Taming the Wild West Vodaphone Style
June 12, 2011
The good old Internet is going the way of Marshall Dillon’s days at a marathon athlete.
Techradar.com reports, “The Internet Needs Tougher Policing, Says Vodafone CEO.” Self-regulation isn’t working, says Vittorio Colao, and regulations are needed to help the Internet best serve society.
Unlike those powers wishing to squash citizen dissent, Colao’s words reflect a business perspective. A sample:
If electronic commerce is to flourish and more jobs are to be created, we all need to feel that we can trust those we deal with and that the law will protect our trust. We need to feel that our privacy will be safeguarded and that personal data will be secure. We need to be confident that our children will be safe. Owners of content need to know that their copyright will be respected.
His intentions are good. We all know about the risk of cyber-attacks and how tech savvy folks in Cairo can foment a revolution. However, there’s no guarantee that government oversight would not morph from protecting citizens to controlling them. It would be tough to search if content is not there or if someone monitors one’s search terms. Ooops. Sorry. We already have that filtering in place.
Cynthia Murrell June 11, 2011
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