The Montreal Declaration “for responsible AI development”
Internet Freedom Manifesto “The Netherlands needs an open internet; a platform where everyone can easily share and freely access information”
Twitter Ethics Manifesto “Perhaps each time we log in, we should re-read Twitter’s privacy agreement, their legally binding contract. Perhaps we should remind each other and ourselves that Twitter is a closed, private corporation…”
Data and Control–A Digital Manifesto: “This is a plea for democratic supervision and regulation of the large data sets that are currently being collected all over the digital world — a plea driven not by fears for the privacy of the individual but by worries that a privileged knowledge of the mechanics governing the social world could allow for a one-sided and largely unrecognized control of the masses.”
Public Domain Manifesto: “The Public Domain, as we understand it, is the wealth of information that is free from the barriers to access or reuse usually associated with copyright protection…Having a healthy and thriving Public Domain is essential to the social and economic well-being of our societies.”
Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto (by Aaron Swartz, 2008): “Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.” (PDF – original format)
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