Why you should be worried about the ITU’s bizarre claim to have a mandate over Internet security:
►http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121004/02262820588/why-you-should-be-worried-about-itus-bizarre-claim-to-have-mandate-over-in - given the ITU’s governance track record, I’m very worried.
“Each of the 193 members gets a vote, no matter its record on fundamental rights — and a simple majority suffices to effect change. Negotiations are held largely among governments, with very limited access for civil society or other observers. Negotiations are held largely among governments, with very limited access for civil society or other observers” - ►http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opinion/keep-the-internet-open.html
Do not forget that the current press campaign about the pretended #ITU plot to take over the Internet is backed purely by US national organisations trying to maintain the current mono-governmental system, where only one governement (in Washington) manages IANA and ICANN.
A more open view of this issue, and of the real risks from the Internet (they do not come from ITU): ►http://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/05/24/threat-analysis-of-itus-wcit-part-1-historical-context
Good point, thanks... So I may have been a willing tool of that US propaganda campaign. Considering how much Internet technology people love the ITU, those lobbyists had an easy job - and we may indeed be forgetting that the status quo is not too good either.
Vint Cerf s’inquiète pour l’avenir d’Internet ►http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opinion/keep-the-internet-open.html?_r=1
When I helped to develop the open standards that computers use to communicate with one another across the Net, I hoped for but could not predict how it would blossom and how much human ingenuity it would unleash. What secret sauce powered its success? The Net prospered precisely because governments — for the most part — allowed the Internet to grow organically, with civil society, academia, private sector and voluntary standards bodies collaborating on development, operation and governance.