is evil” dead horse one more time. *yawn* --srs > On 01-Sep-2017, at 3:43 PM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: > > I find we are often very quick to denounce the activities of governments and platforms (as we should), but seem to give think tanks, conservative and libertarian, free reign to behave how they like. Maybe this is a bit of an over-simplification but that is my perception at least as to how they are held accountable. -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From dogwallah at gmail.com Fri Sep 1 07:17:12 2017 From: dogwallah at gmail.com (McTim) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 07:17:12 -0400 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: Hi, If you read more than the hit pieces about this, it does not reflect pporly on New America at all. The guy acted like douchebag, they gave him loads of chances to do the right thing, he refused to take them. read the emails in the link you provided, then read this one: https://www.newamerica.org/new-america/press-releases/new-americas-response-new-york-times/ "Statement to be attributed to Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America: Today’s New York Times story implies that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets program because of this press release. I want to be clear: this implication is absolutely false." The "anti-Google at all costs" types see this as red meat for their cause. Sad. Bigly Sad. Regards, McTim On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: > I think the incident reflects far more poorly on the part of New America > than it does Google. I notice they have now published on their website some > correspondence between their CEO and the terminated staffer, but what is > lacking is the correspondence between their CEO and Google executives on > this matter. Perhaps we could ask for some more transparency around that. I > find we are often very quick to denounce the activities of governments and > platforms (as we should), but seem to give think tanks, conservative and > libertarian, free reign to behave how they like. Maybe this is a bit of an > over-simplification but that is my perception at least as to how they are > held accountable. > > > Best wishes, > > Ayden Férdeline > linkedin.com/in/ferdeline > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle > Local Time: 1 September 2017 6:00 AM > UTC Time: 1 September 2017 05:00 > From: parminder at itforchange.net > To: BestBitsList , > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > > > two more articles on the same issue > > Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant > By KENNETH P. VOGEL > Aug 30 2017 > > > AND > > New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering > Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest - > 08/31/2017 - Yves Smith > > https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/new-america-foundation-head-anne-marie-slaughter-botches-laundering-googles-money.html > > > We should ideally be doing a statement on this very significant and > structural issue, basic to civil society work in this area. What do people > here say? > > parminder > > > > On Friday 01 September 2017 10:26 AM, parminder wrote: > > Quotes from the below article, which connects to the discussion (or non > discussion) we recently had here on Google's funding of non profit/ academic > research in digital area. > > Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told > HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. > > A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the > condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that > funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way > that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” > > Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, > Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more blunt > in his assessment of what happened at New America. > > “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way > bullies act.” > > Google Just Proved That Monopolies Imperil Democracy, Not Just The Economy > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-monopoly-barry-lynn_us_59a738fde4b010ca289a1155?section=us_politics > > Barry Lynn and his team of anti-monopoly researchers were fired by a think > tank after criticizing the search giant. > > WASHINGTON ― For the past decade, former business journalist Barry Lynn has > used his perch at the New America Foundation to warn politicians and the > public that a new era of corporate monopolies threatened not only American > workers, but also democracy itself. > > Lynn was just proven right: New America has fired him as head of its Open > Markets program along with his team of about 10 researchers and journalists, > after they called for an antitrust investigation of the think tank’s largest > longtime donor, Google. > > On June 27, the Open Markets team in a 150-word statement called for the > Federal Trade Commission to follow the lead of the European Union, which > leveled a $2.7 billion fine on Google for violating antitrust laws. Since > New America’s start in 1999, Google has given it $21 million. And Eric > Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, > served as New America’s chairman from 2008 through mid-2016. > > According to a report on Wednesday in The New York Times, Lynn was called on > the carpet by New America head Anne-Marie Slaughter shortly after the Open > Markets program praised the E.U.’s decision to find Google in violation of > antitrust law for providing preferential placement to its own products and > those of its subsidiaries over its rivals in search results. Schmidt, the > Times reported, had expressed to Slaughter his “displeasure” with the > statement backing the E.U.’s move. > > Slaughter, according to an email obtained by the Times, told Lynn that he > and his team had to leave New America. The firing was, “in no way based on > the content of your work,” she wrote, while also saying Lynn was “imperiling > the institution as a whole.” > > Two current members of the Open Markets team confirmed this timeline of > events to HuffPost. Lynn and his Open Markets colleagues were told to depart > New America two days after the statement that supported the E.U. antitrust > fine and called upon “U.S. enforcers” to “build upon this important > precedent. The team, though, stuck around in an attempt to question New > America’s leadership about whether it really wanted to fire the entire > group. > > “We were trying to be, like, ’Are you sure you want to do this because it > sort of seems bad,” Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Program, told > HuffPost. “Are you sure you want to prove us right? Are you sure you want to > back a monopoly in such an obvious and clumsy way? We were negotiating with > them.” (Stoller is an occasional HuffPost contributor.) > > Despite those negotiations, Slaughter on Wednesday officially terminated > Lynn and his team. > > > > Slaughter disputed the Times story, saying in a statement that the claim > “that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets program” was > “false.” Instead, she said that Lynn refused “to adhere to New America’s > standards of openness and institutional collegiality.” She offered no > explanation for firing the entire Open Markets team. > > A Google spokeswoman denied any involvement in Lynn’s firing in an email to > HuffPost. She also said that Schmidt did not threaten to cut off funding for > the think tank because of the Open Markets statement on Google’s antitrust > fine. > > “We support hundreds of organizations that promote a free and open Internet, > greater access to information, and increased opportunity,” Riva Sciuto, the > Google spokesperson, said in the statement. “We don’t agree with every group > 100 percent of the time, and while we sometimes respectfully disagree, we > respect each group’s independence, personnel decisions, and policy > perspectives.” > > New America did not immediately respond to a request for comment to > HuffPost. > > Lynn is now building an independent think tank to continue his anti-monopoly > work with his New America team. The group has already launched a campaign > aimed at mobilizing public opposition to the power of modern-day monopolies > by highlighting Google’s power to quash independent research like that by > the Open Markets team. > > Its supporters say this case underscores that argument. > > Lynn and his colleagues “have long argued that monopolies are a problem for > the economy, but they’re also a problem for democracy,” Zephyr Teachout, a > fellow at Open Markets and board member of its new campaign ― called > Citizens Against Monopolies ― told HuffPost. “This kind of proves the > point.” > > It’s not as though the Open Markets team needed to get fired to buttress > their concerns about monopoly power. Their efforts already have been > influential ― more so than work by many other think tanks. > > The Democratic Party recently adopted the team’s warnings about monopolies > in its “A Better Deal” platform. Politicians ― including Sens. Elizabeth > Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. > Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ― are pushing for enhanced antitrust enforcement and > calling out concentrations of economic power more than before. > > Open Markets has helped lead the economic debate to a “more populist strain > over the past couple of years,” Marshall Steinbaum, a fellow at the > progressive economics think tank Roosevelt Institute, told HuffPost. > > Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told > HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. > > A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the > condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that > funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way > that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” > > Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, > Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more blunt > in his assessment of what happened at New America. > > “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way > bullies act.” > > The internal workings of New America, though, is not the real issue, Stoller > said. The public needs to recognize Google as an autocratic private power > that is exerting itself in the economy and in policy to increase its own > power over people, he argued. > > “We love a lot of the people at New America,” Stoller said. “We think their > work is great. ... This is not an issue of New America. This is an issue > about monopoly and Google.” > > And Google is undeniably a monopoly. Just ask monopoly proponent and > billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who has said the company is able to offer > so many wonderful perks to its employees because it doesn’t have to worry > too much about competition. It controls 80 percent of the market for online > search and 54 percent of the browser market in the U.S. > > Google and Facebook, another powerful online platform monopoly, have gobbled > up practically every new online advertising dollar (thanks to their past > acquisitions of online advertising companies) in recent years while > pressuring news organizations, including HuffPost, to publish directly to > their platforms. Google’s control of internet search has given it the power > to squeeze money away from other websites (see: CelebrityNetWorth.com and > Yelp.com). Google’s dominant position as an advertising seller has also > given it increasing power over newsrooms (although not as much as Facebook). > > The company ― which once went by the motto “Don’t be evil” ― has also sought > to replicate its economic power in political and policy spheres. > > Google has previously sought to pressure a nonprofit over its criticism of > the company. In 2009, Google’s head of public policy reached out to the > foundation funding the California-based Consumer Watchdog to warn it about > continuing to underwrite the work by the pro-privacy group. That work was > critical of many of Google’s privacy policies. > > In the past decade, Google also has poured tens of millions of dollars into > campaign contributions, lobbying firms, think tanks and policy nonprofits in > the past decade. > > This political investment soared after 2011 when Google’s antitrust issues > first came under the microscope. Its lobbying expenses doubled from $9.6 > million in 2011 to $18.2 million in 2012, and have not fallen below $15 > million since. In 2011, Google gave grants to 44 different nonprofits and > think tanks. That number jumped to 81 in 2012 and now sits at 170. > > Goggle executives enjoyed unrivaled access to the White House under > President Barack Obama, visiting hundreds of times, according to Secret > Service visitor logs. Google has also pumped millions of dollars into > research at universities, often to buttress its public policy positions, and > is pushing its own agenda for public school education across the country. > > Google’s huge increase in political investment post-2011 was in direct > reaction to the Federal Trade Commission opening an antitrust investigation > into whether it abused its market position in internet searches. The FTC > commissioners eventually dropped the investigation in exchange for small > concessions by the company, despite a report by the agency’s legal team that > labeled Google a “monopoly” and supported a full investigation. > > “The ‘A’ word is the one thing that can stop the music,” Luther Lowe, Yelp’s > vice president of public policy, said of Google’s interest in antitrust > issues. “It’s the one that’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/dogwallah%40gmail.com -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From ayden at ferdeline.com Fri Sep 1 07:23:45 2017 From: ayden at ferdeline.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Ayden_F=C3=A9rdeline?=) Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 07:23:45 -0400 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: Hi, I did read the emails in the link that I shared. I still think it reflects poorly on New America. May I suggest you read through [this Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/hshaban/status/903084804178104320)to see how New America’s response is factually incorrect. Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline [linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline) > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle > Local Time: 1 September 2017 12:17 PM > UTC Time: 1 September 2017 11:17 > From: dogwallah at gmail.com > To: Ayden Férdeline > parminder , BestBitsList , governance at lists.igcaucus.org > > Hi, > > If you read more than the hit pieces about this, it does not reflect > pporly on New America at all. > > The guy acted like douchebag, they gave him loads of chances to do > the right thing, he refused to take them. > > read the emails in the link you provided, then read this one: > > https://www.newamerica.org/new-america/press-releases/new-americas-response-new-york-times/ > > "Statement to be attributed to Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America: > > Today’s New York Times story implies that Google lobbied New America > to expel the Open Markets program because of this press release. I > want to be clear: this implication is absolutely false." > > The "anti-Google at all costs" types see this as red meat for their > cause. Sad. Bigly Sad. > > Regards, > > McTim > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: >> I think the incident reflects far more poorly on the part of New America >> than it does Google. I notice they have now published on their website some >> correspondence between their CEO and the terminated staffer, but what is >> lacking is the correspondence between their CEO and Google executives on >> this matter. Perhaps we could ask for some more transparency around that. I >> find we are often very quick to denounce the activities of governments and >> platforms (as we should), but seem to give think tanks, conservative and >> libertarian, free reign to behave how they like. Maybe this is a bit of an >> over-simplification but that is my perception at least as to how they are >> held accountable. >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Ayden Férdeline >> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle >> Local Time: 1 September 2017 6:00 AM >> UTC Time: 1 September 2017 05:00 >> From: parminder at itforchange.net >> To: BestBitsList , >> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> >> >> two more articles on the same issue >> >> Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant >> By KENNETH P. VOGEL >> Aug 30 2017 >> >> >> AND >> >> New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering >> Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest - >> 08/31/2017 - Yves Smith >> >> https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/new-america-foundation-head-anne-marie-slaughter-botches-laundering-googles-money.html >> >> >> We should ideally be doing a statement on this very significant and >> structural issue, basic to civil society work in this area. What do people >> here say? >> >> parminder >> >> >> >> On Friday 01 September 2017 10:26 AM, parminder wrote: >> >> Quotes from the below article, which connects to the discussion (or non >> discussion) we recently had here on Google"s funding of non profit/ academic >> research in digital area. >> >> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told >> HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >> >> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the >> condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that >> funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way >> that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >> >> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, >> Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more blunt >> in his assessment of what happened at New America. >> >> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way >> bullies act.” >> >> Google Just Proved That Monopolies Imperil Democracy, Not Just The Economy >> >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-monopoly-barry-lynn_us_59a738fde4b010ca289a1155?section=us_politics >> >> Barry Lynn and his team of anti-monopoly researchers were fired by a think >> tank after criticizing the search giant. >> >> WASHINGTON ― For the past decade, former business journalist Barry Lynn has >> used his perch at the New America Foundation to warn politicians and the >> public that a new era of corporate monopolies threatened not only American >> workers, but also democracy itself. >> >> Lynn was just proven right: New America has fired him as head of its Open >> Markets program along with his team of about 10 researchers and journalists, >> after they called for an antitrust investigation of the think tank’s largest >> longtime donor, Google. >> >> On June 27, the Open Markets team in a 150-word statement called for the >> Federal Trade Commission to follow the lead of the European Union, which >> leveled a $2.7 billion fine on Google for violating antitrust laws. Since >> New America’s start in 1999, Google has given it $21 million. And Eric >> Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, >> served as New America’s chairman from 2008 through mid-2016. >> >> According to a report on Wednesday in The New York Times, Lynn was called on >> the carpet by New America head Anne-Marie Slaughter shortly after the Open >> Markets program praised the E.U.’s decision to find Google in violation of >> antitrust law for providing preferential placement to its own products and >> those of its subsidiaries over its rivals in search results. Schmidt, the >> Times reported, had expressed to Slaughter his “displeasure” with the >> statement backing the E.U.’s move. >> >> Slaughter, according to an email obtained by the Times, told Lynn that he >> and his team had to leave New America. The firing was, “in no way based on >> the content of your work,” she wrote, while also saying Lynn was “imperiling >> the institution as a whole.” >> >> Two current members of the Open Markets team confirmed this timeline of >> events to HuffPost. Lynn and his Open Markets colleagues were told to depart >> New America two days after the statement that supported the E.U. antitrust >> fine and called upon “U.S. enforcers” to “build upon this important >> precedent. The team, though, stuck around in an attempt to question New >> America’s leadership about whether it really wanted to fire the entire >> group. >> >> “We were trying to be, like, ’Are you sure you want to do this because it >> sort of seems bad,” Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Program, told >> HuffPost. “Are you sure you want to prove us right? Are you sure you want to >> back a monopoly in such an obvious and clumsy way? We were negotiating with >> them.” (Stoller is an occasional HuffPost contributor.) >> >> Despite those negotiations, Slaughter on Wednesday officially terminated >> Lynn and his team. >> >> >> >> Slaughter disputed the Times story, saying in a statement that the claim >> “that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets program” was >> “false.” Instead, she said that Lynn refused “to adhere to New America’s >> standards of openness and institutional collegiality.” She offered no >> explanation for firing the entire Open Markets team. >> >> A Google spokeswoman denied any involvement in Lynn’s firing in an email to >> HuffPost. She also said that Schmidt did not threaten to cut off funding for >> the think tank because of the Open Markets statement on Google’s antitrust >> fine. >> >> “We support hundreds of organizations that promote a free and open Internet, >> greater access to information, and increased opportunity,” Riva Sciuto, the >> Google spokesperson, said in the statement. “We don’t agree with every group >> 100 percent of the time, and while we sometimes respectfully disagree, we >> respect each group’s independence, personnel decisions, and policy >> perspectives.” >> >> New America did not immediately respond to a request for comment to >> HuffPost. >> >> Lynn is now building an independent think tank to continue his anti-monopoly >> work with his New America team. The group has already launched a campaign >> aimed at mobilizing public opposition to the power of modern-day monopolies >> by highlighting Google’s power to quash independent research like that by >> the Open Markets team. >> >> Its supporters say this case underscores that argument. >> >> Lynn and his colleagues “have long argued that monopolies are a problem for >> the economy, but they’re also a problem for democracy,” Zephyr Teachout, a >> fellow at Open Markets and board member of its new campaign ― called >> Citizens Against Monopolies ― told HuffPost. “This kind of proves the >> point.” >> >> It’s not as though the Open Markets team needed to get fired to buttress >> their concerns about monopoly power. Their efforts already have been >> influential ― more so than work by many other think tanks. >> >> The Democratic Party recently adopted the team’s warnings about monopolies >> in its “A Better Deal” platform. Politicians ― including Sens. Elizabeth >> Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. >> Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ― are pushing for enhanced antitrust enforcement and >> calling out concentrations of economic power more than before. >> >> Open Markets has helped lead the economic debate to a “more populist strain >> over the past couple of years,” Marshall Steinbaum, a fellow at the >> progressive economics think tank Roosevelt Institute, told HuffPost. >> >> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told >> HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >> >> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the >> condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that >> funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way >> that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >> >> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, >> Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more blunt >> in his assessment of what happened at New America. >> >> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way >> bullies act.” >> >> The internal workings of New America, though, is not the real issue, Stoller >> said. The public needs to recognize Google as an autocratic private power >> that is exerting itself in the economy and in policy to increase its own >> power over people, he argued. >> >> “We love a lot of the people at New America,” Stoller said. “We think their >> work is great. ... This is not an issue of New America. This is an issue >> about monopoly and Google.” >> >> And Google is undeniably a monopoly. Just ask monopoly proponent and >> billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who has said the company is able to offer >> so many wonderful perks to its employees because it doesn’t have to worry >> too much about competition. It controls 80 percent of the market for online >> search and 54 percent of the browser market in the U.S. >> >> Google and Facebook, another powerful online platform monopoly, have gobbled >> up practically every new online advertising dollar (thanks to their past >> acquisitions of online advertising companies) in recent years while >> pressuring news organizations, including HuffPost, to publish directly to >> their platforms. Google’s control of internet search has given it the power >> to squeeze money away from other websites (see: CelebrityNetWorth.com and >> Yelp.com). Google’s dominant position as an advertising seller has also >> given it increasing power over newsrooms (although not as much as Facebook). >> >> The company ― which once went by the motto “Don’t be evil” ― has also sought >> to replicate its economic power in political and policy spheres. >> >> Google has previously sought to pressure a nonprofit over its criticism of >> the company. In 2009, Google’s head of public policy reached out to the >> foundation funding the California-based Consumer Watchdog to warn it about >> continuing to underwrite the work by the pro-privacy group. That work was >> critical of many of Google’s privacy policies. >> >> In the past decade, Google also has poured tens of millions of dollars into >> campaign contributions, lobbying firms, think tanks and policy nonprofits in >> the past decade. >> >> This political investment soared after 2011 when Google’s antitrust issues >> first came under the microscope. Its lobbying expenses doubled from $9.6 >> million in 2011 to $18.2 million in 2012, and have not fallen below $15 >> million since. In 2011, Google gave grants to 44 different nonprofits and >> think tanks. That number jumped to 81 in 2012 and now sits at 170. >> >> Goggle executives enjoyed unrivaled access to the White House under >> President Barack Obama, visiting hundreds of times, according to Secret >> Service visitor logs. Google has also pumped millions of dollars into >> research at universities, often to buttress its public policy positions, and >> is pushing its own agenda for public school education across the country. >> >> Google’s huge increase in political investment post-2011 was in direct >> reaction to the Federal Trade Commission opening an antitrust investigation >> into whether it abused its market position in internet searches. The FTC >> commissioners eventually dropped the investigation in exchange for small >> concessions by the company, despite a report by the agency’s legal team that >> labeled Google a “monopoly” and supported a full investigation. >> >> “The ‘A’ word is the one thing that can stop the music,” Luther Lowe, Yelp’s >> vice president of public policy, said of Google’s interest in antitrust >> issues. “It’s the one that’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, click here: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/dogwallah%40gmail.com > > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A > route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From dogwallah at gmail.com Fri Sep 1 08:02:41 2017 From: dogwallah at gmail.com (McTim) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 08:02:41 -0400 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: you need to read the NA statement that I sent AND the emails for context. On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:23 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: > Hi, > > I did read the emails in the link that I shared. I still think it reflects > poorly on New America. > > May I suggest you read through this Twitter thread to see how New America’s > response is factually incorrect. > > Best wishes, > > Ayden Férdeline > linkedin.com/in/ferdeline > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle > Local Time: 1 September 2017 12:17 PM > UTC Time: 1 September 2017 11:17 > From: dogwallah at gmail.com > To: Ayden Férdeline > parminder , BestBitsList > , governance at lists.igcaucus.org > > > Hi, > > If you read more than the hit pieces about this, it does not reflect > pporly on New America at all. > > The guy acted like douchebag, they gave him loads of chances to do > the right thing, he refused to take them. > > read the emails in the link you provided, then read this one: > > https://www.newamerica.org/new-america/press-releases/new-americas-response-new-york-times/ > > "Statement to be attributed to Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America: > > Today’s New York Times story implies that Google lobbied New America > to expel the Open Markets program because of this press release. I > want to be clear: this implication is absolutely false." > > The "anti-Google at all costs" types see this as red meat for their > cause. Sad. Bigly Sad. > > Regards, > > McTim > > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: >> I think the incident reflects far more poorly on the part of New America >> than it does Google. I notice they have now published on their website >> some >> correspondence between their CEO and the terminated staffer, but what is >> lacking is the correspondence between their CEO and Google executives on >> this matter. Perhaps we could ask for some more transparency around that. >> I >> find we are often very quick to denounce the activities of governments and >> platforms (as we should), but seem to give think tanks, conservative and >> libertarian, free reign to behave how they like. Maybe this is a bit of an >> over-simplification but that is my perception at least as to how they are >> held accountable. >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Ayden Férdeline >> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle >> Local Time: 1 September 2017 6:00 AM >> UTC Time: 1 September 2017 05:00 >> From: parminder at itforchange.net >> To: BestBitsList , >> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> >> >> two more articles on the same issue >> >> Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant >> By KENNETH P. VOGEL >> Aug 30 2017 >> >> >> >> AND >> >> New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering >> Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest - >> 08/31/2017 - Yves Smith >> >> >> https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/new-america-foundation-head-anne-marie-slaughter-botches-laundering-googles-money.html >> >> >> We should ideally be doing a statement on this very significant and >> structural issue, basic to civil society work in this area. What do people >> here say? >> >> parminder >> >> >> >> On Friday 01 September 2017 10:26 AM, parminder wrote: >> >> Quotes from the below article, which connects to the discussion (or non >> discussion) we recently had here on Google"s funding of non profit/ >> academic >> research in digital area. >> >> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told >> HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >> >> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the >> condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that >> funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way >> that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >> >> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, >> Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more >> blunt >> in his assessment of what happened at New America. >> >> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way >> bullies act.” >> >> Google Just Proved That Monopolies Imperil Democracy, Not Just The Economy >> >> >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-monopoly-barry-lynn_us_59a738fde4b010ca289a1155?section=us_politics >> >> Barry Lynn and his team of anti-monopoly researchers were fired by a think >> tank after criticizing the search giant. >> >> WASHINGTON ― For the past decade, former business journalist Barry Lynn >> has >> used his perch at the New America Foundation to warn politicians and the >> public that a new era of corporate monopolies threatened not only American >> workers, but also democracy itself. >> >> Lynn was just proven right: New America has fired him as head of its Open >> Markets program along with his team of about 10 researchers and >> journalists, >> after they called for an antitrust investigation of the think tank’s >> largest >> longtime donor, Google. >> >> On June 27, the Open Markets team in a 150-word statement called for the >> Federal Trade Commission to follow the lead of the European Union, which >> leveled a $2.7 billion fine on Google for violating antitrust laws. Since >> New America’s start in 1999, Google has given it $21 million. And Eric >> Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent >> company, >> served as New America’s chairman from 2008 through mid-2016. >> >> According to a report on Wednesday in The New York Times, Lynn was called >> on >> the carpet by New America head Anne-Marie Slaughter shortly after the Open >> Markets program praised the E.U.’s decision to find Google in violation of >> antitrust law for providing preferential placement to its own products and >> those of its subsidiaries over its rivals in search results. Schmidt, the >> Times reported, had expressed to Slaughter his “displeasure” with the >> statement backing the E.U.’s move. >> >> Slaughter, according to an email obtained by the Times, told Lynn that he >> and his team had to leave New America. The firing was, “in no way based on >> the content of your work,” she wrote, while also saying Lynn was >> “imperiling >> the institution as a whole.” >> >> Two current members of the Open Markets team confirmed this timeline of >> events to HuffPost. Lynn and his Open Markets colleagues were told to >> depart >> New America two days after the statement that supported the E.U. antitrust >> fine and called upon “U.S. enforcers” to “build upon this important >> precedent. The team, though, stuck around in an attempt to question New >> America’s leadership about whether it really wanted to fire the entire >> group. >> >> “We were trying to be, like, ’Are you sure you want to do this because it >> sort of seems bad,” Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Program, >> told >> HuffPost. “Are you sure you want to prove us right? Are you sure you want >> to >> back a monopoly in such an obvious and clumsy way? We were negotiating >> with >> them.” (Stoller is an occasional HuffPost contributor.) >> >> Despite those negotiations, Slaughter on Wednesday officially terminated >> Lynn and his team. >> >> >> >> Slaughter disputed the Times story, saying in a statement that the claim >> “that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets program” was >> “false.” Instead, she said that Lynn refused “to adhere to New America’s >> standards of openness and institutional collegiality.” She offered no >> explanation for firing the entire Open Markets team. >> >> A Google spokeswoman denied any involvement in Lynn’s firing in an email >> to >> HuffPost. She also said that Schmidt did not threaten to cut off funding >> for >> the think tank because of the Open Markets statement on Google’s antitrust >> fine. >> >> “We support hundreds of organizations that promote a free and open >> Internet, >> greater access to information, and increased opportunity,” Riva Sciuto, >> the >> Google spokesperson, said in the statement. “We don’t agree with every >> group >> 100 percent of the time, and while we sometimes respectfully disagree, we >> respect each group’s independence, personnel decisions, and policy >> perspectives.” >> >> New America did not immediately respond to a request for comment to >> HuffPost. >> >> Lynn is now building an independent think tank to continue his >> anti-monopoly >> work with his New America team. The group has already launched a campaign >> aimed at mobilizing public opposition to the power of modern-day >> monopolies >> by highlighting Google’s power to quash independent research like that by >> the Open Markets team. >> >> Its supporters say this case underscores that argument. >> >> Lynn and his colleagues “have long argued that monopolies are a problem >> for >> the economy, but they’re also a problem for democracy,” Zephyr Teachout, a >> fellow at Open Markets and board member of its new campaign ― called >> Citizens Against Monopolies ― told HuffPost. “This kind of proves the >> point.” >> >> It’s not as though the Open Markets team needed to get fired to buttress >> their concerns about monopoly power. Their efforts already have been >> influential ― more so than work by many other think tanks. >> >> The Democratic Party recently adopted the team’s warnings about monopolies >> in its “A Better Deal” platform. Politicians ― including Sens. Elizabeth >> Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. >> Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ― are pushing for enhanced antitrust enforcement and >> calling out concentrations of economic power more than before. >> >> Open Markets has helped lead the economic debate to a “more populist >> strain >> over the past couple of years,” Marshall Steinbaum, a fellow at the >> progressive economics think tank Roosevelt Institute, told HuffPost. >> >> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told >> HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >> >> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the >> condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that >> funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way >> that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >> >> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, >> Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more >> blunt >> in his assessment of what happened at New America. >> >> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way >> bullies act.” >> >> The internal workings of New America, though, is not the real issue, >> Stoller >> said. The public needs to recognize Google as an autocratic private power >> that is exerting itself in the economy and in policy to increase its own >> power over people, he argued. >> >> “We love a lot of the people at New America,” Stoller said. “We think >> their >> work is great. ... This is not an issue of New America. This is an issue >> about monopoly and Google.” >> >> And Google is undeniably a monopoly. Just ask monopoly proponent and >> billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who has said the company is able to >> offer >> so many wonderful perks to its employees because it doesn’t have to worry >> too much about competition. It controls 80 percent of the market for >> online >> search and 54 percent of the browser market in the U.S. >> >> Google and Facebook, another powerful online platform monopoly, have >> gobbled >> up practically every new online advertising dollar (thanks to their past >> acquisitions of online advertising companies) in recent years while >> pressuring news organizations, including HuffPost, to publish directly to >> their platforms. Google’s control of internet search has given it the >> power >> to squeeze money away from other websites (see: CelebrityNetWorth.com and >> Yelp.com). Google’s dominant position as an advertising seller has also >> given it increasing power over newsrooms (although not as much as >> Facebook). >> >> The company ― which once went by the motto “Don’t be evil” ― has also >> sought >> to replicate its economic power in political and policy spheres. >> >> Google has previously sought to pressure a nonprofit over its criticism of >> the company. In 2009, Google’s head of public policy reached out to the >> foundation funding the California-based Consumer Watchdog to warn it about >> continuing to underwrite the work by the pro-privacy group. That work was >> critical of many of Google’s privacy policies. >> >> In the past decade, Google also has poured tens of millions of dollars >> into >> campaign contributions, lobbying firms, think tanks and policy nonprofits >> in >> the past decade. >> >> This political investment soared after 2011 when Google’s antitrust issues >> first came under the microscope. Its lobbying expenses doubled from $9.6 >> million in 2011 to $18.2 million in 2012, and have not fallen below $15 >> million since. In 2011, Google gave grants to 44 different nonprofits and >> think tanks. That number jumped to 81 in 2012 and now sits at 170. >> >> Goggle executives enjoyed unrivaled access to the White House under >> President Barack Obama, visiting hundreds of times, according to Secret >> Service visitor logs. Google has also pumped millions of dollars into >> research at universities, often to buttress its public policy positions, >> and >> is pushing its own agenda for public school education across the country. >> >> Google’s huge increase in political investment post-2011 was in direct >> reaction to the Federal Trade Commission opening an antitrust >> investigation >> into whether it abused its market position in internet searches. The FTC >> commissioners eventually dropped the investigation in exchange for small >> concessions by the company, despite a report by the agency’s legal team >> that >> labeled Google a “monopoly” and supported a full investigation. >> >> “The ‘A’ word is the one thing that can stop the music,” Luther Lowe, >> Yelp’s >> vice president of public policy, said of Google’s interest in antitrust >> issues. “It’s the one that’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, click here: >> >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/dogwallah%40gmail.com > > > > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A > route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel > > -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From ayden at ferdeline.com Fri Sep 1 08:08:33 2017 From: ayden at ferdeline.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Ayden_F=C3=A9rdeline?=) Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 08:08:33 -0400 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: <5pDh3bYpxpeRk1OELEA6EET1lu6VG-v_c9l1Y88HQQ3fmsBd92aAGL0h80VIOrvjcdG3yp8FtVBRz6PlICgAPm3CUrWIwelYk6hVW4o2ZO8=@ferdeline.com> Hi McTim, Please don’t assume people that have a different read of something than you do haven’t read the material. I have. Thanks, Ayden Férdeline [linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline) > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle > Local Time: 1 September 2017 1:02 PM > UTC Time: 1 September 2017 12:02 > From: dogwallah at gmail.com > To: Ayden Férdeline > parminder , BestBitsList , governance at lists.igcaucus.org > > you need to read the NA statement that I sent AND the emails for context. > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:23 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I did read the emails in the link that I shared. I still think it reflects >> poorly on New America. >> >> May I suggest you read through this Twitter thread to see how New America’s >> response is factually incorrect. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Ayden Férdeline >> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle >> Local Time: 1 September 2017 12:17 PM >> UTC Time: 1 September 2017 11:17 >> From: dogwallah at gmail.com >> To: Ayden Férdeline >> parminder , BestBitsList >> , governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> >> >> Hi, >> >> If you read more than the hit pieces about this, it does not reflect >> pporly on New America at all. >> >> The guy acted like douchebag, they gave him loads of chances to do >> the right thing, he refused to take them. >> >> read the emails in the link you provided, then read this one: >> >> https://www.newamerica.org/new-america/press-releases/new-americas-response-new-york-times/ >> >> "Statement to be attributed to Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America: >> >> Today’s New York Times story implies that Google lobbied New America >> to expel the Open Markets program because of this press release. I >> want to be clear: this implication is absolutely false." >> >> The "anti-Google at all costs" types see this as red meat for their >> cause. Sad. Bigly Sad. >> >> Regards, >> >> McTim >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: >>> I think the incident reflects far more poorly on the part of New America >>> than it does Google. I notice they have now published on their website >>> some >>> correspondence between their CEO and the terminated staffer, but what is >>> lacking is the correspondence between their CEO and Google executives on >>> this matter. Perhaps we could ask for some more transparency around that. >>> I >>> find we are often very quick to denounce the activities of governments and >>> platforms (as we should), but seem to give think tanks, conservative and >>> libertarian, free reign to behave how they like. Maybe this is a bit of an >>> over-simplification but that is my perception at least as to how they are >>> held accountable. >>> >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Ayden Férdeline >>> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline >>> >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle >>> Local Time: 1 September 2017 6:00 AM >>> UTC Time: 1 September 2017 05:00 >>> From: parminder at itforchange.net >>> To: BestBitsList , >>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >>> >>> >>> two more articles on the same issue >>> >>> Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant >>> By KENNETH P. VOGEL >>> Aug 30 2017 >>> >>> >>> >>> AND >>> >>> New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering >>> Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest - >>> 08/31/2017 - Yves Smith >>> >>> >>> https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/new-america-foundation-head-anne-marie-slaughter-botches-laundering-googles-money.html >>> >>> >>> We should ideally be doing a statement on this very significant and >>> structural issue, basic to civil society work in this area. What do people >>> here say? >>> >>> parminder >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday 01 September 2017 10:26 AM, parminder wrote: >>> >>> Quotes from the below article, which connects to the discussion (or non >>> discussion) we recently had here on Google"s funding of non profit/ >>> academic >>> research in digital area. >>> >>> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told >>> HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >>> >>> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the >>> condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that >>> funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way >>> that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >>> >>> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, >>> Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more >>> blunt >>> in his assessment of what happened at New America. >>> >>> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way >>> bullies act.” >>> >>> Google Just Proved That Monopolies Imperil Democracy, Not Just The Economy >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-monopoly-barry-lynn_us_59a738fde4b010ca289a1155?section=us_politics >>> >>> Barry Lynn and his team of anti-monopoly researchers were fired by a think >>> tank after criticizing the search giant. >>> >>> WASHINGTON ― For the past decade, former business journalist Barry Lynn >>> has >>> used his perch at the New America Foundation to warn politicians and the >>> public that a new era of corporate monopolies threatened not only American >>> workers, but also democracy itself. >>> >>> Lynn was just proven right: New America has fired him as head of its Open >>> Markets program along with his team of about 10 researchers and >>> journalists, >>> after they called for an antitrust investigation of the think tank’s >>> largest >>> longtime donor, Google. >>> >>> On June 27, the Open Markets team in a 150-word statement called for the >>> Federal Trade Commission to follow the lead of the European Union, which >>> leveled a $2.7 billion fine on Google for violating antitrust laws. Since >>> New America’s start in 1999, Google has given it $21 million. And Eric >>> Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent >>> company, >>> served as New America’s chairman from 2008 through mid-2016. >>> >>> According to a report on Wednesday in The New York Times, Lynn was called >>> on >>> the carpet by New America head Anne-Marie Slaughter shortly after the Open >>> Markets program praised the E.U.’s decision to find Google in violation of >>> antitrust law for providing preferential placement to its own products and >>> those of its subsidiaries over its rivals in search results. Schmidt, the >>> Times reported, had expressed to Slaughter his “displeasure” with the >>> statement backing the E.U.’s move. >>> >>> Slaughter, according to an email obtained by the Times, told Lynn that he >>> and his team had to leave New America. The firing was, “in no way based on >>> the content of your work,” she wrote, while also saying Lynn was >>> “imperiling >>> the institution as a whole.” >>> >>> Two current members of the Open Markets team confirmed this timeline of >>> events to HuffPost. Lynn and his Open Markets colleagues were told to >>> depart >>> New America two days after the statement that supported the E.U. antitrust >>> fine and called upon “U.S. enforcers” to “build upon this important >>> precedent. The team, though, stuck around in an attempt to question New >>> America’s leadership about whether it really wanted to fire the entire >>> group. >>> >>> “We were trying to be, like, ’Are you sure you want to do this because it >>> sort of seems bad,” Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Program, >>> told >>> HuffPost. “Are you sure you want to prove us right? Are you sure you want >>> to >>> back a monopoly in such an obvious and clumsy way? We were negotiating >>> with >>> them.” (Stoller is an occasional HuffPost contributor.) >>> >>> Despite those negotiations, Slaughter on Wednesday officially terminated >>> Lynn and his team. >>> >>> >>> >>> Slaughter disputed the Times story, saying in a statement that the claim >>> “that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets program” was >>> “false.” Instead, she said that Lynn refused “to adhere to New America’s >>> standards of openness and institutional collegiality.” She offered no >>> explanation for firing the entire Open Markets team. >>> >>> A Google spokeswoman denied any involvement in Lynn’s firing in an email >>> to >>> HuffPost. She also said that Schmidt did not threaten to cut off funding >>> for >>> the think tank because of the Open Markets statement on Google’s antitrust >>> fine. >>> >>> “We support hundreds of organizations that promote a free and open >>> Internet, >>> greater access to information, and increased opportunity,” Riva Sciuto, >>> the >>> Google spokesperson, said in the statement. “We don’t agree with every >>> group >>> 100 percent of the time, and while we sometimes respectfully disagree, we >>> respect each group’s independence, personnel decisions, and policy >>> perspectives.” >>> >>> New America did not immediately respond to a request for comment to >>> HuffPost. >>> >>> Lynn is now building an independent think tank to continue his >>> anti-monopoly >>> work with his New America team. The group has already launched a campaign >>> aimed at mobilizing public opposition to the power of modern-day >>> monopolies >>> by highlighting Google’s power to quash independent research like that by >>> the Open Markets team. >>> >>> Its supporters say this case underscores that argument. >>> >>> Lynn and his colleagues “have long argued that monopolies are a problem >>> for >>> the economy, but they’re also a problem for democracy,” Zephyr Teachout, a >>> fellow at Open Markets and board member of its new campaign ― called >>> Citizens Against Monopolies ― told HuffPost. “This kind of proves the >>> point.” >>> >>> It’s not as though the Open Markets team needed to get fired to buttress >>> their concerns about monopoly power. Their efforts already have been >>> influential ― more so than work by many other think tanks. >>> >>> The Democratic Party recently adopted the team’s warnings about monopolies >>> in its “A Better Deal” platform. Politicians ― including Sens. Elizabeth >>> Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. >>> Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ― are pushing for enhanced antitrust enforcement and >>> calling out concentrations of economic power more than before. >>> >>> Open Markets has helped lead the economic debate to a “more populist >>> strain >>> over the past couple of years,” Marshall Steinbaum, a fellow at the >>> progressive economics think tank Roosevelt Institute, told HuffPost. >>> >>> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told >>> HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >>> >>> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the >>> condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that >>> funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way >>> that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >>> >>> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, >>> Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more >>> blunt >>> in his assessment of what happened at New America. >>> >>> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way >>> bullies act.” >>> >>> The internal workings of New America, though, is not the real issue, >>> Stoller >>> said. The public needs to recognize Google as an autocratic private power >>> that is exerting itself in the economy and in policy to increase its own >>> power over people, he argued. >>> >>> “We love a lot of the people at New America,” Stoller said. “We think >>> their >>> work is great. ... This is not an issue of New America. This