<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282"><span>Colleagues,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_101130">Some of you probably are aware of this process (especially those who attended the RightsCon conference in the Silicon Valley). </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_101255">I was invited and took part into the process to source a definition which is now available here: <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/no-internet-shutdowns-lets-keepiton/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_101131">https://www.accessnow.org/no-internet-shutdowns-lets-keepiton/</a> and on Wikipedia.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_101243">Internet shutdown: A</strong><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_101244">n intentional disruption of internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a location, often to exert control over the flow of information.</b><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_101210">You can join the campaign by using #KeepItOn on social medias.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_101273">Regards,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_101271">Arsene</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_99282">IGC Co-coordinator</div></div></body></html>