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

[John R Sundman]

A propos:

My account of the FCC "Net Neutrality" hearing at Harvard two years ago.

http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=1084

For me, the most interesting part of the whole deal was at the  
reception afterwards, where I chatted briefly with FFC Chair Kevin  
Martin.  He seemed much more attuned to these issues than I thought  
he would be.

In any event, the statements by most of the experts who were asked to  
speak before the FCC said things very much in keeping with what R.  
MacKinnon says.

jrs


On Oct 30, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Rebecca MacKinnon wrote:

>
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 9:31 PM, David-Sarah Hopwood wrote:
>>>>
>>
>> ... 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.
>
> Haha. Yup. Which is why in the conclusion of the paper she cited I  
> wrote:
>
> "Finally, citizens and policymakers of democratic nations must not  
> forget that global Internet freedom begins at home. One of the most  
> urgent tasks of the world’s democracies is to develop best  
> practices for openness, accountability, rule of law, and  
> transparent governance of their own digital networks.  That is the  
> best possible long-term weapon against the spread of networked  
> authoritarianism. It is also essential in order to ensure the long- 
> term health of the world’s existing democracies."
>
> More strident and much less academic variant of that point here:
> http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2010/09/internet- 
> freedom-is-dead-long-live-internet-freedom.html
>
> Best,
> R
>
> Rebecca MacKinnon
> Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
> Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org
> Cell: +1-617-939-3493
> E-mail: rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
> Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com
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>
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