[governance] Re: [bestbits] PRISM - is it about the territorial location of data or its legal ownership

[Norbert Bollow]

Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

> What got to be done now? If we indeed are eager to do something, two 
> things (1) do everything to decentralise the global Internet's 
> architecture, and (2) get on with putting in place global norms, 
> principles, rules and where needed treaties that will govern our 
> collective Internet behaviour, and provide us with our rights and 
> responsibilities vis a vis the global Internet.
> 
> But if there are other possible prescriptions, one is all ears.

Alternatively, it may be possible and more easily feasible to
re-engineer, to the extent necessary, the relevant technical standards
and business systems, to make them meet the needs (including privacy
needs etc.) of users, worldwide, reasonably well - even in the absence
of full decentralization of the Internet's architecture.

Greetings,
Norbert

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