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Q and A: What PH can learn from global Internet debate By Ayee Macaraig October 28, 2013 Filipino netizens successfully campaigned to stop the implementation of the anti-cybercrime law, but what next? Filipino delegates to a global Internet forum actively participated in discussions on the future of the Internet, emphasizing that there is more work…

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October 28, 2013

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Q and A: What PH can learn from global Internet debate
By Ayee Macaraig
October 28, 2013

Filipino netizens successfully campaigned to stop the implementation of the anti-cybercrime law, but what next?

Filipino delegates to a global Internet forum actively participated in discussions on the future of the Internet, emphasizing that there is more work to be done to maintain the Philippines’ record of having one of the freest Internet in the world.

Nica Dumlao of the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) and blogger Juned Sonido of Democracy.Net.PH represented Philippine civil society in the United Nations’ 8th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held here from October 22 to 25. FMA belongs to the steering committee of the Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance. Sonido was part of the delegation of Freedom House, a US-based non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting free institutions worldwide.

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