GNI/Role of Intermediaries - Revision history

Caroline: /* Overview */

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Overview

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	All over the world – from the Americas to Europe to the Middle East to Africa and Asia – companies in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector face increasing government pressure to comply with domestic laws and policies in ways that may conflict with the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of expression and privacy.		All over the world – from the Americas to Europe to the Middle East to Africa and Asia – companies in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector face increasing government pressure to comply with domestic laws and policies in ways that may conflict with the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of expression and privacy.

	In response, a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom groups), investors and academics spent two years negotiating and creating a collaborative approach to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector, ~~and have formed~~ [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ The Global Network Initiative] ~~to take this work forward~~.		In response, a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom groups), investors and academics spent two years negotiating and creating a collaborative approach to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector; in 2008, this effort led to the public launch of the [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ The Global Network Initiative].

	This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.		This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.



	==Recommended Readings==		==Recommended Readings==

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Caroline at 15:18, 22 August 2011

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	==Recommended Readings==		==Recommended Readings==
	*John Palfrey, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2007/Reluctant_Gatekeepers "Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on the Internet"]		*John Palfrey, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2007/Reluctant_Gatekeepers "Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on the Internet"]
	*Ethan Zuckerman, ''[http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-5.pdf "Intermediary Censorship,"]'' (Cambridge: MIT Press) 2010.		*Ethan Zuckerman, [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-5.pdf "Intermediary Censorship,"] (Cambridge: MIT Press) 2010.
	*Colin Maclay, ''[http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-6.pdf "Protecting Privacy and Expression Online,"]'' (Cambridge: MIT Press)		*Colin Maclay, [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-6.pdf "Protecting Privacy and Expression Online,"] (Cambridge: MIT Press)
			*Jillian York, [http://opennet.net/policing-content-quasi-public-sphere "Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere"''] ''[http://opennet.net/ OpenNet Initiative paper]''(September 2010)

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Relevant Models

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	This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.		This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.

	~~==Relevant Models==~~
	*[http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/ WikiScanner]

	==Recommended Readings==		==Recommended Readings==

Caroline: /* Overview */

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Overview

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	All over the world – from the Americas to Europe to the Middle East to Africa and Asia – companies in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector face increasing government pressure to comply with domestic laws and policies in ways that may conflict with the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of expression and privacy.		All over the world – from the Americas to Europe to the Middle East to Africa and Asia – companies in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector face increasing government pressure to comply with domestic laws and policies in ways that may conflict with the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of expression and privacy.

	In response, a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom groups), investors and academics spent two years negotiating and creating a collaborative approach to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector, and have formed [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ The Global Network Initiative to take this work forward.		In response, a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom groups), investors and academics spent two years negotiating and creating a collaborative approach to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector, and have formed [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ The Global Network Initiative] to take this work forward.

	This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.		This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.

Caroline: /* Overview */

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Overview

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	~~Though celebrated for its open~~ and ~~generative qualities,~~ the ~~internet is not free~~ of ~~regulation~~. ~~Increasingly~~, ~~governments are using companies as intermediaries for their own regulative agendas. These governments force~~ companies to ~~limit free speech by monitoring~~ and ~~filtering online practices~~, ~~often unbeknownst to internet users.~~
			All over the world – from the Americas to Europe to the Middle East to Africa and Asia – companies in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector face increasing government pressure to comply with domestic laws and policies in ways that may conflict with the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of expression and privacy.
	[http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ The Global Network Initiative~~] is a collection of concerned organizations and individuals that strives to help companies protect online user rights to freedom of expression and privacy. The GNI works~~ to ~~educate the world about the growing problem of internet regulation, and to protect user rights most threatened by it~~.
			In response, a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom groups), investors and academics spent two years negotiating and creating a collaborative approach to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector, and have formed [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ The Global Network Initiative to take this work forward.

	This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.		This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.

Caroline at 15:08, 22 August 2011

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	*John Palfrey, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2007/Reluctant_Gatekeepers "Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on the Internet"]		*John Palfrey, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2007/Reluctant_Gatekeepers "Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on the Internet"]
	*Ethan Zuckerman, ''[http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-5.pdf "Intermediary Censorship,"]'' (Cambridge: MIT Press) 2010.		*Ethan Zuckerman, ''[http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-5.pdf "Intermediary Censorship,"]'' (Cambridge: MIT Press) 2010.
			*Colin Maclay, ''[http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-6.pdf "Protecting Privacy and Expression Online,"]'' (Cambridge: MIT Press)


	==Background Readings==		==Background Readings==

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Navigation

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	*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/principles/resources Berkman GNI Resources]		*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/principles/resources Berkman GNI Resources]

	~~==Navigation==~~
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BenNH: /* Overview */

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Overview

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	Though celebrated for its open and generative qualities, the internet is not free of regulation. Increasingly, governments are using companies as intermediaries for their own regulative agendas. These governments force companies to limit free speech by monitoring and filtering online practices, often unbeknownst to internet users.		Though celebrated for its open and generative qualities, the internet is not free of regulation. Increasingly, governments are using companies as intermediaries for their own regulative agendas. These governments force companies to limit free speech by monitoring and filtering online practices, often unbeknownst to internet users.

	[http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ The Global Network Initiative] is a collection of ~~companies, academics~~ and ~~academic institutions~~ that strives to help companies protect online freedom of expression and privacy ~~through policy considerations, and~~ to educate the world about the growing problem of internet regulation.		[http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ The Global Network Initiative] is a collection of concerned organizations and individuals that strives to help companies protect online user rights to freedom of expression and privacy. The GNI works to educate the world about the growing problem of internet regulation, and to protect user rights most threatened by it.

	This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.		This session will elucidate some of the problems faced by intermediaries while pointing to the potential solutions represented by the GNI.

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	==Recommended Readings==		==Recommended Readings==

			*Colin Maclay, [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-6.pdf "Protecting Privacy and Expression Online,"] (Cambridge: MIT Press)
	*John Palfrey, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2007/Reluctant_Gatekeepers "Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on the Internet"]		*John Palfrey, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2007/Reluctant_Gatekeepers "Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on the Internet"]
			*Jillian York, [http://opennet.net/policing-content-quasi-public-sphere "Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere"''] ''[http://opennet.net/ OpenNet Initiative paper]''(September 2010).
	*Ethan Zuckerman, [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-5.pdf "Intermediary Censorship,"] (Cambridge: MIT Press) 2010.		*Ethan Zuckerman, [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-5.pdf "Intermediary Censorship,"] (Cambridge: MIT Press) 2010.
	*Colin Maclay, [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-6.pdf "Protecting Privacy and Expression Online,"] (Cambridge: MIT Press)
	*Jillian York, [http://opennet.net/policing-content-quasi-public-sphere "Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere"''] ''[http://opennet.net/ OpenNet Initiative paper]''(September 2010)


	==Background Readings==		==Background Readings==