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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>

Representatives of various nonprofit and civil society groups, including [[EFF]], [[Access]] and the [[Association for Progressive Communications]] expressed similar concerns about deficits in representation and accountability.<ref>[https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/08/27/why-im-going-to-geneva-for-the-netmundial-initiative NetMundial Initiative] Access Now, Retrieved 17th December 2014.</ref>

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 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>
+Representatives of various nonprofit and civil society groups, including [[EFF]], [[Access]] and the [[Association for Progressive Communications]] expressed similar concerns about deficits in representation and accountability.<ref>[https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/08/27/why-im-going-to-geneva-for-the-netmundial-initiative NetMundial Initiative] Access Now, Retrieved 17th December 2014.</ref>
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