[Chapter-delegates] Content filtering and jurisdiction of cyberspace

[Grigori Saghyan]

Dear Faisal,
Situation looks  very hard, may be it is possible to suggest a strategy
to your  government - "Internet governance principles". You can find our
version on
http://atlarge.am/THE%20PRINCIPLES%20OF%20INTERNET%20GOVERNANCE_EN.doc
Translation on English is poor, but you can find some ideas.

A week ago  our government have started public discussion on this
document, document is distributed by our ministry of communications.  We
expect, that at the end of this year government will accept this
document (of course, with corrections).
Grigori Saghyan
ISOC.AM



On 31.05.2013 0:27, Faisal Hasan wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Bangladesh Govt. plans to filter internet contents. We know that this
> option of filtering is not a solution, instead efforts must be taken to
> remove content from the source. The move actually stemmed from Google’s
> refusal to take down the trailer of a religiously sensitive film from
> its website Youtube.com. Bangladesh even asked Google to install a
> mirror server for Bangladesh nine months ago so that such videos could
> be filtered out. Youtube is still blocked in Bangladesh since
> last September.  Recently, in Bangladesh the Internet has become a
> double edged sword which is used not only by activists to raise voice
> for legitimate reasons but also by some bad politicians to provoke
> innocent people to create deadly violence. We have already have had 'our
> spring' last February. Clearly, the government is in a dire situation.
> 
> From our chapter we are initiating a dialogue with the government in two
> weeks time. We would like to get your inputs about this issue. I know
> many govts have implemented filtering like this and all most all the
> report I have seen suggest that this does more harm than good for the
> people. The situation in a country like Bangladesh deserves special care
> as there are millions of people here who donot have basic education and
> are easily agitated by inappropriate/fake content. To give you an idea
> about the seriousness of the issue, I would say that in a single day in
> February 40 people were dead!
> 
> Please let us know what you think can be done? What is the alternative?
> Does global companies have more responsibility in making their policies
> such that it takes care about issues in developing countries?
> 
> Thanks
> Faisal Hasan, PhD
> Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter
> 
> 
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