[Chapter-delegates] Vint Cerf speaks out on Internet Censorship at F2C and in NY Times

[Joly MacFie]

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   In a New York Times Op-Ed today, *Keep the Internet
Open<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opinion/keep-the-internet-open.html>
* Vint Cerf expands on one of the themes of his keynote earlier in the week
at the F2C:Freedom to Connect Conference (see video below). He notes the
increasing tendency of governments to censor the Internet, and that Russia
and several other countries intend to use the upcoming ITU WCIT
meeting<http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/>in Dubai in December to push
for new regulations that will severely impact
the Internet's independence, and the freedoms of its users. Vint notes that
this new regulatory regime is being constructed clandestinely and will be
voted by countries, not netizens. He concludes:

The decisions taken in Dubai in December have the potential to put
government handcuffs on the Net. To prevent that — and keep the Internet
open and free for the next generations — we need to prevent a fundamental
shift in how the Internet is governed.

I encourage you to take action now: Insist that the debate about Internet
governance be transparent and open to all stakeholders.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries?index=1&list=PL18388B00C798AEFC&hl=en_US&w=600&h=337>
(Shortcut to video: http://bit.ly/f2cvint )

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