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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Dear Jacek,
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I am sorry that my report comes only
after the 26 July for which you had asked. But the event about
which
I want to report happened only on 26 July, and important feedback
came after that. - If it is too late – never mind. Maybe you can
use it later? If not – it is up to you.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Norbert<br>
Internet Society - Cambodia Chapter</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">=</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Internet Society - Cambodia Chapter –
July 2012</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Cambodia Chapter works - since
2010
- in an environment where a variety of different Internet related
initiatives are actively operating. We cannot and do not want to
replace any, but we try to introduce concerns of the Internet
Society
worldwide which are traditionally not so much seen among a
technology
oriented Internet community.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">During the past months we published
information about developments on the level of ISOC Global on our
own
website – <a href="http://www.isoc-kh.org/">http://www.isoc-kh.org</a>.
It was with this background of the expanding scope of the Internet
Society that some of our members cooperated to with others towards
a
panel discussion with an audience of about 100 persons. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The appointment of Markus Kummer as
Vice-President of Public Policy was a sign that the Internet
Society
is not only concerned with such important fields as the ones
covered
by the <em>Internet Engineering Task Force</em> (<em>IETF</em>)
and
the <em>Internet</em> <i>Architecture Board (</i><em><i>IAB</i></em><i>)</i>.
Markus Kummer is promoting policy development related to privacy,
cybersecurity, and network neutrality. In actual fact, this led to
the Internet Society publicly opposing planned legislation for a <i>Stop
Online
Piracy Act</i> - SOPA - in the USA, and the welcoming by the
Internet Society for the Adoption of a Resolution on Human Rights
and the Internet by the UN Human Rights Council in July 2012.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The challenge is to bring two
different
communities closer to each other – one is those people dedicated
to
the expanding use of the Internet by improving its technological
elements and the necessary infrastructure, and the other is those
who
put a focus on the concerns for human rights and freedom of
expression. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">We are happy to share information
saying that this happened in a public event at the <strong><span
style="font-weight: normal">Cambodian-German
Cultural Center Meta House</span></strong> in Phnom Penh on 26
July
2012:<small> <big><big><b><small>“The Intelligent Use of Social
Media”</small></b></big></big></small> - with two
special
rounds on <b>“<i>Social Media and Human Rights”</i></b> and <b>“<i>Social
Media
and Innovation</i>.”</b> The program contained presentations
by
the project coordinator of the Cambodian Freedom of Expression
Project of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR),
introducing
a recently published report on <b><i>“New Media and the Promotion
of
Human Rights in Cambodia.”</i></b> And there were reports on <i>“Selective
Internet
Blocking and Its Legal Context” </i>as well as about the
fact that <i>“everyone is a publisher”</i> as everyone can raise
their voice publicly.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The plan had been announced on
Facebook
- <font color="#000099"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/266410463464813/">https://www.facebook.com/events/266410463464813/</a></font>
- which has tens
of thousands of subscribers in Cambodia – quite more that the 100
members of our Chapter. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">And a <b>“<i>Summary of Panel
Discussion: Intelligent Use of Social Media”</i></b> was
published by
one of the most widely read bloggers in Cambodia - have a look:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000099"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://khmerbird.com/social-media/summary-of-panel-discussion-intelligent-use-of-social-media.html">http://khmerbird.com/social-media/summary-of-panel-discussion-intelligent-use-of-social-media.html</a></font><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Five of the seven panelists were
members of our Chapter – maybe no surprise, as the Chapter
president had been given a major role in shaping the whole
program.
Was it an ISOC Event? No – we did not have any financial expenses
for this (though we would need some small money for some other of
our
needs). Was it for “branding” of our Chapter's name? No.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">But Yes: It engaged a wider public in
some of the fundamental concerns of the Internet Society. </p>
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