<p dir="ltr">Thoughtful comments, gentlemen and ladies.</p>
<p dir="ltr">While Janvier's attempt to give the context of the incident is welcome, I wholly agree with Nonhlanhla that nothing whatsoever justifies Internet shutdown, and with Remmy that denial of Internet to one Cameroonian should bother an online Cameroonian irrespective of regional provenance.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I strongly think that this incident and similar ones in some other countries point to a challenge that is more critical than how to resolve an issue of some country nationals being forced offline by their government. This case triggers salient questions about the credibility of multi-stakeholderism. Among such questions are:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. If the Internet is being multi-stakeholder-governed, why must a stakeholder exercise unilateral authority, in utter disregard of other stakeholders?</p>
<p dir="ltr">2. Is governmental incessant exercise of veto over the Internet not a clear indication of non-acceptance of multi-stakeholder governance of the Internet by governments? And how can this be tackled?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Best,<br>
CPU</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thanks Joash for the explanation. This is what I expected when I heard of the shutdown. Such shutdowns are inherently rights violations. It allows political elites
to assert blanket control over all communications and typically it is their own power and security, not the benefit of the population, that is advanced by these indiscriminate shutdowns. The tension between Anglophone and Francophone speakers in that country
is well known and it’s inexcusable to see minority regions isolated and abused in this way.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dr. Milton L Mueller<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Georgia Institute of Technology<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Internet Governance Project
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://internetgovernance.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">http://internetgovernance.org/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a vital interesting topic. Having lived in Cameroon for 3 years, I would say that the shutdown in these two region is no different from shutdowns witnessed in Uganda and Gambia for instance. It is simply the political elite using
their political influence to prevent the human rights violations calling for federation in these areas. The two areas made up of Anglophones, who have been marginalized largely because of their language and their calls for federation have been met by internet
shutdown and full force of security agents. It is this that the Cameroon government does not want to be easily distributed within the social media. <u></u><u></u></p>
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