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Statement of
Principles
The Global Internet Liberty Campaign
was formed at the annual meeting of the Internet Society
in Montreal. Members of the coalition include the
American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy
Information Center, Human Rights Watch, the Internet
Society, Privacy International, the Association des
Utilisateurs d'Internet, and other civil liberties and
human rights organizations.
The Global Internet Liberty Campaign
advocates...
- Prohibiting prior censorship of
on-line communication.
- Requiring that laws restricting
the content of on-line speech distinguish between the
liability of content providers and the liability of
data carriers.
- Insisting that on-line free
expression not be restricted by indirect means such as
excessively restrictive governmental or private
controls over computer hardware or software,
telecommunications infrastructure, or other essential
components of the Internet.
- Including citizens in the Global
Information Infrastructure (GII) development process
from countries that are currently unstable
economically, have insufficient infrastructure, or
lack sophisticated technology.
- Prohibiting discrimination on the
basis of race, color, sex, language, religion,
political or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status.
- Ensuring that personal information
generated on the GII for one purpose is not used for
an unrelated purpose or disclosed without the person's
informed consent and enabling individuals to review
personal information on the Internet and to correct
inaccurate information.
- Allowing on line users to encrypt
their communications and information without
restriction.
We invite you our fellow users from
around the world who are interested in taking concerted
action to protect the Internet to join us in this
campaign.
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