[governance] Obama on security, net neutrality, civil liberties

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello,

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> Interesting things happening in the US:
>
> President Obama's speech "Securing Our Nation's Cyber Infrastructure",
> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-Securing-Our-Nations-Cyber-Infrastructure/>
> includes the paragraph:
>
> "Let me also be clear about what we will not do.  Our pursuit of
> cybersecurity will not -- I repeat, will not include -- monitoring private
> sector networks or Internet traffic.  We will preserve and protect the
> personal privacy and civil liberties that we cherish as Americans.  Indeed,
> I remain firmly committed to net neutrality so we can keep the Internet as
> it should be -- open and free."
>
> Administration supporting network neutrality, security *and* civil liberty
> and privacy.
>

That is a very good sign and it is very positive. Let's hope that the
President manages to assert and enforce this position within American
government.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
India.

> Next:
>
> ICANN oversight hearing in the Congress, Thursday June 4. "Event: 'Oversight
> Of The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers (ICANN)' "
> <http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=54&extmode=view&extid=47>
>
> Anyone know the speakers etc?
>
> And interesting, seems Andrew McLaughlin will join the Obama administration
> as Deputy Chief Technology Officer, reporting to Aneesh Chopra
> <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/googles-top-policy-exec-to-join-obama-administration/>.
> You can see Andrew talking about technology and government in this video
> from the Obama transition <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InI5n3NTvR4>.
>
> Think Friday was a good day.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
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