Dear all
This is a wonderful suggestion from our Korean colleagues. Though I will =
not be in Paris, I think this is important from the perspective of =
Internet Rights, and would be interested in participating in sourcing =
and managing this info even beyond the intersessional meeting.
As I assume many will also not be in Paris next week, maybe through this =
list country assessments could still be submitted online, and pursued as =
an ongoing project by all civil society groups/country stakeholders. =
Concretely I am suggesting that:
1) The Surveillance Status Report session be docoumented and translated =
and shared online to all of us not there.
2) Someone (Korean Civil Society Network? APC Internet Rights people?) =
suggest a short outline or framework of national situationers/status =
reports. This could facilitate uniformity of formats for documentation =
and comparison purposes.=20
3) All reports received could then be put into a database or uploaded =
into a website (ideally both), which could be the repository of all of =
this. (AT least the regional data for Asia-Pacific could be uploaded to =
the WSIS CS Asia site?)
4) Link up with other people doing similar surveys (APC again, Reporters =
San Frontieres, etc.) so that info could be shared.
4) One of the CS "families" adopt this as a project, that could be =
integrated in the planned Communication Rights Summit parallel to WSIS.=20
Thoughts?
Al
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From: YJ Park=20
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org=20
Cc: ct@wsis-cs.org=20
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 8:52 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Proposal] Surveillance Society Status =
Report Session in Paris meeting
Hello all,
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Despite time constraint we face before Paris meeting, a consensus=20
was reached yesterday among Korea Civil Society Network(KCSN)=20
that civil societies in the WSIS should have an opportunity to =
exchange
"Surveillance Status Report" of each country.=20
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Civil society groups in the WSIS can have better understanding about=20
various legal or institutional initiatives by many governements =
through=20
this session. =20
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Looking forward to your participation...
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Best,
YJ
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To: Civil Socities in the WSIS Intersessional meeting in Paris
From: Korea Civil Society Network(KCSN)
Re: To hold "Surveillance Society Status Report" session on July 16=20
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Information Society has brought Internet users hopes and dreams=20
for better life as a human being; equal rights among the users(or =
nodes),=20
participatory or democratic political systems, open source,=20
international cooperation etc..=20
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On the other hand, each individual's or Internet uer's privacy=20
has been seriously threatened by the fast growing database=20
empires worldwide, governments and multi-national businesses=20
who have resources to put the data together for the sake of=20
their own governance in the name of efficient management.=20
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Civil Society Groups including NGOs have not been effective
to respond to these well-designed attempts of the Big-Brothers.
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Therefore, Korea Civil Society Network(KCSN) proposes here=20
Civil Socities in the WSIS especially during Paris Intersessional
meeting share each country's status. We understand the following=20
threats in Korea become real threats in other countries, too.=20
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-National ID card experience
-Real name registration in the online activity [proposal]
-Bio Data/DNA data recognition [proposal]
-NEIS, Education administration database network setup [proposal]=20
-etc
If you are interested in this proposal, please join this effort
to organize the "Surveillance Society Status Report" session.=20
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Regards,=20
KCSN
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