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3 J. Cyber Pol'y 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/jnlocybrpy3 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF CYBER POLICY Routled e 2018, VOL. 3, NO. 1, 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1080/23738871.2018.1474239 Taylor & Francis Group EDITORIAL Introduction from the editor Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyber- space, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. (John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, 1996) When John Perry Barlow (1947-2018) - rancher, hippie, poet, lyricist for the Grateful Dead, and founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation - composed his Declaration of the Independence ofCyperspace in 1996, few people outside of research communities or the military had heard of the internet, and even fewer were online. Barlow derided the ambitions of governments to colonise the virtual space: 'We did not invite you. You do not know us, nor do you know our world.' The Declaration rejected the authority of governments to 'invade our precincts', and its language repeatedly associates government activity with tyranny, coercion and military force. More than 20 years on, it is clear that governments have not only arrived in cyberspace, but there is a risk that they have weaponised 'the home of the mind.' The outcomes of elections in 2016 continue to reverberate in cyber policy circles. Each day brings new revelations which demonstrate that governments, far from leaving cyberspace alone, are taking advantage of its openness, the free flow of information and the business models of some web platforms to advance their political agenda. State-sponsored hacking and cyberattacks are becoming wide- spread, indicating that cyberspace is viewed by some states as a strategic domain for warfare. Yet there are few internationally agreed rules to sanction the misuse of cyberweapons by states. Volume 3, Number 1 of the Journal of Cyber Policy focuses on geopolitics, and the ways that states have adapted to and harnessed the power of the online environment. The topics of papers range from threats posed by digital subversion and sedition, to different perspectives on the 2016 elections from practitioners. There is an assessment of freedom of expression online in Egypt following the 2011 popular uprisings, three contrasting views on cyber norms and a paper on metrics and measurement of cybercrime. As always, Journal of Cyber Policy papers are authored by policymakers, practitioners and technologists. The threats from modern digital subversion and sedition Tactics of subversion and sedition by state and non-state actors are not new, but they adapt and change according to the technology available. Examples range from sixteenth century advancements in printing to today's digital technologies. Recent events, including the involve- ment of foreign actors in national politics via social media and jihadist activities online, high- light the evolving threats from digital technologies as tools for subversion. These technologies provide an amplifying effect to reach a large target audience quickly and with impact. In his article, Professor Sir David Omand analyses recent examples of subversive use of the digital space. Omand argues that in order to address these threats to Western nations, ethical and policy implications need to be a part of public discourse to find new ethi- cally justifiable and 'all-of-government' policy responses. © 2018 Chatham House

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