<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just wanted to point people to this piece we’ve just released, highlighting the situation in Sri Lanka and the work of our Chapter:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/03/sri-lankan-shutdown-web-based-services-creates-huge-social-costs/" class="">https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/03/sri-lankan-shutdown-web-based-services-creates-huge-social-costs/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It puts an emphasis on the social and economic costs of shutdowns like these. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Nicolas</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 17, 2018, at 3:22 AM, Alejandro Pisanty <<a href="mailto:apisanty@gmail.com" class="">apisanty@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">allow me to attract your attention to the statement by ISOC Sri Lanka on blocking and filtering, signed by Maheshwara Kinndigoda and Sagarika Wickramansekera, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TJjxMUUY4wjSogOHux2Xnk-p_on5aLDW/view" class="">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TJjxMUUY4wjSogOHux2Xnk-p_on5aLDW/view</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is also a stament by Maheshwara - I'll leave him and Sagarika the privilege of sharing in this group.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let's all be ready to support them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Alejandro Pisanty</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Sagarika Wickramasekera <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:sagarika.wickramasekera@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">sagarika.wickramasekera@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Thanks Nicolas this is very useful.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 6:10 PM, Nicolas Seidler <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:seidler@isoc.org" target="_blank" class="">seidler@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><div class="">Hi Sagarika, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope our <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/internet-content-blocking/" target="_blank" class="">technical piece on content blocking</a>, as shared by Richard, can be of help in engaging the government. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If there is anything else we can do to be useful in supporting your efforts, please do reach out to me. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Nicolas</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="m_5208932373140033593h5"><div class="">On Mar 15, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Richard Hill <<a href="mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch" target="_blank" class="">rhill@hill-a.ch</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="m_5208932373140033593h5"><div class="m_5208932373140033593m_-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" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">Dear Sagarika,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">Thank you for this. You are right to flag the issue.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">As you know, ISOC opposes blocking, see:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2011/09/blocking-internet-content-harmful-or-efficient" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" class="">https://www.internetsociety.or<wbr class="">g/blog/2011/09/blocking-intern<wbr class="">et-content-harmful-or-efficien<wbr class="">t</a></span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">And the more recent paper at:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""> <span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/internet-content-blocking/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" class="">https://www.internetsociety.<wbr class="">org/resources/doc/2017/interne<wbr class="">t-content-blocking/</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">ISOC Switzerland made a statement back in December 2016 regarding blocking, see:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""> <span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.isoc.ch/archives/2430" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" class="">https://www.isoc.ch/archives<wbr class="">/2430</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">Best,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">Richard<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></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" class=""><div class=""><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in" class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter-delegates [<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank" class="">mailto:chapter-delegates-boun<wbr class="">ces@elists.isoc.org</a>]<span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Sagarika Wickramasekera<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, March 15, 2018 07:03<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter Delegates<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>Subhashish Panigrahi<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="m_5208932373140033593m_-4029785573437394617Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Chapter-delegates] internet restriction in and social media ban in Sri Lanka.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class="">Dear All,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class="">We are facing a critical situation of restriction internet in some part of the country and social media ban. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class="">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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class="">We are not agreed on any kind of control on internet and we believe in the net neutrality. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class="">Please do join your hands with us with supporting ideas where you have the similar situations.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif" class="">Sagarika Wickramasekera <br class="">Asst.Network Manager<br class="">SriPalee Campus,<br class="">University of Colombo.<br class="">BSc.(Nat.Sci) CCNA,CCSP,MBA<br class="">President 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