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

[vinton cerf]

they applied to ICANN for a TLD for catalan language and culture. ICANN
asked the governments of spain and andorra whether they had any objections
and both responded that they did not object.

v


On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Oleksandr Pastukhov <
opastukhov at sec.research.um.edu.mt> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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