[Advisors] Fwd: Internet governance outlook 2021

[Brian Beaton]

And it sure makes it difficult when I read of how it is now being used for
such disruptive and vengeful activities as this NY Times story highlights
.. Very scary stuff ..

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/technology/change-my-google-results.html


On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 2:45 PM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:

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> ------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Advisors] Internet governance outlook 2021
> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:23:55 -0800
> From: Daryl Hobbs <darylhobbs at gmail.com> <darylhobbs at gmail.com>
> To: Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> <mmoll at ca.inter.net>
>
> I think it’s called the war on information! No doubt whoever controls
> informative controls us! Like the war on drugs it’s going to be messy and
> don’t expect governments to come to your rescue. They are just as
> vulnerable as we are. Education and persistence are two weapons we have but
> it has to be a combination of both to prevent attacks on all of us.  ;-D
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 8:35 AM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello advisors. There can be no doubt that it is a turbulent world out
>> there right now -- and the Internet, as the world's critical communications
>> medium, is also experiencing an increase in potential disruptions. The
>> author of this article, Wolfgang Kleinwächter
>> <http://www.circleid.com/members/5851/>, Professor Emeritus at the
>> University of Aarhus is a member of the Global Commission on Stability
>> in Cyberspace, was a member of the ICANN Board (2013 – 2015) and served as
>> Special Ambassador for the Net Mundial Initiative (2014 – 2016). It is a
>> great overview of Internet-related activities around the world that we
>> might want to be aware of -- especially around the issue of fragmentation.
>>
>> "... if somebody would have expected that the Covid-19-Disaster is a
>> wake-up call for the world to be more united, work hand in hand, and pool
>> resources reducing risks of a borderless threat, this "somebody" was wrong.
>> 2020 was dominated by "My country first." The global cyberspace was filled
>> with building new barriers, widening old gaps, growing mistrust, nasty
>> cyberattacks, more cybercrime and the first Internet-based drone-war in the
>> Caucasian mountains. What about 2021? Will the pendulum swing back? Or will
>> the digital cacophony continue to grow in a splintering Internet?"
>>
>>
>> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20210108-internet-governance-outlook-2021-digital-cacaphony/
>>
>> Marita
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