[Npoc-discuss] Non-Profits, Adverse Legislation, and the Internet Ecosystem

[Remmy Nweke]

Thanks Uncle Sam
This is very helpful.

First is that it's worth activating our NPOC advocacy line by galvanising
other continental bodies like ACSIS - African Civil Society on the
Information Society.

2. Identity if the plan had gone beyond first and second readings.

3. Initiate a petition to be endorsed by interesting NPOC Members and
collaborator.

4. This may mean reworking this your head up.

5. Media engagement and availability of the petition to the media or
ictmedia specifically.

These were  few items I can recall that Nigerian NGOs leveraged when such
ugly posture was happening in Nigeria.

Thanks again

On Wed, 10 May 2023, 15:14 Sam Lanfranco via Npoc-discuss, <
npoc-discuss at icann.org> wrote:

> NPOC Colleagues,
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> I think I am only a member of NCSG but my NPOC-Discuss list membership
> remains so I am taking this opportunity to comment on a serious current
> issue for the non-profit constituency, especially in South Asia and in
> Africa. India has, and Zimbabwe is about to, pass national legislation that
> seriously restricts non-profits in those countries in (a) collaboration
> across borders, and (b) receiving financial and material assistance from
> sources outside the country.
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> For a couple of decades I managed the (pre-social media) listserv for the
> International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR). We watched, as the
> Internet allowed greater collaboration between ngos, and their sources of
> funding. At the same time there were moves on the part of national
> governments to stifle the voice of ngo’s in dealing with domestic issues,
> issues ranging from human rights to Internet access.
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> The actual restrictive legislation can vary from the extreme (revoking the
> ngo’s legal status) to forcing limited registration (as a foreign agent)
> because of foreign material support, including counting a foreign supported
> website. These repressive measures have grown In response to the growth of
> the Internet ecosystem as an important means of social engagement and
> multistakeholder collaboration. Zimbabwe is the latest government to move
> on legislation to restrict ngo participation in civil space. This strikes
> at the heart of human rights and the Internet ecosystem.
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> If NPOC wants to get engaged on this front it could complement its efforts
> to get ngos’ engaged with ICANN with efforts to protect at least the
> engagement of ngos in the exercise of human rights in the Internet
> ecosystem.
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> Sam Lanfranco (NCSG Representative for SASA (Society for the Advancement
> of Science in Africa) )
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