ict: key to a pandora’s box?
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An examination of ICT in the PhilippinesTRANSCRIPT
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ICT: Key to a Pandora’s Box?
ICT: Key to a Pandora’s Box?
Uppsala, SwedenApril, 2008
Uppsala, SwedenApril, 2008
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Manuel L. Quezon III
www.quezon.ph
Manuel L. Quezon III
www.quezon.ph
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A Tradition of Debate and
Dissent
A Tradition of Debate and
Dissent
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Enter ICT: 2001Enter ICT: 2001
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ICT LandscapeICT Landscape
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Government data Behind the timesGovernment data Behind the times
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The ICT LandscapeThe ICT Landscape91,077,287 population
14,000,000 Internet users as of April, 2007, 15.4% penetration, says Yahoo
123,000 broadband subscribers as of Sept. 30, 2007, per ITU
Penetration of cellular phones according to National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) chief Ronald O. Solis at 40 percent or about 35 million mobile phone users as of 2006.
The Economist, hours, per capita, per week: 21 for TV; 9.5 for radio; 7.6 for reading, as of 2005.
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Case Study: 2005
Case Study: 2005
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Crisis ModeCrisis Mode
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The news: crisis modeThe news: crisis mode
June 6, 2005: Press Secretary presents “fake” and “authentic” recordings of conversations (A & B)
June 8, 2005: Opposition lawyer says he has recordings (Their A is his C)
June 10, 2005: Former NBI official says he has original A (his D), from which B & C were culled.
June 11, 2005: Government denies tapes prove vote manipulation
Unresolved, to date (April, 2008)
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The Media reactionThe Media reactionJune 6: asked to help copy and disseminate “genuine” and “fake” recordings by Press Secretary
June 7: Major networks broadcast portions of the tapes
June 11: Transcripts of some versions begin to be published
June 12: Mass Media loses nerve as public takes up the slack
June 14: Dissemination shifts on line
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Counter-reactionCounter-reaction
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Counter-ReactionCounter-ReactionJune 12. 2005: National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issues warning: playing D tapes might result in closure of stations (citing Anti-Wiretapping law)
June 13, 2005: KBP challenges warning; issues denunciation next day
Networks and online news outfits cease playing tapes, remove transcripts, de-link files, upon legal advice (or political pressure); KBP says coast is clear on June 18, 2005 but no mass media media outfit has played or provided access to recordings since
2008: Supreme Court declares the NTC exercised “prior restraint” ands voids the Department of Justice
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Public ReactionPublic Reaction
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Immediate questionsImmediate questions
Which version? All or nothing?
Culpability under the law: Media, Public, Officials
Repercussions of defiance: Editorial versus Business; personal vs. institutional; old media vs. new media
Frustration: rebellion? subversion? surrender?
Delay in courts resolving cases
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Tag-teaming the Authorities
Tag-teaming the Authorities
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The appealThe appeal
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Tag-teaming: the responseTag-teaming: the response
Mirror the data (individual bloggers)
Spread the data (bloggers and media through BitTorrent)
Take a stand: Defy the lawyers, publishers, and the authorities
Provide information: Allow the public to judge for itself
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Mirror & spread the dataMirror & spread the data
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Take a standTake a stand
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Blogs come of ageBlogs come of age
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Continuing Public information questions
Continuing Public information questions
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Public Information QuestionsPublic Information Questions
Claims of Executive Privilege fortified by Supreme Court
Lack of public concern over killings of media people; public applause over arrest of Journalists after “Peninsula Caper”
Legislative relief slow in coming (Freedom of Information Act advocacy)
Use of text messaging, social networking sites, blogs, to encourage debate and resistance; use of PowerPoint presentations to disseminate information
Aggressive use of mass media by government
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Uses of ICTUses of ICT
Dissemination of Formal/Informal Information
Expression of Public/Group Sentiment
Communication of Strategy
Advocacy/Mobilization
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Forms of Harassment
Forms of Harassment
Surveillance: Wiretapping
Disruption: Spamming/Jamming
Intimidation: Libel & Sedition Laws
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The Battle: Information, then Rights
The Battle: Information, then Rights
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2006: Presidential to Parliamentary:
2006: Presidential to Parliamentary:
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2006: You will not personally vote for
President
2006: You will not personally vote for
President
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Delayed institutional
response
Delayed institutional
response
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2006: State of Emergency & Constitutional
Change
2006: State of Emergency & Constitutional
Change
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2007-Present:NBN-ZTE Deal2007-Present:NBN-ZTE Deal
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Ethical Questions for
Citizenry
Ethical Questions for
Citizenry
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Enhanced JournalismEnhanced Journalism
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ExpressionExpression
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AdvocacyAdvocacy
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NGO’s & Assistance: The Interplay of Civil
Societies
NGO’s & Assistance: The Interplay of Civil
Societies
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Old & NewOld & New
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