Esto (copio más abajo, en inglés) es lo que
aparece en el sitio web de la WSIS, dentro de las
Frequently Asked Questions -FAQ:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/basic/faqs.asp

La Sociedad de la Información (SI) oficialmente
reducida a las TIC, o sea la "información"
reducida a tecnologias digitales y a Internet!!!
El acceso a dicha SI y a dichas tecnologias visto
sólo como "beneficio", ninguna posibilidad de duda al respecto.

¿Quién o quiénes avalan esta clase de afirmaciones y "visiones" simplistas"?
Es vergonzoso que esta segunda fase de la Cumbre
Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información, después
de todo lo discutido y avanzado teórica y
prácticamente a lo largo de estos años, reitere
conceptos tan simplones para consumo mundial.

En el libro colectivo "Enjeux des mots"
desafiamos esta visión estrecha de la SI. Será
importante diferenciarla de la concepción
"oficial", en nuestro panel en la CMSI en Túnez.

Saludos, Rosa Maria Torres

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>The digital revolution in information and
>communication technologies has created the
>platform for a free flow of information, ideas
>and knowledge across the globe. This revolution
>has made a profound impression on the way the
>world functions. The Internet has become an
>important global resource, a resource that is
>critical to both the developed world as a
>business and social tool and the developing
>world as a passport to equitable participation,
>as well as economic, social and educational
>development. The purpose of the World Summit on
>the Information Society is to ensure that these
>benefits are accessible to all while promoting
>specific advantages in areas such as
>e-strategies, e-commerce, e-governance,
>e-health, education, literacy, cultural
>diversity, gender equality, sustainable
>development and environmental protection. At
>WSIS Geneva in December 2003, World leaders
>declared "our common desire and commitment to
>build a people-centred, inclusive and
>development-oriented Information Society, where
>everyone can create, access, utilize and share
>information and knowledge, enabling individuals,
>communities and peoples to achieve their full
>potential in promoting their sustainable
>development and improving their quality of life,
>premised on the purposes and principles of the
>Charter of the United Nations and respecting
>fully and upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
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