[At-Large] .....For a single Internet to remain, says Fadi

[Carlton Samuels]

Yes, Christopher, seen that too.  But I'm afraid if I go by Madame Viviane
Reding's [the EC for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship]
implementation model for that policy perspective, it tends to reserve
engagement only for what I call a rump of the G20 + a few of the BRICs
thrown in for obvious political cause.

Mind you, I quite get the genesis of the Eurocentric views she expresses;
see her recent riposte on David Cameron's immigration policy perspective as
another example. But her posture would relegate those of us at the edge of
empire, the small states of the Caribbean, Pacific and almost all of Latin
America save and except Brazil, as mere spectators for others who would
decide our Internet future. Yet again, outside the pale.

Any such notion must be resisted for cause.

-Carlton


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On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Christopher Wilkinson <
cw at christopherwilkinson.eu> wrote:

> Good afternoon:
>
> In this context, one may note the following paragraph, inter alia (pp.
> 52), from the recent European Parliament LIBE committee draft report and
> resolution:
>
> § 92. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take action at the
> international level, with
> the UN in particular, and in cooperation with interested partners (such as
> Brazil), and
> to implement an EU strategy for democratic governance of the internet in
> order to prevent undue influence over ICANN’s and IANA’s activities by any
> individual
> entity, company or country by ensuring appropriate representation of all
> interested parties in these bodies;
>
> N.B. LIBE:      European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice
> and Home Affairs
>         EEAS:   European External Action Service (the EU State Department
> or Foreign Office).
>
>
> CW
>
> On 12 Jan 2014, at 12:50, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > And yet we have numerous loud voices saying on the 1Net, governance,
> Best Bits, etc. mailing lists that 1Net and the Sao Paulo meeting are
> controlled by ICANN and other dark forces committed to preserving the
> status quo and US domination and so global civil society must rally to
> resist these oppressors etc etc…
> >
> > Sigh,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > On Jan 12, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> "The world is seeking and growing ever more anxious to see an
> independent,
> >> globally-accountable ICANN where no one government, no one
> organization, no
> >> one individual has oversight or rights higher than the others,” Chehade
> >> says. “I believe this is fundamental to the spirit of the Internet as
> well.
> >> Equal footing for all stakeholders engaged in the management and
> governance
> >> of this global resource.”
> >>
> >>
> http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/10/icanns-fadi-chehade-says-we-have-18-months-to-find-new-governance-for-a-single-internet-or-else/?angle=silicon
> >>
> >> -Carlton
> >
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