<div dir="ltr">Sagarika,<div><br></div><div>there may be further arguments which are of use with different parts of the authorities (assuming they are not monolithic, and each office has different drivers):</div><div><br></div><div>1. Blocking access to basic, widespread services used for people communicating may cause further irritation and protests, and close channels that could help reduce tensions and eventually allow for the diffusion of new agreements between the contending parties;</div><div><br></div><div>2. There may be a significant econonomic hit, not only to the parties that the government wishes to shut off, but also to those they want to support. Some estimates have been made - see for example <a href="https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/cost-of-shutting-down-the-internet/">https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/cost-of-shutting-down-the-internet/</a> or <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/internet-shutdowns-cost-countries-2-4-billion-last-year/">https://www.brookings.edu/research/internet-shutdowns-cost-countries-2-4-billion-last-year/</a> or the detailed paper referenced in there, <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/intenet-shutdowns-v-3.pdf">https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/intenet-shutdowns-v-3.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>It may be that you can't convey this points directly to a government office that will listen, but that business representatives may take the second one, and those concerned with education or the delivery of health and social services will be sensitive to the first one. </div><div><br></div><div>Hope you get this bad situation fixed soon. What you learn will be valuable for all; one more reason we should all find ways to support you and ISOC Sri Lanka.</div><div><br></div><div>Alejandro Pisanty</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Sagarika Wickramasekera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sagarika.wickramasekera@gmail.com" target="_blank">sagarika.wickramasekera@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Nicolas this is very useful.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 6:10 PM, Nicolas Seidler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seidler@isoc.org" target="_blank">seidler@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Hi Sagarika, </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for sharing these disturbing news on the list. Blocking platforms seems like a shortsighted solution for real problems that need to be addressed. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope our <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/internet-content-blocking/" target="_blank">technical piece on content blocking</a>, as shared by Richard, can be of help in engaging the government. </div><div><br></div><div>If there is anything else we can do to be useful in supporting your efforts, please do reach out to me. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Nicolas</div><div><br></div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="m_4712881736782581763h5"><div>On Mar 15, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Richard Hill <<a href="mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch" target="_blank">rhill@hill-a.ch</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><div><div class="m_4712881736782581763h5"><div class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617WordSection1" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Dear Sagarika,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Thank you for this. You are right to flag the issue.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">As it happens, I was in Sri Lanka last week and was surprised when WhatsApp suddenly stopped working. I later found out that the government had blocked access to WhatsApp and to Facebook because of the unrest and potential violence in Kandy.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">As you know, ISOC opposes blocking, see:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2011/09/blocking-internet-content-harmful-or-efficient" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.or<wbr>g/blog/2011/09/blocking-intern<wbr>et-content-harmful-or-efficien<wbr>t</a></span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">And the more recent paper at:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/internet-content-blocking/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.<wbr>org/resources/doc/2017/interne<wbr>t-content-blocking/</a><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">ISOC Switzerland made a statement back in December 2016 regarding blocking, see:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.isoc.ch/archives/2430" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.isoc.ch/archives<wbr>/2430</a><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Richard<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left-width:1.5pt;border-left-color:blue;padding:0in 0in 0in 4pt"><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter-delegates [<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">mailto:chapter-delegates-boun<wbr>ces@elists.isoc.org</a>]<span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Sagarika Wickramasekera<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, March 15, 2018 07:03<br><b>To:</b><span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter Delegates<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>Subhashish Panigrahi<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="m_4712881736782581763m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Chapter-delegates] internet restriction in and social media ban in Sri Lanka.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Dear All,<u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">We are facing a critical situation of restriction internet in some part of the country and social media ban. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">As internet society Sri Lanka chapter we raise our voice by conducting open discussion forum for multi stake holder community and today we are going to handover the summary document to relevant authorities along with the press release. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">We are not agreed on any kind of control on internet and we believe in the net neutrality. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Please do join your hands with us with supporting ideas where you have the similar situations.<u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Sagarika Wickramasekera <br>Asst.Network Manager<br>SriPalee Campus,<br>University of Colombo.<br>BSc.(Nat.Sci) CCNA,CCSP,MBA<br>President ISOC Sri Lanka chapter<br>LKiNG Advisory board member<u></u><u></u></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span><span 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