Participation for Open Internet - The Case of Marco Civil

2014 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference Carolina Rossini

Vice President, International PolicyPublic Knowledge

http://www.publicknowledge.org/ @carolinarossini

Making a Bill of Rights for the Internet 

What the Marco Civil achieves legislatively.

(Online and Offline) Advocacy Efforts

@FreeNethttp://marcocivil.org.br/videos/marco-civil-e-a-neutralidade-de-rede/

Engagement in drafting, not just advocacy.

Engagement in comment, not just advocacy.

The signature

Rinse, lather, repeat

https://www.facebook.com/MarcoCivilJa

https://www.facebook.com/MarcoCivilJa

Clear example of:

• Multi-level politics and Networked advocacy

– Where the networks consist of horizontal and vertical dimensions.

• Communications technology can be empowering through the lowering of costs for collective action, support for political entrepreneurialism,  and decreased dependency on a central organization.

Advocacy for an Open Internet

• These models need to encourage participation as a lifestyle, not just a periodic engagement. 

@Beth Noveck 

Thank YouObrigada

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