At the "International Summit on Democracy, Security and Terrorism" in Madrid, my working group is discussing the Internet. I've been taking notes, but defer to David Weinberger's blog for more details.
The conference organizers have apparently banned the local media from the event's sessions, a wrong-headed policy.
There's a strong bias in the room toward openness -- keeping the Internet free of unwarranted interference. But there's also a sense that the document we produce has to be something that policy-makers won't immediately dismiss as a naive or, worse, dangerous. We must acknowledge the risks even as we point out the benefits.
In particular, it's essential that we not end up with government-mandates changes to the basic Net architecture as a response to the realistic fears that terrorists will use and abuse the Net. Such changes could ultimately turn the medium into something vastly less useful for everyone.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3683524.stm
http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2004/12/07/News/Free-Ipod.Offer.Legitimate-823423.shtml
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Posted by: John | March 09, 2005 at 03:29 PM