[governance] 'search neutrality' to go with net neutrality

[Parminder]

Parminder wrote:
>
>
> Roland Perry wrote:
>> I wonder how many people on this list would wish that governments got
>> themselves organised, and [attempted to] sort out all the perceived ills
>> on the Internet, on the grounds that they believe the current mechanisms
>> were failing their collective citizens?
>>   
> or maybe the question is
>
> How many on the list believe that the Internet, in the directions that 
> it is taking, may exacerbate entrenched structural advantaged and 
> disadvantages, It is therefore important to have pulbic interest 
> policies to ensure "realization of internationally agreed human 
> rights, social equity and interdependence, cultural concerns, and both 
> social and economic development" (from IGC's charter). And such 
> policies are only possible if there are adequate public policy 
> mechanisms, and therefore such mechanisms should be organised as soon 
> as possible before it is too late. Obviously governments will have to 
> play an important in any such mechanisms, but these mechanisms should 
> be much more widely participative, follow global HR and other 
> socio-political norms, be based on clearly articulated principles 
> (constitutionalism) and not be ad-hoc, transparent and involve a 
> strong role of civil society organizations.
>
>
> BTW, would like to have an IGC vote between the two propositions. We 
> can propose a question - which of the two formulations in your view 
> more correctly describes the situation vis a vis the current evolution 
> of the Internet, need (or not) for public policies, and the role of 
> governments in this relation.
>
> parminder
>> And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is most of the IG debate in a nutshell.
>>     
Which I consider is an ideologically committed attempt to rig the IG 
space and debate (as I have arguned often earlier, also citing it as a 
reason why many of us arent speaking up for IGF reform when the time is 
ripe). I would argue instead that the propositon I wrote is 'most of the 
IG debate in a nutshell'

parminder
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