Hello all,<br><br>I'd like to share a link that explains what appears to have happened in Egypt. I got it from the Liberation Tech mailing list, to which some of you may have subscribed already:<br><a href="http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml">http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml</a><br>
<br>Unlike what was claimed about a cut of the cable, it appears to have been instructions by the government.<br><br clear="all">Sincerely,<br><br>Walid<br><br>-----------------<br><br>Walid Al-Saqaf<br>Founder & Administrator<br>
alkasir for mapping and circumventing cyber censorship<br><a href="https://alkasir.com" target="_blank">https://alkasir.com</a><a href="mailto:walid.al-saqaf@oru.se" target="_blank"></a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> > This is all one reason while, though I think policy and Internet<br>
> > Governance moves are critical, we need to support the continuing<br>
> > development of technology that stays ahead of any government's<br>
> > ability to shut if off or block it.<br>
><br>
> Or any corporate's ability to take illegitimate rent by squatting over a<br>
> commons - and also to choose what political development - including<br>
> revolutions - it will support or not .<br>
><br>
> What is the way to support the continuing development of 'such<br>
> technology' that prevents such inappropriate controls?<br>
<br>
</div>Step 1: Systems theoretic analysis to determine what aspects of<br>
today's internet-related technological and sociopolitical systems<br>
make the inappropriate controls possible.<br>
<br>
Step 2: Figure out appropriate technical and political solutions<br>
to these challenges.<br>
<br>
Step 3: Inform about the potential solutions that have been<br>
determined, and convince a sufficient "critical mass" of individuals<br>
and decision-makers of organizations to commit resources to the<br>
implementation of these ideas.<br>
<br>
Step 4: Implement the plan, hopefully creating solutions to the<br>
problems that have been identified.<br>
<br>
Step 5: Market what has been developed and stay engaged also during<br>
the deployment phase, seeking to identify, understand and correct<br>
any shortcomings of the proposed solutions as quickly as possible.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> > This is one reason also for protecting the notion of non<br>
> > centralized services and furthering their development.<br>
><br>
> The question as to how do we support the development of non centralized<br>
> services is really one of the most important IG issues, because all<br>
> empirical evidence today points to the fact that we are moving towards<br>
> more and more centralized and monopolistic Internet services.<br>
<br>
</div>Right now the situation is that those people who have made it their<br>
goal to become rich are well-organized with venture capitalists,<br>
lobbyists and everything, while those who care strongly about matters<br>
of freedom are much less well-organized.<br>
<br>
We need to develop ways to work together and support each other<br>
effectively.<br>
<br>
Then, jointly, we will be strong enough to be able to reverse the<br>
trend towards centralized and monopolistic Internet services.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
<font color="#888888">Norbert<br>
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