<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Hi all</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>ARTICLE 19 has been in touch with UNESCO to flag our concerns regarding the implications of the report for intermediary liability (despite the fact that the Manila Principles are cited in the report at page 26). The recommendation for government bodies to use their licensing prerogative to ensure that "only those telecoms and search engines are allowed to connect with the public that supervise content and its dissemination" is particularly problematic (see page 48): http://broadbandcommission.org/Documents/reports/bb-wg-gender-report2015.pdf </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>We've also suggested to UNESCO a joint event on 'gender-based hatred'.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Happy to discuss this further.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Best,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Gabrielle</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Rebecca MacKinnon" <rebecca.mackinnon@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>manilaprinciples@eff.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, September 28, 2015 9:11:29 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Manila Principles] Manila Principles & Broadband Commission VAWG report<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">Dear all, <br><div>The Broadband Commission, jointly set up by the ITU and UNESCO have issued the following report on violence against women and girls</div><br><div><a href="http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/publications/bb-wg-gender-report2015-highlights.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/publications/bb-wg-gender-report2015-highlights.pdf</a></div><br><div>Interested in thoughts from people on this list.</div><br><div>Cheers,</div><div>Rebecca</div><br><br><div><br><div>
Rebecca MacKinnon<br>Director, Ranking Digital Rights @ New America<br>Author, Consent of the Networked <br>Co-founder, Global Voices<br>Twitter: @rmack<br>Office: +1-202-596-3343<br><br>
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