[IRPCoalition] Fwd: The Guadalajara Manifesto for Internet Rights and Governance in Brazil
Marianne Franklin
m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk
Thu Dec 8 19:30:52 EET 2016
Dear all
And more news flashes with respect to rights issues in Brazil - the IGF
host in 2015.
MF
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Subject: Re: [bestbits] The Guadalajara Manifesto for Internet Rights
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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 11:17:59 -0600
From: Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
To: rafaelzanatta at usp.br, governance at lists.igcaucus.org
<governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, JNC Forum <forum at justnetcoalition.org>
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Dear all,
This initiative is absolutely important and the threats to digital
rights in the Brazilian scenario are real. As a Brazilian, I fully
support the initiative and also join colleagues in asking for
international support in this crucial moment for the country.
Best wishes,
Marilia
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:53 AM, <rafaelzanatta at usp.br
<mailto:rafaelzanatta at usp.br>> wrote:
Dear all,
As you might know, the Brazilian political landscape is chaotic. The
Congress and the federal government are putting into risk our
framework for Internet governance. Marco Civil is under attack and
deregulation is under way in Telecom sector.
The Coalition Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/>
wrote a manifesto in Guadalajara about the Brazilian scenario and we
are asking activists and organizations to support us, if they agree
with what we're claiming. Many bad things are happening and we need
people from all over the world reacting against this.
Please, can you read it and send the link of the Manifesto to your
network of activists in digital rights?
https://direitosnarede.org.br/c/guadalajara-manifesto/
<https://direitosnarede.org.br/c/guadalajara-manifesto/>
Today, at 2h40pm, we will host a lightning session at the IGF to
present the Coalition
<https://igf2016.sched.com/event/90xt/lightning-session-internet-civil-societys-tools-to-monitor-the-parliament>.
Come see us and we will explain the content of the manifesto, asking
for support of the international community. We really need this kind
of support to pressure the law-makers and the government!
The deadline to sign the manifesto is Friday at 2pm and you can do
so by answering this email or by talking to any member of the
Coalition!
Best,
Rafael Zanatta
/Coalizão Direitos na Rede
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/
The Guadalajara Manifesto For Internet Rights and Governance in Brazil
We, as representatives of civil society organizations from all over
the world present at the 11th Internet Governance Forum in
Guadalajara, Mexico, come together to declare our concern about the
policy changes related to access, governance and use of the Internet
that are taking place in Brazil this year.
Since 2012, Brazil has been a key participant in the IGF, pushing
for more participation and the protection of human rights in the
digital environment. It is regrettable that, in the IGF 2016,
Brazilian government participation is rather restricted. The country
that has been an example is now at risk of weakening its most
valuable institutions dedicated to Internet Governance: the
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and Marco Civil da
Internet.
The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet - “Marco Civil
da Internet” (MCI), a Law enacted in 2014, was a result of a long
and democratic participatory process that had as its goal the
creation of fundamental rights for the use of the Internet. The Law
focused on the democratization of Internet access, universalization,
net neutrality, freedom of expression, protection of personal data
and privacy. It was based on the Decalogue Principles enacted by
CGI.br in 2009, in a context of multistakeholder governance.
Due to the recent political changes in the country, the Internet as
we know it is now at risk. The current government has started in a
questionable power transition and has been refractory to democratic
debate, supporting a conservative body of Congress representatives
that since long is working against the protection of fundamental
rights on the internet. Now, the Congress is about to pass a law
that will represent a serious backlash in telecommunications
policies that imply the loss of sovereignty over telecommunications
networks, compromising the purpose set by MCI of universal access
and digital inclusion.
In addition, the Federal Government has announced that it will not
develop policies for broadband Internet access and that “the market
should promote expansion on its own”. Such new development paradigm
goes against the current legal and regulatory framework in the
country, which recognizes the key role of the State in achieving
universalization and democratization of access and knowledge.
In this context, the government, together with National
Telecommunications Agency, has been permissive regarding commercial
discriminatory practices, such as allowing for new plans with data
caps to be offered, as well as anticompetitive deals between large
ISPs and large online platforms.
Since 2015, over two hundred bills proposing changes to the MCI have
been presented. Many of them weaken fundamental principles and
rights such as net neutrality, non-liability for Internet providers,
personal data protection, privacy and freedom of expression. Behind
these proposed amendments to the law, we have the heavy lobbying by
conservative and authoritarian political forces as well as
industries with private interests that go against the public ones.
Now, in 2016, we have witnessed political actions by the Executive
branch that threaten multistakeholder governance, more specifically
the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI). Government
representatives have openly declared that they intend to review the
strength of the civil society representativeness and participation
in the committee.
We have also seen judicial decisions that determine the takedown of
applications such as WhatsApp, when the company is unable to provide
data and content about investigated persons by the police or
investigation authorities due to the use of cryptography. Several
lawsuits related to such takedowns are now pending before the
Brazilian Supreme Court.
We are aware that the award-winning Brazilian coalition called
“Direitos na Rede” is fighting all these policy, legal and
regulatory and legalchanges that threaten civil rights hardly
acquired over the course of several years. We recognize the need to
make these backlashes globally known and declare our support to the
coalition.
We also urge the Brazilian Government to take immediate measures
against these limitations of Internet rights and principles and
continues to foster a vibrant Internet ecosystem, where digital
inclusion, human rights and democratic governance are priorities.
Guadalajara, December 5th 2016.
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