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ElisaMassiminoHRF wrote a new diary post: Judge the Global Network Initiative by How It Judges Companies
Recent press stories about the Global Network Initiative (GNI) paint a distorted picture, judging the Initiative’s effectiveness and impact based primarily on the number of companies that have joined the effort to date. That’s the wrong yardstick. While the GNI seeks to secure a sector-wide commitment to uphold basic principles of privacy and free expression and to provide [...]
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ElisaMassiminoHRF wrote a new diary post: WikiLeaks and Internet Freedom
This is how it happens. An organization publishes information on the Internet that’s embarrassing and arguably harmful to the government. Citing an alleged threat to national security, the government pressures companies to deny access to the information and to choke off the organization’s funding. The companies acquiesce. This how we begin to lose our Internet freedom . [...]
