I am here to speak about Internet freedom as a foundation for the 21st Century human rights agenda…This past year has highlighted the promise and the peril of the Internet as a transformative tool both for human expression and for repression…Freedom of expression, assembly and association are human rights. Technology can enable those rights...[T]he responsibility of corporations to respect human rights…is the responsibility of every company. Last year…the U.N…recognized this…by endorsing John Ruggie’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. But of course the challenge is always how to live out those principles…Last year, we saw…[that] tech companies were alleged to have helped repressive regimes…[F]or tech companies, figuring out how to apply their principles to a messy and fast-changing world is…complex…We see companies tackling these issues best when they work together…we salute…Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft who have joined with NGOs, social investors and academic institutions to form the Global Network Initiative...Technology and history converged in 2011 to bring momentous change. In 2012, we have the precious opportunity to harness that change to build a more open, prosperous and peaceful world. [also refers to Facebook, Twitter, Websense, Blue Coat Systems]