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The End of the Internet? by Jeff Chester
Jeff Chester is executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy (www.democraticmedia.org), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit. His book on US media politics, Digital Destiny, will be published in the fall by The New Press.
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The filtering matrix: Integrated mechanisms of information control and the demarcation of borders in cyberspace
Increasingly, states are adopting practices aimed at regulating and controlling the Internet as it passes through their borders. Seeking to assert information sovereignty over their cyber-territory, governments are implementing Internet content filtering technology at the national level. The implementation of national filtering is most often conducted in secrecy and lacks openness, transparency, and accountability.
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ITU: New draft «Best Practice Guidelines for Spectrum Management to Promote Broadband Access»
The Guidelines reiterate the principles unanimously endorsed at the 2004 GSR, adding refinements gleaned in a more recent consultation with regulators. Some 32 national agencies participated in the consultation, along with the ASEAN group representing 10 countries.
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EiPN in the world

Azerbaijan – «Analytic center for information policy» www.gipi.az

Belarus- «Innovation Research Support Foundation» (IRSF)

Georgia

Kazakhstan – «ICT development foundation»

Kyrgyzstan – «Civil Initiative on Internet Policy» (CIIP) www.internetpolicy.kg

Moldova – «Information policy institute»

Russia – “Citizens Initiative for Internet Policy” (CIIP) www.internetpolicy.ru

Tajikistan – Public fund «Civil Initiative on Policy of Internet» (CIPI) www.cipi.tj

Ukraine – Youth public organization «Privacy Ukraine» www.internetrights.org.ua

Uzbekistan


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