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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/07/2020 22:54, Dave Burstein via
Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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ms",sans-serif">The IGF planners in DC have chosen far
two many government spokesmen and lobbyists. This makes it
hard to persuade people we are truly independent. </div>
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need to move it out of DC or make it very clear it's not our
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<p>UK Chapter has made similar observations for a few years and some
other participants we've brought onto the UK IGF committee have
also made a very similar point in regards the UK IGF. <br>
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<p>IGF should be a discussion not a platform.</p>
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