<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">A paragraph from Ars says:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="" lang="EN-US"></span></p><p><em class="diigoHighlight a id_9aefc3d0b9f1b5685cbe85fc2bb1065c type_0 yellow">"Indeed,
amidst the soul-crushing boredom of the working group's meetings last
week, there were some such proposals. "Representatives from Brazil
called for an international body made up of Government representatives
that would attempt to create global standards for policing the
internet—specifically in reaction to challenges such as WikiLeaks"</em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The piece of news
from ars technica confuses the debate about EC with the debate in the CSTD and
misinforms the publi<em>c. </em><em><span style="font-style: normal;">For instance, it seems that Brazilian speech about EC took place in
CSTD meeting and that they proposed to substitute the IGF for an intergov organization,
which is not true. <br></span></em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="" lang="EN-US"><em><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">It is also not true that the Brazilian representative speech about EC gave room to believe that an intergovernmental forum should be created "in reaction to challenges such as wikileaks", as affirmed by Ars. I finally took the time to watch the video and what was said was that:</span></em></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-style: normal;" lang="EN-US">"I am not in the position of making any comment
on wikileaks. I want to comment on the hard of the actions that were taken after wikileaks. Those who were
in favor and against the attempts to control the internet…. We don´t have a common international environment for arising this question in an appropriate manner, without tension and taking into consideration internet freedom and innovation and privacy."</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p>An honest mistake by Ars?<br><br>Marília<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Rafik Dammak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Hi Marilia,<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/12/20 Marilia Maciel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>></span><div class="im">
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This piece
of news confirms the idea that the debates about enhanced cooperation and IGF improvement cannot
be seen as separate things. The hypocrisy in US gov position, for instance, can
only be made clear if we put both themes together.</span></p></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>hypocrisy? I can neither confirm nor deny, the mentioned initiative is led by a congresswoman not by US government, we can easily find different opinions within a same country between executive and legislative powers or even within the same government (having .ministries conducting opposite policies)</div>
<div><br></div><div>for IGF there are some delegations which bring both parliamentarians and government officials and that makes more sense. </div><div><br></div><div>other article <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/is-a-un-internet-takeover-looming-not-quite.ars" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/is-a-un-internet-takeover-looming-not-quite.ars</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>the issue is going mainstream (at least beyond the usual channels), we need to be present and share IGC point of views></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><div> </div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade<br>FGV Direito Rio<br><br>Center for Technology and Society<br>Getulio Vargas Foundation<br>Rio de Janeiro - Brazil<br>