Internet governance

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26 January 2013

Understanding Free and Open Source Software

Written by Tarek Amr · Translated by Global Voices · Advocacy, Egypt, Feature, Intellectual Property, Law, Middle East & North Africa

We received an email from Richard M. Stallman (RMS), after publishing an article about the Egyptian demonstration calling for the government to adopt Free Software. Tarek Amr digs deeper into open source software and arguments in its favor in this first post of a two-part series.

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19 January 2013

South Korea: How to Regain Ownership of the Internet

Written by Jae Yeon KIM · Activism, Advocacy, Campaign, Conference, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Intellectual Property, Regulation, South Korea, Southeast Asia

On January 11, 2012, Network Neutrality Forum, an alliance of South Korean Internet freedom-concerned civic organizations, hosted a public workshop to discuss ways to increase civic participation in global Internet governance. Our author Jae Yeon Kim participated in the meeting and has this report.

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9 January 2013

South Korea: Public Interest in Internet Governance Issues Rekindled

Written by Jae Yeon KIM · Activism, Advocacy, Conference, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Law, Regulation, South Korea, USA

On January 3, 2013, Creative Commons Korea co-organized a public event on Internet governance entitled “Global Great Power Rivalries on the Internet”. The meeting was especially focused on the outcome of the recent World Conference on Information Technology.

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7 January 2013

China: Sina Weibo Manager Discloses Internal Censorship Practices

Written by Oiwan Lam · China, Feature, Freedom of Expression, News, Protest, Regulation, Southeast Asia

One Sina Weibo manager , frustrated by the pressure from the Propaganda Department imposed upon him and his colleagues, forcing them to censor a controversial editorial, writes an inside story to explain his difficult position.

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1 January 2013

South Korea: Perspectives on Chinese New Net Control Laws

Written by Jae Yeon KIM · Advocacy, Anonymity, China, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Law, Privacy, Regulation, South Korea, Southeast Asia

On December 28, 2012, the Chinese government approved a set of new net control laws that would make it compulsory for internet intermediaries to enforce users' real name registration. In South Korea, a similar online real name registration policy has been in place since 2005. Let's examine the South Korean experiment and see what lessons Chinese netizens can learn from it.

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30 December 2012

China Introduces New Rules to Tighten Government's Grip Over the Internet

Written by Oiwan Lam · China, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Law, News, Privacy, Regulation, Southeast Asia, Surveillance

On Friday, December 28, China's legislature approved a new set of rules intended to tighten government control over the Internet, forcing internet and online service providers to require real name registration from all their users. What do Chinese netizens think of the new regulations? What are the implications of the these new measures?

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21 December 2012

What does the WCIT really mean for Internet users?

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle · Activism, Advocacy, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Law, Privacy, Regulation, Surveillance

The World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai failed to reach consensus last Thursday, leaving many delegates frustrated after nearly two weeks of intense negotiations. The final text of the treaty will not drastically change the state of Internet policy for the world, but it could push us further in the direction of a fractured network where user experiences differ substantially from country to country.

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