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Alexandra Givens’ Remarks at the Freedom Online Coalition consultation on “Digital Inclusion: Human Rights in the Digital Age”
CDT CEO Alexandra Givens gave remarks on Friday, May 3, 2022 at a joint event organized by Global Affairs Canada and the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Her remarks were a part of the first Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) consultation on the Ottawa agenda, entitled “Digital Inclusion: Human Rights in the Digital Age.”
From those remarks:
“We view the Ottawa Agenda as a valuable opportunity to reaffirm the FOC’s commitment to a free, open, interoperable, secure and reliable internet, and to do so with renewed focus in light of ongoing threats to that vision. At a time of growing digital authoritarianism, increasing fragmentation of the internet, threats to online civic space, and the persistent inequalities of the digital divide, the FOC can play an essential role in articulating, and defending, a democratic and inclusive vision of the global internet.”
