[governance] ITU Broadband Commission

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

This is another opinion on the BBC and its "activity". It's not coming from the "critical" CS activists.

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Best
Jean-Louis Fullsack


> Message du 04/04/12 13:25
> De : "Norbert Bollow" 
> A : governance at lists.igcaucus.org
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> Objet : Re: [governance] ITU Broadband Commission
> 
> John Curran wrote:
> > On Apr 3, 2012, at 5:20 AM, parminder wrote:
> > > Many people take IG's multistakeholderism, as it is practised, to
> > > be but a trojan horse for mega corporates to enter and dominate
> > > policy spaces, and their perception may not be entirely
> > > misplaced. Civil society needs to do more to dispel this
> > > impression, but sadly it doesnt...
> > 
> > Parminder, Jean-Louis -
> > 
> > I know this may be controversial, but rather than focusing the
> > titles of those leading this effort, wouldn't it be more practical
> > to comment on the actual work, and how it does or doesn't meet the
> > needs of civil society?
> 
> Constant vigilance is required to avoid the creation and strengthening
> of structures of power that will, if given the chance, certainly lead
> to diminishing the influence of public interest advocacy.
> 
> Sure, the publicly stated objectives (making "broadband" Internet
> access more broadly available) are ones that everyone agrees with.
> But it's also a selection of objectives which can be expected to have
> a net positive effect of the profits of these companies.
> 
> The risk is that public interest concerns related to net neutraliy,
> non-interference with personal communication, and other human rights
> topics that do not tend to have a net positive effect of the profits
> of these companies will likely not get an appropriately high level of
> attention if civil society stands back and lets these corporations
> work out what they think is a reasonable strategy, without demanding
> seats at the table.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
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