blog forum gdańsk 2012 | bloggers ultimate guide to impact the future
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Blog Forum Gdańsk 2012, dzień 1. William Echikson: Bloggers ultimate guide to impact the future.TRANSCRIPT
Presenter: Bill EchiksonHead of Free Expression, EMEA Google
Bloggers ultimate goal
TO IMPACT THE FUTURE
Web is the most powerful communication tool in history
2 BILLION people
online today
UGC is fuelling web growth
325 millionwebsites online in May 2011
UGC is fuelling web growth
5 exabytes of data created each day in 2011
UGC is fuelling web growth
250,000 words per minutewritten on Blogger
UGC is fuelling web growth
72 hours of videouploaded to YouTube per minute
UGC is fuelling web growth
70,000 photosuploaded to Facebook per minuteas of mid- 2011
UGC is fuelling web growth
100,000 tweetsposted per minute as of March 2011
Web is a powerful force for societal transformation
Technology is a double-edged sword
Example: Iran
Growing threat of Internet censorship
EXTRAGoogle's default position is to let information flow
EXTRAWe seek to be transparent about government requests
EXTRAExample: Transparency report
EXTRAExample: Web traffic visualisation
Example: Speak2Tweet in Egypt
Global Network InitiativeThe Global Network Initiative
European political support for freedom of expression
European political support for freedom of expression
“When you set people free you set the conditions for society and the economy to develop… The most important instrument of change in our time is the Internet”
– Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt
European political support for freedom of expression
“Respect for media pluralism, protection of journalists’ sources, freedom to criticise private and government powers… are all essential for the full exercise of freedom of expression, and the Commission is fully committed to the defence of fundamental rights”
– Vice President of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes
European political support for freedom of expression
“Promoting internet freedom is vital… Freedom of expression opens the gate to the enjoyment of many other human rights. Without it, the road to the rule of law and democracy remains closed. And free trade is being hindered”
– Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Uri Rosenthal
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