[governance] Obama on security, net neutrality, civil

[Kabani]

Parminder,


We agree with you and second you in this regards.


Thanks

Asif Kabani
ISD-RC

2009/5/30 Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>

> Thanks Anriette,  there are very useful  insights in  your report below,
> and they present some significant dilemmas. How to best ensure and represent
> public interest at global arenas remains  a huge challenge and is  a long
> haul. What we in civil society, in my humble opinion, can best do is to
> build and strengthen civil society networks and capacities at the global
> level. It consists both in anchoring strongly a vision of 'another world is
> possible' and, perhaps even more importantly, invest in processes of
> openness, collaboration and a very high degree of p2p and bottom-up
> accountability in the civil society arena. That is our legitimacy, and that
> alone can give us the needed strength to influence these processes better.
> Parminder
>
> Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
>
> Thanks Adam... Friday was definitely *not* a good day at the CSTD in
> Geneva. I don't have the copy of the final resolution yet, but it is not
> particularly positive about the IGF, makes no reference to national and
> regional IGFs, and proposed text with regard to consideration being
> given to reporting on WSIS follow up from non-governmental stakeholders
> was not included.
>
> It has fairly good text on the general 'state' of the information
> society, but that is about as far as it goes.
>
> Negotiations were difficult and depressing, shaped by the narrow
> interest of particular governments and far removed, in my opinion, from
> the CSTD mandate which is oversight of WSIS implementation with
> consideration of inputs of all stakeholders and the WSIS principles in
> genera.
>
> Many of the government representatives tried extremely hard to change
> this, to be positive and proactive and open. I respect their hard work.
> Without their efforts the final resolution would be even worse.
>
> Anyone who has doubts that the IGF is an important and useful space, or
> that feels frustrated by it not 'making decisions' or 'leading to
> action' should have been here.
>
> The consensus based decision-making process of intergovernmental forums
> such as this one sometimes does more than just reduce outcomes to the
> lowest common denominator - it punishes proactivity and discourages
> collaboration and openness.
>
> Anriette - in my personal capacity NOT speaking on behalf of APC :)
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 15:42 +0900, Adam Peake 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/> <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.
>
> 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> <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/> <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> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InI5n3NTvR4>.
>
> Think Friday was a good day.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
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