[NCUC-DISCUSS] Panama Papers - privacy, data and media manipulation - Re: Information Internet

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2016-04-10 14:00 GMT-03:00 James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net>:

> Hmm I don’t know if I agree with this as it seems to make the assumption
> that forming a shell company in Panama can only be for nefarious or corrupt
> reasons which is just not the facts of the matter. And its very unforuntate
> that the two classes of companies or uses are bunched togher in any debate
> that I’ve seen around the Panama Papers releases.
>
> Plenty of genuine reasons for doing so that are not for illegal reasons or
> reasons to undermine public goods.
>
> -James
>
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> Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
> Date: Sunday 10 April 2016 at 5:48 p.m.
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> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Panama Papers - privacy, data and media
> manipulation - Re: Information Internet
>
> Hi,
>
> Re: debate on privacy (though I prefer the term 'secrecy')
>
> The fundamental *human* right to privacy is not the same as the 'right'
> to keep your crimes secret. I would also argue that 1) shell companies
> aren't humans (though they might be persons in some territories), and 2)
> corruption thrives on secrecy. And because even a broken clock is right
> twice day, I will quote Michael Moore... “Openness, transparency — these
> are among the few weapons the citizenry has to protect itself from the
> powerful and the corrupt”.
>
> Ayden
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