Internet Freedom Essential to Peace, Prosperity, Clinton Says
An open, secure Internet that is accessible to all is crucial to peace and economic prosperity, says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“We are convinced that an open Internet fosters long-term peace, progress and prosperity,” Clinton said in a speech delivered February 15 at George Washington University in Washington. An Internet that can be blocked [...]
Defining Internet Freedom
Speaking in January 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton likened the spread of Internet-driven information networks to “a new nervous system for our planet.” “In many respects,” she continued, “information has never been so free.” But also “we’ve seen a spike in threats to the free flow of information.”
The first part addresses the difficulty [...]
The Enigma of Internet Freedom
By Derek Bambauer
Rhetorically, everyone supports Internet freedom. “Freedom,” though, means quite different things, and carries diverse weights when measured against other interests in various countries and cultures. This normative divergence plays out in debates over access, threats to freedom, online content controls, and governance. In short, the concept of “Internet freedom” holds within it a [...]
Who’s Right: Debating Internet Censorship
Derek Bambauer: We live in a world of ubiquitous Internet censorship and surveillance. Tech companies confront these questions not just when doing business in China or Egypt or Pakistan, but in Australia and India. America requires telecommunications companies to build wiretapping capabilities into their products and services; once spying is part of the core functionality [...]
Freedom on the ‘Net: A Global Assessment
By Daniel Calingaert and Sarah Cook
As access to online technologies has grown exponentially in recent years, the Internet has increased opportunities to enrich public discourse, expose abuses of power, and facilitate citizen activism. It has provided greater space for free expression in both democratic settings and countries where traditional broadcast and print media are restricted. [...]
Don’t Blame the Messenger
By Cynthia Wong
Intermediary liability and protecting Internet platforms
When an Italian court held Google liable for a video uploaded by a third party to one of the Internet giant’s Web sites, it offered a stunning example of intermediary liability. Google, the platform host, was the intermediary between the content creator who made the video clip and [...]
Google Video Slapped with Privacy Violation in Italy
In late 2006, students at a school in Turin, Italy, recorded a video showing them illegally bullying an autistic schoolmate. They uploaded it to Google’s video-sharing site, and Google took it down within hours of being notified by the Italian local police. But the video had been posted for nearly two months by that time, [...]
Industry Takes a Stand for Online Freedom
In response to government crackdowns on citizens’ Internet freedom, a diverse group of institutions including human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), investors, journalism schools and a handful of major technology corporations in 2008 founded the Global Network Initiative (GNI). Drawing on internationally recognized human rights laws and standards, GNI provides guidance on how companies can respond [...]
State Department Using Meetup to Tap Tech Expertise
By Stephen Kaufman
Meetup.com has a simple premise: use the Internet to get off the Internet. Rather than simply “liking” a cause or group on a social networking site, the company wants users to take the next step and do something concrete about it: Find others who share your interest and meet for an organizing event [...]
Online Journalists Increasingly Risk Censorship, Imprisonment
For the first time, the number of online journalists in prison almost surpasses the number of jailed traditional print and broadcast journalists, according to the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), an initiative of the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to strengthening democratic institutions around the world.
In a special event on [...]
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