[Chapter-delegates] FYI - ISOC statement about on Internet blocking measures in Catalonia, Spain

[Oleksandr Pastukhov]

Hello all,

Could someone please enlighten me on how they managed to get their own 
TLD in the first place?

Thank you,

Alex


On 24-Sep-17 11:29 AM, Borka Jerman Blazic wrote:
>
> Dan, thanks for the information. I  propose all ISOC chapters to 
> express  a support to
> Ctalanonian chapter in their fight in preventing political 
> intervention in providing
> basic Internet services like TLD blocking. TLD "CAT" is recognized and 
> available
> for many years and blocking the  services and websites with that 
> domain is not acceptable at all,
> especially not in EU where human rights where access to Internet is 
> recognizes as part of
> them by UN,  is respected as the highest value of the European society.
>
> With regards,
>
> Borka
>
> ISOC SI
>
> Christian de Larrinaga je 22.9.2017 ob 18:44 napisal:
>> It's a good statement.
>>
>> Worth also mentioning and keeping in mind that Pep Masoliver the
>> technical manager for the registry operator of .cat was arrested during
>> the raid by the Guardia Civile. This means the event has more serious
>> implications for the technical community than if this was a
>> comparatively simple case of attempted or actual content blocking by the
>> Spanish authorities of some or all catalan websites.
>>
>>
>> Christian
>>
>> Dan York wrote:
>>> Chapter delegates,
>>>
>>> FYI, yesterday we published a statement expressing our concern about
>>> measures taken in Spain to block access to certain websites and,
>>> perhaps more concerning, to require a top-level domain (TLD) operator
>>> to engage in content monitoring and blocking.
>>>
>>> This is a tense time politically in Spain with an independence
>>> referendum having been called for October 1 in the Catalonia region
>>> which the central Spanish government views as illegal. We do not want
>>> to get involved in the politics of the situation, but are concerned by
>>> the manner in which the Internet is being restricted. As we have
>>> repeatedly stated, we do not see Internet blocking / shutdowns as
>>> effective measures and believe they cause far more collateral damage
>>> to the economy and society.
>>>
>>> Please do note that in developing this statement Frédéric Donck and
>>> his European Bureau team did interact directly with ISOC Catalonia
>>> Chapter leaders to understand the situation there.
>>>
>>> Please do read and share our statement:
>>>
>>> https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2017/internet-society-statement-internet-blocking-measures-catalonia-spain/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.internetsociety.org/es/news/declarationes/2017/declaracion-de-internet-society-sobre-medidas-de-bloqueo-de-internet-en-cataluna-espana/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> Shared on social at:
>>>
>>> https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/910995196405518336
>>> https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10154627959548239
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Dan York
>>> Senior Manager, Content & Web Strategy, Internet Society
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