[governance] Re: Russia plans to create independent web / internet

[Milton L Mueller]

Calm down, Veni. For once, you have something substantive to offer to the dialogue, It is good, don’t spoil it with personal attacks. If the translation or the translator altered the imputed source, perhaps you are right, perhaps not, I am in no position to know that. Both in my blog and in my post today I recognized the possibility that this could be bombast: (quote)

 

“This "independent web" is of course not real yet, and the whole article could just be a trial balloon floated by nationalists who don't understand very well what they are trying to do.” 

 

 On the other hand, it could reflect the intentions or feelings of certain people in Russia. What we do know is that China is already doing it and that the prospect of other countries imitating that model is something we need to take very seriously. 

 

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From: Veni Markovski [mailto:venimarkovski at gmail.com] On Behalf Of veni markovski
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 5:50 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Milton L Mueller
Subject: RE: [governance] Re: Russia plans to create independent web / internet

 

It's becoming already like a game of a broken phone (which perhaps you haven't played in the US, as the phones don't break there ;) 

The Russian translation is not accurate, at least not when citing the source of the "news". It's one thing to say, "sources in military uniform say this", and it's different to actually claim, "we learn that the Security Council of the Russian Federation has declared that Russia will create its own Web, in Cyrillic, "completely independent from the traditional WWW." 

Milton, you didn't actually learn this thing about the Russian Security Council, because you couldn't learn it. I, on the other hand, have read the original article back in July, and have made my research on the actual source, not the ones "in military uniforms". The Russian (and Bulgarian, for that sake) media are full with such bombastic headlines, which aim at bringing more readers, not bringing more news. If I were you, I'd do my survey first, before claiming so strong statements. But, then, I am not you.


At 17:13 10/12/2007  -0400, you wrote:



Nice to see that something posted on the IGP blog two weeks ago is now
making the rounds here..... :-)







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