[bestbits] FW: [] NETmundial Initiative Announces Formation of its Inaugural Coordination Council and a Broad Global Community Consultation Phase | NETmundial

[parminder]

To my understanding,  for most of those who now support the NMI, the 
case against UN institutions' involvement with IG was the presence of 
Chinas and Irans over there - how can we trust our Internet to such 
authoritarian governments?!  It is a bit strange to see a special 
happiness being expressed when the same actors now join the NMI. What is 
one missing here?

The fact is that China has such a iron grip over its Internet - 
politically and economic-ally, that it is no longer greatly interested 
in more and better (as in more democratic) global governance of the 
Internet. It can do with forums to make deals and adjustments, and that 
is about all. That is China's attraction for the NMI, and here is where 
its interests partially overlap with those of the US, whose whole effort 
is to block any move whatsoever towards globally democratic governance 
of the Internet. What we therefore see is a move that is in the interest 
of all those who already have the most power in terms of the global 
Internet, they have a forum to negotiate their narrow interests.  And 
all those currently dis-empowered lose out and are worse off. (Apart 
from some crumbs throwing business.)

In welcoming a forum where the 'biggies' are given positions, and the 
'ordinary' get ignored is obviously problematic in itself. Worse, it 
pushes countries towards a model of global governance where the way to 
go is seen to be to seek means of making exclusive deals and negotiating 
narrow interests, instead of a pursuance of the global public interest 
(ok, I can hear sniggers, which is precisely the problem), which is what 
a UN kind of global governance system is under-pinned by. It distorts 
the very political thinking and philosophy that needs to form the basis 
of our shared global living. Big loss, really.

parminder


On Saturday 27 December 2014 10:48 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
>
> Good point.
>
> avri
>
>
> On 26-Dec-14 19:16, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>>
>> I see at least two names from China as very interesting or 
>> significant: Minister Lu Wei and Jack Ma of Alibaba, both were 
>> central figures at the World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen, 
>> China last month. Their participation in this Multistakeholder 
>> venture is a good sign.
>>
>> I also hope our Civil Society colleagues actively engage and advance 
>> our core values.
>>
>> Of course, there are certain or uncertain elements that are 
>> troublesome, but I like to remain constructive, critical, but more 
>> positive.
>>
>> And Happy holidays and New Year to all!!
>>
>> Izumi
>>
>> 2014/12/25 3:21 "Lee W McKnight" <lmcknigh at syr.edu 
>> <mailto:lmcknigh at syr.edu>>:
>>
>>     FYI and happy holidays!
>>
>>
>>     Lee
>>
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