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

Tue May 12 15:10:48 EEST 2015

Dear Khaled

Your point is a fair one, that applies to all the networks of 
organizations and individuals who have been mobilizing, and producing 
concrete outcomes around these issues. For the IRP Coalition in light of 
the IRPC Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet, and 
within its role as one of the Dynamic Coalitions that are part of the 
IGF process, making sure that a letter such as this is communicated as 
widely as possible is but a start.

Do they care? Good question! The jury is out at present as to whether 
Facebook's management will pay attention; my guess (as I have no 
figures) is that a sizable number of Fb users who are active on this 
platform need to know about this, but many already know so it is also a 
question of mobilizing within FB. This has been done before to good effect.

Am copying in Josh Levy at Access who can perhaps tell us more about how 
this particular campaign joins up with others, in civil society and in 
governments, who object to this initiative from the point of view of 
human rights and fundamental freedoms online.

Best wishes
MF

On 12/05/2015 13:04, khaled Fattal Hotmail wrote:
>
> Dear Marianne and all,
>
> I read with interest what the letter says and I do share many of your 
> concerns. The questions I ponder is how are you disseminating this 
> position around the global internet to create the pressure needed to 
> encourage / force Facebook to change or modify its plans? is Facebook 
> paying attention? Do they care?
>
> Best
>
> Khaled Fattal
>
> *From:*IRP [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Marianne Franklin
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:59 AM
> *To:* irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
> *Subject:* [IRPCoalition] Open letter to Zuckerberg re: Internet.org
>
> 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>
>
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>
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>
>
> -- 
>
> *Josh Levy*
> Advocacy Director
> Access | accessnow.org <http://accessnow.org>
>
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-- 
Marianne Franklin, PhD
Professor of Global Media and Politics
Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
Goldsmiths (University of London)
Department of Media & Communications
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Tel: +44 20 7919 7072
<m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk>
@GloComm
https://twitter.com/GloComm
http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin/
https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-media-transnational-communications/
Chair of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
Steering Committee/Former Co-Chair Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF)
www.internetrightsandprinciples.org
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