[governance] BBC E-mail: Everyone talks, but no-one listens

[Kwasi]

Kwasi saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it.

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Below is a quote from the linked article, and I hope he's wrong:

"There will be fine words spoken and important commitments are bound to be entered into, but behind the self-congratulation and sense of achievement the impact is likely to be minimal. 

Until we start holding politicians in more open, democratic societies to account for the decisions they make regarding the internet there will never be any real pressure to make things better, and next week's IGF meeting is not going to do that. "


** Everyone talks, but no-one listens **
Regular columnist Bill Thompson wonders what the net's new talking shop will actually achieve.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/6091282.stm >


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