[bestbits] The Real Cyber War The Political Economy of Internet Freedom

[willi uebelherr]

Dear Deirdre, Becky and all

 > Might be of interest to some…

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many greetings, willi
La Paz, Bolivia


Am 26/03/2015 um 09:15 a.m. schrieb Deirdre Williams:
> For your information.
> Deirdre
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> From: Becky Lentz <roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca>
> Date: 26 March 2015 at 08:25
> Subject: [bestbits] The Real Cyber War The Political Economy of Internet
> Freedom - How the freedom-to-connect movement aids Western hegemony
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> Might be of interest to some…
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> *http://tinyurl.com/psf9dsw <http://tinyurl.com/psf9dsw>*
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> Discussions surrounding the role of the internet in society are dominated
> by terms such as *internet freedom*, *surveillance*, *cybersecurity,* and,
> most prolifically, *cyber war*. But behind the rhetoric of cyber war is an
> ongoing state-centered battle for control of information resources. Shawn
> Powers and Michael Jablonski conceptualize this *real* cyber war as the
> utilization of digital networks for geopolitical purposes, including covert
> attacks against another state’s electronic systems, but also, and more
> importantly, the variety of ways the internet is used to further a state’s
> economic and military agendas.
>
> Moving beyond debates on the democratic value of new and emerging
> information technologies, *The Real Cyber War* focuses on political,
> economic, and geopolitical factors driving internet freedom policies, in
> particular the U.S. State Department's emerging doctrine in support of a
> universal freedom to connect. They argue that efforts to create a universal
> internet built upon Western legal, political, and social preferences is
> driven by economic and geopolitical motivations rather than the
> humanitarian and democratic ideals that typically accompany related policy
> discourse. In fact, the freedom-to-connect movement is intertwined with
> broader efforts to structure global society in ways that favor American and
> Western cultures, economies, and governments….
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