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[[Category: ITU]]
All information about Mozilla's efforts around the ITU are now available here:
 
* [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/11/29/the-itu-and-you/ Harvey Anderson, "The ITU and You"]
== What's Happening ==
* [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/12/02/why-is-itu-governance-of-the-internet-a-bad-idea/ Harvey Anderson, "Why Is ITU Governance of the Internet a Bad Idea?"]
 
* [https://mozilla.org/ITU Mozilla's ITU Engagement Kit]
'''STRAWMAN TEXT FROM ORIGINAL WFF SITE COPY DRAFT'''
 
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialized agency of the United Nations focusing on information and communications technologies. In December 2012, the member nations of the ITU will be meeting in Dubai to consider treaty commitments that would sweep significant aspects of web regulation into the scope of the agency, stripping away functions that have always been managed through open, community-based approaches.
 
Despite the importance of these changes, members of civil society and the general public will be largely barred from these meetings. Only governments will be permitted to actively participate, or even view the proposals up for consideration. At the ITU, national governments alone will decide the fate of the web behind closed doors.
 
Leaked proposals suggest that the ITU is considering measures that would:
 
* '''increase censorship.''' The countries pushing hardest for ITU control are the same countries that aggressively censor the Internet, like Russia and China.
* '''stifle free speech.''' Defining “spam” so broadly that censors could justify blocking anything from photos of cute cats to human rights campaigns.
* '''threaten access.''' Allowing governments to cut off your internet access for any number of broadly defined reasons.
* '''spy on what you do online.''' Giving governments more power to monitor your internet traffic and impose regulations on how traffic is sent.
* '''add new tolls and costs.''' New rules to charge online content providers for reaching users across borders, making it harder for those in the developing world to access content.
 
== Tools To Get Involved ==
 
* [[Make-Your-Own ITU Activism Video]]
* [[ITU Funding For Community and Civil Society Groups]]
* [[ITU Engagement Framework]]
* [[ITU Mozilla.org Blog Post]]
 
== Context ==
* [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/ITU Current Status]
* [https://foundation.etherpad.mozilla.org/mozfest-ituhack MozFest Session Outputs]
* [https://foundation.etherpad.mozilla.org/mozfest-itu MozFest Policy Session Line-Up]
* [https://foundation.etherpad.mozilla.org/policy Original Proposal]

Latest revision as of 08:29, 3 December 2012

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