is an issue >>> about monopoly and Google.” >>> >>> And Google is undeniably a monopoly. Just ask monopoly proponent and >>> billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who has said the company is able to >>> offer >>> so many wonderful perks to its employees because it doesn’t have to worry >>> too much about competition. It controls 80 percent of the market for >>> online >>> search and 54 percent of the browser market in the U.S. >>> >>> Google and Facebook, another powerful online platform monopoly, have >>> gobbled >>> up practically every new online advertising dollar (thanks to their past >>> acquisitions of online advertising companies) in recent years while >>> pressuring news organizations, including HuffPost, to publish directly to >>> their platforms. Google’s control of internet search has given it the >>> power >>> to squeeze money away from other websites (see: CelebrityNetWorth.com and >>> Yelp.com). Google’s dominant position as an advertising seller has also >>> given it increasing power over newsrooms (although not as much as >>> Facebook). >>> >>> The company ― which once went by the motto “Don’t be evil” ― has also >>> sought >>> to replicate its economic power in political and policy spheres. >>> >>> Google has previously sought to pressure a nonprofit over its criticism of >>> the company. In 2009, Google’s head of public policy reached out to the >>> foundation funding the California-based Consumer Watchdog to warn it about >>> continuing to underwrite the work by the pro-privacy group. That work was >>> critical of many of Google’s privacy policies. >>> >>> In the past decade, Google also has poured tens of millions of dollars >>> into >>> campaign contributions, lobbying firms, think tanks and policy nonprofits >>> in >>> the past decade. >>> >>> This political investment soared after 2011 when Google’s antitrust issues >>> first came under the microscope. Its lobbying expenses doubled from $9.6 >>> million in 2011 to $18.2 million in 2012, and have not fallen below $15 >>> million since. In 2011, Google gave grants to 44 different nonprofits and >>> think tanks. That number jumped to 81 in 2012 and now sits at 170. >>> >>> Goggle executives enjoyed unrivaled access to the White House under >>> President Barack Obama, visiting hundreds of times, according to Secret >>> Service visitor logs. Google has also pumped millions of dollars into >>> research at universities, often to buttress its public policy positions, >>> and >>> is pushing its own agenda for public school education across the country. >>> >>> Google’s huge increase in political investment post-2011 was in direct >>> reaction to the Federal Trade Commission opening an antitrust >>> investigation >>> into whether it abused its market position in internet searches. The FTC >>> commissioners eventually dropped the investigation in exchange for small >>> concessions by the company, despite a report by the agency’s legal team >>> that >>> labeled Google a “monopoly” and supported a full investigation. >>> >>> “The ‘A’ word is the one thing that can stop the music,” Luther Lowe, >>> Yelp’s >>> vice president of public policy, said of Google’s interest in antitrust >>> issues. “It’s the one that’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, click here: >>> >>> http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/dogwallah%40gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> McTim >> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A >> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel >> >> > > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A > route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From arsenebaguma at gmail.com Fri Sep 1 08:18:44 2017 From: arsenebaguma at gmail.com (=?utf-8?Q?Ars=C3=A8ne_Tungali?=) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 14:18:44 +0200 Subject: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle In-Reply-To: References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: <90597DB8-A5D7-462E-91AD-AE245E2B31FD@gmail.com> This is a good case study to understand this world, the way people use their powers against others. This whole debate becomes now between NA and OM (kinda leaving Google behind). And the press seems to forget the real issue to cover and to speak up about. People denounce something, they get fired (not because they denounced, as per their boss), then they decide to start something new in order to continue their fight. Kudos! I do believe the fight against anti-trust is legitimate and it should attract the attention of civil society groups. And as a civil society group, we should talk about this again and again to nurture our opinions about tech companies and other intermediaries. ----------------- Arsène Tungali, about.me/ArseneTungali +243 993810967 GPG: 523644A0 Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos) > On Sep 1, 2017, at 2:02 PM, McTim wrote: > > you need to read the NA statement that I sent AND the emails for context. > >> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:23 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I did read the emails in the link that I shared. I still think it reflects >> poorly on New America. >> >> May I suggest you read through this Twitter thread to see how New America’s >> response is factually incorrect. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Ayden Férdeline >> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle >> Local Time: 1 September 2017 12:17 PM >> UTC Time: 1 September 2017 11:17 >> From: dogwallah at gmail.com >> To: Ayden Férdeline >> parminder , BestBitsList >> , governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> >> >> Hi, >> >> If you read more than the hit pieces about this, it does not reflect >> pporly on New America at all. >> >> The guy acted like douchebag, they gave him loads of chances to do >> the right thing, he refused to take them. >> >> read the emails in the link you provided, then read this one: >> >> https://www.newamerica.org/new-america/press-releases/new-americas-response-new-york-times/ >> >> "Statement to be attributed to Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America: >> >> Today’s New York Times story implies that Google lobbied New America >> to expel the Open Markets program because of this press release. I >> want to be clear: this implication is absolutely false." >> >> The "anti-Google at all costs" types see this as red meat for their >> cause. Sad. Bigly Sad. >> >> Regards, >> >> McTim >> >> >>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: >>> I think the incident reflects far more poorly on the part of New America >>> than it does Google. I notice they have now published on their website >>> some >>> correspondence between their CEO and the terminated staffer, but what is >>> lacking is the correspondence between their CEO and Google executives on >>> this matter. Perhaps we could ask for some more transparency around that. >>> I >>> find we are often very quick to denounce the activities of governments and >>> platforms (as we should), but seem to give think tanks, conservative and >>> libertarian, free reign to behave how they like. Maybe this is a bit of an >>> over-simplification but that is my perception at least as to how they are >>> held accountable. >>> >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Ayden Férdeline >>> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline >>> >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: Re: [governance] Google exercises its funding muscle >>> Local Time: 1 September 2017 6:00 AM >>> UTC Time: 1 September 2017 05:00 >>> From: parminder at itforchange.net >>> To: BestBitsList , >>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >>> >>> >>> two more articles on the same issue >>> >>> Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant >>> By KENNETH P. VOGEL >>> Aug 30 2017 >>> >>> >>> >>> AND >>> >>> New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering >>> Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest - >>> 08/31/2017 - Yves Smith >>> >>> >>> https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/new-america-foundation-head-anne-marie-slaughter-botches-laundering-googles-money.html >>> >>> >>> We should ideally be doing a statement on this very significant and >>> structural issue, basic to civil society work in this area. What do people >>> here say? >>> >>> parminder >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday 01 September 2017 10:26 AM, parminder wrote: >>> >>> Quotes from the below article, which connects to the discussion (or non >>> discussion) we recently had here on Google"s funding of non profit/ >>> academic >>> research in digital area. >>> >>> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told >>> HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >>> >>> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the >>> condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that >>> funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way >>> that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >>> >>> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, >>> Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more >>> blunt >>> in his assessment of what happened at New America. >>> >>> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way >>> bullies act.” >>> >>> Google Just Proved That Monopolies Imperil Democracy, Not Just The Economy >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-monopoly-barry-lynn_us_59a738fde4b010ca289a1155?section=us_politics >>> >>> Barry Lynn and his team of anti-monopoly researchers were fired by a think >>> tank after criticizing the search giant. >>> >>> WASHINGTON ― For the past decade, former business journalist Barry Lynn >>> has >>> used his perch at the New America Foundation to warn politicians and the >>> public that a new era of corporate monopolies threatened not only American >>> workers, but also democracy itself. >>> >>> Lynn was just proven right: New America has fired him as head of its Open >>> Markets program along with his team of about 10 researchers and >>> journalists, >>> after they called for an antitrust investigation of the think tank’s >>> largest >>> longtime donor, Google. >>> >>> On June 27, the Open Markets team in a 150-word statement called for the >>> Federal Trade Commission to follow the lead of the European Union, which >>> leveled a $2.7 billion fine on Google for violating antitrust laws. Since >>> New America’s start in 1999, Google has given it $21 million. And Eric >>> Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent >>> company, >>> served as New America’s chairman from 2008 through mid-2016. >>> >>> According to a report on Wednesday in The New York Times, Lynn was called >>> on >>> the carpet by New America head Anne-Marie Slaughter shortly after the Open >>> Markets program praised the E.U.’s decision to find Google in violation of >>> antitrust law for providing preferential placement to its own products and >>> those of its subsidiaries over its rivals in search results. Schmidt, the >>> Times reported, had expressed to Slaughter his “displeasure” with the >>> statement backing the E.U.’s move. >>> >>> Slaughter, according to an email obtained by the Times, told Lynn that he >>> and his team had to leave New America. The firing was, “in no way based on >>> the content of your work,” she wrote, while also saying Lynn was >>> “imperiling >>> the institution as a whole.” >>> >>> Two current members of the Open Markets team confirmed this timeline of >>> events to HuffPost. Lynn and his Open Markets colleagues were told to >>> depart >>> New America two days after the statement that supported the E.U. antitrust >>> fine and called upon “U.S. enforcers” to “build upon this important >>> precedent. The team, though, stuck around in an attempt to question New >>> America’s leadership about whether it really wanted to fire the entire >>> group. >>> >>> “We were trying to be, like, ’Are you sure you want to do this because it >>> sort of seems bad,” Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Program, >>> told >>> HuffPost. “Are you sure you want to prove us right? Are you sure you want >>> to >>> back a monopoly in such an obvious and clumsy way? We were negotiating >>> with >>> them.” (Stoller is an occasional HuffPost contributor.) >>> >>> Despite those negotiations, Slaughter on Wednesday officially terminated >>> Lynn and his team. >>> >>> >>> >>> Slaughter disputed the Times story, saying in a statement that the claim >>> “that Google lobbied New America to expel the Open Markets program” was >>> “false.” Instead, she said that Lynn refused “to adhere to New America’s >>> standards of openness and institutional collegiality.” She offered no >>> explanation for firing the entire Open Markets team. >>> >>> A Google spokeswoman denied any involvement in Lynn’s firing in an email >>> to >>> HuffPost. She also said that Schmidt did not threaten to cut off funding >>> for >>> the think tank because of the Open Markets statement on Google’s antitrust >>> fine. >>> >>> “We support hundreds of organizations that promote a free and open >>> Internet, >>> greater access to information, and increased opportunity,” Riva Sciuto, >>> the >>> Google spokesperson, said in the statement. “We don’t agree with every >>> group >>> 100 percent of the time, and while we sometimes respectfully disagree, we >>> respect each group’s independence, personnel decisions, and policy >>> perspectives.” >>> >>> New America did not immediately respond to a request for comment to >>> HuffPost. >>> >>> Lynn is now building an independent think tank to continue his >>> anti-monopoly >>> work with his New America team. The group has already launched a campaign >>> aimed at mobilizing public opposition to the power of modern-day >>> monopolies >>> by highlighting Google’s power to quash independent research like that by >>> the Open Markets team. >>> >>> Its supporters say this case underscores that argument. >>> >>> Lynn and his colleagues “have long argued that monopolies are a problem >>> for >>> the economy, but they’re also a problem for democracy,” Zephyr Teachout, a >>> fellow at Open Markets and board member of its new campaign ― called >>> Citizens Against Monopolies ― told HuffPost. “This kind of proves the >>> point.” >>> >>> It’s not as though the Open Markets team needed to get fired to buttress >>> their concerns about monopoly power. Their efforts already have been >>> influential ― more so than work by many other think tanks. >>> >>> The Democratic Party recently adopted the team’s warnings about monopolies >>> in its “A Better Deal” platform. Politicians ― including Sens. Elizabeth >>> Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. >>> Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ― are pushing for enhanced antitrust enforcement and >>> calling out concentrations of economic power more than before. >>> >>> Open Markets has helped lead the economic debate to a “more populist >>> strain >>> over the past couple of years,” Marshall Steinbaum, a fellow at the >>> progressive economics think tank Roosevelt Institute, told HuffPost. >>> >>> Firing Lynn and his team “raises a lot of questions,” a Warren aide told >>> HuffPost. Warren, herself, later tweeted her concerns. >>> >>> A senior aide to a progressive House Democrat, who commented on the >>> condition of anonymity, called the firings “an example of the way that >>> funding think tanks is a way to achieve policy outcomes, in the same way >>> that lobbying and funding campaigns is. It’s a business expense.” >>> >>> Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, >>> Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, was more >>> blunt >>> in his assessment of what happened at New America. >>> >>> “It’s just classic monopoly muscle,” he told HuffPost. “This is the way >>> bullies act.” >>> >>> The internal workings of New America, though, is not the real issue, >>> Stoller >>> said. The public needs to recognize Google as an autocratic private power >>> that is exerting itself in the economy and in policy to increase its own >>> power over people, he argued. >>> >>> “We love a lot of the people at New America,” Stoller said. “We think >>> their >>> work is great. ... This is not an issue of New America. This is an issue >>> about monopoly and Google.” >>> >>> And Google is undeniably a monopoly. Just ask monopoly proponent and >>> billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who has said the company is able to >>> offer >>> so many wonderful perks to its employees because it doesn’t have to worry >>> too much about competition. It controls 80 percent of the market for >>> online >>> search and 54 percent of the browser market in the U.S. >>> >>> Google and Facebook, another powerful online platform monopoly, have >>> gobbled >>> up practically every new online advertising dollar (thanks to their past >>> acquisitions of online advertising companies) in recent years while >>> pressuring news organizations, including HuffPost, to publish directly to >>> their platforms. Google’s control of internet search has given it the >>> power >>> to squeeze money away from other websites (see: CelebrityNetWorth.com and >>> Yelp.com). Google’s dominant position as an advertising seller has also >>> given it increasing power over newsrooms (although not as much as >>> Facebook). >>> >>> The company ― which once went by the motto “Don’t be evil” ― has also >>> sought >>> to replicate its economic power in political and policy spheres. >>> >>> Google has previously sought to pressure a nonprofit over its criticism of >>> the company. In 2009, Google’s head of public policy reached out to the >>> foundation funding the California-based Consumer Watchdog to warn it about >>> continuing to underwrite the work by the pro-privacy group. That work was >>> critical of many of Google’s privacy policies. >>> >>> In the past decade, Google also has poured tens of millions of dollars >>> into >>> campaign contributions, lobbying firms, think tanks and policy nonprofits >>> in >>> the past decade. >>> >>> This political investment soared after 2011 when Google’s antitrust issues >>> first came under the microscope. Its lobbying expenses doubled from $9.6 >>> million in 2011 to $18.2 million in 2012, and have not fallen below $15 >>> million since. In 2011, Google gave grants to 44 different nonprofits and >>> think tanks. That number jumped to 81 in 2012 and now sits at 170. >>> >>> Goggle executives enjoyed unrivaled access to the White House under >>> President Barack Obama, visiting hundreds of times, according to Secret >>> Service visitor logs. Google has also pumped millions of dollars into >>> research at universities, often to buttress its public policy positions, >>> and >>> is pushing its own agenda for public school education across the country. >>> >>> Google’s huge increase in political investment post-2011 was in direct >>> reaction to the Federal Trade Commission opening an antitrust >>> investigation >>> into whether it abused its market position in internet searches. The FTC >>> commissioners eventually dropped the investigation in exchange for small >>> concessions by the company, despite a report by the agency’s legal team >>> that >>> labeled Google a “monopoly” and supported a full investigation. >>> >>> “The ‘A’ word is the one thing that can stop the music,” Luther Lowe, >>> Yelp’s >>> vice president of public policy, said of Google’s interest in antitrust >>> issues. “It’s the one that’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, click here: >>> >>> http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/dogwallah%40gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> McTim >> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A >> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel > > > > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A > route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/arsenebaguma%40gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de Fri Sep 1 10:43:14 2017 From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Kleinw=E4chter=2C_Wolfgang=22?=) Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:43:14 +0200 Subject: [governance] Russia References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> Message-ID: <2DA93620FC07494C926D60C8E3C2F1A801D3B9DA@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de> FYI (see below) Wolfgang Izvestia: Russia will raise the issue of behavior in cyberspace at the UN General Assembly August 28, 2017 Russia will raise the issue of international rules of conduct in the information sphere at the UN General Assembly, which opens on September 12 in New York. The special representative of the Russian President on international cooperation in the field of information security Andrei Krutskikh told the Izvestia. It is reported that the main proposals of Russia on this topic will be made public at the BRICS summit. Krutskikh clarified that at the same time "important shifts will begin to occur much earlier": the effectiveness of proposals concerning international norms of behavior in cyberspace will be first proved by the example of regional platforms - CSTO, BRICS and SCO. "The theme will definitely be discussed at the General Assembly, but very important decisions will be made in the first week of September, when BRICS will meet (the summit of the BRICS leaders will be held in China on September 3-5. No one refuses, and we continue to work on their implementation, "the presidential envoy said. Earlier, at a meeting of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on International Information Security, Russia proposed to include in the final report of the meeting provisions on the need to draft a resolution of the UN General Assembly on the rules of responsible behavior of states in the information space. As Krutskikh said in an interview with Izvestiya in July, "unfortunately, not all states share our peacekeeping approach in trying to uphold the" right of the strong "in the digital sphere, persistently promote their own vision of international information security based not on prevention but on regulation of Conflicts ". As Krutskikh notes, now Russia, "in spite of the failure of a group of UN governmental experts, on the contrary, is speeding up this process." According to the diplomat, international norms of behavior in the information sphere "will begin to take shape" thanks to the efforts of the CSTO, BRICS, SCO members, and then the UN. "This topic is in demand and increasingly popular," - he concluded. -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From valeriab at apc.org Fri Sep 1 14:40:11 2017 From: valeriab at apc.org (Valeria Betancourt) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 13:40:11 -0500 Subject: [governance] Unesco consultation on indicators for internet universality - Please do not miss the chance to contribute Message-ID: <1b5548ea-6a1c-1895-5c6f-cfe6df49d5ae@apc.org> Dear all, As you might have heard, UNESCO has launched a programme of work earlier this year to develop indicators for Internet Universality. UNESCO's Internet Universality framework is built around four core themes in Internet development, which are concerned with Rights, Openness, Access and Multistakeholder Participation (the R-O-A-M principles). The indicators which are to be developed will be used to assess progress towards an Internet which is consistent with the R-O-A-M principles at national and international levels. Work to develop the indicators is being led by the Association for Progressive Communications, together with research partners from Africa, Asia and Latin America (Research ICT Africa, LIRNEasia and DIRSI). Particular attention is being paid, within the R-O-A-M framework, to indicators concerned with gender inclusion and the inclusion of children and young people. UNESCO, APC and its partners are keen to ensure that as many stakeholders as possible contribute to the development of these indicators. Stakeholder contributions are vital to ensuring that the indicators meet the needs and concerns of the whole Internet community. We are writing to you now to encourage you to complete and questionnaire and contribute your views to help achieve this goal. A questionnaire inviting contributions to the project can be found in six languages at the following websites: Arabic: https://ar.unesco.org/internetuniversality Chinese: https://zh.unesco.org/feedback/diao-cha-wen-juan English: https://en.unesco.org/internetuniversality French: https://fr.unesco.org/internetuniversality Russian: https://ru.unesco.org/internetuniversality Spanish: https://es.unesco.org/internetuniversality As well as contributing yourselves to this consultation, we would be very grateful if you could circulate this email within your networks, and encourage your member-organisations and supporters to contribute their views as well. That will help to ensure that the indicator framework which emerges will be of greater value to all members of the Internet community. If you do circulate to your networks, it would be really helpful if you could let us know that you have done so. The closing date for contributions is 31 October, but it would be really helpful to receive inputs well before that date! Many thanks for your help. We look forward to reading your inputs and those from your networks. Best regards, Valeria -- Valeria Betancourt Directora / Manager Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication and Information Policy Programme Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones / Association for Progressive Communications, APC http://www.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From joly at punkcast.com Sun Sep 3 05:32:11 2017 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 05:32:11 -0400 Subject: [governance] =?UTF-8?Q?INVITE=3A_Internet_Society_25th_Anniversar?= =?UTF-8?Q?y_=E2=80=93_NYC_Celebration_Node_+_Lunch_=E2=80=93_Sep_19_2017_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=23thenext25?= Message-ID: ​How time flies! A quarter of a century since the Internet Society was founded, just as the network emerged from it's NSF chrysalis to wider world. But plenty of water under the bridge. And who knows where we might end up in the next quarter century. Well, ISOC has taken a shot at figuring that out, and it's findings will be in the Global Report mentioned below, which, along with the 4th Internet Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, will be the main features of InterCommunity 2017. This year in NYC we are doing ICOMM in style, with a lunch at the Cornell Club! Hope you can find time, and funds, to join us. [image: InterCommunity 2017 NYC Node] The Internet Society is 25 years old , and we are looking at #thenext25 .Join us at the Cornell Club on on September 19 to celebrate, and participate in a ISOC's annual global meetup, *InterCommunity 2017 .**New York is North America's only Interactive Node and we're planning a very special event!* *InterCommunity is an annual event where the Internet Society's 110+ chapters and 80k+ members participate in a global meetup, as regional nodes take it in turns to present local news, and discuss global issues. Anyone may participate online, but certain Chapters mount interactive nodes. In 2017 NYC has the honor to represent the North America Region.* Join us at the Cornell Club for a light breakfast, our 'InterCommunity live session, followed by lunch. Register at *http://bit.ly/2gtUeVx* ($25) *Full Schedule:* 10:00-10:45am: Doors open, breakfast, networking 11:00am - 12:00pm: Going 'live' with InterCommunity 2017 - Intros - NY Chapter highlights and future plans - Speakers commenting on the Internet Society's Global Internet Report 12:00pm - 2:00: Lunch, more networking and chapter activity *Speakers* *Avri Doria*, Board Member, ISOC-NY *Eli Noam*, Director, Columbia Institute of Tele-Information *Mark Buell*, Director North America Bureau, Internet Society ​and more t.b.a.​ *Global Schedule* Intercommunity 2017 kicks-off on September 18 with two webcast events in Los Angeles.. Preceding Intercommunity's kick off will be the launch of the *Internet Society's 2017 Global Internet Report * . On this 25th anniversary, the report has the theme '*Paths to our Digital Future*' and focuses on how the Internet may develop over the next 25 years. This report will be InterCommunity's primary topic. Hence the hashtag *#thenext25 .* Webcast - *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocreport2017 *(2:30pm EDT) Then, Intercommunity itself properly kicks off. as we recognize the past. The *4th Internet Hall of Fame induction ceremony *celebrates the extraordinary people who helped to make the Internet what it is today. Webcast - *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ihof2017 * (8:30pm EDT) Following the ceremony, the InterCommunity program will pass to the Interactive Regional Nodes around the world, starting with Japan, ultimately reaching NYC when we go live at 11am on Tuesday Sep 19. See *https://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity/2017/schedule * InterCommunityconcludes back in Los Angeles with a roundtable discussion featuring several Internet Hall of Fame inductees and next generation Internet leaders from our *25 under 25 program *. *Join us for this special occasion and to celebrate our work for the last and #thenext25 .* Comment See all comments *​Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9372 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From sana.pryhod at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 06:26:40 2017 From: sana.pryhod at gmail.com (Oksana Prykhodko) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 13:26:40 +0300 Subject: [governance] Russia In-Reply-To: <2DA93620FC07494C926D60C8E3C2F1A801D3B9DA@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de> References: <95734e2e-a779-1fde-0e0f-e8f5ff3622a4@itforchange.net> <2DA93620FC07494C926D60C8E3C2F1A801D3B9DA@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de> Message-ID: Dear Wolfgang, Thank you very much for raising this issue! Could you please provide the link to UN document? Does EU have any statement on this issue? Kind regards, Oksana Prykhodko director of iNGO European Media Platform On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 5:43 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" < wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote: > FYI (see below) > > Wolfgang > > > > Izvestia: Russia will raise the issue of behavior in cyberspace at the UN > General Assembly > > August 28, 2017 > > Russia will raise the issue of international rules of conduct in the > information sphere at the UN General Assembly, which opens on September 12 > in New York. The special representative of the Russian President on > international cooperation in the field of information security Andrei > Krutskikh told the Izvestia. It is reported that the main proposals of > Russia on this topic will be made public at the BRICS summit. > > Krutskikh clarified that at the same time "important shifts will begin to > occur much earlier": the effectiveness of proposals concerning > international norms of behavior in cyberspace will be first proved by the > example of regional platforms - CSTO, BRICS and SCO. > > "The theme will definitely be discussed at the General Assembly, but very > important decisions will be made in the first week of September, when BRICS > will meet (the summit of the BRICS leaders will be held in China on > September 3-5. No one refuses, and we continue to work on their > implementation, "the presidential envoy said. > > Earlier, at a meeting of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on > International Information Security, Russia proposed to include in the final > report of the meeting provisions on the need to draft a resolution of the > UN General Assembly on the rules of responsible behavior of states in the > information space. As Krutskikh said in an interview with Izvestiya in > July, "unfortunately, not all states share our peacekeeping approach in > trying to uphold the" right of the strong "in the digital sphere, > persistently promote their own vision of international information security > based not on prevention but on regulation of Conflicts ". > > As Krutskikh notes, now Russia, "in spite of the failure of a group of UN > governmental experts, on the contrary, is speeding up this process." > According to the diplomat, international norms of behavior in the > information sphere "will begin to take shape" thanks to the efforts of the > CSTO, BRICS, SCO members, and then the UN. "This topic is in demand and > increasingly popular," - he concluded. > > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/ > sympa/auto_signoff/governance/sana.pryhod%40gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do you know what the reason for the shutdown is? ---- Tomslin On 7 September 2017 at 06:43, Norbert Komlan GLAKPE wrote: > ​Dear All, > > I apologize for cross posting. > > We are experiencing internet shut down in Togo since this Morning. > Social Media was fluctuating since yesterday morning according to many > users. > But the black out has been total ince 9AM. > 3G internet is completely Down on the 2 GSM operators networks. > Broad band internet (ADSL) was working one ISP's network but the bigger > ISP's network is still down. > Until nos, the black Out is ongoing. > > We are actively working on a communique with the help of ISoc Afric Bureau. > > Kindly join us spread the information to put pressure on Togo authorities > in order to restore the Internet. > thanks, > > Norbert Komlan GLAKPE > President/Chair Man, Internet Society Togo > > [image: Images intégrées 1]​ > > > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/ > sympa/auto_signoff/governance/mesumbeslin%40gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here are somes link to those articles. https://internetwithoutborders.org/fr/internet-mobile-bloque-au-togo-une-atteinte-a-la-libre-expression-en-ligne/ http://www.mfwa.org/opposition-demonstration-eclipsed-by-social-media-blackout/ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41174005?ocid=socialflow_twitter twitter can also help you find out more. Kindly search #Togo Thanks Norbert GLAKPE President / Chair Man, Internet Society​ @norbertglakpe 2017-09-06 21:17 GMT+00:00 Tomslin Samme-Nlar : > Thank you Norbert for the update. > Do you know what the reason for the shutdown is? > > > ---- > Tomslin > > > On 7 September 2017 at 06:43, Norbert Komlan GLAKPE < > norbertglakpe at gmail.com> wrote: > >> ​Dear All, >> >> I apologize for cross posting. >> >> We are experiencing internet shut down in Togo since this Morning. >> Social Media was fluctuating since yesterday morning according to many >> users. >> But the black out has been total ince 9AM. >> 3G internet is completely Down on the 2 GSM operators networks. >> Broad band internet (ADSL) was working one ISP's network but the bigger >> ISP's network is still down. >> Until nos, the black Out is ongoing. >> >> We are actively working on a communique with the help of ISoc Afric >> Bureau. >> >> Kindly join us spread the information to put pressure on Togo authorities >> in order to restore the Internet. >> thanks, >> >> Norbert Komlan GLAKPE >> President/Chair Man, Internet Society Togo >> >> [image: Images intégrées 1]​ >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/symp >> a/auto_signoff/governance/mesumbeslin%40gmail.com >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, Arsene -- ------------------------ **Arsène Tungali* * Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international *, CEO,* Smart Services Sarl *, *Mabingwa Forum * Tel: +243 993810967 GPG: 523644A0 *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil & Mexico ) - AFRISIG 2016 - Blogger - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles & Marrakech ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius )* - *IGFSA Member - Internet Governance - Internet Freedom. 