[governance] What happened? Get the Flyer & the Poster

Mon Nov 16 14:17:18 EST 2009

I think there is no question that we should "support" each other. I would like to know where I can PURCHASE the books.  I would like to know where I can donate to both causes.

While I do not personally care for High Flouting Galas and Caucuses I am impressed by the work that is being done and the effort and commitment of so many.  To help and support even those I disagree with to convene and debate and raise awareness and lead by example, is all of our duty as Netizens and humans.

Those who are writing regarding the demise of the IG*.  Stand-fast.  Look for the opportunities and seize the moment given you.  The journey worth taking is filled with side trips and annoyances and distractions. Stay true to your causes. If you lead and demand and do it with good motivation you will survive, and flourish. Question Authority.  Debate the governments, challenge the naysayers, yours is a truly just cause. Have faith in the goodness of woman and man's ability to recognize good.

*"the report of my death is greatly exaggerated" - as you can see.

--- On Mon, 11/16/09, linda misek-falkoff <ldmisekfalkoff at gmail.com> wrote:

From: linda misek-falkoff <ldmisekfalkoff at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [governance] What happened?
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "William Drake" <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>
Cc: respectful.interfaces at gmail.com, "l.d. misek-falkoff" <ldmisekfalkoff at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, November 16, 2009, 5:34 PM

Hi Bill, I do want a flyer.  Apologies if you have already sent it here but could you please do so again either to me, or if everyone else has it, or to the list? Or both  - as you may wish.

Warm regards, Linda.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:46 AM, William Drake <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:

Hello,

The ONI event was to publicize the book, "Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace," edited by Ronald J. Deibert, John G. Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski and Jonathan Zittrain.  The book will be published in April 2010 as part of the series I co-edit for the MIT Press on The Information Revolution and Global Politics.  If anyone is interested in knowing more or pre-ordering, please see http://mitpress.mit.edu/IRGP-series.

Curious thing just happened.  I had put out a stack of flyers about the book, as well as another in the series, on the table in the back of the room at the session I'm now speaking in on the IG summer school program.  I stepped out of the room for a moment, and coming back saw three Chinese people standing outside the room conferring.  Walked back into the room and someone had removed all the flyers from the table.  I have to presume they are going around the building doing this.

There are also flyers at the IGP booth if anyone here here wants one.  At least there were, not sure about now.

Best,

Bill 

On Nov 16, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Shahzad Ahmad wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

Just to keep the facts straight... the Network of the Soros Foundation or
Open Society Institute) has nothing to do with ONI Asia or this event. ONI
Asia is an independent network of researchers supported by Toronto
University and Harvard in the US.

best wishes and regards
Shahzad

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fouad Bajwa" <fouadbajwa at gmail.com>
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>; "Karl Auerbach" <karl at cavebear.com>
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [governance] What happened?

I am at the IGF and heard about this issue that during the ONI open
network initiative (of the network of the Soros Foundation/Open
Society Institute) workshop in the morning. The issue arose when the
meeting was disrupted by UN officials who demanded removal of a poster
that mentioned Internet firewalls in China.. Here is the post by the
Pakistani Civil Society at the IGF:

IGF 2009 event rattled by UN Security Office
"If we cannot discuss topics about Internet censorship and
surveillance policy at a forum about Internet governance then what is
the point of something like the IGF," said Ron Deibert, director of
the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for
International Studies and one of ONI's principal investigators.
By Rabia Garib
16 Nov 2009

KARACHI, 15 NOVEMBER 2009 - An anti-censorship group holding an event
Sunday at the United Nations-sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, was disrupted by UN officials who demanded
removal of a poster that mentioned Internet firewalls in China.

According to a Pakistani delegate, Shahzad Ahmed of Bytesforall.net, a
reception hosted by Open Net Initiative (ONI) was rattled by IGF
security, who objected to a poster advertising "Access Controlled", a
book being introduced at the event. "The poster was thrown on the
floor and we were told to remove it because of the reference to China
and Tibet. We refused, and security guards came and removed it. The
incident was witnessed by many," Ahmed reported.

The poster promoting ONI's forthcoming book, "Access Controlled" was
removed by the IGF's organizers because a sentence in the poster
apparently violated UN policy. The sentence in question reads, "The
first generation of Internet controls consisted largely of building
firewalls at key Internet gateways; China's famous "Great Firewall of
China" is one of the first national Internet filtering systems."

"If we cannot discuss topics about Internet censorship and
surveillance policy at a forum about Internet governance then what is
the point of something like the IGF," said Ron Deibert, director of
the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for
International Studies and one of ONI's principal investigators.

Deibert, one of the organizers of the reception, said he will file a
complaint against the censorship of the event and send it to the
United Nations Human Rights Commission.

"We condemn this undemocratic act of censoring our event just because
someone is trying to impress or be in the good graces of the Chinese
government. It is ironic that while people are allowed to gather here
to discuss freedom of expression online, censorship and surveillance
practices on the Internet, we are being restricted in expressing our
views," said Al Alegre of the Foundation for Media Alternatives, a
member of the ONI Network.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Karl Auerbach <karl at cavebear.com> wrote:

News is just filtering out about the teardown of a book poster at the IGF
because it violated some UN rule about China.

We've seen videos of the teardown of the sign but there's not much news
out
here about the why except that it was done by UN security because a
sentence
violated some rule or another.

Anyone have more details?

--karl--

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