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U.S. Government representatives released a statement saying they were pleased with the proceeding at NETmundial and looked forward to further dialog on the issue. The NETmundial statement did not mentioned the Snowden Revelations directly, although it did condemn surveillance on the Internet. The outcome document also made no mention of censorship of information on the Internet that is currently being carried out by multiple countries worldwide.<ref name="circleid" />

U.S. Government representatives released a statement saying they were pleased with the proceeding at NETmundial and looked forward to further dialog on the issue. The NETmundial statement did not mentioned the Snowden Revelations directly, although it did condemn surveillance on the Internet. The outcome document also made no mention of censorship of information on the Internet that is currently being carried out by multiple countries worldwide.<ref name="circleid" />

In December 2014, the [[Internet Architecture Board]] issued a statement to the effect that it would not participate in the NETmundial initiative. IAB emphasized their support for the initial NETmundial meeting, but expressed concern about the creation of the "highly structured co-ordination council" on the grounds that this could "impede the development of broad participation, and so may be premature", particularly because the coordination council members are the responsible parties for the effort.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141204_iab_issues_statement_on_netmundial_initiative_will_not_participate/ IAB issues statement on netmundial initiative and will not participate] Circleid, published and retrieved 4th December 2014.</ref>

In November 2014, the [[ISOC| Internet Society]] issued a statement saying that it would not occupy the permanent seat allotted to it in the NMI coordinating committee. ISOC had supported the initial declaration, but chose not to be involved with the NETmundial initiative because "the way in which the NETmundial Initiative is being formed does not appear to be consistent with the Internet Society’s longstanding principles", which include bottom-up orientation, openness, transparency, accountability and being multi-stakeholder.<ref>[http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-statement-netmundial-initiative Internet Society Statement NETmundial initiative]Retrieved 15th December 2014.</ref>

 

Similarly, in December 2014, the [[Internet Architecture Board]] issued a statement to the effect that it would not participate in the NETmundial initiative. IAB emphasized their support for the initial NETmundial meeting, but expressed concern about the creation of the "highly structured co-ordination council" on the grounds that this could "impede the development of broad participation, and so may be premature", particularly because the coordination council members are the responsible parties for the effort.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141204_iab_issues_statement_on_netmundial_initiative_will_not_participate/ IAB issues statement on netmundial initiative and will not participate] Circleid, published and retrieved 4th December 2014.</ref>

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