[governance] Towards an Internet Social Forum

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 5/02/2015 12:08 pm, David Allen wrote:
> There is, and has been, an entirely fundamental divide, separating two camps within the civil society gathered here.  Without putting too fine a point on it, on the one side are those who see multi-stakeholderism as a complete solution; on the other side, democracy is the starting point.

If anyone will raise their hand and agree with that framing of the
former perspective as encapsulating their views, then I guess you have
framed it fairly.  If not (anyone?) then can I suggest a more balanced
framing of that perspective: those who advocate for the development of
multi-stakeholder models of democratic representation in global Internet
governance in which governments do not a priori have the lead role
(though in appropriate cases they may).

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
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