Public Knowledge Reflects on NETmundial

As Public Knowledge reflects upon the recent NETmundial multi-stakeholder meeting in Brazil, it is clear that for all its faults, the meeting in Sao Paulo was a turning point for Internet governance and human rights in the digital environment.

For the first time in such a meeting, all the stakeholders were not only “at the table” but, to some extent, drivers of the agenda, drafting, and outcomes. The process itself was open to the Internet, whether it was for scathing criticism or simply curious engagement via video streaming.