Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

(OECD)

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 Contents

Introduction
1. Promote and protect the global free flow of information
2. Promote the open, distributed and interconnected nature of the Internet
3. Promote investment and competition in high speed networks and services
4. Promote and enable the cross-border delivery of services
5. Encourage multi-stakeholder co-operation in policy development processes
6. Foster voluntarily developed codes of conduct
7. Develop capacities to bring publicly available, reliable data into the policy
making process
8. Ensure transparency, fair process, and accountability
9. Strengthen consistency and effectiveness in privacy protection at a global level
10. Maximise individual empowerment
11. Promote creativity and innovation
12. Limit Internet intermediary liability
13. Encourage co-operation to promote Internet security
14. Give appropriate priority to enforcement efforts
Annex
Recommendation of the OECD Council on Principles for Internet Policy Making
Communiqu on Principles for Internet Policy Making
Introduction

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1. Promote and protect the global free flow of information

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

2. Promote the open, distributed and interconnected

nature of the Internet

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

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3. Promote investment and competition in high speed
networks and services

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

4. Promote and enable the cross-border delivery of

services
OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

5. Encourage multi-stakeholder co-operation in policy

development processes

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

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6. Foster voluntarily developed codes of conduct

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

7. Develop capacities to bring publicly available, reliable
data into the policy making process

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

8. Ensure transparency, fair process, and accountability

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

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9. Strengthen consistency and effectiveness in privacy

protection at a global level

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

10. Maximise individual empowerment

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

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11. Promote creativity and innovation

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

12. Limit Internet intermediary liability

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

13. Encourage co-operation to promote Internet security

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

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14. Give appropriate priority to enforcement efforts

OECD guidance and relevant work underpinning the Principles

 Annex
Recommendation of the OECD Council on
Principles for Internet Policy Making

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Communiqu on Principles for Internet Policy Making
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Promote and protect the global free flow of information

Promote the open, distributed and interconnected nature

of the Internet
Promote investment and competition in high-speed
networks and services

Promote and enable the cross-border delivery of services

Encourage multi-stakeholder co-operation in policy

development processes:

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Foster voluntarily developed codes of conduct

Develop capacities to bring publicly available, reliable data

into the policy making process
Ensure transparency, fair process, and accountability

Strengthen consistency and effectiveness in privacy

protection at a global level

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Maximise individual empowerment

Promote creativity and innovation

Limit Internet intermediary liability

Encourage co-operation to promote Internet security

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Give appropriate priority to enforcement efforts