[governance] ITU: Travel All The Way To Dubai... And Then We'll Decide If You Can Attend Our Meeting On Internet Governance

Sun Aug 26 18:31:47 EDT 2012

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Dominique Lacroix <dl at panamo.eu> wrote:

>  Well, thanks Fahd.
>
> How hell could we improve the quality of informations provided by Techdirt
> and a poor lonesome Republican FCC commissioner?
>
+1

> The post is based upon quotes from a Mr. Robert Mcdowell's article.
>
> Eg. *Reading even a partial list of proposals that could be codified into
> international law next December at a conference in Dubai is chilling:*
>
>    - *Subject cyber security and data privacy to international control;*
>
> This can never happen. Countries can strengthen their resolve to working
towards increased cooperation when it comes to investigation and
enforcement but a major barrier is the duality of legislative provisions.
The world is far from this stage. Noting however, that Cyber Security is a
collection of tools, policies, best practices etc etc. With regards to Data
Privacy, we are witnessing a trend within countries themselves of flagrant
abuse not only by some players within the Private Sector but also
Governments. See EFF website for some examples.

>
>    - *Allow foreign phone companies to charge fees for "international"
>    Internet traffic, perhaps even on a "per-click" basis for certain Web
>    destinations, with the goal of generating revenue for state-owned phone
>    companies and government treasuries;*
>
> Believe it or not, countries have been complaining of telephone hijacking
that is an offence in some jurisdictions like Australia under the category
of "theft of telecommunications services" and is not a criminal offence in
others. To draw from but a few examples around the world we see different
categorisations of cyber crime, see the US, Council of Europe and
Australia. For some developing countries, loss in call revenue from certain
acts means a serious loss of revenue. If we use the example of Ethiopia
which was on the list, they have decided to criminalise VOIP (which is a
super extreme measure) to sustain their business model to allow for rollout
of universal services.

>
>    - *Impose unprecedented economic regulations such as mandates for
>    rates, terms and conditions for currently unregulated traffic-swapping
>    agreements known as "peering."*
>
> If they are referring to the Accounting and Taxation aspects, it will be
great to make clear what precisely is being objected to. I mean we are
witnessing even within the IETF when JFC Morfin made the call that there
needs to be more civil society presence hence the IUCG to ensure that
things or design remain people centric because you have corporates holding
the reign in decision making processes. To be frank, I am not opposed to
the Private Sector because my personal views are that all stakeholders
whether they are civil society,  private sector or governments are equally
important. The Private sector have done alot for building infrastructure,
creating markets etc and governments have also a role in stewarding and
ensuring that appropriate climates and conditions are present to enable
economic growth and also protecting the rights of individuals. Civil
Society exists to be a watchdog etc. I would say that the challenge for the
multistakeholder environment is now getting them to collaborate. My
personal view is that there are two paradigms at play - one holds the view
that the model should be self regulatory, that is let sleeping dogs lie.
The other paradigm is that there is need for regulation. The reality is
that given the complexity of the Internet Architecture and that we live in
a global borderless world although some argue that we still live in a world
with borders, it follows that the issues for Internet Governance in light
of this debate require careful screening. There is a misconception on one
view that ITU regulates, in my view it does not. Countries regulate and the
means in which they regulate differs. Because all our countries (ie. all
those subscribed to this list) are members of the UN with the exception if
someone is "stateless" of course, it follows that the UN carries the
mandate of all countries and it can only execute that which countries push,
so whether it is a big country like the US or a small country like
Kiribati, everyone gets one vote at the General Assembly and likewise each
country has speaking and voting privileges. On another note with the likes
of Google they have also done some really incredible things for humanity.
Having seen the excellent contribution in the wake of disaster preparation
and mitigation that Google has done, they can remind governments of how
they are helping make a difference in Japan, in parts of Africa. Of course
at the same time, they must also review certain practices that are
questionable. However, the adversarial approach to discussions on critical
issues won't do anyone any good. If countries are raising certain issues,
then we should listen to their voices even if we disagree and make room for
dialogue. The strength of the IGF is the creation of that one "safe space"
that will encourage people and organisations of diverse voices to come
together to dialogue. It is how we manage that dialogue that will be
critical in the days to come.

>
>    - *Establish for the first time ITU dominion over important functions
>    of multi-stakeholder Internet governance entities such as the Internet
>    Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the nonprofit entity that
>    coordinates the .com and .org Web addresses of the world.*
>
> For this to happen it must mean that countries consent. I personally don't
see this happening any time soon as there are far more important things
that needs doing instead of taking over a complex task. There are countries
outside of the US who have assigned the ICANN to carry out this function

>
>
> Mr. Robert Mcdowell : http://www.fcc.gov/leadership -
> http://www.fcc.gov/leadership/robert-mcdowell
> NB. He's a lawyer from Virginia, whose famous Court gets Grand Juries who
> spread generously indictments all around the world:
> Megaupload; Assange coming soon.
> It's a pity that suspense and surprise become unlikely with jurors drawn
> among employees of DOD, CIA, National Counterterrorism Center etc.
>
> @+, Dominique
>
> --
> Dominique Lacroix
> Société européenne de l'Internethttp://www.ies-france.eu+33 (0)6 63 24 39 14
>
>
>
> Le 26/08/12 22:02, Fahd A. Batayneh a écrit :
>
>
> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120821/21460320121/itu-travel-all-way-to-dubai-then-well-decide-if-you-can-attend-our-meeting-internet-governance.shtmlv
>
> Another interesting move from the ITU... Whatever that means!
>
> Fahd
>
>
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