<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>The issue boils down to intermediation. Especially to opportunities to capture or manipulate or otherwise interfere with communications data and content between parties. </div><div><br></div><div><br>Christian de Larrinaga<div><br></div></div><div><br>On 21 May 2012, at 12:45, Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Christian,<div><br></div><div>This is a very dicy issue, we have to look at the whole issue objectively i am basing my arguments on a Socio-economic perspective. Governments exist to protect the citizenry and ensure that there is a conducive environment for them to socialise and have decent livelihood, this in itself differs across different jurisdictions.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:36 PM, <a href="http://cdel.firsthand.net" target="_blank">cdel.firsthand.net</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cdel@firsthand.net" target="_blank">cdel@firsthand.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I agree. There is increasing confusion as to implications between what is open communications across any domains and single domain services like Twitter / Facebook / App stores etc.<br>
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On 21 May 2012, at 12:12, Peter Koch <<a href="mailto:pk@ISOC.DE" target="_blank">pk@ISOC.DE</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 04:18:35PM +0530, Sivasubramanian M wrote:<br>
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>> use of Internet, especially social media by the political leaders and<br>
>> appointed officers of the Government. First hand experience of the positive<br>
>> aspects by the Government would make a remarkable difference to policy<br>
>> considerations.<br>
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> I cannot but say that I am not equally enthusiastic seeing that Internet experience<br>
> being dominated by walled gardens, no matter how big that garden is (#users) or<br>
> how nice and expensive the walls are.<br>
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> -Peter<br>
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