[governance] FW: [MobileActive Discuss] Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy- Bloomberg

[Hakikur Rahman]

Internet is now a global good and thus need to set a global standard 
as mentioned by Michael Gurstein, but at the same time need to uphold 
national interest for the mass population, not for a few advantaged 
ones. Being governed is not regulation as long as it is dynamically 
adjustable to the need of the society.

Best regards,
Hakikur

At 21:47 17-11-2012, michael gurstein wrote:
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>Those are good points and serious issues Pranesh.
>
>I think what this discussion indicates is that there is a need for a 
>nuanced approach to the issue of standard setting/regulation at the 
>global level including taking into consideration how this will (or 
>could) impact at the national level.  What is not needed and 
>particularly from CS is an uncritical adherence to the "hands off 
>the Internet/free the Internet" position being advocated by some 
>governments and many (self-interested) corporations, ignoring the 
>need for various kinds of interventions as a support to various 
>issues of significance from the perspective of a  global public interest.
>
>A problem with the approach currently being advocated by many is 
>that there is no opportunity for reflection as to what issues could 
>and should be addressed and in what fora, and which should 
>not.  Being stampeded over an anti-governance "no-regulation" 
>libertarian cliff  is not I think, in the interests of most whether 
>in Developed or in Less Developed Countries.
>
>M
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pranesh Prakash [mailto:pranesh at cis-india.org]
>Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:18 PM
>To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; michael gurstein
>Subject: Re: [governance] FW: [MobileActive Discuss] Why Cell Phones 
>Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy- Bloomberg
>
>michael gurstein [2012-11-17 19:30]:
> > Who can we rely on to act in support of the (global) public
> > interest--IBM, Google, Facebook, AT&T, the USG, "the market"..?
>
>In India we face the opposite problem of that described by Susan 
>Crawford.  Through the ISP Licence, the UAS Licence, the Telecom 
>licence, the government has armed itself with powers against the 
>ISPs and telecom companies that it does not have under any law.
>
>For instance, there is a stricture in those licences against "bulk 
>encryption" of more than 40bits without key escrow, despite the 
>government requiring 128 bit encryption by all banks in another law.
>There is a requirement of having a black box room on their premises 
>with access to all communications, though blanket surveillance 
>(under some readings of Indian law and the judicial interpretation 
>of the right to privacy as a fundamental right) is not 
>permissible.  Importantly, if it doesn't harm their bottom line, 
>these companies have no incentive to not cooperate.
>
>While we should avoid moving to a state of 'no regulation' 
>(competition law, consumer law, etc., should apply), in many 
>countries, especially LDCs and developing countries, we are on the 
>opposite side of the spectrum.  Please spare a thought for 
>developing countries too ;)
>
>--
>Pranesh Prakash
>Policy Director
>Centre for Internet and Society
>T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | 
>Twitter: @pranesh_prakash
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>
>
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