{"id":1440,"date":"2017-04-04T00:50:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T00:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetsocialforum.net\/isf\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2017-04-27T22:53:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T22:53:04","slug":"call-dialogues-for-a-peoples-internet-our-america-towards-the-internet-social-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internetsocialforum.net\/isf\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"Call: Dialogues for a People\u2019s Internet, \u201cOur America\u201d towards the Internet Social Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Dates have changed to September 27-29!!!)
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Beyond its military origins, Internet was developed as a collaborative initiative, designed and controlled mostly by civil society under principles of democratization, horizontality and free exchange of knowledge. But with its massification and models of profitability, digital corporations sought to take over control of the net, soon to become the main monopolies of our era that are gaining more and more influence over every sphere of life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Against this background, a global process of consultation and exchange to call for an <\/span>Internet Social Forum<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> (ISF) began two years ago. The initiative draws on the realization that Internet represents a powerful transform<\/span>ing<\/span> force for our societies in their multiple spheres. This new technology can be extremely useful for solving many of the problems humanity faces today; but only if its development is oriented by a concerted social and political endeavor in benefit of the broadest public interest. In practice, lacking adequate social and political oversight, the powerful actors leading technological change have been able to exploit this situation to consolidate their own power and interests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The ISF aspires to articulate concepts, proposals and alternatives around which people and social organizations can identify and gather, aiming to dispute the drive for a people\u2019s Internet. A first ISF is being planned towards the end of 2017 in Hyderabad, India, under the principles of the World Social Forum (WSF) charter.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The current initiative proposes to launch a Latin American and Caribbean regional process within the framework of the ISF, combining a preparatory remote phase and a regional encounter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Place<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> Ciespal, Quito<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Date<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> 27-29 September 2017<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Conveners<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> Agencia Latinoamericana de Informaci\u00f3n \u2013 ALAI, <\/span><\/span>the<\/span><\/span> Foro de Comunicaci\u00f3n para la Integraci\u00f3n de NuestrAm\u00e9rica \u2013 FCINA, Medialab \u2013 Quito.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Goals: <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n