[governance] BBC: May setting out plans to monitor internet use in UK

[John Curran]

On Jun 14, 2012, at 8:53 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:

> Whilst experts discuss Internet freedom, democracy and governance in a
> multi-stakeholder environment in Stockholm, politicians work on another
> agenda...
> 
> From the BBC Web site:
> "Details of internet use in the UK will have to be stored for a year to
> allow police and intelligence services to access it, under government
> plans..."

Indeed.  It is clear that law enforcement needs some basic mechanisms
in order to do its job (e.g. ability to associate a real-world entity 
with an IP address or domain name), but the societal tradeoffs of user
activity record are nowhere near as clear.   Determining acceptable 
(and unacceptable) conventions for this type of data collection is a
typical challenging Internet Governance discussion and highlights why
an open, inclusive, and multi-stakeholder forum is definitely necessary.

FYI,
/John

Disclaimer:  My views alone. The use of recording devices (aside from IGC 
for its purposes) is prohibited for the entire duration of my performance.


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