[liberationtech] Declaration for the Future of the Internet

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Fact Sheet:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/28/fact-sheet-united-states-and-60-global-partners-launch-declaration-for-the-future-of-the-internet/?source=email

Declaration:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Declaration-for-the-Future-for-the-Internet_Launch-Event-Signing-Version_FINAL.pdf

FACT SHEET: United States and 60 Global Partners Launch Declaration for the
Future of the Internet
April 28, 2022

The Internet has been revolutionary. It provides unprecedented
opportunities for people around the world to connect and to express
themselves, and continues to transform the global
economy, enabling economic opportunities for billions of people. Yet it has
also created serious policy challenges. Globally, we are witnessing a trend
of rising digital authoritarianism where some states act to repress freedom
of expression, censor independent news sites, interfere with elections,
promote disinformation, and deny their citizens other human rights. At the
same time, millions of people still face barriers to access and
cybersecurity risks and threats undermine the trust and reliability of
networks.

Democratic governments and other partners are rising to the
challenge. Today, the United States with 60 partners from around the globe
launched the Declaration for the Future of the Internet
<https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Declaration-for-the-Future-for-the-Internet_Launch-Event-Signing-Version_FINAL.pdf>.
Those endorsing the Declaration include Albania, Andorra, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic,
Estonia, the European Commission, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya,
Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands,
Micronesia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North
Macedonia, Palau, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Serbia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, the United
Kingdom, Ukraine, and Uruguay.

This Declaration represents a political commitment among Declaration
partners to advance apositive vision for the Internet and digital
technologies. It reclaims the promise of the Internet in the face of the
global opportunities and challenges presented by the 21st century. It
also reaffirms and recommits its partners to a single global Internet – one
that is truly open and fosters competition, privacy, and respect for human
rights. The Declaration’s principles includecommitments to:

• Protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of all people;

• Promote a global Internet that advances the free flow of information;

• Advance inclusive and affordable connectivity so that all people can
benefit from the digital economy;

• Promote trust in the global digital ecosystem, including through
protection of privacy; and

• Protect and strengthen the multistakeholder approach to governance that
keeps the Internet running for the benefit of all.

In signing this Declaration, the United States and partners will work
together to promote this vision and its principles globally, while
respecting each other’s regulatory autonomy within our own jurisdictions
and in accordance with our respective domestic laws and international legal
obligations.

Over the last year, the United States has worked with partners from all
over the world – including civil society, industry, academia, and other
stakeholders to reaffirm the vision of an open, free, global,
interoperable, reliable, and secure Internet and reverse negative trends in
this regard. Under this vision, people everywhere will benefit from an
Internet that is unifiedunfragmented; facilitates global communications and
commerce; and supports freedom, innovation, education and trust.

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