[governance] Ethical principles on which the Internet is based

[Nyangkwe Agien Aaron]

I concurr.
And thanks for sharing.

Aaron

On 5/17/13, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
> Fully in agreement and thanks for sharing
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> --srs (htc one x)
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> On 17 May 2013 7:20:56 PM Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> From the blog of Konstantinos Komaitis, Policy Advisor of ISOC:
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>>    ...Internet technology and platforms are based on some ethical
>>    considerations: the fact that everyone should have access to the
>>    Internet, the fact that the Internet does not distinguish who
>>    participates in its social construction and technological evolution
>>    (equality of participation), the principle that there should not be
>>    any discrimination in relation to the services available to users
>>    (the end-to-end principle) and the Internet’s paradigm of open
>>    standards are invaluable principles, which reflect ethical
>>    propositions.
>>
>>    What makes this approach, I feel, more sustainable in the context of
>>    Internet ethics, is the fact that these considerations are not
>>    subjective – these are the principles under which the Internet was
>>    originally built. And, we are fortunate that the ethical standards of
>>    the Internet’s architects reflected such ideals that have
>>    subsequently been transposed to the architecture of the Internet.
>>
>> Source:
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2013/05/thinking-about-ethics-internet-space
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>> Are we all in agreement with these principles, and with the assertion
>> that the Internet has been originally built according to these
>> principles?
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Norbert
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