Citizen media organization
Global Voices is inviting you to submit your views about how Internet policies impact daily lives. Technical analysis or legal expertise is not required—just plain language explaining the real-world effects of an Internet-related policy created by a government, an international regulatory body or a technology company on what Internet users can do online.
We want to hear how a policy affects citizens using the Internet to increase public access to information, ensure government accountability, or promote human rights. By supporting this competition, we hope to encourage and amplify voices in the community, to help show the effects that policy decisions can have on Internet citizens.
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| Participants at the 2012 Global Voices Summit in Nairobi, Kenya (Source: Global Voices) |
Submissions can be made in
any language with an active (“regularly updated”) Global Voices site, and must be between 800 and 1,400 words long. The essays will be judged by a panel of Internet policy experts from around the world. Winners will receive a cash prize and be given recognition at the 10th
Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Manila in January 2015.
Visit the
Global Voices site for more details, or go straight to the
submission form. You have until 11:59 PM Pacific Time (UTC-7) on December 7, 2014 to get your essays in.
Posted by William Fitzgerald, Policy Manager, Google Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa & Russia
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