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

[Rik Panganiban]

YJ,

Indeed, this is a very good proposal.  I think we need to think about 
alternative civil society "reverse surveillance."  Check out this new 
intiative begun by the MIT Media Lab in the US (quoting from Slashdot):

> "'Researchers at the MIT Media Lab unveiled the Government Information 
> Awareness , or GIA, website Friday. Using applications developed at 
> the Media Lab, GIA collects and collates information about government 
> programs, plans and politicians from the general public and numerous 
> online sources. Currently the database contains information on more 
> than 3,000 public figures. The premise of GIA is that if the 
> government has a right to know personal details about citizens, then 
> citizens have a right to similar information about the government. "

Read the full Wired article here:

	http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,59495,00.html

And the actual MIT Media project website:

	http://opengov.media.mit.edu/

I personally found it inspiring.

Rik Panganiban
WFM


On Mercredi, juillet 9, 2003, at 02:52  AM, YJ Park wrote:

> 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
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 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 
> -------------------------------------------------------
>  
> 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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