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Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus.

US Based

Open Rights Group. IFEX. CPSR - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. Business & Human Rights. CSISAC. Calyxinstitute. Article 19: Defending freedom of expression and information. Collectif Liberté, Egalité, Justice (CLEJ) Benetech. It was at Caltech during the 1970s when the idea hit like lightning.

Benetech

An engineering student named Jim Fruchterman had just learned, in a modern optics class, about how pattern recognition technology could guide a missile to its target. “If you could use this technology to recognize tanks or bridges,” Jim thought, “perhaps you could also recognize letters and words. Then we could use software to read those words aloud to people who are blind.” Students for Free Culture. How technology is changing politics and governance. IWMF - International Women's Media Foundation. IDEA. NEW: Listen to Aspen IDEA Project Chair Reed Hundt’s interview on China’s role in the global internet.

IDEA

Reed Hundt and Charlie Firestone recently traveled to China where they presented and distributed translated copies of the IDEA Principles to leaders there. Listen here: Toward a Single Global Digital Economy: The First Report of the Aspen Institute IDEA Project.

European