Tech Group Crafting Web Agenda (With Your Help)
The Center for Democracy and Technology unveiled a draft document on Thursday that lays out the think tank's Internet and technology policy recommendations for the next administration and Congress. The group also launched a companion collaborative Web page that lets the public help craft a final version of the document.
Internet stakeholders -- users, innovators and experts alike -- will be able to submit comments virtually on any section of the "Internet in Transition: A Platform To Keep the Internet Open, Innovative and Free." If appropriate, comments will be included in CDT's finished product, which will be presented to the new White House and Congress.
"The challenges to the Internet are growing both in the United States and globally," CDT's Leslie Harris said in a press release. "It is critical that our new political leaders understand these challenges and be prepared to provide strong leadership to ensure that the Internet continues to be a growing, open and transformative tool for politics, commerce and community."
The Web site poses six key questions for candidates, which are intended to spark discussion. They include:
(1) Do you agree that speech on the Internet should be given the strongest protection under the Constitution?
(2) What actions will you take to restore reasonable checks and balances on government surveillance?
(3) Will your administration support enactment of baseline federal privacy legislation that protects personal information online?
(4) What will you do to preserve the open, innovative and non-discriminatory Internet?
(5) How will you promote global Internet freedom?
(6) How will your Administration use the Internet to create greater openness and transparency of the federal government?
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