[liberationtech] What governments have programs/initiatives/funds to support "net activism"?

[Robert Guerra]

Muzammil,

The Govt of the Netherlands convened a ministerial level meeting on Internet Freedom this past December. The meeting brought together like minded countries that are supporting net activism in some way.

http://www.minbuza.nl/en/ministry/conference-on-internet-freedom (you can find a participant list there)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/12/internet-freedom.html

Some countries are very public about their funding programs (USG, Sweden, Netherlands, EU),  others are far more discrete to protect the sensitivity of their programming.

I look forward to the summary you might be putting together.

regards

Robert


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On 2012-02-03, at 2:59 PM, Muzammil M. Hussain wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to put together a short-list of countries that have publicly
> created programs/initiatives/funds to support political net activism, most
> often for democracy promotion. The US Department of State, and Swedish
> Foreign Ministry are two excellent examples.
> 
> Does such a list exist that covers other countries? If not, would you
> kindly let me know of the ones you know of -- I will happily compile the
> responses and post a shared document for those interested in this question.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Muzammil
> 
> 
> -- 
> Muzammil M. Hussain, PhC
> Department of Communication
> University of Washington
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