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**(Some sort of short call to action)** | |||
But on December 3 | The Web lets us speak out, share, and connect around the things that matter. It creates new opportunities, holds governments to account, breaks through barriers, and makes cats famous. This isn't a coincidence. It's because the Web belongs to all of us. We all get a say in how it's built. And Mozilla has made it our [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mission/ mission] to keep it this way. | ||
But all this could change on December 3. Our governments will meet in Dubai to decide whether an old treaty - the International Telecommunication Union - can be expanded to regulate - to control - the Internet. | |||
This issue isn't with our governments, the UN, or even the ITU playing a role in shaping the future of the Web. We believe everyone should have a voice. | |||
The problem is that they are planning to meet behind closed doors, in secret, to make decisions that will affect all of us. Without talking to us. Or even letting us know what they plan to discuss. | |||
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On December 3rd, the world’s governments will begin a ten-day meeting in Dubai to update a key treaty of a UN agency called the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some proposed changes to that treaty could threaten Internet openness and innovation, increase access costs, and erode human rights online. We are urgently calling for projects that will help give civil society organizations that support an open Internet a stronger voice before and during that key meeting, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). | On December 3rd, the world’s governments will begin a ten-day meeting in Dubai to update a key treaty of a UN agency called the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some proposed changes to that treaty could threaten Internet openness and innovation, increase access costs, and erode human rights online. We are urgently calling for projects that will help give civil society organizations that support an open Internet a stronger voice before and during that key meeting, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). | ||