This paper investigates the concept and the purpose of the so-called digital inclusion initiatives developed by Brazilian civil society, especially by the Informatics Democratization Comitee (CDI) and social organizations that take part in the CRIS Campaign – Communications Rights in the Information Society. The discussion is based on reference documents, including the Digital Exclusion Map, made by a CDI initiative, and documents and articles about Brazilian participation – as well as that of Latin America and the Caribbean – focusing civil society at the World Summit on the Information Society.