[governance] Twitter officially shutdown to Internet users in Pakistan

[William Drake]

On May 20, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Fouad Bajwa wrote:

> Twitter officially shutdown in Pakistan - Twitter Banned in Pakistan
> http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/2012/05/twitter-officially-shutdown-in-pakistan.html


If only "the oversight of the Internet's critical technical and logical infrastructure" could be "transferred to an appropriate, democratic and participative multilateral body" so that Pakistan would not be forced to take unilateral action merely to shut out this evil monopolist that, with three other sites, controls "much of what is considered to be the Internet today by most people today".
 

On May 13, 2012, at 12:25 AM, michael gurstein wrote:

>> 
>> "The telecommunications minister has ordered the use of domain names 
>> ending with .ir" belonging to Iran, Asr Ertebatat reported.
>> 
>> The order prohibits banks, insurance firms and telephone firms using 
>> foreign hosts for their sites or to inform their clients using foreign 
>> providers such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail or MSN, it said.


If only "the oversight of the Internet's critical technical and logical infrastructure" could be "transferred to an appropriate, democratic and participative multilateral body" so that Iran would not be forced to take unilateral action merely to shut out these evil monopolists...

We demand it!
 
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