The first round table began with a debrief of the lecture by Mr. Ethan Zuckerman. The table discussed Twitter and its applications and came to the conclusion that Twitter is profitable on for smaller scale information and should be nothing more than a headline for any important event.
From there we began discussing cyber crime in hopes of defining the subject for further discussion. It was recognized that many “cyber” crimes that are discussed now days are in reality “crimes using a computer”, meaning that the computer was simply a tool being used in the crime. The Iraq War Wikileaks were recognized as such a crime. In discussion over various scam methods the round table learned of scams from all over the world, from Albania to Chile to New Zealand.
From this point onward the discussion centered around the transnational issues of cyber crime such as who funds Internet policing, who should be responsible for pursuing and prosecuting the criminals, and the problems of proving guilt in the cyber realm. There was hope that international consensus could be found on heinous crimes like human trafficking in order for decisive action to follow.
The second round table started with a discussion of censorship and how far we’d be comfortable allowing others to look through our possessions. The rest of the talk was about possible world wide plans that would eliminate or severely disrupt illegal activity around the globe. The focus was on if private citizens, companies, nations, or supranational authorities would be the best organizations o combat cyber crime. It was agreed upon that some mix of private and national organizations would be the best system. The round table then headed out and went to dinner.
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