[governance] Twitter officially shutdown to Internet users in Pakistan

[Nighat Dad]

Hi all,

Bytes for all, Pakistan has just issued statement against Twitter ban
in Pakistan.

http://content.bytesforall.pk/node/51

Regards
Nighat Dad
Lead Researcher, Bytes for all, Pakistan.
twitter: @nighatdad
skype id: nighat.dad

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:06 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
> not good, not good at all....What mechanism would a CIRP like thing
> use to stop this sort of thing?  Is it likely that gov'ts would give
> up sovereignty to a CIRP-like body/treaty?
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Twitter officially shut down in Pakistan after Ministry of Information
>> Technology and PTA meeting on 19th May 2012 in lieu of religious
>> objections.
>>
>> Still identifying what are the issues and concerns of the authorities
>> around this.
>
> Why should we care what their concerns are?
>
> Should we not be concerned more with enforcing the right to communicate??
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
>
>
>>
>> --
>> Regards.
>> --------------------------
>> Fouad Bajwa
>> ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor
>> My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
>> Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa
>>
>>
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