Freedom supporting human rights

In this session we will discuss and explore recent international developments aimed at confirming and clarifying the applicability of human rights law on the Internet...

  1. And here we go. Last session of the day. The room is still crowded and most people seem to be awake. Yay!
  2. Moderator Rebecca Mackinnon, back from session #1, sets the tone just as well as earlier today. A pro.
  3. RT @hasserosen: Rebecca Mackinnon interviewed at DN.se: Swedich telecom companies does not stand up for freedom tinyurl.com/chnggdp #sif12 #fxinternet
  4. And so the panel is introduced, and the diskussion is on. It's live - thanks to Bambuser - and you can read up on the topic on the page for session #4.
  5. Dan Baer, "Old HR rights and norms can help us respond to Internet related issues" #sif12
  6. Multi-stakeholder approach required to address internet policy dilemnas #sif12
  7. Baer continues - Multi-stakeholder engagement is a procedural norm for solutions to internet dilemmas #sif12
  8. RT @btabaka: #sif12 Dan Baer (US Dpt) Human rights and norms can help us for internet. Don't reinvent the wheel in terms of principles
  9. Curious on Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel B. Baer? Next up is Ms Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Executive Director, Southeast Asian Press Alliance
  10. Gayathri rightly points out fundamental problem in SE Asia, where states haven't engaged w local CSOs. #sif12
  11. RT @GwenLister1: Can we not lose the word 'stakeholder' and use 'people', 'groups', 'individuals' instead? #sif12 #fxinternet
  12. ”We are number obsessed, geeks when it comes to numbers.” Nicklas Lundblad, Director of Public Policy Google #sif12 @fxinternet
  13. .@nicklaslundblad: To solve problem of gov't restrictions on #FoE & #privacy, first must have data to understand baseline #sif12
  14. RT @etaylaw: @google speaker #sif12 there are 900 million Internet users in countries which exercise Internet control.
  15. Google guy: 42 countries in world censor Internet. Says every 18 months control of Internet doubles. #Sif12
  16. Ms Rosebell Kagumire, Journalist and blogger. 
  17. _Now_ Rosebell Kagumire talks about violations of freedom of expression in uganda as being an issue of corruption and rly bad laws. #sif12
  18. Kagumire (Ugandan journalist) very little public awareness of Gov attempts to censor internet #sif12
  19. RT @Katrinskaya: Kick-ass panel on #netfreedom and huamn rights. #sif12 Missing: Telcos/mobile dimension.
  20. R. Kagumires says government/ business relationships in Africa often results in deals limiting individual user rights #sif12 #fxinternet

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So far, we've tried working with Storify during the Stockholm Internet Forum on Internet Freedom for Global Development April 18-19 2012, http://www.stockholminternetforum.se.

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