[governance] {S} Internet surveillance (was Re: Is 'tit for tat'...)

[Riaz K Tayob]

Here we may want to address national security as being a site of abuse, 
to which even US judges are complicit in, as expert reveal that only 5% 
of what is classified should be classified and after 3 years that 
reduces to about 0.5%. In other words, national security is being 
abused, and all our rights have been violated.

The real bind however is how to balance national interests with the role 
of the US as the self-appointed global policeman of the world. Anything 
that shows deference to this role should be roundly condemned as nation 
states are sovereign and equal. De facto things may be different, but de 
jure we need to reject any privileges to simply being American (i.e. 
that which is not earned or by consent).

And while for McTim the US national ecosystem in which CIR and Internet 
governance take place is as irrelevant as other freedoms, I take a 
different view. Unless there is democratic control (or aliens are given 
the right to vote in the US) that meets human rights standards the US 
should be treated differently in this regard - more of a focus, instead 
of the NECESSARY (but distracting) lopsided focus on other countries 
(the archives will bear me out on this). The focus now specifically on 
the institutions and practices of the US. This should not leave other 
countries off the hook, but such focus should be proportionate to the 
governance power exerted over the internet.

On 2013/06/12 05:54 AM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:


-------------- next part --------------
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.igcaucus.org
To be removed from the list, visit:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t