We must work on a international movement to promote the discussion on those inalienable rights and an international and neutral agreement on their application. <br><br>In Ecuador some days ago (September 30, 2010) as a result of a national emergency all medias were prohibited to publish their own information and have to link to the official audio, video and content on the situation. This was legal, but when this is legitimate?<br>
<br>Internet community has not only to act as an observer, we must work on prevention of rights violations with clear policies, laws and rules always in benefit of the inclusion, freedom and rights.<br><br>Carlos Vera<br>
ISOC Ecuador<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/1/27 Joly MacFie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com">joly@punkcast.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>From the Washington Post:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote><span style="font-size: 14px;">Clinton urges Egypt to unblock Twitter, Facebook: According to the <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixwVwhR9FgK42tADJCk4sjnmle0Q?docId=296890c6e84e47138ed448432c8fe16c" target="_blank">Associated Press</a>, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the Egyptian government to lift its ban on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter as the country deals with the aftermath of riots that shook Cairo this week. Clinton said that the United States supports Egyptians' rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly.</span></blockquote>
<blockquote>The Egyptian government <a href="http://www.itp.net/583714-egypt-government-denies-twitter-block" target="_blank">denies</a> that it is blocking the social media sites. There are mixed reports on Twitter about the status of the micro-blogging site in Egypt. Some insist that the site is blocked, while others say the sites are up <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/Zeinobia/status/30623473210499072" target="_blank">but moving slowly.</a></blockquote>
</div><div><br></div>From nanog:<div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Around 2236 UCT, we lost all Internet connectivity with our contacts in</blockquote><font face="arial, sans-serif"><blockquote>Egypt, and I'm hearing reports of (in declining order of confirmability):</blockquote>
<blockquote style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">1) Internet connectivity loss on major (broadband) ISPs</span></blockquote><blockquote>
<span style="border-collapse: collapse;">2) No SMS</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">4) Intermittent connectivity with smaller (dialup?) ISPs</span></blockquote>
<blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">5) No mobile service in major cities -- Cairo, Alexandria</span></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">The working assumption here is that the Egyptian government has made the</span></blockquote>
<blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">decision to shut down all external, and perhaps internal electronic</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">communication as a reaction to the ongoing protests in that country.</span></blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">If anyone can provide more details as to what they're seeing, the extent,</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">plus times and dates, it would be very useful. In moments like this there</span></blockquote>
<blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">are often many unconfirmed rumors: I'm seeking concrete reliable</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">confirmation which I can pass onto the press and those working to bring some</span></blockquote>
<blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">communications back up (if you have a ham radio license, there is some very</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">early work to provide emergency connectivity. Info at:</span></blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#1c51a8"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://pastebin.com/fHHBqZ7Q" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/fHHBqZ7Q</a> )</span></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Thank you,</span></blockquote><blockquote style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">
<br></blockquote><blockquote style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">--</span></blockquote><blockquote><a href="mailto:dobrien@cpj.org" style="border-collapse: collapse;" target="_blank"><font color="#1c51a8">dobrien@cpj.org</font></a></blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#888888"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Danny O'Brien, Committee to Protect Journalists</span></font></blockquote></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Joly MacFie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com" target="_blank">joly@punkcast.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01" target="_blank">http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01</a><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div><a href="http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(68, 68, 70); line-height: 20px;">Egypt’s blockage was confirmed by Jillian York, a project coordinator at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society that oversees the Herdict service, who sent an email to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70P63120110126" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(235, 238, 245); color: rgb(68, 68, 70); display: inline;" target="_blank">Reuters</a>.</span></div>
<div><font color="#444446" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#444446" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;">
Egypt’s blockage of Facebook today follows a similar move against Twitter yesterday, TechCrunch has <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/26/after-blocking-twitter-egypt-reportedly-starts-restricting-access-to-facebook/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(235, 238, 245); color: rgb(68, 68, 70); display: inline;" target="_blank">reported</a>, as the microblogging site has also helped protesters organize themselves.</p>
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Will the Egyptian government’s efforts to block access to social media ultimately strengthen protesters’ resolve and possibly strengthen support for the demonstration outside of Egypt?</p></span></font><br>-- <br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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