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El foro nuevo del gobierno del Internet del multistakeholder resolverá
octubre 30-Nov. 2 en Atenas Grecia. Estamos discutiendo actualmente
cuáles serán los "temas" o los asuntos en la agenda. Un grupo de ONGs,
incluyendo proyecto del gobierno del Internet, el artículo 19, y
reportieres sin frontieras están intentando conseguir el tema siguiente
en la agenda:


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The new multistakeholder Internet Governance Forum will meet October
30-Nov. 2 in Athens Greece. Currently we are debating what "themes" or
topics will be on the agenda. A group of NGOs, including Internet
Governance Project, Article 19, and Reporters Sans Frontiers are trying
to get the following theme on the agenda:

THEME PROPOSAL: Internet content filtering and free expression

a. The proposed theme

Are the Internet filtering and censorship practices of states
compatible with Article XIX of the UN Declaration on Human Rights? Is
it possible to develop a protocol to guide private Internet service
providers and hosting companies toward ethical interactions with the
governments of countries that heavily regulate and censor content? How
can countries with different notions of legal and illegal content
reconcile these differences in a way that maximizes the freedom and
value of the Internet and makes it possible for Internet service
providers to operate in a more secure and stable legal environment?

b. Why it is important

Access to information and free communication is at the heart of the
Internet's value. Conflicts over content controls have created a number
of tensions, e.g., between multinational Internet service companies
such as Google, Yahoo, Cisco Systems, Microsoft and various national
governments. Content regulation, filtering and censorship are issues
that do not fall within the scope of any existing international body,
but cut across many of them; e.g., UNESCO, ICANN, ITU and WIPO.

c. How it is in conformity with the Tunis Agenda

Paragraph 42 of the Tunis Agenda reaffirms the UN's "commitment to the
freedom to seek, receive, impart and use information, in particular,
for the creation, accumulation and dissemination of knowledge."
Paragraph 46 encourages "governments to reaffirm the right of
individuals to access information according to the Geneva Declaration
of Principles and other mutually agreed relevant international
instruments, and to coordinate internationally as appropriate."
Paragraph 60 expresses the recognition that "there are many
cross-cutting international public policy issues that require attention
and are not adequately addressed by the current mechanisms."

d. How it fits within the mandate of the IGF as detailed in para 72;

Paragraph 72(a) empowers the Forum to "discuss public policy issues
related to key elements of Internet governance in order to foster the
sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the
Internet." 72(b) mandates it to "facilitate discourse between bodies
dealing with different cross-cutting international public policies
regarding the Internet and discuss issues that do not fall within the
scope of any existing body."

e. Who the main actors in the field are, who could be encouraged to
participate in the thematic session

There are no "main actors" in this area but a wide variety of actors,
e.g., individual dissidents, national and multinational internet
service providers, national governments, civil society advocacy groups,
professional associations in the news media, content rating standards
proponents, and international organizations.

f. Why this issue should be addressed in the first annual meeting of
the Forum rather than in subsequent ones

Freedom of expression is fundamental to the Internet. To discuss the
issue of Internet governance without raising this vital question would
deprive the IGF of all credibility as well as a successful outcome to
its work. Such a decision would moreover raise an outcry among freedom
of expression organisations and would tarnish this forum's image from
its very first meeting.



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Aliza Dichter
CIMA: Center for International Media Action
www.mediaactioncenter.org
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