Internet and Counter Terrorism Measures

[Marc Perkel]

Agreed, take Syria for example. The government would call the citizens a 
terrorist group. The citizens consider the government a terrorist group. 
And even in situations where true terrorists exist, why would ICANN be 
part of the solution to terrorism.

Personally I am far more concerned with abuse by governments using 
terrorism as an excuse to do an end run around lawful restriction on 
police and spy agencies.

We all know what happens here in the United States where the government 
hides behind state secrets and other security claims to deny citizens 
legal redress in cases where companies like AT&T illegally spied on 
citizens without a warrant.

On 10/21/2011 10:00 AM, Brian Drolet wrote:
> Given the selective and opportunistic definitions of "terroriism" 
> employed by governments and international organizations, the Intermet 
> Counter-Terrorism security proposals promise to serve as the camel's 
> nose of suppression in the tent of political opposition and free 
> speech. History is a good guide here. There must be very explicit 
> guarantees, restrictions and definitions in any policy formulations.
>
> Brian
>
> Brian Drolet
> Director
> Deep Dish TV
>
> On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Joy Liddicoat <joy at APC.ORG 
> <mailto:joy at APC.ORG>> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I’m seeking your inputs for a meeting I am having tomorrow with some 
>> officials from UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force. I am 
>> in New York for a human rights meeting and the organisers have 
>> invited some UN officials to meet with us on this topic. The CTITF 
>> has a specific working group related to the Internet: 
>> https://www.un.org/terrorism/internet.shtml  - It produced this 
>> report in May 
>> https://www.un.org/terrorism/pdfs/CTITF%20Interagency%20WG%20Compendium-%20Legal%20&%20Technical%20Aspects%20WEB.pdf 
>> <https://www.un.org/terrorism/pdfs/CTITF%20Interagency%20WG%20Compendium-%20Legal%20&%20Technical%20Aspects%20WEB.pdf> 
>>
>>
>> I’m wondering if anyone on the list is aware of the CTITF and its 
>> work and, if so, if you have any questions you’d like me to take the 
>> opportunity to ask on your behalf.
>>
>> Apologies for the late notice but we were not told who the officials 
>> were until late today and I hadn’t made this connection.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Joy
>>
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