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<td>They want to ██████ the Internet</td>
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<td>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:40:58 -0500</td>
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<td>Pascal V - Avaaz.org <a href="mailto:avaaz@avaaz.org" target="_blank"><avaaz@avaaz.org></a></td>
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Dear Avaazers, <br>
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<b>Authoritarian regimes are pushing for governmental
control over the internet in a binding global treaty.</b>
If they succeed, the internet could become less open, more
costly and much slower. We've stopped threats like this
before, and we can again -- but only with a massive global
outcry. <b>Sign the petition and share</b> with everyone
you know:
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Right now at a UN meeting in Dubai, <b>authoritarian regimes are
pushing for full governmental control of the Internet in a binding
global treaty</b> -- if they succeed, the internet could become
less open, more costly and much slower. We have only 2 days to stop
them.<br>
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The Internet has been an amazing example of people power -- <b>allowing
us to connect, speak out and pressure leaders like never before.</b>
That's largely because it's been governed to date by users and
non-profits and not governments. But now countries like Russia,
China and United Arab Emirates are trying to rewrite a major telecom
treaty called the ITR to bring the Internet under its control -- the
web would then be shaped by government interests and not by us, the
users. <b>Tim Berners Lee, one of the "fathers of the Internet,"
has warned that this could increase censorship online and invade
our privacy.</b> But if we object with a massive people-powered
petition, we can strengthen the hand of countries fighting this
power grab.<br>
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We have stopped attacks like this before and can do it again before
the treaty text is locked this week. A wave of opposition to a new
ITR is already building -- <b>sign the petition to tell governments
hands off our Internet!</b> and then forward this email to
everyone you know -- when we hit 1 million signers, it'll be
delivered straight to the delegates at this cozy meeting:<br>
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<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/hands_off_our_internet_i/?bpSmeab&v=20018" target="_blank">http://www.avaaz.org/en/hands_off_our_internet_i/?bpSmeab&v=20018</a>
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The meeting to update the ITR (International Telecommunication
Regulations) is being convened by a UN body called the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU). Normally, it wouldn't merit much
attention, but <b>Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and others are trying
to use the meeting to increase government control</b> of the
Internet through proposals that would allow for access to be cut off
more easily, threaten privacy, legitimize monitoring and
traffic-blocking, and introduce new fees to access content online.<br>
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At the moment, our Internet has no central regulatory body, but
various non-profit organisations work together to manage different
technological, commercial and political interests to allow the
Internet to run. The current model is certainly not without its
flaws. <b>US dominance and corporate influence highlight the need
for reform,</b> but changes should not be dictated from an opaque
governments-only treaty body. They should emerge from an open and
transparent, people-powered process -- putting the interests of us
users in the center.<br>
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The ITU does extremely important work -- expanding affordable access
for poor countries and securing networks -- but it's not the right
place to make changes to how the Internet operates. Let's ensure
that our Internet stays free and governed by the public and <b>show
the ITU and the world that we won’t stay silent in the face of
this Internet attack. Click below to sign</b> and then share this
email widely:<br>
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<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/hands_off_our_internet_i/?bpSmeab&v=20018" target="_blank">http://www.avaaz.org/en/hands_off_our_internet_i/?bpSmeab&v=20018</a>
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Avaaz members have come together before to save the free web -- and
won. More than 3 million of us demanded the US kill a bill that
would have given the government the right to shut down any website,
helping push the White House to drop its support. In the EU, the
European Parliament responded after 2.8 million of us called on them
to drop ACTA, another threat to the free net. Together, now we can
do it again. <br>
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With hope, <br>
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Pascal, Ian, Paul, Luca, Caroline, Ricken, Kya and the rest of the
Avaaz team
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SOURCES<br>
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Cerf and Berners Lee Criticize ITU Conference (IT Pro Portal):<br>
<a href="http://www.itproportal.com/2012/12/05/sir-tim-berners-lee-joins-criticism-of-un-internet-regulation-talks/#ixzz2EDlH06f5" target="_blank">http://www.itproportal.com/2012/12/05/sir-tim-berners-lee-joins-criticism-of-un-internet-regulation-talks/#ixzz2EDlH06f5</a><br>
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ITU and Google face off at Dubai conference over future of the
internet (Guardian):<br>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/03/telecoms-unitednations" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/03/telecoms-unitednations</a><br>
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Keep the Internet Open (New York Times):<br>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opinion/keep-the-internet-open.html?_r=1&" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opinion/keep-the-internet-open.html?_r=1&</a><br>
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Proposal for global regulation of web (Financial Times):<br>
<a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1b114d8c-422e-11e2-bb3a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2EdnmBAXI" target="_blank">http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1b114d8c-422e-11e2-bb3a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2EdnmBAXI</a><br>
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Who controls the Internet? (Guardian):<br>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/17/who-rules-internet" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/17/who-rules-internet</a><br>