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

Deirdre Williams williams.deirdre at gmail.com
Thu Mar 26 12:47:53 EDT 2015


Information is sadly only really free if you live in the first world.
Certainly not in Saint Lucia where I live, and apparently not in Bolivia
either.
But there are still many lucky people associated with northern institutions
who have access - the heads up was for them.
I was disappointed too.
Perhaps "Access for us too" is something we should begin to make a fuss
about?
Best wishes
Deirdre

On 26 March 2015 at 12:29, willi uebelherr <willi.uebelherr at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Dear Deirdre, Becky and all
>
> > Might be of interest to some…
>
> But this lists are not marketplaces for selling any things. If you don't
> have a link for a free download, it is not really useful.
>
> many greetings, willi
> La Paz, Bolivia
>
>
> Am 26/03/2015 um 09:15 a.m. schrieb Deirdre Williams:
>
>> For your information.
>> Deirdre
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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
>> To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>>
>>
>> Might be of interest to some…
>>
>> *http://tinyurl.com/psf9dsw <http://tinyurl.com/psf9dsw>*
>>
>> 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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