FYI all,<div><br></div><div>The Twitter ban in Pakistan was removed after 10 hours after resistance from Internet Users.</div><div><br></div><div>It seems to have been mostly a storm in a tea-cup after some misunderstanding from some people in the Ministry of IT about the Draw Mohammad Day (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day</a>) - which happened two years ago.<br clear="all">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Charles Oloo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oloo6382@gmail.com" target="_blank">oloo6382@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear all<br><br>This is very sad for the Internet community of Pakistan. I shared the same (Table 11) with Fouad Bajw at the Geneva INET meeting. I strongly condemn the action on denying the citizens of Pakistan their rights use the Tweeter. This is an infringement of freedom and goes against our mission of free internet for all. If the action is not addressed, other countries may also follow suite on the same or other socio media tools. There are intent to monitor and control posts on Facebook by some countries, which has become very popular especially with the young people who use it to pass and share important information (quicker) that otherwise would reach them through the normal communication media channels and houses. This is happening especially in countries still struggling with governance and democratic processes.<br>
<br>I think ISOC needs to address this matter, before it escalates.<br><br>Charles Oloo<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:05 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Plenty of reaction on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23pakistan" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23pakistan</a> and
<a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23twitterban" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23twitterban</a> including proxy info<div><br></div><div>While ISOC might hesitate as a body to issue an immediate policy statement, there is nothing to stop individual members or even chapters from joining in the chorus of criticism.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My initiial response was to refer back to the ISOC statement issued at the time of the Egyptian thing -
<a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1712" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1712</a> but that addresses specifically a general cutoff</div><div><br></div><div>One wonders how the ban is being enforced technically and if it messes with standards such as DNSSEC.</div>
<div><br></div><div>j</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:20 AM, President ISOC Cambodia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:president@isoc-kh.org" target="_blank">president@isoc-kh.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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I got this text down here from Fouad Bajwa. As many of you know,
Fouad Bajwa is a Member of a Global ISOC Facilities Committee and
was recently also at the Geneva meetings.<br>
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Does ISOC Global, or the affected Regional Bureaus, have any
procedures or suggestions for such a case?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Norbert<br>
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<pre>Twitter.com is used by the Civil Society and Citizens of Pakistan to
express their personal thoughts and opinions and the total blanket
shutdown of Twitter.com is a fundamental human right violation
preventing Pakistani Citizens both online and offline to express
themselves using the Internet through their personal computers and
mobile phone devices. Authorities are restricting access to
Twitter.com without consulting the citizens of Pakistan through
multistakeholder processes.
STILL TWEETING THROUGH <a href="http://LINKEDIN.COM" target="_blank">LINKEDIN.COM</a><span><font color="#888888">
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