Assignment:
Internet Governance in 2025
Your work in this assignment will be based on an article which begins:
"IGF participants broke into three different rooms to discuss three different, possible potential-future scenarios for the Internet in 2025. In this session, the brief description given to the discussants noted that “Government Prevails” scenario imagines a future affected by man-made and natural challenges and disasters – wars, civil strife, an aging world and interventionist governments.
This scenario assumes that while “the ICT industry, media companies and NGOs” are the leading players on the Internet stage today [some people might disagree with this assumption], by 2025 governments and inter-governmental organizations will have come to rule the Internet as a result of actions taken to protect particular interests from negative exposure."
For this assignment, read the full article and answer the questions below. You will find the full article at the following link:
Review the link:
igfusa.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/internet-governance-forum-usa-2011-potential-future-scenario-discussion-government-prevails/
You must follow any other links or additional references that you find within the article.
- Once you have read the information, in no less than 350 words discuss your understanding of internet security governance and the challenges of providing security while at the same time respecting privacy.
- Explain your understanding of privacy laws and how governance must walk the high wire to ensure security without compromising privacy. Can the two be balanced or must one succumb to the other?