[governance] : The Price of Hypocrisy - Evgeny Morozov on Information Consumerism - Überwachung - FAZ

[parminder]

 From the Morozov's article as quoted by Jean-Louis

"This is today’s America in full splendor: what cannot be accomplished 
through controversial legislation will be accomplished through 
privatization, only with far less oversight"

It is this new state-corporate combination or, as the author calls it, 
social contract,  which is the most dangerous political development of 
modern times. And civil society has been called to play the hand maiden 
and the bed maker for this partnership....

IT for Change along with partner organisations held a workshop in Delhi 
last week which makes precisely this point of how privatisation is used 
to achieve specific political interests through bypassing of democratic 
political processes. The worlshop was titled "Technology in Governance - 
An agenda for centralisation, privatisation and de-politicisation?" 
(workshop note is enclosed for those who are interested to know more). 
The workshop was attended by activists on socio-economic rights from 
across the country and has developed a plan of action to confront this 
phenomenon. It was co-orgnaised by the grassroots organisation that 
pioneered the right to information movement in India.

parminder


On Thursday 25 July 2013 03:26 AM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
>
> Dear Caroline, Robert
>
>  and all
>
> Wow ! When the FAZ, the very conservative business newspaper tackles 
> the US, there might be some very serious reasons !
> Actually, there are a lot. I can't but fully agree to Evgeny Morozow's 
> opinion.
>
> I found another very cutting argument in his article :
>
>
>     <The public-private partnership of American infrastructure
>
> <Third, the sense of unconditional victory that civil society in both 
> Europe and America felt over the defeat of the Total Information 
> Awareness program – a much earlier effort to e<stablish comprehensive 
> surveillance – was premature. The problem with Total Information 
> Awareness was that it was too big, too flashy, too dependent on 
> government <bureaucracy. What we got instead, a decade later, is a 
> much nimbler, leaner, more decentralized system, run by the private 
> sector and enabled by a social contract between <Silicon Valley and 
> Washington: while Silicon Valley runs, updates and monetizes the 
> digital infrastructure, the NSA can tap IT on demand. Everyone 
> specializes and everyone <wins.
>
> <This is today’s America in full splendor: what cannot be accomplished 
> through controversial legislation will be accomplished through 
> privatization, only with far less oversight <and public control. From 
> privately-run healthcare providers to privately-run prisons to 
> privately-run militias dispatched to war zones, this is the 
> public-private partnership model <on which much of American 
> infrastructure operates these days. Communications is no exception. 
> Decentralization is liberating only if there’s no powerful actor that 
> can rip off <the benefits after the network has been put in place. If 
> such an actor exists – like NSA in this case – decentralization is a 
> mere shibboleth. Those in power get more of what <they want quicker – 
> and pay less for the privilege.
>
>
>
> Good one, Mr Morozov ! I submit this article to the particular 
> attention of the WSIS process leaders, Unesco, UNDP and -with a 
> special emphasis- the ITU, for whom PPP is the "Holy Grail" and the 
> final solution for all ICT4D issues !
>
> Best
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> CESIR
>
>     > Message du 24/07/13 22:29
>     > De : "Norbert Bollow"
>     > A : governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>     > Copie à :
>     > Objet : Re: [governance] : The Price of Hypocrisy - Evgeny
>     Morozov on Information Consumerism - Überwachung - FAZ
>     >
>     > Carolina wrote:
>     >
>     > > Great article. His point of close relationships is really
>     > > interesting.
>     > >
>     > > >
>     http://m.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/ueberwachung/information-consumerism-the-price-of-hypocrisy-12292374.html
>     >
>     > Strongly agreed.
>     >
>     > What are the policy alternatives to simply doing nothing about the
>     > “information consumerism” concerns?
>     >
>     > Greetings,
>     > Norbert
>     >
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