André Loconte est l'un des fondateurs et le porte-parole de l’association citoyenne NURPA (Net Users' Rights Protection
Association). La NURPA mène un travail d’information et de dialogue auprès des pouvoirs publics et des citoyens afin de permettre à chacun de comprendre les problématique liées aux droits de l'Homme dansl’environnement numérique. Elle défend la vision d'un internet neutre, libre, accessible et vecteur de progrès.
Kirsten Fiedler is Advocacy Manager at European Digital Rights (EDRi), an organisation which defends civil rights in the information society. 32 privacy and civil rights organisations from 20 different countries in Europe have joined forces in order to respond to the growing impact of European policy making in the digital environment. After her European studies in the UK, France and Germany, Kirsten started blogging on digital rights issues and working as a civil rights activist.
Often defined as a hacker, hacktivist or Telecomix agent, he has participated in sensibilizing Syrians to Internet censorship and surveillance performed by their government and helped in circumventing them. Telecomix is a decentralized cluster of net activists, committed to the freedom of expression.
Net neutrality is the principle that says all information flowing across the Internet should be treated equally. But with more people streaming data-rich video and playing online games, the Internet faces congestion concerns. Should carriers be able to sell multi-tiered access to heavy users? should sites that generate massive traffic -- like Google and Yahoo! -- pay extra fees? In this talk we will debate about the open Internet, the regulation versus the free market and the concepts of open Internet.
