[Chapter-delegates] Twitter officially banned in Pakistan - more to follow

[Charles Oloo]

Dear all

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.

I think ISOC needs to address this matter, before it escalates.

Charles Oloo









On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> Plenty of reaction on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23pakistan<https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23pakistan> and
> https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23twitterban<https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23twitterban> including
> proxy info
>
> 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.
>
> My initiial response was to refer back to the ISOC statement issued at the
> time of the Egyptian thing -  http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1712 but that
> addresses specifically a general cutoff
>
> One wonders how the ban is being enforced technically and  if it messes
> with standards such as DNSSEC.
>
> j
>
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:20 AM, President ISOC Cambodia <
> president at isoc-kh.org> wrote:
>
>>  Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Does ISOC Global, or the affected Regional Bureaus, have any procedures
>> or suggestions for such a case?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Norbert
>>
>>
>> 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 LINKEDIN.COM
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Norbert Klein, President, ISOC Cambodia Chapter
>>
>>  Website: http://www.isoc-kh.org
>> eMail: president at isoc-kh.org
>>
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