[Chapter-delegates] FYI - ISOC statement about on Internet blocking measures in Catalonia, Spain
Christian de Larrinaga
cdel at firsthand.net
Mon Sep 25 06:23:05 PDT 2017
To some extent it is irrelevant that the seizures, raids and attempted
blocks are targeting a zone called .cat. The principles that underpin
ISOC's statement I expect would apply for any tld registry and
underlying infrastructures that was so treated.
The issue is serious. But I'm not sure how far this particular incident
can continue to travel in the wrong direction.
To what extent is there a risk of jurisdictional pollution where spanish
authorities may issue european arrest warrants on technical managers of
parts of Internet infrastructure (such managers are identified already
by law enforcement and security interests in UK for instance)?
It seems rather hard to defend yourself to prove to arresting
authorities such warrants from another jurisdiction are not warranted or
politically motivated.
C
vinton cerf wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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/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/
>>>> <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://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/910995196405518336>
>>>> https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10154627959548239 <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10154627959548239>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Senior Manager, Content & Web Strategy, Internet Society
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