[governance] Have there been any statements re: PRISM from the "technical community"

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 11/06/13 04:39, McTim wrote:
> What I find worrying is that those of us who have always been
> concerned about giving gov'ts too much power in IG arenas are now
> pilloried for blocking attempts at giving gov't too much power when it
> is in fact a gov't that is responsible for this fiasco  (not the T&A
> folks, nor biz folks who are also pilloried).

Promoting the participation of governments in *global* multi-stakeholder
Internet governance arenas is all about *limiting* the ability to abuse
their power domestically or in narrower fora.  So there is no
inconsistency here.  Imagine if we didn't have the UDHR as a yardstick
against which to measure the NSA's behaviour, but only the US
Constitution.  Hence the need to go global.

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