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

[Skeeve Stevens]

FYI all,

The Twitter ban in Pakistan was removed after 10 hours after resistance
from Internet Users.

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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day) -
which happened two years ago.

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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Charles Oloo <oloo6382 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:20 AM, President ISOC Cambodia <
>> president at isoc-kh.org> wrote:
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>>>  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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