Oxford Union Debate: Jonathan Zittrain 1

Oxford Union Debate: 'This House believes that the Internet is the greatest force for democratisation in the World'

Speaking in favour were Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), Chairman Bo Aung Din (Burma PDP) and Ron Deibert (University of Toronto), and in opposition: Jonathan Zittrain (OII) Robert Amsterdam (Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Lawyer) and John Palfrey (Berkman Center). Recorded: 18 May 2007.

Jonathan Zittrain is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute, and a world expert in the new field of Internet legal issues, such as digital property rights.

Part 1 Fragments: The Internet is the greatest force for .. something .. in the world. Cats flushing toilets / human rights. Is it the greatest force for democracy, however? The essence of democracy is the binary vote: Ayes and Noes. Stacking the vote: taken to a new level by the Internet. ICANN: an alternative to 'a man named John in California with a Macintosh'? Democracy and the vote is not the point. Google is a tool for democracy .. spammers have realised this: fake links / comment spam / capchas / are you human?

Watch Part 2 (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqXg9BGWPHY

Watch the full debate:
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20070518_189

Category:

Education

Tags:

• oxford
• union
• debate
• internet
• democracy
• wikipedia
• zittrain
• ICANN
• governance
• regulation
• computer
• science
• social

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