[governance] US House Bill to Affirm the Policy of the United States Regarding Internet Governance

[Andrea Glorioso]

Roland,

My question was meant to have a slightly different objective than assessing
what is seen as legitimate or not, although this is also an element.

I'm more interested in understanding who is supposed to enforce laws.

Best,

Andrea

On Saturday, April 13, 2013, Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
wrote:
> In message <CAOLD2+bn6d3vqZDShzUH=70zbbEQjk6j=
c6aAjOROBVArLDEjQ at mail.gmail.com>, at 13:56:01 on Sat, 13 Apr 2013, Andrea
Glorioso <andrea at digitalpolicy.it> writes
>
>> How can be governments / public authorities be "one of the stakeholders"
when enforcing existing laws?
>>
>> It's not a trick question, although it might be a tricky one.
>
> It all depends what is meant by "The Internet".
>
> Let's take an example: If a government outlawed VoIP within its borders,
and required ISPs to block it, that would most likely be the kind of
control which would draw disapproval from a wide audience.
>
> But if a government approached a VoIP provider and said "by law we
require you record identities of subscribers, and *today* we require you to
divulge the identity of *this* subscriber, because either (a) his house is
apparently on fire and he couldn't tell the emergency operator what the
address was; or (b) a call from that number triggered an explosive device,
and we wish to investigate whether he is the perpetrator"; then perhaps
such control would draw a greater degree of general approval.
>
> And halfway in between, should a government be allowed to control what
telephone numbers are assigned, by the supplier, to VoIP subscribers, so
that they are globally unique and not already in use by a completely
different telco's subscriber?
> --
> Roland Perry
>
>

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