At a high-level meeting on the Internet economy this week, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released its Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making, which outlines the OECD's commitment to promoting the free flow of information; investing in high-speed networks and services; enabling cross-border delivery of services, and strengthening "consistency and effectiveness in privacy protection at a global level," among other areas. But some groups have criticised its plans to make Internet service providers more responsible for policing copyright infringement, something the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council says could "lead to network filtering."
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