1.9 KiB
2012-04-18
SIF12 EIPR privacy
SEDA funds civil rights defenders, TOR, TTC, eMeedan and Freedom House
Panel 1, chaired by Rebecca
Mariejte
For some businesses, the case for an open internet is the business model
EU regulates export/import of almost everything, but not surveillance equipment
Government tender in EU should include requirements about companies exports
President CEO of Data Wind India
Relation between GDP and internet penetration: 10% internet penetration == 1% increase in GDP
Ex Dir APC Anriette
Mohamed Al Abdalla, human rights activist from Syria
Minister: We should try to be as open as possible, ask busienssses to be responsible. It is a question of what level of regulation
Anriette: WE cannot ask businesses to become arbitrators. This is conflict of interest
Dual use technologies can be used for several purposes. Add another category: single use systems. Some systems have no doubt in a number of these cases
Lawful interception has no meaning in a country without rule of law. We have to put things in context and look at what systems are used for in practice
Frank
The solution is to have a Eruopean wide initiative for export int he most oppressive regimes (Syria, North Korea), not to make any individual state responsible
'Internet delivers better-quality water'–President CEO of Data Wind India
Frank: Guatimala has 13 million people, 18 million mobile phones, one of the poorest countries of the world, the national language spanish is not spoken by the majority
Rebecca McKinnon sounds like Amy Goodman
Anriette: regulators doo not regulate providers to reduce costs and users who do not pressure enough
Information Commissioner Bangladesh Mohamed …,