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Kindly make this situation known of the hole world by sharing the Internet Society Togo's communiqué published on the chapter's web site: https://www.internetsociety.tg/home/communique-de-presse-du-06-septembre-2017-relatif-aux-pertubations-de-la-connexion-internet-au-togo/ Regards, ​ Norbert Komlan GLAKPE President/Chair, Internet Society Togo @norbertglakpe 2017-09-06 20:43 GMT+00:00 Norbert Komlan GLAKPE : > ​Dear All, > > I apologize for cross posting. > > We are experiencing internet shut down in Togo since this Morning. > Social Media was fluctuating since yesterday morning according to many > users. > But the black out has been total ince 9AM. > 3G internet is completely Down on the 2 GSM operators networks. > Broad band internet (ADSL) was working one ISP's network but the bigger > ISP's network is still down. > Until nos, the black Out is ongoing. > > We are actively working on a communique with the help of ISoc Afric Bureau. > > Kindly join us spread the information to put pressure on Togo authorities > in order to restore the Internet. > thanks, > > ​​ > Norbert Komlan GLAKPE > President/Chair Man, Internet Society Togo > > [image: Images intégrées 1]​ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After some try to understand, why i am blocked without any answer, i wrote an email to the IGF secretariat and the list. The group have the name IGF DC C3, means: Internet Governance Forum - Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. In the answer from Luici Belli, his long title i don't understand, but i know it from USA and Latin America, we know his interests: ".. (trolls) .. was one of the principal reasons why we have started to elaborate the document". The background of the conflict is clear for me. Community based or private/state based interconnection of local network for our telecommunication. And the interests of all state institutions in Brasil and Argentina and in all Latin America are oriented to private/state controll. For me, the content in this group is not important, because all the people in this group have another destination. More important is, that the IGF follow his own written principles. And from Europe i know, if the people use the term "troll", they lost any base of rational argumentations. It is the same like with "conspiracy theory". Only war-terms, no more. many greetings, willi in this time: Asuncion, Paraguay -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: [DC] Consensus all on Guidelines for Administration of DC Mailing Lists - resend with correct link Datum: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 10:38:08 -0700 Von: LB at lucabelli.net An: avri at acm.org , dc at intgovforum.org Dear Avri and all, Many thanks for your work regarding the guidelines and apologise for missing the Monday meeting (due to work overload rather than lack of interest) I think there are two major flows in the current version that should be corrected before we call for consensus. 1) The current version of the guidelines does not address the issue of mailing-list trolls, which (in my understanding) was one of the principal reasons why we have started to elaborate the document. The guidelines utilise the IGF Code of Conduct as a reference for behavioural standard. The Code does not specifically cover the issue of trolling. I think the reason is because the Code has been conceived to address face-to-face meeting and trolling is not something that could ever happen in a face-to-face meeting where a moderator can stop giving the mic to someone who “disrupts normal on-topic discussions often for the troll amusement” (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll ). Hence, I fear the mere reference to the Code is not sufficient to address this problem. I suggest specifying the 3rd bullet-point of the Code, adding to the Guidelines something along these lines “For the purpose of these Guidelines, the mailing list administrator should consider as reasonable the behaviour of mailing-list the participants who share a moderate quantity of on-topic and non-aggressive emails.” 2) The Guidelines do not specify the date of validity of the document. This is an essential element of any behavioural regulation and a basic element of juridical certainty. This problem can be easily solved by adding a sentence stating something along these lines: “These Guidelines represent the consensus of the DC Coordination Group as of XX October 2017 and will be in force starting from XX October 2017) I also think we could add a sentence stating: “Any issue arising from the interpretation and/or implementation of these Guidelines shall be deferred to the DC Coordination Group that will discuss and deliberate on the matter, based on a rough consensus, starting from the first possible virtual meeting.” I am going to add these proposed fragments to the googledoc. Hope this is helpful. All the best, Luca Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher, Center for Technology & Society, FGV Rio de Janeiro Chercheur Associé Centre de Droit Public Comparé Université Paris 2 Head of Internet Governance at FGV internet-governance.fgv.br -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: [DC] Consensus all on Guidelines for Administration of DC Mailing Lists - resend with correct link Datum: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 13:10:29 -0400 Von: avri doria An: dc at intgovforum.org Hi, We discussed the guidelines at our meeting this week. During the last call we got no objections but did get a few comments. The meeting accepted a 2 step solution: 1. Since there was no objection the guidelines could be accepted as a base to work from. 2. Since there are some open issues, we should discuss the issues and then, if there is consensus to do so, amend the guidelines. As far as the open issues go, my understanding, and what was discussed in the meeting: A. Questions regarding suspending someones sending rights. The current guideline indicate that a person loses them. This is not time bound, though later in the guidelines there is a discussion about appealing such a ruling - thus giving a way for someone to get the rights back. The comment/recommendation was that a first, and possible successive loss of posting rights be timed, for example a month or three. If we wish to amend the guidelines we should come up with a specific set of steps. We should be able to develop these on the list if there is an interest. B. The question was asked, I think, about what happens when those administering the guidelines do not behave well. Currently, the IGF Secretariat remains the final authority, perhaps with guidance from this group or the MAG when appropriate, for any extraordinary issues that may occur on mailing lists. Is this enough? If not, then we will also need to craft some consensus language for an amendment. As there were only an handful of DCs represented at the meeting, I am putting this out for a quick call of non-objection. Please let the list know by the end of this week, 8 September, if you object either to the position taken during the meeting, or to my explanation. Thanks, avri -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: [DC] Consensus all on Guidelines for Administration of DC Mailing Lists - resend with correct link Datum: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:11:00 -0400 Von: willi uebelherr An: IGF dc Dear Avri, yes, this is an open and clear statement and a call to transparency for all admin-groups. So, what you propose, if an admin-group of a DC-group, here the "Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity" (DC3), don't follow this basic principles, and also not the IGF Secretariat? Based on the written text, this group works not IGF compatibel. In your text you write only about the defense of the group against individuals. Not about, what have the IGF secretariat to do, if the group breaks the IGF principles. many greetings, willi Asuncion, Paraguay -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [DC] Consensus all on Guidelines for Administration of DC Mailing Lists - resend with correct link Datum: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:40:48 +0100 Von: avri doria An: dc at intgovforum.org Hi, During our last DC Coordination meeting, we discussed "Guidelines for Administration of DC Mailing Lists" and agreed it was nearly ready for verification by the DC Coordination Group. What we indicated at the time was that I would delay the consensus call a few days, it has now been weeks, so that people could take another look at it. A few suggested edits were made and accepted. Additionally, a comment was made and responded to: the issue had been brought up about removal from from the list after multiple warnings, especially in cases when that was essentially the same as loss of membership in the DC. 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An address indicates where it is. A route > indicates how we get there." Jon Postel -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From nnenna75 at gmail.com Sun Sep 10 20:44:03 2017 From: nnenna75 at gmail.com (Nnenna Nwakanma) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:44:03 +0000 Subject: [governance] Fwd: African IGF 2017 to be held in Cairo, 4-6 December 2017 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Faye Makane" Date: Sep 11, 2017 12:12 AM Subject: African IGF 2017 to be held in Cairo, 4-6 December 2017 To: Cc: Dear Stakeholders, The secretariat of the African Internet Governance Forum is pleased to inform you that the African IGF (AfIGF2017) will be held from 4 to 6 December 2017 in Cairo. It will be organized with the support of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt. Additional information will be provided in due course. Thank you. Chers Acteurs, Le secrétariat du Forum africain sur la gouvernance de l'Internet a le plaisir de vous informer de la tenue du FGI-Afrique 2017 du 4 au 6 décembre 2017 au Caire. Le forum sera organisé avec le soutien de l'Autorite de Régulation des Télécommunications de l'Egypte. Nous vous fournirons des informations additionnelles en temps opportun. Merci. *NB*: Please note change in my email address which is now makanefa at gmail.com Best regards, ---------------- Makane Faye (Mr.) African IGF Secretariat, African Union BP 12130 F12 CP 14562 Dakar Sénégal Email: makanefa at gmail.com facebook.com/makane.faye.eca Twitter: @thianar2 Skype: makaneaddis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It will be organized with the support of the > National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt. Additional > information will be provided in due course. > > Thank you. > > Chers Acteurs, > Le secrétariat du Forum africain sur la gouvernance de l'Internet a le > plaisir de vous informer de la tenue du FGI-Afrique 2017 du 4 au 6 décembre > 2017 au Caire. Le forum sera organisé avec le soutien de l'Autorite de > Régulation des Télécommunications de l'Egypte. Nous vous fournirons des > informations additionnelles en temps opportun. Merci. > > *NB*: Please note change in my email address which is now > makanefa at gmail.com > > Best regards, > ---------------- > > Makane Faye (Mr.) > African IGF Secretariat, African Union > BP 12130 F12 CP 14562 Dakar > Sénégal > Email: makanefa at gmail.com > facebook.com/makane.faye.eca > Twitter: @thianar2 > Skype: makaneaddis > > > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/ > sympa/auto_signoff/governance/mesumbeslin%40gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From arsenebaguma at gmail.com Mon Sep 11 01:38:53 2017 From: arsenebaguma at gmail.com (=?utf-8?Q?Ars=C3=A8ne_Tungali?=) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 07:38:53 +0200 Subject: [governance] =?UTF-8?Q?=5BAFRI-Discuss=5D_Internet_Society_To?= =?UTF-8?Q?go=27s_Communiqu=C3=A9_on_the_Internet_Shut_Down_in_TOGO?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5DAF5FD2-C7F7-4960-9A17-3A6E3953E839@gmail.com> We are glad to hear that Togo is back online! There is a lot that needs to be done in this area in our dear countries! ----------------- Arsène Tungali, about.me/ArseneTungali +243 993810967 GPG: 523644A0 Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos) > On Sep 11, 2017, at 12:45 AM, Franck DOSSOU wrote: > > Hi all ! > Seems that internet Link has ben restored in Togo since this afternoon ! > > Regards > > Frk > > 2017-09-07 14:44 GMT+01:00 Norbert Komlan GLAKPE : >> Dear All, >> The Internet Shut Down is still ongoing in Togo. >> Today, around 10:30 UTC, the SMS service has been blocked on all mobiles networks. >> This means, no SMS communication, but also no MobileMoney transaction. >> Kindly make this situation known of the hole world by sharing the Internet Society Togo's communiqué published on the chapter's web site: https://www.internetsociety.tg/home/communique-de-presse-du-06-septembre-2017-relatif-aux-pertubations-de-la-connexion-internet-au-togo/ >> >> Regards, >> ​ >> Norbert Komlan GLAKPE >> President/Chair, Internet Society Togo >> @norbertglakpe >> >> >> >> >> 2017-09-06 20:43 GMT+00:00 Norbert Komlan GLAKPE : >>> ​Dear All, >>> >>> I apologize for cross posting. >>> >>> We are experiencing internet shut down in Togo since this Morning. >>> Social Media was fluctuating since yesterday morning according to many users. >>> But the black out has been total ince 9AM. >>> 3G internet is completely Down on the 2 GSM operators networks. >>> Broad band internet (ADSL) was working one ISP's network but the bigger ISP's network is still down. >>> Until nos, the black Out is ongoing. >>> >>> We are actively working on a communique with the help of ISoc Afric Bureau. >>> >>> Kindly join us spread the information to put pressure on Togo authorities in order to restore the Internet. >>> thanks, >>> >>> ​​Norbert Komlan GLAKPE >>> President/Chair Man, Internet Society Togo >>> >>> ​ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AFRI-Discuss mailing list >> AFRI-Discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss >> >> Homepage for the region: http://www.afralo.org >> >> Posting guidelines to ensure machine translations of emails sent to this list are more accurate: http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_emec/presentation.html#anexo1 > > _______________________________________________ > AFRI-Discuss mailing list > AFRI-Discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss > > Homepage for the region: http://www.afralo.org > > Posting guidelines to ensure machine translations of emails sent to this list are more accurate: http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_emec/presentation.html#anexo1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It will be organized with the support of the > National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt. Additional > information will be provided in due course. > > Thank you. > > Chers Acteurs, > Le secrétariat du Forum africain sur la gouvernance de l'Internet a le > plaisir de vous informer de la tenue du FGI-Afrique 2017 du 4 au 6 décembre > 2017 au Caire. Le forum sera organisé avec le soutien de l'Autorite de > Régulation des Télécommunications de l'Egypte. Nous vous fournirons des > informations additionnelles en temps opportun. Merci. > > *NB*: Please note change in my email address which is now > makanefa at gmail.com > > Best regards, > ---------------- > > Makane Faye (Mr.) > African IGF Secretariat, African Union > BP 12130 F12 CP 14562 Dakar > Sénégal > Email: makanefa at gmail.com > facebook.com/makane.faye.eca > Twitter: @thianar2 > Skype: makaneaddis > > > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/ > sympa/auto_signoff/governance/compsoftnet%40gmail.com > -- *Akinremi Peter Taiwo* [ West Africa Coordinator ] African Civil Society on Information Society (*ACSIS*) *Website: *www.acsis-scasi.org *E*xecutive Consultant. [ Compsoftnet Enterprise ] Nigeria *T*echnical Consultant [ RetailPoint ] Lagos Website: www.retailpos.com.ng *W*eb Master [ Internet Governance Caucus ] Website: www.igcaucus.org *Phone:* +2347-0638-30177, +2348-1874-76292 *twitter:* @compsoftnet *Skype:* akinremi.peter *Office:* Off old Ota Road, Alagbado,Lagos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From amessinoukossi at gmail.com Mon Sep 11 08:17:01 2017 From: amessinoukossi at gmail.com (Kossi Amessinou) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:17:01 +0100 Subject: [governance] Fwd: African IGF 2017 to be held in Cairo, 4-6 December 2017 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Merci pour l'information! Félicitation au secrétariat pour les efforts fournis. 2017-09-11 1:44 UTC+01:00, Nnenna Nwakanma : > Apologies for cross posting > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Faye Makane" > Date: Sep 11, 2017 12:12 AM > Subject: African IGF 2017 to be held in Cairo, 4-6 December 2017 > To: > Cc: > > Dear Stakeholders, > > The secretariat of the African Internet Governance Forum is pleased to > inform you that the African IGF (AfIGF2017) will be held from 4 to 6 > December 2017 in Cairo. It will be organized with the support of the > National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt. Additional > information will be provided in due course. > > Thank you. > > Chers Acteurs, > Le secrétariat du Forum africain sur la gouvernance de l'Internet a le > plaisir de vous informer de la tenue du FGI-Afrique 2017 du 4 au 6 décembre > 2017 au Caire. Le forum sera organisé avec le soutien de l'Autorite de > Régulation des Télécommunications de l'Egypte. Nous vous fournirons des > informations additionnelles en temps opportun. Merci. > > *NB*: Please note change in my email address which is now > makanefa at gmail.com > > Best regards, > ---------------- > > Makane Faye (Mr.) > African IGF Secretariat, African Union > BP 12130 F12 CP 14562 Dakar > Sénégal > Email: makanefa at gmail.com > facebook.com/makane.faye.eca > Twitter: @thianar2 > Skype: makaneaddis > -- AMESSINOU Kossi Directeur de l'Informatique et du Pré-archivage du Ministère du Plan et du Développement au Bénin Ingénieur TIC | ICT Engineer Contact personnel: 00229 95 19 67 02 Boîte Postale: 01BP7304 Cotonou - Bénin Emails: kossi.amessinou at fgi.bj kamessinou at developpement.gouv.bj amessinoukossi at gmail.com skype: amessinou | @amessinou | @bigf http://www.facebook.com/amessinoukossi | www.linkedin.com/pub/kossi-amessinou Que Dieu vous bénisse | Dans le silence, Dieu nous parle! 