[governance] Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation

[parminder]

Any kind of over-reliance on the idea of 'data sovereignty' is a real 
problem for the future of the Internet. But the only way it can be 
avoided is through a better, democratic governance of the Internet. The 
only option to save a global Internet is to have democratically arrived 
at global norms, principles, policy frameworks, policies and laws for 
the global Internet.  One cant have it both ways - deny full and equal 
role to developing countries in global governance of the Internet, and 
also tell them that they should not, in default, take the required 
measures to defend themselves and their citizens.


parminder

On Tuesday 08 October 2013 02:52 PM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> I do not think the Montevideo declaration addresses the issue of new 
> cables.
>
> One of the direct consequences of the NSA revelations is the growing 
> call for "data sovereignty", ie the required in-country location of 
> data about citizens of that country. While it seems to make sense at 
> first glance, the cumulative result of every country adopting such a 
> position will be the proliferation of mirror databases, national 
> clouds and most likely incompatible national legislations. This is a 
> potential death spell for global cross-border clouds, which is 
> actually bad for developing countries as well.
>
> In that regard, the actions by the NSA are not only outrageous but 
> potentially triggering unintended consequences that will be 
> detrimental to the very development of the network as a global, 
> trusted infrastructure. Hence the connection to fragmentation, I suppose.
>
> By contrast, the proliferation of additional submarine cables and 
> Internet exchange points is actually a potential positive outcome of 
> these revelations.
>
> Best
>
> B.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp 
> <mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp>> wrote:
>
>     Hi John,
>
>     I would like to understand the part "Internet fragmentation" when
>     it's included in the same paragraph as the sentence about
>     "monitoring and surveillance".
>
>     Internet fragmentation is bad.  Monitoring and surveillance is
>     bad.  Think that's clear.
>
>     But, by including the two statements in the same paragraph, rather
>     than as separate, are the organizations suggesting that recent
>     proposals to build new infrastructure that avoids sending traffic
>     via the U.S. and avoids U.S. monitoring and surveillance risks
>     Internet fragmentation?
>
>     Asking because that was the U.S. spin in response to proposals for
>     such new infrastructure; FUD that new submarine cables would cause
>     balkanization (which they would not of course).
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Adam
>
>     (FUD: fear, uncertainty and doubt, usually evoked intentionally in
>     order to put a competitor at a disadvantage.)
>
>
>
>     On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:15 AM, John Curran wrote:
>
>     >
>     <http://www.internetsociety.org/news/montevideo-statement-future-internet-cooperation>
>     >
>     > FYI,
>     > /John
>     >
>     >
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