[IRPCoalition] Open letter to Zuckerberg re: Internet.org

[Marianne Franklin]

Dear IRP'ers

See below, and attached an open letter by Access that is addressed to 
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook about their internet.org project and its 
implications for net neutrality, FoE, and other rights and freedoms 
contained in the IRPC Charter, and subsequent declarations.

As internet rights and principles continue to be chipped away at from 
all directions, this letter is timely.

best
MF


On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Josh Levy <josh at accessnow.org 
<mailto:josh at accessnow.org>> wrote:

    Hi all - we've had some great input from a number of people over the
    last few days, and we've incorporated it all into (yet another)
    draft of our open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on zero rating, attached.

    As you'll see, the substance is mostly unchanged. Here's what we did:

      * Moved some text around to make it flow better
      * Added some language about "equality of opportunity" the problems
        of a two-tiered Internet
      * Fixed a few typos and problems of clarity

    We'd like folks to consider this current text as *final *minus any
    glaring problems. To allow for more groups to sign (including many
    in India, who are just now seeing the final text) *we're now closing
    this up tomorrow (Tuesday) at COB EST.
    *

    *Please review the letter and let me know if you can sign*. If your
    organization has already signed and is uncomfortable with any
    changes, please let me know.

    Once this is live, I encourage you to publicize it through social
    media and by blog, and to articulate your reason for getting behind
    the language - which will also give you an opportunity to voice
    criticisms not included in the letter.

    Current list of signers below:

    Access 	Global
    Popular Resistance 	US
    RootsAction.org
    <https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2FRootsAction.org> 	US
    Future of Music Coalition 	US
    OpenMedia 	Canada
    The Media Consortium 	US
    Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic
    (CIPPIC) 	Canada
    Bits of Freedom 	Netherlands
    Initiative für Netzfreiheit 	Austria
    IT-Pol Denmark 	Denmark
    European Digital Rights (EDRi) 	EU
    ColorofChange.org
    <https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2FColorofChange.org> 	US
    xnet 	Spain
    The Heliopolis Institute 	Egypt
    Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum 	Zimbabwe
    Digital Rights Foundation 	Pakistan
    Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet 	South Korea
    Movimento Mega 	Brazil
    Instituto Bem Estar Brasil 	Brazil
    Vrijschrift 	Netherlands

    Instituto Beta para Internet e Democracia - IBIDEM 	Brazil
    The Agency League of Musicians 	US
    Digitale Gesellschaft 	Germany
    Integrating Livelihoods through Communication Information Technology
    for Africa 	Uganda
    Protege Qv 	Cameroon
    Fundacion Karisma 	Colombia



    -- 
    *Josh Levy*
    Advocacy Director
    Access | accessnow.org <http://accessnow.org>

    tel: + 1 917 609 6523 <tel:%2B%201%20917%20609%206523> | @levjoy
    PGP: 0x84C9F275
    Fingerprint: B56A D510 3142 2364 69C7 3961 A0A3 67A5 84C9 F275

    *Join the Access team - *we're hiring
    <https://www.accessnow.org/about/jobs>!




-- 
*Josh Levy*
Advocacy Director
Access | accessnow.org <http://accessnow.org>

tel: + 1 917 609 6523 | @levjoy
PGP: 0x84C9F275
Fingerprint: B56A D510 3142 2364 69C7 3961 A0A3 67A5 84C9 F275

*Join the Access team - *we're hiring 
<https://www.accessnow.org/about/jobs>!



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