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At this > stage, we would like to seek your inputs in suggesting themes, session > format, speakers, etc. > > Please use the following link to fill in the survey: > http://bestbits.net/limesurvey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=628143&lang=en > > Do not hesitate of you have any question. > > Regards, > Arsene > > -- > ------------------------ > **Arsène Tungali* * > Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international > *, > CEO,* Smart Services Sarl *, *Mabingwa Forum > * > Tel: +243 993810967 > GPG: 523644A0 > *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* > > 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow > mandela-washington.html> > (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil > leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf- > ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors> > & Mexico > leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>) > - AFRISIG 2016 - Blogger > - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles > & Marrakech > > > ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius > >)* > - *IGFSA Member - Internet Governance - Internet > Freedom. > > Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English > ) and (French > ) > > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/ > sympa/auto_signoff/governance/bruna.mrtns%40gmail.com > -- *Bruna Martins dos Santos * +55 61 99252-6512 Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos @boomartins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Suggestions to change the theme are also accepted. > > Best, > > Bruna > > 2017-09-07 10:27 GMT-03:00 Arsène Tungali : > >> Colleagues, >> >> The preps for the joint civil society event are under way. At this >> stage, we would like to seek your inputs in suggesting themes, session >> format, speakers, etc. >> >> Please use the following link to fill in the survey: >> http://bestbits.net/limesurvey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid= >> 628143&lang=en >> >> Do not hesitate of you have any question. >> >> Regards, >> Arsene >> >> -- >> ------------------------ >> **Arsène Tungali* * >> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international >> *, >> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl *, *Mabingwa Forum >> * >> Tel: +243 993810967 >> GPG: 523644A0 >> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* >> >> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow >> > la-washington.html> >> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil >> > dership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors- >> programme/Past-Ambassadors> >> & Mexico >> > dership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>) >> - AFRISIG 2016 - Blogger >> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles >> & Marrakech >> > -2016-03-14-en> >> ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius >> > owship-winners>)* >> - *IGFSA Member - Internet Governance - Internet >> Freedom. >> >> Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English >> ) and (French >> ) >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/symp >> a/auto_signoff/governance/bruna.mrtns%40gmail.com >> > > > > -- > *Bruna Martins dos Santos * > > +55 61 99252-6512 <(61)%2099252-6512> > Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos > @boomartins > > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/ > sympa/auto_signoff/governance/raquino%40gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From arsenebaguma at gmail.com Fri Sep 15 13:01:26 2017 From: arsenebaguma at gmail.com (=?utf-8?Q?Ars=C3=A8ne_Tungali?=) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 19:01:26 +0200 Subject: [governance] Suggest topics for the CS joint meeting @ IGF 2017 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9413F72D-6A45-4CF7-AFEC-5B2D403F25B5@gmail.com> Hi Renata, Not sure i understand what you mean! What's coming up? Please do share more. Regards, Arsene ----------------- Arsène Tungali, about.me/ArseneTungali +243 993810967 GPG: 523644A0 Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos) > On Sep 15, 2017, at 6:44 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote: > > And time for MAG IGF CS is coming > Would be interesting to see if IGC participates via CSCG > > Em 12 de set de 2017 10:15 PM, "Bruna Martins dos Santos" escreveu: >> Dear All, >> >> Just a reminder that this survey is receiving inputs until September 18th and that your opinion is necessary for the organizing team as it will help them come up with themes, session format, speakers, etc. >> >> http://bestbits.net/limesurvey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=628143&lang=en >> >> ps. Suggestions to change the theme are also accepted. >> >> Best, >> >> Bruna >> >> 2017-09-07 10:27 GMT-03:00 Arsène Tungali : >>> Colleagues, >>> >>> The preps for the joint civil society event are under way. At this >>> stage, we would like to seek your inputs in suggesting themes, session >>> format, speakers, etc. >>> >>> Please use the following link to fill in the survey: >>> http://bestbits.net/limesurvey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=628143&lang=en >>> >>> Do not hesitate of you have any question. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Arsene >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------ >>> **Arsène Tungali* * >>> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international >>> *, >>> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl *, *Mabingwa Forum >>> * >>> Tel: +243 993810967 >>> GPG: 523644A0 >>> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* >>> >>> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow >>> >>> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil >>> >>> & Mexico >>> ) >>> - AFRISIG 2016 - Blogger >>> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles >>> & Marrakech >>> >>> ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius >>> )* >>> - *IGFSA Member - Internet Governance - Internet >>> Freedom. >>> >>> Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English >>> ) and (French >>> ) >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/bruna.mrtns%40gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Bruna Martins dos Santos >> >> +55 61 99252-6512 >> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos >> @boomartins >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/raquino%40gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ihof2017 YouTube: https://youtu.be/U0AQ9lYgFRU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ Live Transcript: Transcript: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ISOCIntercommunity2017 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Internet_HOF This will kick off InterCommunity 2017 Schedule : https://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity/2017/schedule ​ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 18/09/2017 21:09, Joly MacFie wrote: > Forget the Emmies, these are the only awards that matter!  > > > Starts at 17:30 PDT (00:30 UTC)  = 8:30pm - proime time in NYC! > > Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ihof2017 > > YouTube: https://youtu.be/U0AQ9lYgFRU > > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ > > Live Transcript: > Transcript: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ISOCIntercommunity2017 > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/Internet_HOF > > > This will kick off InterCommunity 2017  > Schedule : https://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity/2017/schedule  > ​ > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie  218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > -------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/ca%40cafonso.ca > -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From raquino at gmail.com Tue Sep 19 16:28:56 2017 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:28:56 -0300 Subject: [governance] Suggest topics for the CS joint meeting @ IGF 2017 In-Reply-To: <9413F72D-6A45-4CF7-AFEC-5B2D403F25B5@gmail.com> References: <9413F72D-6A45-4CF7-AFEC-5B2D403F25B5@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Arsène Sure. The IGF MAG Members list is on the address below and you can see those who already had 3 terms so new members are to be appointed soon. https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2017-members On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Arsène Tungali wrote: > Hi Renata, > > Not sure i understand what you mean! What's coming up? Please do share > more. > > Regards, > Arsene > > ----------------- > Arsène Tungali, > about.me/ArseneTungali > +243 993810967 <+243%20993%20810%20967> > GPG: 523644A0 > Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo > > Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos) > > On Sep 15, 2017, at 6:44 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro > wrote: > > And time for MAG IGF CS is coming > Would be interesting to see if IGC participates via CSCG > > Em 12 de set de 2017 10:15 PM, "Bruna Martins dos Santos" < > bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> escreveu: > >> Dear All, >> >> Just a reminder that *this survey is receiving inputs until September >> 18th* and that your opinion is necessary for the organizing team as it >> will help them come up with themes, session format, speakers, etc. >> >> http://bestbits.net/limesurvey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid= >> 628143&lang=en >> >> ps. Suggestions to change the theme are also accepted. >> >> Best, >> >> Bruna >> >> 2017-09-07 10:27 GMT-03:00 Arsène Tungali : >> >>> Colleagues, >>> >>> The preps for the joint civil society event are under way. At this >>> stage, we would like to seek your inputs in suggesting themes, session >>> format, speakers, etc. >>> >>> Please use the following link to fill in the survey: >>> http://bestbits.net/limesurvey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid= >>> 628143&lang=en >>> >>> Do not hesitate of you have any question. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Arsene >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------ >>> **Arsène Tungali* * >>> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international >>> *, >>> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl *, *Mabingwa Forum >>> * >>> Tel: +243 993810967 >>> GPG: 523644A0 >>> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* >>> >>> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow >>> >> la-washington.html> >>> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil >>> >> dership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-p >>> rogramme/Past-Ambassadors> >>> & Mexico >>> >> dership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>) >>> - AFRISIG 2016 - >>> Blogger >>> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles >>> & Marrakech >>> >> -2016-03-14-en> >>> ). 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From ljp at irights.info Fri Sep 22 07:57:20 2017 From: ljp at irights.info (ljp at irights.info) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:57:20 +0200 Subject: [governance] Power Shifts. Media Freedom and the Internet - Registration open! In-Reply-To: <3743b6cb-1826-a0f0-8092-3e9ba6b4cd01@cafonso.ca> References: <3743b6cb-1826-a0f0-8092-3e9ba6b4cd01@cafonso.ca> Message-ID: <20170922135720.Horde.ukz5KZSlyuJNLu_ghTUXxQ4@webmail.df.eu> Dear colleagues, please distribute the invitation for this year's FoME Symposium widely. Apologies for cross-posting. ***Power Shifts. Media Freedom and the Internet*** register here: November 16-17, 2017 Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin Hosted by iRights In many countries, not only in the developing world, governments are pushing for more control over the Internet. Censoring content is a growth industry, and Internet and social network shutdowns in response to civil protest and unrest are on the rise. Online surveillance is exploding and people are being increasingly intimidated or detained because of their online activities. Therefore it is vital for civil society and the media to work together in order to shape the Internet of the future and ensure it remains in the service of democracy. And the role of international media assistance needs to be reconsidered in this context. At the 2017 Symposium of the Forum Media and Development (FoME) in Berlin (Nov. 16th & 17th), we will discuss recent developments, strategies and next steps with a range of international experts in the fields of media development and Internet governance: - Chinmayi Arun, Centre for Communication Governance - William Bird, Media Monitoring Africa - Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media - Helani Galpaya, LIRNEasia - Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center - Mark Nelson, CIMA - Nanjira Sambuli, World Wide Web Foundation - Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and many more (see programme for details: ) The FoME symposium will bring together journalists, media managers, media development specialists, activists, academics and representatives from government and private companies from around the world to exchange views and foster ideas to keep the Internet free and open – for media and citizens around the globe. At the core of the symposium will be the following questions: -How to address Internet filtering and blocking in authoritarian regimes? - How to counter "fake news" without stifling freedom of expression? - How to minimize risks emerging from cyber security initiatives? - Should the media development community engage more in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) processes? - Should media development focus its attention more to international digital media enterprises? - How to regulate or control the expansion of digital surveillance programs? - Should digital information literacy be more prominent on the media development agenda? The symposium is organised and hosted by iRights () in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. FoME is an initiative of 20 organisations from German-speaking countries active in international media development, including iRights, Reporters without Borders, CAMECO, Deutsche Welle Akademie, ECPMF, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, IDEM, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and others. -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From raquino at gmail.com Tue Sep 26 14:50:50 2017 From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:50:50 -0300 Subject: [governance] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] MAG Selection Process - a "heads up" In-Reply-To: <36C40792-20AB-4B1B-A435-5DECA7C1F320@bluewin.ch> References: <36C40792-20AB-4B1B-A435-5DECA7C1F320@bluewin.ch> Message-ID: Dear all An important note from IGF MAG Chair ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lynn St.Amour Date: Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 1:06 PM Subject: [IGFmaglist] MAG Selection Process - a "heads up" To: IGF Maglist Dear MAG members, I would like to give the MAG, and through them all the Stakeholder communities, a "heads up" that the Secretariat and I have been working to advance the MAG selection process within the UN. The IGF Secretariat will launch the process in the coming weeks. The goal would be to have the new appointments announced before the IGF meeting in December of this year allowing a more seamless transition year to year, and better supporting all the IGF activities. This note is simply to minimize surprises and allow all stakeholders to begin preparations. More information on the process and MAG composition specifics will be made available shortly. Please feel free to forward through your networks. Best, Lynn _______________________________________________ Igfmaglist mailing list Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From jac at apcwomen.org Wed Sep 27 06:18:18 2017 From: jac at apcwomen.org (Jac sm Kee) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:18:18 +0800 Subject: [governance] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access Message-ID: Dear colleagues, As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender this year is looking specifically at access issues faced by: a) Indigenous women b) Refugee women c) Women with disabilities d) Young women e) Rural women We are looking for insights and initiatives that you may know of that addresses these issues directly, or in partial or indrect ways. To help in this process, we have developed a brief survey here: https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en Please do submit your work into this process, and would appreciate it if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to your networks. Best, jac -- --------------------------------- Jac sm Kee Manager, Women's Rights Programme Association for Progressive Communications www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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All the best, Marilia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geneva Internet Platform Date: Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 12:01 PM Subject: Day 1 update from the WTO Public Forum To: *|MMERGE3|* Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . [image: WTO Public Forum 2017] *Day 1 update from the WTO Public Forum * Dear Colleagues, This week we are reporting from the WTO Public Forum (26-28 Sept.), currently taking place in Geneva, on discussions related to digital policy. Catch up with the discussions, by reading our reports from Day 1 sessions: - 09:00 to 11:15 - Opening Plenary Debate - 14:30 to 15:30 - No One Left Behind: How Trade can Fairly Contribute to Economic Growth and Decent Work for Marginalised Communities - 17:00 to 18:30 - Making E-commerce Work for Consumers - 17:00 to 18:30 - The Business Case for E-commerce and Development: Towards Sustainable Development - 17:00 to 18:30 - Trade without Compromise: Digital Innovation, Social Impact and Regulatory Challenges *Read also our summary: Digital policy at WTO Public Forum: Summarising Day 1 * More reports will be available on our dedicated space, at https://dig.watch/wto-public-forum-2017 *Participate in our session* We invite you to join our session on 'Emerging digital trends on digital technology and their impact on e-commerce ', organised by the Geneva Internet Platform and DiploFoundation, tomorrow Thursday, 28th September, at 17.00–18.30 CEST. 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From julian at colnodo.apc.org Fri Sep 29 09:36:45 2017 From: julian at colnodo.apc.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Juli=c3=a1n_Casasbuenas_G.?=) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:36:45 -0500 Subject: [governance] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access In-Reply-To: References: <20170928132438.A286F26009B@mail1.mfa.gov.cn> Message-ID: Ji, I can only share the observations of Aida and Lynn. We can not ignore all the efforts made over the years from the IGF to include gender issues in the agenda. From civil organization organization that works on gender issues and as a member of MAG we reject these trivial comments. Julián Casasbuenas G. Director Colnodo El 29/09/17 a las 07:51, Lynn St.Amour escribió: > Dear Ji, > > your comment below trivializes the very important gender discussion, and much of the work of the MAG. > > Equally, it is important that we maintain a culture of respect in all MAG communications, and I hope we can achieve this going forward. > > Lynn St.Amour > > IGF-MAG Chair > > >> On Sep 28, 2017, at 9:24 AM, 计颢骏 wrote: >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> I think the access issue,for some countries, shall start from allowing women to drive and travel alone first. >> >> JI Haojun >> >> >> >> ----- 回复邮件 ----- >> 发信人:Jac sm Kee >> 收信人:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org , ,Governance ,dc at intgovforum.org >> 时 间:2017年09月27日 18时05分01秒 >> 主 题:[IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access >> >> >> Dear colleagues, >> >> As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best Practice Forum on >> Gender this year is looking specifically at access issues faced by: >> >> a) Indigenous women >> b) Refugee women >> c) Women with disabilities >> d) Young women >> e) Rural women >> >> We are looking for insights and initiatives that you may know of that >> addresses these issues directly, or in partial or indrect ways. To help >> in this process, we have developed a brief survey here: >> >> https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en >> >> Please do submit your work into this process, and would appreciate it >> if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to your networks. >> >> Best, >> jac >> >> -- >> >> --------------------------------- >> Jac sm Kee >> Manager, Women's Rights Programme >> Association for Progressive Communications >> www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org >> Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Igfmaglist mailing list >> Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org >> http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Igfmaglist mailing list >> Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org >> http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org > > _______________________________________________ > Igfmaglist mailing list > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org -- Colnodo - Uso estratégico de Internet para el desarrollo *Julián Casasbuenas G.* Director Tels: 57-1-2324246, 57-315-2585596 Cel. 57-315-3339099 Diagonal 40A (Antigua Av. 39) No. 14-75, Bogotá, Colombia Twitter @jcasasbuenas @colnodo www.colnodo.apc.org - Uso Estratégico de Internet para el Desarrollo Miembro de la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones -APC- www.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We set out to examine which other countries had done this (starting with commonwealth countries for now), whether they had data protection safeguards and whether they were democracies. Scroll.in was kind enough to build an infographic based on our dataset which you can see here . It appears that it is mostly countries with a poor democratic record that use these systems. Please do take a look. This is ongoing work, so we would welcome additional information and ways in which we can improve it. In the meantime we hope that it is of use to you. Best, Chinmayi and Smitha Chinmayi Arun | Executive Director Centre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Cell: (+91) 971-770-2630 <+91%2097177%2002630> | Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.nludelhi.ac.in | Twitter: @chinmayiarun -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From director at ipop.org.pk Sat Sep 30 02:26:02 2017 From: director at ipop.org.pk (Arzak Khan) Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 06:26:02 +0000 Subject: [governance] [netsociety] Infographic: Biometric ID systems & democracies In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Biometric identification system in developing countries is becoming an indispensable governance tool for ensuring access to educational opportunities, financial services, health and social welfare benefits program, as well as allowing electoral participation for citizens in making transitioning democracies more transparent and strong.   The recently launched Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) goals spearheaded by the United Nations through a deliberative process involving its 193 Member States, as well as global civil society, also highlights the role of robust identification systems and their importance to development specifically as one of the proposed SDG targets (#16.9), but also as a key enabler of the efficacy of many other SDG targets. Last year the World Bank also launched its Identification for Development (ID4D) agenda highlighting the transformational potential of biometric ID systems for the delivery of basic services to the poor, with the goal of making “everyone count” by providing legal identity and delivering digital ID-enabled services to all. A person lacking a legally verifiable ID suffers legally, politically, socially, and economically. But in the developing world, enormous gains can be obtained from extending services and opportunities to all in new ways that can help developing countries improve electoral processes, political participation, functioning of governments and civil liberties. This all can help lead countries with poor democratic record transform in to a fully functional democracy.  It will be really interesting to collaborate and research on mitigating the unintended consequences of digital ID systems and probably Center for Communication Governance can help create a multi-stakeholder group for furthering research and understanding of this new phenomena. Best, Arzak From: netsociety on behalf of Chinmayi Arun Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2017 2:12 AM To: bestbits; governance at lists.igcaucus.org; netsociety at lists.networkofcenters.net Cc: Smitha Krishna Prasad Subject: [netsociety] Infographic: Biometric ID systems & democracies   Dear All, This is to introduce an ongoing project which we hope will contribute to the public debate on Aadhaar.   This work is in response to the argument that India should adopt a biometric identification system because several other countries have done it. We set out to examine which other countries had done this (starting with commonwealth countries for now), whether they had data protection safeguards and whether they were democracies. Scroll.in was kind enough to build an infographic based on our dataset which you can see here. It appears that it is mostly countries with a poor democratic record that use these systems.  Please do take a look. This is ongoing work, so we would welcome additional information and ways in which we can improve it. In the meantime we hope that it is of use to you. Best, Chinmayi and Smitha   https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0BycAZd9M5_7NTWs4YXZxbnJXcWc&revid=0BycAZd9M5_7Na3ROMTFBMzhiakF0dkVacm9tNks2aGlxa2o4PQ Chinmayi Arun | Executive Director Centre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Cell: (+91) 971-770-2630 | Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.nludelhi.ac.in | Twitter: @chinmayiarun -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From wisdom.dk at gmail.com Sat Sep 30 05:12:07 2017 From: wisdom.dk at gmail.com (Wisdom Donkor) Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 09:12:07 +0000 Subject: [governance] [bestbits] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access In-Reply-To: References: <20170928132438.A286F26009B@mail1.mfa.gov.cn> Message-ID: I put forward my displeasure as well and I fully support the response of Lynn. Looking at the complex nature of my region Africa and considering the fact that the region has become the center of development globally (connecting the next billion) of which gender is one of the key subjects to addressing the gender disparities or imbalances of the region. So putting out such statements trivialises the gender processes within and outside of MAG. Such statements needs to be discouraged in the strongest terms and rather work together for the course of humanity. Kind regards, On Saturday, September 30, 2017, Nigel Hickson wrote: > Good evening > > I absolutely endorse the eloquent comments of Lynn. Gender discussions > are simply too important to be trivialised. We all have pasts we should be > ashamed of, the UK being no exception in this respect; so important we move > forward. > > Best > > Nigel > > -----Original Message----- > From: DC > on behalf of "Lynn > St.Amour" > > Date: Friday, 29 September 2017 at 21:45 > To: 计颢骏 > > Cc: "dc at intgovforum.org " >, > Governance >, " > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net " >, IGF Maglist > > Subject: [Ext] Re: [DC] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: > Access > > Dear Ji, > > your comment below trivializes the very important gender discussion, > and much of the work of the MAG. > > Equally, it is important that we maintain a culture of respect in all > MAG communications, and I hope we can achieve this going forward. > > Lynn St.Amour > > IGF-MAG Chair > > > > On Sep 28, 2017, at 9:24 AM, 计颢骏 > wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > I think the access issue,for some countries, shall start > from allowing women to drive and travel alone first. > > > > JI Haojun > > > > > > > > ----- 回复邮件 ----- > > 发信人:Jac sm Kee > > > 收信人:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org < > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org >, > >,Governance < > governance at lists.igcaucus.org >,dc at intgovforum.org > > > > 时 间:2017年09月27日 18时05分01秒 > > 主 题:[IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access > > > > > > Dear colleagues, > > > > As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best Practice Forum on > > Gender this year is looking specifically at access issues faced by: > > > > a) Indigenous women > > b) Refugee women > > c) Women with disabilities > > d) Young women > > e) Rural women > > > > We are looking for insights and initiatives that you may know of that > > addresses these issues directly, or in partial or indrect ways. To > help > > in this process, we have developed a brief survey here: > > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www. > apc.org_limesurvey_index.php_783797_lang-2Den&d=DwIGaQ&c= > FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r= > RrrXyaBfa00GH1liTedM3FwobVakuhJ-qs1N8-Ji8VE&m= > ybfTGAbmOf0i2cgbYtLuTzz9QDoItWlPfnM3s7Ked8M&s=R_A6T- > 4mIyUQYWfMrt2ETEyBOZgGEnxv0_T9NFMBY8Y&e= > > > > Please do submit your work into this process, and would appreciate it > > if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to your networks. > > > > Best, > > jac > > > > -- > > > > --------------------------------- > > Jac sm Kee > > Manager, Women's Rights Programme > > Association for Progressive Communications > > www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org > > Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Igfmaglist mailing list > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ > intgovforum.org_mailman_listinfo_igfmaglist-5Fintgovforum.org&d=DwIGaQ&c= > FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r= > RrrXyaBfa00GH1liTedM3FwobVakuhJ-qs1N8-Ji8VE&m= > ybfTGAbmOf0i2cgbYtLuTzz9QDoItWlPfnM3s7Ked8M&s=aVwvpDkwI7DMLt90yF18iBItC_ > 7FCVL0M9XSkT34TYI&e= > > _______________________________________________ > > Igfmaglist mailing list > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ > intgovforum.org_mailman_listinfo_igfmaglist-5Fintgovforum.org&d=DwIGaQ&c= > FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r= > RrrXyaBfa00GH1liTedM3FwobVakuhJ-qs1N8-Ji8VE&m= > ybfTGAbmOf0i2cgbYtLuTzz9QDoItWlPfnM3s7Ked8M&s=aVwvpDkwI7DMLt90yF18iBItC_ > 7FCVL0M9XSkT34TYI&e= > > > _______________________________________________ > DC mailing list > DC at intgovforum.org > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ > intgovforum.org_mailman_listinfo_dc-5Fintgovforum.org&d=DwIGaQ&c= > FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r= > RrrXyaBfa00GH1liTedM3FwobVakuhJ-qs1N8-Ji8VE&m= > ybfTGAbmOf0i2cgbYtLuTzz9QDoItWlPfnM3s7Ked8M&s= > 8bkIderhszbEPxG6DpNIOOJ5zHLWy16aFNeMD9sKzS4&e= > > -- *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)* E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member, Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member, OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com Skype: wisdom_dk facebook: facebook at wisdom_dk Website: www.data.gov.gh www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- To unsubscribe from this list, click here: http://lists.igcaucus.org/sympa/auto_signoff/governance/tapani.tarvainen%40effi.org From mike.oghia at gmail.com Sat Sep 30 07:37:44 2017 From: mike.oghia at gmail.com (Michael J. Oghia) Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 13:37:44 +0200 Subject: [governance] [bestbits] [Ext] Re: [DC] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access In-Reply-To: References: <20170928132438.A286F26009B@mail1.mfa.gov.cn> Message-ID: Might I add that, in addition to what has already been said, the comments expressed by our colleague from China disregard the fact that his suggestions are completely outside of the remit and mission of the Internet governance community. Moreover, addressing various challenges to gender equality can – and perhaps should – occur simultaneously, especially since they are often not mutually exclusive but actually reinforce each other. Best, -Michael On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Nigel Hickson wrote: > Good evening > > I absolutely endorse the eloquent comments of Lynn. Gender discussions > are simply too important to be trivialised. We all have pasts we should be > ashamed of, the UK being no exception in this respect; so important we move > forward. > > Best > > Nigel > > -----Original Message----- > From: DC on behalf of "Lynn St.Amour" < > st.amour at bluewin.ch> > Date: Friday, 29 September 2017 at 21:45 > To: 计颢骏 > Cc: "dc at intgovforum.org" , Governance < > governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, "bestbits at lists.bestbits.net" < > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>, IGF Maglist > Subject: [Ext] Re: [DC] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: > Access > > Dear Ji, > > your comment below trivializes the very important gender discussion, > and much of the work of the MAG. > > Equally, it is important that we maintain a culture of respect in all > MAG communications, and I hope we can achieve this going forward. > > Lynn St.Amour > > IGF-MAG Chair > > > > On Sep 28, 2017, at 9:24 AM, 计颢骏 wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > I think the access issue,for some countries, shall start > from allowing women to drive and travel alone first. > > > > JI Haojun > > > > > > > > ----- 回复邮件 ----- > > 发信人:Jac sm Kee > > 收信人:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org ,< > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> ,Governance < > governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,dc at intgovforum.org > > 时 间:2017年09月27日 18时05分01秒 > > 主 题:[IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access > > > > > > Dear colleagues, > > > > As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best Practice Forum on > > Gender this year is looking specifically at access issues faced by: > > > > a) Indigenous women > > b) Refugee women > > c) Women with disabilities > > d) Young women > > e) Rural women > > > > We are looking for insights and initiatives that you may know of that > > addresses these issues directly, or in partial or indrect ways. To > help > > in this process, we have developed a brief survey here: > > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www. > apc.org_limesurvey_index.php_783797_lang-2Den&d=DwIGaQ&c= > FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r= > RrrXyaBfa00GH1liTedM3FwobVakuhJ-qs1N8-Ji8VE&m= > ybfTGAbmOf0i2cgbYtLuTzz9QDoItWlPfnM3s7Ked8M&s=R_A6T- > 4mIyUQYWfMrt2ETEyBOZgGEnxv0_T9NFMBY8Y&e= > > > > Please do submit your work into this process, and would appreciate it > > if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to your networks. > > > > Best, > > jac > > > > -- > > > > --------------------------------- > > Jac sm Kee > > Manager, Women's Rights Programme > > Association for Progressive Communications > > www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org > > Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Igfmaglist mailing list > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ > intgovforum.org_mailman_listinfo_igfmaglist-5Fintgovforum.org&d=DwIGaQ&c= > FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r= > RrrXyaBfa00GH1liTedM3FwobVakuhJ-qs1N8-Ji8VE&m= > ybfTGAbmOf0i2cgbYtLuTzz9QDoItWlPfnM3s7Ked8M&s=aVwvpDkwI7DMLt90yF18iBItC_ > 7FCVL0M9XSkT34TYI&e= > > _______________________________________________ > > Igfmaglist mailing list > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ > intgovforum.org_mailman_listinfo_igfmaglist-5Fintgovforum.org&d=DwIGaQ&c= > FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r= > RrrXyaBfa00GH1liTedM3FwobVakuhJ-qs1N8-Ji8VE&m= > ybfTGAbmOf0i2cgbYtLuTzz9QDoItWlPfnM3s7Ked8M&s=aVwvpDkwI7DMLt90yF18iBItC_ > 7FCVL0M9XSkT34TYI&e= > > > _______________________________________________ > DC mailing list > DC at intgovforum.org > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ > intgovforum.org_mailman_listinfo_dc-5Fintgovforum.org&d=DwIGaQ&c= > FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r= > RrrXyaBfa00GH1liTedM3FwobVakuhJ-qs1N8-Ji8VE&m= > ybfTGAbmOf0i2cgbYtLuTzz9QDoItWlPfnM3s7Ked8M&s= > 8bkIderhszbEPxG6DpNIOOJ5zHLWy16aFNeMD9sKzS4&e= > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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