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Internet Freedom Reference

US State Department

U.S. State Department, “International Strategy for Cyberspace, Prosperity, Security, and Openness in a Networked World,” March 2011

Conference on Internet Freedom Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Fokker Terminal The Hague, Netherlands December 8, 2011

Internet Freedom State Department

"On February 15, 2011, Secretary Clinton reconfirmed the U.S. commitment to global Internet freedom in an address at George Washington University in Washington, DC. In last year's speech, the Secretary identified the defense of a free, open, and interconnected Internet as a U.S. foreign policy priority. The State Department works to advance Internet freedom as an aspect of the universal rights of freedom of expression and the free flow of information. The Internet and other digital technologies enable an unprecedented level of communication and connection among individuals. They empower people across the world with the tools to share ideas and information as never before. In many ways, the Internet is the largest collaborative effort humankind has ever seen, magnifying the power and potential of individual voices on a global scale. Yet just as people use these technologies to express themselves and advance freedom worldwide, numerous governments seek to deny the rights they enable. Repressive regimes are censoring search results, jailing journalists and activists, and imposing laws that restrict online discourse and access to information. Threats to Internet freedom are growing in number and complexity. The State Department not only works to combat Internet censorship, but to ensure the safety of communication and access to information on the new terrain of the 21st century"

Department of Commerce, Internet Policy Task Force, Global Free Flow of Information

Speech/Testimony 06/16/2011 Remarks at U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Global Flow of Information on the Internet

11/18/2010 IPTF Global Free Flow of Information on the Internet Reopening of Comment Period

09/29/2010 IPTF Global Free Flow of Information on the Internet Notice of Inquiry

03/02/2010 Testimony of Associate Administrator Daniel Weitzner on Human Rights Challenges Facing the Technology Industry

Federal Communications Commission

Prepared Remarks Of Fcc Chairman Julius Genachowski “The Internet At A Global Crossroads: Preserving Internet Freedom And Openness” Futurecom Rio De Janeiro, Brazil October 10, 2012

U.S. Trade Representative

Legislation

• H.R. 275: Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 " To promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to protect United States businesses from coercion to participate in repression by authoritarian foreign governments, and for other purposes. "

United Nations

• Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, May 15, 2011
• The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 7/36. In particular, the resolution requests the Special Rapporteur “to continue to provide his/her views, when appropriate, on the advantages and challenges of new information and communication technologies, including the Internet and mobile technologies, for the exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, including the right to seek, receive and impart information and the relevance of a wide diversity of sources, as well as access to the information society for all”. 1 On this basis, the report expands upon the previous mandate holders’ reports on topics related to the Internet, 2 taking into account recent devel opments and inform ation gathered through five regional consultations organized by the Special Rapporteur in 2010 and 2011.
• Internet should remain as open as possible – UN expert on freedom of expression , Press Release OHCHR June 3, 2011

Tools

• Panic Button (which deletes data on mobile device)
• State Dept Builds a Panic Button App, Techcrunch Apr. 2, 2011
• America's 'Panic Button' to Wipe Phones of Democracy Activists, perturb Repressive Regimes, Engadget Mar 29, 2011
• Encryption
• “Leaping over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools,” Freedom House April 2011

Books

• Rebecca MacKinnon, Consent of the Networked (Basic Books 2012)

Links Internet Freedom

• Council of Europe activities in the field of e-democracy
• Global Internet Freedom Consortium
• IGF Internet Rights & Principles Coalition
• Reporters without Borders :: Internet
• Telstra
• AntiTelstra

Papers and Presentations

• Alec Ross, Internet Freedom: Historic Roots and the Road Forward, SAIS Review, Vol. 30, No. 2, (2010)
• Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents, Reporters Without Boarders 
• Enemies of the Internet: Countries Under Surveillance, Reporters without Borders (March 12, 2010)
• 2010 Circumvention Tool Usage Report Published October 14, 2010 Authored by Hal Roberts, Ethan Zuckerman, Jillian York, Rob Faris, John Palfrey Berkman Center for Internet & Society
• We estimate that no more than 3% of Internet users in countries that engage in substantial filtering use circumvention tools. The actual number is likely considerably less.
• Many more users use simple web proxies than use either blocking-resistant tools or VPN services. Of the 11 tools with at least 250,000 unique monthly monthly users, 3 are blocking-resistant tools, 1 is a VPN service, and 7 are simple web proxies.
• When users search for proxy and circumvention related terms in filtering countries, they overwhelmingly search for generic proxy terms like "proxy," and those terms overwhelmingly return either simple web proxies or sites that list simple web proxies and HTTP/SOCKS proxies, not more sophisticated tools.
• Reporters without Borders, Internet under Surveillance 2004
• Amended proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities", EU 7/17/01

 

