Re: Proposal to revise ISOC's mission statement

Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:44:47 -0400



    On 10/29/2017 03:21 PM, S Moonesamy wrote:

    
    Hi
      Keith,
      

      At 04:54 PM 28-10-2017, Keith Moore wrote:
      

      The Internet isn't
        for everyone anymore, at least not in the same sense.   It's for
        spying on everyone for the benefit of the few.  It's also for
        spreading conspiracy and for dividing people politically, in
        order to give those in power more control.
        

      The Internet is sometimes perceived as a communication medium to
      interfere in national affairs.
      

    Nations are sometimes perceived as interfering in ordinary people's
    ability to live and function.

    
      The Internet is
        for empowering everyone.
        

      What is the meaning of "empowering" in the above?
      

    What kind of empowerment would you like everyone to have?   I
    personally favor freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom
    to expose and dismantle structures of oppression.

    
      To this end, ISOC
        needs to explicitly make privacy, freedom of _expression_, and
        authenticity of information part of its mission.
        

      There are already advocacy organizations working in those areas.
      

    Do they have monopolies or something?

    
    Keith