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

Mon May 21 03:33:56 PDT 2012

Global Voices is speculating that DMD was used as an excuse for a test of a
new blocking system..

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/05/20/pakistan-twitter-goes-through-a-weekend-of-censorship/

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve at eintellego.net>wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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:
>>
>>> 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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