Manifestos could be written much like a white paper, it “starts with a big picture and leads readers to the proposed solution. Make the headings clear and specific so that busy readers can scan the white paper effectively.”

Manifestos should be captivating, persuasively written, with appealing design elements

Manifestos can take the form of a white paper, (text heavy, some graphics, example) or can draw on design and formatting elements of the Internet Freedom Manifesto.

Manifestos must be clearly written following basic grammatical rules. Writing can be informal in order to appeal to your audience/the public.

Lightening Talk: 3 slides, 2 minutes…Go!

Imagine you are having a conversation with a friend about your manifesto topic. You have 3 minutes to tell them about this issue, the problem and make a POINT about how we could take action to address this issue. (And you have visuals to help you make these points 🙂 ).

Use this presentation to test out your ideas and making your point. You can  end your presentation (or any statement in a conversation) with a question: Does this make sense? What do you think? This is a good opportunity to get feedback from your peers.

• Slide 1: Present the topic
• Slide 2: Present the problem, provide an example
• Slide 3: Present a solution, propose an actionable step that could be taken towards this solution
• Slide 4: Sources

Add google slides to this folder. Make sure your name is in the title of the slides.

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)

Digital Manifesto Archive Collections

Link to Final Manifesto Directions