[discuss] ICANN policy and "Internet Governance"

Fri Jan 10 07:43:52 UTC 2014

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Dr. Ben Fuller <abutiben at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a good point, but here also lies a major oversight of our
> discussions. Lots of countries pass resolutions accepting international
> treaties on various issues. (The UN has over 550 in its database!) and then
> nothing happens on the ground. Despite acceptance of principles a national
> government makes no changes to laws, budgetary expenditures, etc. There are
> lots of reasons of course that we do not have to get into now. However,
> real on the ground change is usually driven by national interests who can
> lobby and press for effective action by a national government.

++1 the more reason why i perhaps wonder whether the recent consensus by UN
on privacy [1] will make any difference to "un-authorised surveillance"

Cheers!
1.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46780&Cr=privacy&Cr1=#.Us-jNkOm20w
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