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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.17,0:00:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Internet gives us the freedom, to talk with friends, make art,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.99,0:00:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start a business or speak out against our governments, all on an unprecedented scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.43,0:00:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't a coincidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.100,0:00:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Internet’s design came out of open inclusive discussions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.40,0:00:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a global community of scientists and engineers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.44,0:00:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there was no pressure from above to lock it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.69,0:00:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now a government controlled international body is making a play
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.40,0:00:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the new place where the Internet’s future gets decided.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.83,0:00:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called the International Telecommunication Union (or ITU).
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.56,0:00:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in December the worlds governments will meet, to decide whether to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.56,0:00:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expand its mandate to making important decisions about the net.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.53,0:00:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ITU could pose a risk to freedom of expression on-line everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.44,0:00:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's why. First the basics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.89,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody owns the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.00,0:00:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a collection of independent networks around the world. Anybody can build one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.59,0:00:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The common standards on which the Internet was build grew out of open on-line discussions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.11,0:01:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not on the priorities of a particular government or company.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.42,0:01:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now let's meet the ITU!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.96,0:01:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First the ITU is old. Really old. Not CDs old, not rotary phone old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.48,0:01:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telegraph old, as in Morse code.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.69,0:01:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When founded in 1865 it was called the International Telegraph Union.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.88,0:01:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike the Internet the ITU was not build on open discussion among scientists and engineers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.68,0:01:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead only governments have a vote at the ITU.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.46,0:01:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these votes take place behind closed doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.71,0:01:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If governments succeed in giving the ITU more power to make decisions about the Internet, we get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.41,0:01:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an old-school, top-down, government centric organisation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.87,0:01:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replacing the open bottom-up governance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.39,0:01:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made the Internet so world-changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.13,0:01:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's just the beginning of our problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.32,0:01:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ITU is not transparent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.16,0:01:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ITU's draft proposals aren't public, and its "one country - one vote" model gives governments all the power.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.66,0:01:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get to make decisions about our Internet, without us even knowing what they're discussing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.94,0:02:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then tell us, once the decision is made.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.76,0:02:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kinds of decisions will be considered at the ITU meeting this December?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.33,0:02:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here's some actual proposals that have leaked:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.76,0:02:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cutting of Internet access for a number of broadly defined reasons;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.29,0:02:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violating international human rights norms;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.12,0:02:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving governments more power to monitor Internet traffic and impose regulations on how traffic is sent;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.76,0:02:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,defining Spam so broadly that they could justify blocking anything
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.28,0:02:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from photos of cute cats to human rights campaigns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.72,0:02:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And new rules to charge online content providers to reach users,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.66,0:02:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which could mean less content going to the developing world, and blocking sites that don't pay up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.11,0:02:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the really scary part: the countries pushing hardest for ITU control
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.18,0:02:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the same countries that aggressively censor the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.91,0:02:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Russia, making a YouTube video against the government can get you two years in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.60,0:02:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In China you can't even get to most social media websites.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.76,0:02:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Iran is trying to build its own national Internet and email network, to keep the entire population under its control.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.31,0:03:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the ITU also does good work:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.76,0:03:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They help the developing world establish telecommunication networks and expand high speed broadband connections.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.94,0:03:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And existing Internet governance isn't perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.75,0:03:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US has out-sized influence and authority when it comes to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.46,0:03:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we need to fix these problems in a way that preserves
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.25,0:03:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the openness, pragmatism and bottom-up governance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.39,0:03:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made the Internet so great.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.33,0:03:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This December our governments meet to make their final decisions about the Internet’s future.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.18,0:03:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's up to us Internet users, in every country of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.48,0:03:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell them: to stand for the open Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.59,0:03:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If everyone who sees this video speaks out and contacts their government, we've got a chance of winning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us share this video
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.43,0:03:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and visit this site to speak out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.62,0:03:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and contact your government right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.97,0:03:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's use the Internet’s global reach to save it!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.29,0:03:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell your leaders to oppose handing over key decisions about the Internet to the ITU.