Re: [DC3] an Internet for the poor vs. empowering the people

During my participatin in the WEF meeting that I was invited to, I came up with this concept that I believe must be a strong point in our strugle forward in order to differentiate what we are doing from so many other initiatives to "connect the unconnected": Facebook's Free Basics and Internet planes, Google's Loon project as well as many government plans to bring "Internet access" to public spaces in poor villages and disadvantaged areas are all initiatives to create an Internet for the Poor. One where the people get a second class digital citizenship. On the other hand, we from the community networks movement are empowering the people to build meaningful infrastructures that create the local portion of the Internet in a manner that is respectful of human value and not just motivated by access statistics or profit. I'd like to make this idea part of our Declaration. What do the rest of you think? cheers, Nico _______________________________________________ DC3 mailing list DC3(a)listas.altermundi.net https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3