What is happening on the Internet in 2014?

There should be no means of communication that ‘we cannot read’.

David CameronJanuary 2015

UK: new laws to allow govt access to private, encrypted communications content

Obama calls for net neutrality:No ‘Fast Lane’

Information should be delivered quickly and without discriminating about the

content.

European Union wants ‘right to be forgotten’ to go global

Everyone can code

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Gathering, analysing and

publishing legally available data on

government user data and

content removal requests

State of transparency

between the Hong Kong Govt and technology and

telecommunications companies Protecting the

fundamental

freedoms of

netizens

Invisible hand towardsinternet service providers and

OUR DATA

User data / content removal requests without court order

More openness and transparency needed

The public has the right to knowhow government actions affect their

privacy and free flow of information

The Internet has shaped our political landscape and social movements

Internet freedom matters to everyone who cares about the health and future of democracy.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

One country, two systems

seven Speak-Not Subjects 七不講

online public opinion censorship

Universal values

Press freedom Civil society Civil rights

Past mistakes of the CCP

Crony capitalists

Judicial independence

New Internet regulations in China

• Real-name system (approved in Dec 2012, fully implement by Jun 2014)

• Draft new Privacy Laws and Draft Internet Privacy Regulations (April 2013)

Content monitoring, self-censorship and mandatory

reporting of ‘state secrets’ and ‘impermissible contents’ for ‘network and information security reasons’

Power of crowd and information

Whistle-blowing on social media

The Great Firewall of Chinajust got better.

China blocks virtual private network (VPN)

Jailing of Chinese ‘rumour monger’ casts shadow over Weibo

In China, at least 100 people were arrested for supporting HK’s Umbrella Revolution

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INTERNET OF THINGS AND ‘SMART OBJECTS’

‘Smart objects’ coming to your home soon

“The Internet will disappear…It will be part of your presence all the time.”

Eric SchmidtGoogle

‘Right to be Forgotten’ or ‘Right to Delete’?

Video by InMedia HK

Google’s RTBF requests received in EU

www.google.com/transparencyreport

Declaration of Internet FreedomWe stand for a free and open Internet.We support transparent and participatory processes for making Internet policy and the establishment of 5 basic principles…

www.internetdeclaration.org

Tim Berners-Lee:The world needs an online ‘Magna Carta’ to combat growing government and corporate control

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