[Chapter-delegates] Bangladesh Govt blocks YouTube

[monawab]

Faisal

I am with you on this issue.  In the name of Freedom of 
expression, some nations are been set ablaze while some 
are enjoying the show from their ivory towers.  Also, a 
government has in it people from all 'borders', some of 
whom may have extreme beliefs on such issues. While 
content filtering is not a solution, I gues, there should 
be a kind of content moderation that should be implemented 
at source.Google has money by the buckets and I do not see 
any reason why it should not hire loads of people to do 
the job.  If content is moderated at source, then REMOVAL 
of content will not be an issue.

Until then, I pray for peace.

Nawab Moniaruch FBCS CITP
Mauritius Chapter


On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:19:15 +0600
  Faisal Hasan <hasansf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Bangladesh govt. blocks youTube from today in order to 
>avoid impending
> violence.  This is a serious concern for us who advocate 
>that "content
> filtering is not a solution rather it should be removed 
>at the source." We
> understand that this is an issue of "freedom of 
>expression"  and due to the
> corresponding legislation Google is not being able to 
>remove it.
> 
> On behalf of the Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka 
>Chapter may I request
> chapter delegates and people concerned with Internet 
>governance issues to
> think about ways how we can address this sort of issues 
>in future. There
> should be a global consensus about the content that 
>fuels deadly violence
> shouldn't be hosted by anybody, content that has been 
>flagged by thousands
> of people should be removed, content about which one 
>third of the worlds
> population has unequivocal objection can definitely set 
>aside from other
> contents.
> 
> I guess most of you will agree that this is a very 
>sensitive issue and
> Muslims around the world are deeply shocked by the 
>violence thats being
> erupting all over the world killing innocent lives as 
>well as by the fact
> that the content still stays at the source.
> 
> Kind Regards
>Faisal Hasan, PhD
> Chapter President
> Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter