[lac-discuss-en] Fwd: Fwd: WSJ: The Internet Power Vacuum Worsens
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Mon Sep 8 17:37:42 UTC 2014
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Subject: Fwd: Fwd: WSJ: The Internet Power Vacuum Worsens
From: apisanty at gmail.com
Colleagues,
for clarity on my proposal, you can read this message Mike
Roberts, founder CEO of ICANN.
Alejandro Pisanty
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From: Mike Roberts <mmr at darwin.ptvy.ca.us>
Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [discuss] [ianatransition] Fwd: [IP] WSJ: The Internet Power
Vacuum Worsens
To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net>
Cc: 1Net List <discuss at 1net.org> , "Ianatransition at icann.org" <
ianatransition at icann.org>
Did anyone think America Firsters That right wing would not use as much FUD
As They Could muster to try to derail the initiative NTIA? Check some of
Congressional statements the grand stand.
This mess of mistatement and innuendo is SOP.
A "majority" of Governments are authoritarian? That's a pretty big
paintbrush.
As Jon Postel said way back in 1591, Governments do matter.
Multistakeholderism without a role for Governments is not going to work.
ICANN is actually trying to smoke out behind the scenes gorilla behavior
in the GAC by Requiring Recorded votes with a majority needed for "advice."
Raising the threshold for rejecting the Board advice is a nominal quid pro
quo with little effect.
- Mike
On Sep 8, 2014, at 6:49 a.m., Miles Fidelman <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net>
wrote:
Well, is not this a nice kettle of fish.
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The Internet Power Vacuum Worsens The US has not abandoned even STI Web
protection yet, and authoritarians are making Their move.
By
GORDON L. CROVIT
Sept. 7, 2014 5:11 pm ET
The Obama administration plan to give up US protection of the open
Internet will not take effect for a year, but authoritarian Governments are
Already moving to grab control. President Obama is learning it's as
dangerous for America to create a vacuum of power in the digital world as
in the real one.
In March the administration Asked Icann, the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers, to Suggest a plan for overseeing the Internet
after September 2015, When US governance is scheduled to end. The US
charged this group, Which Maintains the root-zone file of domain names and
addresses, With-mechanisms to Prevent somehow finding other Governments
from undermining the permissionless, Internet free-speech built under US
oversight.
Instead, Icann set-up a monitoring process to hand over to Governments. Under
the current "multistakeholder" system, an advisory group of Governments has
only as much power as other stakeholders, Such registries as Web, website
owners, free-speech groups and other nonprofits.But in August, Icann
Proposed bylaws ITS quietly changing to rubber-stamp government decisions
UNLESS two-Thirds of the Icann board objects. In turn, Iran has Proposed
That the government move to majority voting group from the current
consensus approach. That would enable the world's majority of authoritarian
Governments to rewire the Internet more to Their liking.
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Agence France-Presse / Getty Images
What will this mean? Could Authoritarian Governments for the first time
censor the Web globally, not just in Their Own country clubs. Russia Could get
Icann to withdraw Ukrainian sites. China Could engineer the world-wide
removal of sites supporting freedom for Tibet or Hong Kong. Could Iran
ITS censor critics in the US Website operators Could Also expect new
overall fees and Regulations.
Such a change "would transform Icann Fundamentally away from being a
'Bottom-up' and 'private industry-led' organization and into a Governmental
regulatory agency, "wrote Robin Gross, a former chairman of the group Icann
Representing nonprofits, on the CircleID blog."Why would voluntarily Icann
choose to empower non-democratic Governments With An even say over Greater
global Internet Policies As This bylaw change would do is anyone's guess. "
The Internet Commerce Association, Which dealer to Web businesses, warns
That the proposal "would transform ICANN into a government-led
organization, of "which is" completely counter "to the US That requirement
REMAIN the Internet free of government control.
In a speech in July, a US Commerce Departmentofficial played down the
danger. "The Idea That Could Enhance Their Influence Governments Within
Icann STI by changing rules to allow for a majority vote on policy issues
reflections reflects a misunderstanding of the policymaking process at Icann, "said
Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling. Wrong. Mr. Strickling and his
administration colleagues have misunderstood how serious other Governments
acerca are filling the vacuum of power with repression.
Also Icann upset all its major stakeholder groups by ignoring Their demand
to make it more accountable absent US oversight.Stakeholders HAD
Icann instructed to create an "independent accountability mechanism That
Provides meaningful review and adequate redress for Those harmed by Icann
action or inaction in contravention of an Agreed-upon compact With the
community. "Instead, Icann Announced That It would oversee itself.
A dozen stakeholder groups Icann chief Quickly sent a letter Fadi Chehade
objecting. "How does Icann just intend to handle the inherent conflict of
Developing Its Own interest with accountability plan? "they asked." Why
Icann did not invite Proposals from the community and why was not the
Involved community in the drafting of the staff plan? "
Jointly An objection sent by business and nonprofit stakeholder groups to
the Icann board said: "This plan, imposed on the community without
transparency and without the opportunity for public comment, Creates
inconsistency, Icann disregards proper procedure, INJECTS unfairness into
the process and defeats the entire purpose of the accountability
examination. "
Philip Corwin, a lawyer specializing in issues Icann, calls pushback
against the organization "unprecedented." Last week, Icann Agreed to put
off the new rules, but only for a brief comment period.
Much of the blame for the splintering of the system lies multistakeholder
with Mr. Obama's naïveté in Internet governance putting up for grabs. I have
underestimated Washington's The Importance of Maintaining Control in an
open Internet-and the desire Among other Governments to close the Internet.
And there is still no plan to keep free from monitoring by Icann Governments.
OFFICIALS Administration Pledged to the US Congress That would keep
Control over the Internet if the alternative was to empower other
Governments or if there is not full accountability for Icann. Both red lines
Have Been crossed.
If Mr. Obama Persists, His plan Congress Should block with a single
message: The open Internet is too valuable to surrender.
One.
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