[governance] CS Speakers for Baku

[McTim]

good start Milton!

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Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
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> From: gpaque at gmail.com [mailto:gpaque at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ginger Paque
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> I think that both points are important... I would say 'in addition to' not
> 'rather than'. Whom we choose sends a signal as sometimes as significant as
> their words, and we tend to know their general positions as well as speaking
> abilities when we nominate them.
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> Ginger and colleagues:
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> Yes, of course it is "in addition to" not "rather than" - but has there been
> any substantive discussion yet? Frankly I think what they say is more
> important than who we choose, but agree that in some cases "the medium is
> the message."  At any rate we are long on "who" and rather short on "what"
> at the moment, so…
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> let me throw out three short statements on issues that I passionately
> believe should be addressed. In doing so, I will make an attempt to address
> them in a way that takes into account the differences among us and hope
> others do so in the same spirit. Other candidate topics would include IPR,
> development…I defer to others there.
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> Human rights
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> CS believes that the absence of gatekeepers and the open, global
> communication enabled by the Internet realizes the promise of Article 19 of
> the UN UDHR. To erect (national) legal barriers to the free flow of
> information is a bad idea and contrary to the individual human right to
> freedom of expression. We therefore oppose efforts to create "national
> Internets," or to block and filter internet access in ways that deny
> individuals access to applications, content and services of their choice.
> All attempts to deem certain forms of communication and information illegal
> and remove them must follow established, transparent processes of law and
> should not involve prior restraint.
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> Security and Securitization
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> CS opposes efforts to militarize the Internet, or any actions that would
> foster a destructive and wasteful cyber arms race among governments and/or
> private actors. We consider the surreptitious use of exploits and malware
> for surveillance or attacks to be criminal regardless of whether they are
> deployed by governments, private corporations or organized criminals. We are
> skeptical of efforts to subordinate the design and use of information and
> communication technology to "national security" agendas. We believe that
> Internet security will be achieved primarily at the operational level and
> that national security and military agendas often work against rather than
> for users' security needs.
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> Multistakeholderism
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> Global governance institutions should not be restricted to states, so CS
> welcomes the additional participation in global policy making that
> multi-stakeholder processes provide. But CS cautions that multi-stakeholder
> participation is not an end in itself.  Opening up global governance
> institutions to additional voices from civil society and business does not
> by itself ensure that individual rights are adequately protected or that the
> best substantive policies are developed and enforced. In the informal spaces
> created by MS institutions, it is possible that powerful governmental and
> corporate actors can make deals contrary to the interests of Internet users.
> MS processes must incorporate and institutionalize concepts of due process,
> separation of powers and user's inalienable civil and political rights.
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> Milton L. Mueller
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> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
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> Internet Governance Project
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> http://blog.internetgovernance.org
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