World Day Against Cyber Censorship
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World Day Against Cyber Censorship is an online event held each year on March 12 to rally support for a single, unrestricted Internet that is accessible to all and to draw attention to the ways that governments around the world are deterring and censoring free speech online.[1] The day was first observed on 12 March 2008 at the request of Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International. A letter written by Jean-François Julliard, Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders, and Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International, was sent to the Chief Executive Officers of Google, Yahoo!, Inc., and Microsoft Corporation to request observation of the day.[2] The annual event is symbolized by a logo created by Reporters Without Borders consisting of a computer mouse breaking free from a chain.[3]
Netizen Prize
On World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Reporters Without Borders awards an annual Netizen Prize that recognizes an Internet user, blogger, cyber-dissident, or group who has made a notable contribution to the defense of online freedom of expression.[4][5] Starting in 2010 the prize has been awarded to:
- 2010: Iranian women's rights activists of the Change for Equality website, www.we-change.org.[6]
- 2011: the founders of a Tunisian blogging group named Nawaat.org.[7]
- 2012: Syrian citizen journalists and activists of the Media center of the Local Coordination Committees.[8]
- 2013: Vietnamese blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh.[9]
- 2014: Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi.[10]
Enemies of the Internet list
In conjunction with World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Reporters Without Borders updates its Enemies of the Internet and Countries Under Surveillance lists.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ "March 12: 'World Day Against Cyber-Censorship'". The Atlantic. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ Copy of a letter dated 6 March 2009 from Jean-Francois Julliard, Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders, and Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International, to Eric Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer, Google, Carol Bartz, Chief Executive Officer, Yahoo!, Inc., and Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation.
- ^ "World Day Against Cyber Censorship". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ "March 12: World Day Against Cyber-Censorship", Maira Sutton, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Reporters Without Borders : For Freedom of Information", Brochure, Reporters Without Borders, 16 April 2012.
- ^ "Iranian women's rights activists win first Reporters Without Borders netizen prize with support from Google". Reporters Without Borders. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ Reporters Without Borders (25 March 2011). "Netizen Prize 2011". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ "Syrian citizen journalists and activists capture 2012 Netizen Prize", Reporters Without Borders, 13 March 2012.
- ^ "Reporters Without Borders Awards Vietnamese blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh", Reporters Without Borders, 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Reporters Without Borders - TV5Monde Prize for Press Freedom", Reporters Without Borders, 5 November 2014
- ^ "Reporters Without Borders releases 'Enemies of the Internet' list", France24 (France Médias Monde), 13 March 2014.
- ^ "First Online Free Expression Day launched on Reporters Without Borders website". Reports Without Borders. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
External links
- "Privacy is for the powerless." Edward Snowden, at Amnesty International, March 2016