[governance] Rupert Murdoch Says Businesses Should Have A Larger Say in Public Policy

[Ian Peter]

Other Murdoch companies are already involved with internet governance,  with 
21st Century Fox a prominent member of ICC Basis,and active pursuing their 
interests (and perhaps disproportionately) at NetMundial.


Ian


-----Original Message----- 
From: Paul Wilson
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 8:31 PM
To: Suresh Ramasubramanian
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; Pranesh Prakash ; Jefsey
Subject: Re: [governance] Rupert Murdoch Says Businesses Should Have A 
Larger Say in Public Policy

I need to watch my spontaneous comments, especially the cheeky ones.

But I was referring to the fact that, arguably, News Corp has wielded a 
disproportional influence over many things, including election results. 
Australia is possibly their last bastion, judging by our recent results; but 
of course, the voters are always free to do what they feel is right.  :-)

Paul.




On 18 Jul 2014, at 8:17 pm, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> 
wrote:

> There are government reps and civil society groups that are just as 'good' 
> ad Mr murdochs people are. They still do get a say in msm. So despite 
> everything, it will survive.
>
>
> On 18 July 2014 3:45:01 pm Jefsey <jefsey at jefsey.com> wrote:
>
>> At 11:32 18/07/2014, Paul Wilson wrote:
>> >God help the multistakeholder process if News Corp gets involved.
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> are you meaning that News Corps are not (equal) stakeholders in the
>> Information Society? Why would they not be on an equal footing with
>> states and other stakeholders? What is worrying is an MS process
>> where there are undefined "indirect" stakeholders and where
>> independent users are not on an equal footing with everyone else.
>>
>> He does not plead for News Corp to have a larger say than ICANN, RIR,
>> manufacturer, edge provider, ISP, etc. and  other kind of
>> corporations. But that the role permitted to the News Corps, and
>> Corps in general, should be larger than what it is currently
>> permitted in order to be in accordance to their effective weight in
>> the human/computer/corporation society of today.
>>
>> I hope you do not say the same about independent users (IUsers)?
>>
>> Take care.
>> jfc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>








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