In Plain Sight: The Alliance for an Affordable Internet: Discussion Summation

2016-04-06 Thread Michael Gurstein
The below has been adapted from the original blogpost (with very extensive links/referencing) at: https://gurstein.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/the-a4ai-discussion-a-summation/ As some of you will know I recently published a blogpost which presents a detailed critique of the A4AI (the Alliance for

Re: Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

2016-04-06 Thread Brian Holmes
On 04/06/2016 07:17 AM, Florian Cramer wrote: The Cold War has taught us to be suspicious about NGO activity and possible governmental agendas behind them. But Florian, don't you think we're at antipodes from the Cold War? And how much suspicion is really needed to understand those

Re: Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

2016-04-06 Thread t byfield
On 5 Apr 2016, at 9:17, Patrice Riemens wrote: 7. Leaks have become unquestionable. With earlier disclosures, the authenticity of documents leaked could always be credibly disputed. Nowadays the authenticity of materials obtained thru electronic leaks, due to its sheer magnitude and the one to

Re: Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

2016-04-06 Thread Niels ten Oever
On 04/06/2016 02:17 PM, Florian Cramer wrote: >On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Felix Stalder wrote: > >> > Some crucial questions remain unanswered: Why is there no notable US >> > American citizen among the "accused"? >> >> But not for this reason.

Re: Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

2016-04-06 Thread Florian Cramer
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Felix Stalder wrote: > > Some crucial questions remain unanswered: Why is there no notable US > > American citizen among the "accused"? > > But not for this reason. Much more important, as Brian pointed out, > is at the US

Re: Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

2016-04-06 Thread Patrice Riemens
On 2016-04-05 23:01, Geert Lovink wrote: > Thanks, Florian. Very interesting. What’s confusing is that the > mainstream media (radio, TV, newspaper) that report about the Panama This is interesting, even crucial, because now other tax authorities may obtain the data from the Australian Taxation

Re: Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

2016-04-06 Thread Imaginary Museum projects Tjebbe van Tijen via UPC
§I like these points (yours I guess? As you could have got them form someone-else by a simple cut & paste) On 5 Apr 2016, at 15:17, Patrice Riemens wrote: 7. Leaks have become unquestionable. With earlier disclosures, the authenticity of documents leaked could always be credibly disputed.

Re: Ten Theses on the Panama Papers

2016-04-06 Thread Felix Stalder
On 2016-04-05 20:42, Florian Cramer wrote: > So what the Panama Papers really are is a warning to whisteblowers > not to "exclusively" give sensitive data to media companies, but to > use whisteblower platforms like Wikileaks instead. Agreed. > Some crucial questions remain unanswered: Why is