[IRP] We Must Protect Net Neutrality in Europe! - Open letter to the European Parliament

[Meryem Marzouki]

Hi all,

I have absolutely no intention to oppose the signature of this text  
in case there is a consensus on this, but I would never sign a  
statement stating: "Except in some authoritarian regimes, everyone  
around the globe has access to the same Internet, and even the  
smallest entrepreneurs are on equal footing with the leading global  
enterprises." That is simply not true.

Not to mention the confusion between content filtering and blocking  
for the purpose of censorship and content discrimination or  
information prioritization for economic and financial purposes, while  
at the same time the statement only identifies as threat "telecom  
operators and content industries that see business opportunities in  
discriminating, filtering or prioritizing information flowing through  
the network".

Best,
Meryem

Le 18 sept. 09 ? 16:42, Max Senges a ?crit :

> Hi folks
>
> I believe it would be a good idea for us to sign the appeal of "La  
> Quadrature du Net": "We Must Protect Net Neutrality1 in Europe!  
> Organizations from all around Europe share their concern of seeing  
> Net Neutrality being sacrificed during the conciliation procedure  
> of the directives of the EU Telecoms Package. They sent this letter  
> to the Members of the European Parliament, urging them to take  
> decisive action in order to guarantee a free, open and innovative  
> Internet, and to safeguard the fundamental freedoms of European  
> citizens."
>
> http://www.laquadrature.net/en/we-must-protect-net-neutrality-in- 
> europe-open-letter-to-the-european-parliament
>
> What do you think?
>
> Best
> Max
>
> PS: Will work on the weekend to provide minutes from the workshop &  
> (hopefully) KICK OFF THE COLLABOWRITING of the CHARTER of HUMAN  
> RIGHTS and PRINCIPLES on the INTERNET
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