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Re: [hr-wsis] draft letter to de Mello
hi
i'm sure APC would be able to support this (or edited version of this..) -
but, i'm not sure i could agree with the observation that technology in
itself is value-neutral? but wondering if you mean it in the way i
understand it.. i believe technology (and scientific innovations) are
heavily value-*laden*, imbued with the values of those who create them (or
those who pay others to create them - for example) - but, i do agree, that
in the application of ICTs, there are positive and negative attributes..
karen
>>Like all scientific innovations, information communications technologies
>>in themselves are value-neutral. Civil society organizations view ICTs as
>>having both tremendous applications that enhance human rights, such as
>>through the rapid dissemination of action alerts and instant access to
>>human rights information, and disturbing capacities to greatly diminish
>>human rights, such as through enhanced surveillance and monitoring
>>functions of governments facilitated by ICTs.
