[WSIS CS-Plenary] Spam as an issue

[Vittorio Bertola]

avri at acm.org ha scritto:
> I see no reason why a transit provider or provider on the receiving end 
> does not have the right to filter traffic they find unacceptable and I 
> don't think that regulations barring someone from taking such defensive 
> action is something to wish for.

I'm not advocating regulation... still, the idea that my ISP is encouraged 
to intercept my private correspondence, filter it, and decide what I get 
and what I don't get, is something that worries me a lot. I'd just like to 
know that whoever maintains the filters does so in a transparent and 
accountable way, and that it's not under the monopoly or de-facto monopoly 
of any company or group or crazy individual or whatever - because you 
could theoretically switch filter provider, but in fact 99,99% of the 
world will use the default one (see at the voice "alternative root server 
systems" ;-) ).

(Possibly it's just that I'm too pessimistic to think that a liberalized 
and self-regulating approach will always be respectful of everyone's 
rights...)
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