[Chapter-delegates] Privacy statement

[Carlos Vera Quintana]

It seems as we are talking in an empty room...

Carlos Vera
ISOC Ecuador
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From: "David Solomonoff" <president at isoc-ny.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:50 AM
To: <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Privacy statement

> I think Veni had made some important points here and done more promptly
> than I've been able to. The Madrid statement isn't specific. It can't be
> - it's a statement of principles rather than detailed breakdown of
> privacy and human rights abuses worldwide.
>
> Joly has dismissed the endorsement of this type of statement as
> ineffectual. It's not earth-shattering but ISOC-NY didn't restore
> democracy in Iran because we had Iranian dissidents speak at recent
> events either. Small steps can build to large results. One positive
> gesture encourages others. My vision for ISOC-NY has alway been to build
> alliances with human rights organizations. This could be one of those 
> steps.
>
> Privacy is not a luxury - it's essential for the protection of civil
> liberties and human rights as Veni points out. Veni knows more about
> this topic than some of us because he's lived in country than has made
> the difficult transition from a dictatorship to an imperfect democracy.
> When he uses the term "chilling effect" he knows what he's talking about.
>
> When global ISOC seems unresponsive to Chapters then dictates policy
> positions after the fact for the Chapters that are actually active on
> the ground it makes a very bad impression. I'm left with the disturbing
> (maybe paranoid I admit) concern that ISOC wants to take a "go along get
> along" attitude towards repressive regimes that threaten to have a
> greater input in the new global Net governance.
>
> -- 
> David Solomonoff, President
> Internet Society of New York
> president at isoc-ny.org
> isoc-ny.org
>
>
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