<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">FYI<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"EFF Press" <<a href="mailto:press@eff.org" class="">press@eff.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:eff-all@eff.org" class="">eff-all@eff.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin: 10px 25px 0px;" class=""><h2 style="font-family: 'lucida grande', arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(167, 35, 35);" class="">Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release</h2><div class="pane-entity-field panel-pane pane-node-field-pr-date"><div class="pane-content"><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-field-pr-date field-type-date field"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">For Immediate Release: Tuesday,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="date-display-single">March 24, 2015</span></div><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item even"><div class="field-label-above field-name-field-contact field-type-node-reference field"><div class="field-label">Contact: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node view-mode-node_embed clearfix node-profile contextual-links-region"><div class="contextual-links-wrapper contextual-links-processed"> </div><div class=""><div class="field-name-title field-label-hidden field-type-ds field"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Jeremy Malcolm</div></div></div><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-field-profile-title field-type-text field"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Senior Global Policy Analyst</div></div></div><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-field-profile-email field-type-email field"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" class="">jmalcolm@eff.org</a></div><div class="field-item even">+1 415-436-9333 x161</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="odd field-item"><div class="view-mode-node_embed clearfix node contextual-links-region node-profile node-promoted ds-1col"><div class="contextual-links-wrapper contextual-links-processed"> </div><div class=""><div class="field-name-title field-label-hidden field-type-ds field"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Rebecca Jeschke</div></div></div><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-field-profile-title field-type-text field"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Media Relations Director and Digital Rights Analyst</div></div></div><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-field-profile-email field-type-email field"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="mailto:rebecca@eff.org" class="">press@eff.org</a></div><div class="field-item even">+1 415-436-9333 x177</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="panel-separator"> </div><div class="panel-pane pane-node-content"><h2 class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">International Coalition Launches 'Manila Principles' to Protect Freedom of Expression Worldwide</span></strong></h2><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><em class="">New 'Best Practice' Roadmap to Protect Rights and Promote Innovation</em></div><div class=""> </div></div></div><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-body field field-type-text-with-summary"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="">Manila - An international coalition launched the “Manila Principles on Internet Liability” today—a roadmap for the global community to protect online freedom of expression and innovation around the world.</p><p class="">“All communication across the Internet is facilitated by intermediaries: service providers, social networks, search engines, and more. These services are all routinely asked to take down content, and their policies for responding are often muddled, heavy-handed, or inconsistent. That results in censorship and the limiting of people’s rights,” said Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Senior Global Policy Analyst Jeremy Malcolm, who helped spearhead the principles. “Our goal is to protect everyone’s freedom of expression with a framework of safeguards and best practices for responding to requests for content removal.”</p><p class="">EFF, Centre for Internet Society India, Article 19, and other global partners unveiled the principles today at RightsCon, a major international conference on the Internet and human rights held this week in Manila. The framework outlines clear, fair requirements for content removal requests and details how to minimize the damage a takedown can do. For example, if content is restricted because it’s unlawful in one country or region, then the scope of the restriction should be geographically limited as well. The principles also urge adoption of laws shielding intermediaries from liability for third-party content, which encourages the creation of platforms that allow for online discussion and debate about controversial issues.</p><p class="">“People ask for expression to be removed from the Internet for various reasons, good and bad, claiming the authority of myriad local and national laws. It’s easy for important, lawful content to get caught in the crossfire,” said Jyoti Panday from the Centre for Internet and Society India. “We hope these principles empower everyone—from governments, to intermediaries, to the public—to fight back when online expression is censored.”</p><p class="">The principles and supporting documents can be found online at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.manilaprinciples.org/" class="">https://www.manilaprinciples.org</a>, where other organizations and members of the public can also express their own endorsement of the principles.</p></div></div></div><div class="field-label-above field-name-field-contact field-type-node-reference field"> </div></div></div></div><p class="">About EFF</p><p class="">The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading organization protecting civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, we defend free speech online, fight illegal surveillance, promote the rights of digital innovators, and work to ensure that the rights and freedoms we enjoy are enhanced, rather than eroded, as our use of technology grows. EFF is a member-supported organization. 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