[liberationtech] Fwd: [oni] The Battle over Internet Freedom

[David-Sarah Hopwood]

On 2010-10-28 15:54, Rebecca MacKinnon forwarded:
>> Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com)
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>> The Battle Over Internet Freedom
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>> Kelley Currie
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>> October 26, 2010 5:13 PM
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[...]
>> Rather than trying to pick winners and predict the trends in technology, or rely on an assumption that these communications tools will objectively support liberal democratic outcomes, U.S. efforts in this area have to be rooted in a broader recognition that liberal democracies remain engaged in a struggle against authoritarian value systems that are different from our own, and that this - not any inherent quality of the emerging means of communications - shapes the cyber battle space.  As Deiber and Rohozinski correctly point out: "The struggles over freedom of speech, access to information, privacy protections, and other human-rights issues that now plague cyberspace ultimately pose political problems that are grounded in deeply rooted differences." 

... because of course, there's no way that any self-respecting liberal
democracy would allow an illegal warrantless government wiretapping
programme. The very idea! There'd be rioting on the streets.

-- 
David-Sarah Hopwood  ⚥  http://davidsarah.livejournal.com

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