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)
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 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. 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
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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/