The document discusses concerns about over-reliance on large internet companies and issues around censorship, privacy, and advocacy online. It notes that while the internet and user-generated content have increased freedom of expression, governments and companies can also pressure users and censor content. Alternative nonprofit networks and grassroots spaces are needed to protect rights and give more control to users and civil society.

1. Free Culture and Free Speech Rebecca MacKinnon http://Rconversation.blogs.com www.GlobalVoicesOnline.org This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

3. From “Mao model” to “Murdoch model:” Does triumph of capitalism = triumph of freedom? Natalie Behring http://flickr.com/photos/chinapix/115817611/ World Economic Forum http://flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/374716426/

4. Where are we going? “ Autocracies & Dictatorships” “ Democratic Countries” ?

5. The World Wide Web just by existing isn't solving the “Caring Problem”: (Ethan Zuckerman's research on global media attention: http://h2odev.law.harvard.edu/ezuckerman/ )‏

6. 127 million people 2nd largest world economy 12582 CNN.com stories 130 million people 54th largest world economy 937 CNN stories (Courtesy Ethan Zuckerman http://ethanzuckerman.com /)‏

7. Alternative to commercial, professional media

8. Vibrant blogospheres fueled by culture of sharing

10. HOWEVER: we need advocacy & activism Blogger arrests: Egypt & Saudi Arabia

12. Company-level censorship: Tianya (Chinese blog host)‏

13. Privacy issues and surveillance via e-mail services The case of Shi Tao Journalist jailed for 10 years for “revealing state secrets overseas.” Evidence leading to his conviciton included evidence from Yahoo!

14. What do companies do… when users’ rights & interests… and host government demands conflict? Government Company User

15. It’s an issue EVERYWHERE. (U.S. govt. “secret surveillance,” etc.)‏ User

16. Jimbo Wales: “I won’t censor” Tradeoff: some countries censor Wikipedia, and will censor Wikia, etc...

17. Grassroots P2P networks

19. More alternative grassroots spaces needed Civil Society Free Culture Government Company Citizen

20. From Mao to Murdoch to… Natalie Behring http://flickr.com/photos/chinapix/115817611/ World Economic Forum http://flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/374716426/ Neha Viswanathan http://flickr.com/photos/nehavish/2621954475/in/set-72157605845209515/