[governance] Twitter officially shutdown to Internet users in Pakistan

[Fouad Bajwa]

As of this moment, Twitter.com service stands restored. Interesting
situation, was it a Flash Censorship??????

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 9:03 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> , Bill, I too missed what exactly you are pointing to...
>
>
> However, since you are parodying the statement issued by IT for Change and
> others (and supported by  66 organisations and 117 other individuals),
> apropos Michael's email, I must  direct your attention to the fact that the
> statement seeks such a global Internet body to act primarily on the basis of
> human rights.
>
> Incidentally, even India's CIRP proposal, among its 7 listed functions has
> the following function:
> promotion and protection of all human rights, namely, civil, political,
> social, economic and cultural rights, including the Right to Development;
>
> We all do know that governments do all kinds of things, do we therefore then
> refuse to agree to constitute them at all, and certainly refuse to vote....
> Do you take and practise such an anarchic view with respect to your own
> national politics. If not, why so? One can easily construct many such
> parodies vis a vis the US government,and what it implies to vote in any
> government at all for governing the US.
>
> Why do such anarchic dispositions rise up only when global politics is
> concerned. Is it a fear by the rich parts of the world of having to share
> the undue benefits and advantages that they may be sitting on?
>
> Parminder
>
>
>
> On Sunday 20 May 2012 08:33 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
>
> Quite honestly Bill, the actual meaning/logic of your (I think meant to be)
> ironic comment escapes me (I read it four times and it still escapes me...
>
> (and by my reckoning had either or both of Iran and Pakistan signed on to
> some global treaty about Internet Rights/rights on the Internet (or
> something similar) it would I'm assuming, be even a wee bit more difficult
> for the respectie governments to act in this high-handed way by for example,
> giving those internally in opposition an international agreement to point
> to/argue for before the courts; and also give those externally who disagree
> with those actions some specific context for them to exercise their
> disagreement; or have I missed something here.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of William Drake
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:39 AM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] Twitter officially shutdown to Internet users in
> Pakistan
>
>
> 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-shu
> tdown-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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Fouad Bajwa
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