[Air-L] Towards a people's Internet

[Becky Lentz]

Excellent point, thanks! Also, I¹m told that the Quebec collective that
succeeded in convincing the WSF organizing committee in Brazil was largely
youth-led: 
http://www.fsm2016.org/en/support-the-world-social-forum-in-montreal/list-o
f-groups-supporting-the-initiative/. I¹m wondering if it might be a good
idea to send the link to your recent launch of the parents¹ blog re
internet to the ISF list?


-----Original Message-----
From: "Livingstone,S" <S.Livingstone at lse.ac.uk>
Date: Monday, May 25, 2015 at 11:10 AM
To: Becky Lentz <roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca>, "air-l at listserv.aoir.org"
<air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Subject: RE: Towards a people's Internet

>Hi there - this is a great initiative. I would just like to point out, as
>'we' write about 'the people' using the internet that fully one in three
>of them (as far as I can calculate) is aged under 18 and therefore
>children's particular needs, interests and voices should also be clearly
>counted within the 'we'.
>
>Am writing a paper now to this effect - happy to receive thoughts and
>suggestions (or arguments against including children!)
>
>All the best, Sonia