[bc-gnso] post from Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Kenya

[Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yesterday's IGF<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/> sessions brought accusations 
that the private sector is blocking civil society's efforts to influence 
Internet Governance.

"the private sector has no interest in furthering public values that true 
multi-stakeholderism would promote, ahead of its own power and profits, which 
could be threatened by further democratizing governance processes."

They are damning the same private sector motivations that produced the most 
democratizing technologies the world has ever known: Internet search, email, 
social network services, e-commerce platforms, etc.

Here's a post I did on that debate. Gives you a sense for politics in the 
multi-stakeholder model.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/multi_stakeholder_debate_at_the_igf_lessons_from_a_safari/

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Steve DelBianco
Executive Director
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