[WSIS CS-Plenary] [Proposal] Surveillance Society Status Report Session in Paris meeting

[YJ Park]

Hello all,

Despite time constraint we face before Paris meeting, a consensus 
was reached yesterday among Korea Civil Society Network(KCSN) 
that civil societies in the WSIS should have an opportunity to exchange
"Surveillance Status Report" of each country. 

Civil society groups in the WSIS can have better understanding about 
various legal or institutional initiatives by many governements through 
this session.  

Looking forward to your participation...

Best,
YJ

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To: Civil Socities in the WSIS Intersessional meeting in Paris
From: Korea Civil Society Network(KCSN)
Re: To hold "Surveillance Society Status Report" session on July 16 
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Information Society has brought Internet users hopes and dreams 
for better life as a human being; equal rights among the users(or nodes), 
participatory or democratic political systems, open source, 
international cooperation etc.. 

On the other hand, each individual's or Internet uer's privacy 
has been seriously threatened by the fast growing database 
empires worldwide, governments and multi-national businesses 
who have resources to put the data together for the sake of 
their own governance in the name of efficient management. 

Civil Society Groups including NGOs have not been effective
to respond to these well-designed attempts of the Big-Brothers.

Therefore, Korea Civil Society Network(KCSN) proposes here 
Civil Socities in the WSIS especially during Paris Intersessional
meeting share each country's status. We understand the following 
threats in Korea become real threats in other countries, too. 

-National ID card experience
-Real name registration in the online activity [proposal]
-Bio Data/DNA data recognition [proposal]
-NEIS, Education administration database network setup [proposal] 
-etc

If you are interested in this proposal, please join this effort
to organize the "Surveillance Society Status Report" session. 

Regards, 
KCSN
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