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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.22,0:00:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Internet gives us the freedom, to talk with friends, make art,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.87,0:00:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start a business or speak out against our governments, all on an unprecedented scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.71,0:00:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't a coincidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.45,0:00:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Internet’s design came out of open inclusive discussions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.55,0:00:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a global community of scientists and engineers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.72,0:00:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there was no pressure from above to lock it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.87,0:00:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now an obscure UN body controlled by governments is making a play,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.20,0:00:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the new place where the Internet’s future gets decided.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.81,0:00:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called the International Telecommunication Union (or ITU).
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.58,0:00:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in December the worlds governments will meet, to decide whether to,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.48,0:00:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expand its mandate to making important decisions about the net.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.52,0:00:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This poses a threat to freedom of expression on-line everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.77,0:00:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's why. First the basics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.83,0:00:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody owns the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.16,0:00:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a collection of independent networks around the world. Anybody can build one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.71,0:00:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The common standards, on which the Internet was build, grew out of open on-line discussions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.36,0:01:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not on the priorities of a particular government or company.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.31,0:01:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now let's meet the ITU!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.90,0:01:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First the ITU is old. Really old. Not CD’s old, not rotary phone old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.31,0:01:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telegraph old as in Morse code.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.89,0:01:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When founded in 1865 it was called the International Telegraph Union.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.94,0:01:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike the Internet the ITU was not build on open discussion among scientists and engineers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.58,0:01:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead only governments have a vote at the ITU.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.50,0:01:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these votes take place behind closed doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.73,0:01:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If governments succeed, in giving the ITU more power to make decisions about the Internet we get,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.12,0:01:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an old school, top down, government centric organisation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.67,0:01:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replacing, the open bottom up governance,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.76,0:01:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made the Internet so world changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.17,0:01:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's just the beginning of our problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.46,0:01:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ITU is not transparent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.12,0:01:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ITU's draft proposals aren't public, and it's one country - 1 vote model gives governments all the power.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.60,0:01:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get to make decisions about our Internet, without us even knowing... what they're discussing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.41,0:02:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then tell us, once the decision is made.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.66,0:02:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kinds of decisions will be considered at the ITU meeting this December?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.41,0:02:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well here's some actual proposals, that have leaked:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.03,0:02:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cutting of Internet access for a number of broadly defined reasons;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.60,0:02:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violating international human rights norms;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.57,0:02:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving governments more power to monitor Internet traffic and impose regulations on how traffic is sent;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.94,0:02:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,defining Spam so broadly that they could justify blocking anything
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.94,0:02:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from photos of cute cats to human rights campaigns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.16,0:02:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And new rules, to charge on-line content providers, to reach users.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.65,0:02:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means, less content going to the developing world and blocking sites that don't pay up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.20,0:02:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the really scary part: the countries pushing hardest for ITU control,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.55,0:02:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the same countries that aggressively censor the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.92,0:02:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Russia making a YouTube video against the government can get you two years in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.63,0:02:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In China you can't even get to most social media websites, except the ones controlled by the government and monitored by their censors and informants
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.72,0:03:03.40,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: 0,0:03:03.40,0:03:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the ITU isn't all bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.38,0:03:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They help the developing world establish telecommunication networks and expand high speed broadband connections.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.12,0:03:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And existing Internet governance isn't perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.27,0:03:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United States has out-sized influence and authority when it comes to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.96,0:03:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, we need to fix these problems, in a way that preserves
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.15,0:03:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the openness, pragmatism and bottom-up governance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.22,0:03:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made the Internet so great.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.36,0:03:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This December our governments meet, to make their final decisions about the Internet’s future.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.43,0:03:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's up to us Internet users, in every country of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.48,0:03:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell them: to stand for the open Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.59,0:03:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If everyone, who sees this video, speaks out and contacts their government, we've got a chance of winning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.93,0:03:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us share this video
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and visit this site, to speak out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.98,0:03:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and contact your government right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.62,0:03:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's use the Internet’s global reach to save it!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.85,0:04:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell your leaders to oppose handing over key decisions about the Internet to the ITU.