The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has released a report claiming that U.S. tech companies have lost $35 billion in sales as a result of "failure of U.S. policymakers to address surveillance concerns" after the release of the first Snowden documents in 2013.
ITIF recommends that policymakers:
* Increase transparency about U.S. surveillance activities both at home and abroad.
* Strengthen information security by opposing any government efforts to introduce backdoors in software or weaken encryption.
* Strengthen U.S. mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs).
* Work to establish international legal standards for government access to data.
* Complete trade agreements like the Trans Pacific Partnership that ban digital protectionism, and pressure nations that seek to erect protectionist barriers to abandon those efforts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @06:09AM
That's pretty funny. We know that it forces draconian copyright laws on other countries similar to the ones in the US. We also know that it will allow corporations to sue governments for having regulations that prevented them from getting their 'expected profits' in a corporate trial. We know it also does a number of other nasty things, as well. It's a treaty that will increase the power of large corporations to the detriment of us all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @08:52PM
No, the Trans Pacific Partnership isn't a treaty.
If it was, it wouldn't be in the House at all.
A treaty goes straight to the Senate and requires a 2/3 vote for approval.
By and large, it isn't about trade either.
Only 5 of the 29 chapters are about traditional trade. [google.com]
--Julian Assange in a recent interview with Democracy Now
-- gewg_