[Chapter-delegates] internet restriction in and social media ban in Sri Lanka.

[Richard Hill]

Dear Sagarika,

 

Thank you for this. You are right to flag the issue.

 

As it happens, I was in Sri Lanka last week and was surprised when WhatsApp suddenly stopped working. I later found out that the government had blocked access to WhatsApp and to Facebook because of the unrest and potential violence in Kandy.

 

As you know, ISOC opposes blocking, see:

 

https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2011/09/blocking-internet-content-harmful-or-efficient 

 

And the more recent paper at:

 

  https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/internet-content-blocking/ 

 

ISOC Switzerland made a statement back in December 2016 regarding blocking, see:

 

  https://www.isoc.ch/archives/2430 

 

Best,

Richard

 

From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Sagarika Wickramasekera
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2018 07:03
To: Chapter Delegates
Cc: Subhashish Panigrahi
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] internet restriction in and social media ban in Sri Lanka.

 

Dear All,

 

We are facing a critical situation of  restriction internet in some part of the country and social media ban. 

 

As internet society Sri  Lanka chapter we raise our voice by conducting open discussion forum for multi stake holder community and  today we are going to handover the summary document to relevant authorities along with the press release. 

 

We are not agreed on any kind of control on internet and we believe in the net neutrality.    

Please do join your hands with us with supporting ideas where you have the similar situations.

Sagarika Wickramasekera 
Asst.Network Manager
SriPalee Campus,
University of Colombo.
BSc.(Nat.Sci) CCNA,CCSP,MBA
President  ISOC  Sri Lanka chapter
LKiNG Advisory board member

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