Internet Freedom News

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• Glenn Greenwald, Hillary Clinton and Internet Freedom, Salon (Dec. 9, 2011) ("There are so many people who can credibly claim to defend Internet Freedom; Obama officials are not among them)
• Defining Internet 'Freedom': An Interview With Sen. Al Franken, Wired 3/2/2011
• Middle East Internet Scorecard (February 12 - 20), Arbor Network 2/25/2011
• Internet Freedom And U.S. State Department, NPR 2/23/2011
• Clinton warns governments that limiting Internet will backfire, WAPO 2/16/2011
• Clinton Demands Net Freedom Abroad as U.S. Restrictions Loom, Wired 2/16/2011
• Questions for Secretary Clinton concerning "Internet freedom", Berkman Center 2/16/2011
• Clinton: We Love Net Freedom, Unless It Involves WikiLeaks, Gigaom 2/16/2011
• Secretary Clinton Unveils New Funding for Activism Technology, Rhetorical Refresh in Internet Freedom Speech, EFF 2/16/2011
• U.S. Has Secret Tools to Force Internet on Dictators, Wired 2/9/2011
• U.S. warns against blocking social media, elevates Internet freedom policies, WAPO 1/31/2011
• Did The State Department's Support Of 'Internet Freedom' Put A Target On Silicon Valley Companies Around The World?, Techdirt 1/4/2011

International General

Law

Pursuant to Exec Order 12046 (1978), both the FCC and the Department of Commerce have a consulting role with regards to the State Department and the development of US communications policy.

Fed Govt Action International

• INTERNATIONAL BUREAU RELEASES SECOND INTERNATIONAL BROADBAND DATA REPORT. News Release. News Media Contact: Thomas Sullivan at 0437 or Neil Grace at 0506 IB . Contact Arthur Lechtman at 1465 TXT 
• INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THE BROADBAND DATA IMPROVEMENT ACT, INTERNATIONAL BROADBAND DATA REPORT. International Bureau Releases Second International Broadband Data Report by SECOND REPORT. (Dkt No. 10-171 ). Action by: Chief, International Bureau. Adopted: 05/20/2011 by REPORT. (DA No. 11-732). IB TXT TXT TXT

Papers

• “Broadband Internet Access in OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis” FCC Working Paper, Irene Wu and Sherille Ismail
• Irene Wu, Roxanne McElvane, Anita Dey, Kiran Duwadi , Current international issues in communications regulation: refining regulatory techniques, impact of wireless' popularity on regulation, and the growing significance of cable television, TPRC 9/13/03
• Martha Garcia-Murillo, David Gabel , International Broadband Deployment: The Impact of Unbundling, TPRC 9/13/03

Links

• Department of Commercie, International Trade Administration, Information Technology Industries Division:
• Internet Access and IP Telephony
• Ecommerce
• CIA Fact Book
• Caslon Analytic Profiles: the digital divides
• eConsumer.gov :: a portal for you as a consumer to report complaints about online and related transactions with foreign companies.
• Inter American Telecommunications Commission (CITEL)
• International Trademark Association (INTA)
• OECD Telecommunications and Internet Policy
• United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry Information Age (DTI)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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News

• This Week in Internet Censorship: China, India, and Faith-Based Censorship, EFF 8/3/2011
• The Future of the Internet Economy: Chapter 2, Potaroo 7/8/2011
• Internet economy: New framework for an open Internet agreed at OECD, OECD 7/5/2011
• NYT: U.S funds censor-evading Internet work, CNET 6/15/2011
• UN Report Declares Internet Access a Human Right, Wired 6/6/2011
• Governments Increasingly Trying to Control the Internet, Warns New U.S. Report, Circleid 4/11/2011
• Testifying on Internet censorship, trade and network security, Google 3/12/2010
• U.S. lifts some 'Net sanctions against Iran, Sudan, Cuba, CW 3/9/2010
• Congressional Testimony: Hearing on Human Rights Challenges Facing the Technology Industry, NTIA 3/2/2010
• Senate hearing on global Internet freedom, Google 3/2/2010
• Jessica Ramirez, Up Against Tehran's Firewall, Newsweek Jan. 26, 2010
• Live webcast of the OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy, OECD 6/18/2008
• OECD proposes roadmap for the future of the Internet economy, OECD 6/18/2008
• Broadband Gap 2007, Europa 1/17/2007
• Broadband access remains scarce in developing countries, America's Network 11/17/2006
• INFORMATION ECONOMY REPORT 2006, UNCTAD 11/17/2006
• Nations that Censor the Net, BWO 11/14/2006
• List of the 13 Internet enemies in 2006 published, RSF 11/8/2006
• U.N. Agency Wants to Nourish the Internet, Not Govern It, NYT 12/8/2006
• Mobile and internet connectivity improves in least developed countries:, ITU 9/12/2006
• U.N. Video Game Encourages Kids to Feed, Not Kill, Reuters 4/15/2005
• The U.N. thinks about tomorrow's cyberspace, CNET 3/29/2005
• Microsoft Quits a U.N. Standards Group, NYTimes 8/25/2004
• Internet in the Arab world, Unesco 6/5/02
• United Nations adopts Resolution on the World Summit on the Information Society, ITU 1/9/02
• Report to the Governor in Council: Status of Competition in Canadian Telecommunications Markets Deployment/Accessibility of Advanced Telecommunications Infrastructure and Services September 2001
• NTT Reduces Cost of Internet Access InternetNews 2/24
• Thailand's CAT Accused Of Holding Back E-Commerce  NewsBytes 1/20
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