Dear Colleagues, We are writing to share details regarding our second learning call on the *Internet* *Bill of Rights *(Italian Declaration, Marco Civil and other related efforts), which will take place on *Tuesday, April 19th, from 8:45-10:00am Eastern Time* (for ease, the following converter can be used to identify the time of the hangout in your local time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html). This call will be co-led by Juan Carlos De Martin of the Nexa Center for Internet & Society, and Ronaldo Lemos and Fabro Steibel of ITS Rio. They have provided the following description: / / The Internet is an extraordinary space that enables innovation, growth and - more generally - human flourishing. Preserving liberty, equality, dignity, and solidarity is crucial to ensuring the democratic functioning of the Internet and to avoiding the predominance of public and private powers that may lead to a society of surveillance, control, and social selection. For this reason, many individuals and organizations have been advocating for years the need for an Internet Bill of Rights (or Internet Magna Carta), a step towards a constitutionalization of supranational Internet principles and rights. Brazil and Italy have already moved in such a direction by approving the Marco Civil da Internet (Brazil, April 2014) and the Declaration of Internet Rights (Italy, July 2015) respectively. What is the role of such initiatives in ensuring that the Internet remains a global space based on human rights and democracy for future generations? For the Hangout, we will be using Adobe Connect, a platform for web conferencing that is accessible from a variety of browsers and devices. On the 19th, you can access the Connect room for the call here: https://berkman.adobeconnect.com/berkmancenter. We encourage everyone to test their computer via the Connect website (here <http://admin.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm>) in advance of the call, to make sure that all of your requisite plug-ins are functioning and up-to-date. If you are unfamiliar with Connect, Adobe provides a helpful Quick Start Guide <https://seminars.adobeconnect.com/_a227210/vqs-participants/> for first time users which we encourage you to review in advance. In order to make it easy to ask questions, we are going to use the Berkman Question Tool <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/questions/NoCBillofRights>. This tool will enable asking and upvoting questions both before and during the hangout. We encourage you to submit any questions between now and the hangout, because your questions will help Juliana and Ryan structure the conversation. Participants can also ask questions using the question tool during the call. In order to submit a question, click the “post a question” link in the top left hand corner and type your question into the box provided. If you are planning to join the call, please *RSVP to Annie Pruitt* (apruitt@cyber.law.harvard.edu) so that we can get a sense of who will be participating. Additionally, while we are not planning to provide a conference line for this call, please let us know if you need a low bandwidth option so that we can provide you with one. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or comments about the Hangout series, and we hope to speak with you on the 19th. Best Wishes, Juan Carlos De Martin, Lorenzo Canova, and the Nexa team, NoC Coordinators -- Lorenzo Canova Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN http://nexa.polito.it Project Manager Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers http://networkofcenters.net/
