[governance] Internet blackout in Egypt

[Izumi AIZU]

While I agree with what both Carlos and Avri argues for, I also think that
giving too much weight to "media" - be it Internet or Satellite TV or
mobile phones- may
distore the picture. I mean it is the people's will, acts and causes
that is really
shaping the scene in Tunisia or Egypt or USA.

Of course, we cannot underestimate the influence and potential of
distributed media,
social networking and twitter, etc, they do not constitute the
"sufficient condition"
for change.

Please don't misunderstand that I am supporting the control of media
by government.

I may be wrong, but hope not.

izumi


2011/1/28 Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>:
> Hi,
>
> This is all one reason while, though I think policy and Internet Governance moves are critical, we need to support the continuing development of technology that stays ahead of any government's ability to shut if off or block it.  This is one reason also for protecting the notion of non centralized services and furthering their development.
>
> a.
>
>
> On 28 Jan 2011, at 06:16, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
>
>> Sorry, McTim, this can happen in any sector in any country in which a
>> government decides to do so in a crisis situation, be it right, just,
>> democratic or, as in this case, dictatorial. When the USA invaded Iraq
>> all communications were cut except for the US military and the "embedded
>> media", just to quote a somewhat more extreme example. The USA
>> government has already explicitly mentioned moves to "shut down" the
>> Internet in a crisis.
>>
>> So, it demonstrates nothing of this sort... We need other arguments to
>> keep our struggle for multiskaholder governance of the Net. Our major
>> worry regarding the "influence" or control of the State over the
>> Internet is what is happening on a day-to-day basis in major countries
>> (like the USA, with the COICA proposal, in France, in England etc) which
>> can in practice draw dozens of other countries' governments to the same
>> trend.
>>
>> --c.a.
>>
>> On 01/28/2011 08:55 AM, McTim wrote:
>>> This is why its madness to comtenplate giving govts MORE control over
>>> things Internety. Rgds, McTim
>>>
>>> On 1/28/11, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>>>> Today may turn out to be a historic day for Egypt...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pl read below.
>>>>
>>>> AP: "The day part of the Internet died: Egypt goes dark"
>>>>
>>>> http://bit.ly/gCJFHt  (AP / MSN)
>>>>
>>>>   "The Internet blackout in Egypt shows that a country with strong
>>>>    control over its Internet providers apparently can force all of
>>>>    them to pull their plugs at once, something that Cowie called
>>>>    'almost entirely unprecedented in Internet history.'"
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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           Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
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