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Thursday, 28 February 2013

Support free expression: Vote for the Netizen of the Year

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One in three Internet users suffers from restricted access to the web due to government censorship, filtering or online surveillance, according to the free expression advocacy group Reporters Without Borders. Around the world, bloggers and cyber-dissidents are jailed for expressing their views. Reporters Without Borders makes sure their struggles are not forgotten.

We believe in a free and open Internet where everyone can express their opinions and learn from others. For this reason, for the past several years we’ve partnered with Reporters Without Borders to organize their annual Netizen of the Year Award, which honors an Internet user, blogger or cyber-dissident who has made a notable contribution in defense of online freedom of expression.

This year for the first time, Reporters Without Borders is asking you to help decide who will win the award. Nine “netizens”—from Mali, Senegal, Bulgaria, Egypt, Honduras, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Vietnam—have been nominated for consideration. Watch the videos showing their stories and then vote at youtube.com/netizen2013.




We hope you’ll be as inspired as we have been by these brave people. The winner, based on votes from people like you around the world, will be announced on March 7. He or she will be invited to the award ceremony taking place at Google’s Paris office on March 12—the World Day Against Cyber Censorship.

Posted by Florian Maganza, Policy Analyst, Paris



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Soutenez la liberté d'expression sur Internet, votez pour le Netizen de l'année 2013 

Alors que plus de 2 milliards de personnes bénéficient d'un accès Internet dans le monde, un tiers d'entre eux souffrent d'un accès limité en raison de la censure du gouvernement, de filtrage et de surveillance. Google croit à un Internet libre et ouvert, où chacun peut exprimer son point de vue et apprendre de celui des autres.  De plus en plus de citoyens-journalistes, blogueurs et cyber-dissidents à travers le monde sont en prison simplement pour avoir exprimé leurs opinions en ligne. Reporters sans Frontières prend leur défense au quotidien.

Nous soutenons leurs efforts en co-organisant avec Reporters Sans Frontières le prix du Net-citoyen de l'année, afin de sensibiliser le grand public sur l'état ​​de la liberté d'expression en ligne. Depuis 2008, le Prix a rendu hommage à des journalistes, blogueurs ou cyber-dissidents ayant contribué à la défense de la liberté d’expression sur Internet.

Pour inciter les internautes à prendre part à ce combat, pour la première fois, Reporters sans frontières avec le soutien de Google vous demande de les aider à décider du lauréat de l’édition 2013  qui va gagner le prix cette année.

Neuf Netizens du Mali, du Senegal, de Russie, d’Iran, d’Egypte, de Bulgarie, du Honduras, du Vietnam et du Kazakhstan, ont été nommés par Reporters sans frontières pour votre considération.

Découvrez les vidéos montrant leurs histoires et votez sur youtube.com/netizen2013 avant le 5 Mars

Nous espérons que vous serez aussi inspiré que nous l’avons été par ces citoyens courageux à travers le monde.  Le gagnant, le Netizen ayant reçu le plus de votes sur sa vidéo, sera annoncé le 7 Mars et invité à la cérémonie de remise du prix à Paris le 12 Mars - Journée mondiale contre la cybercensure.

Posté par Florian Maganza, équipe Politiques Publiques, Google France
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