Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, Moderates Panel on Internet Freedom
On Friday, March 4 the US Mission sponsored “Internet Freedom: Promoting Human Rights in the Digital Age,” a panel discussion at the United Nations during the the 16th Session of the Human Rights Council. Participants included Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy Human Rights, and Labor, Richard Allan, Facebook's Director of Policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Peter Barron, Google’s Director of External Relations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Brett Solomon, Executive Director of Access. The Panel was moderated by Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council.
Introducing the panel, Ambassador Donahoe said: "The United States will continue to promote an Internet where people’s rights are protected and that is open to innovation, interoperable around the world, secure enough to hold people’s trust, and reliable enough to support their work.
We believe that governments that have erected barriers to Internet freedom will fall behind, and, in the end, hurt only their own ability to innovate and compete in ways necessary to sustain strength and prosperity. "
US Mission Photo: Eric Bridiers