[governance] Bangladesh Govt blocks YouTube

Tue Sep 18 02:38:54 EDT 2012

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Guru गुरु <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:

>  On Tuesday 18 September 2012 02:44 AM, Faisal Hasan wrote:
>
> Dear Sala,
>
> I agree with you that we can make a statement together. As far as I know
> Indian government has also blocked YouTube.
>
>
> No, Youtube is not blocked in India,
>
> but there is news that Google has blocked access to the film from India
>
> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/384478/20120914/innocence-muslims-youtube-block-take-down.htm
>
> I wonder if this has anything to do with Vinay Rai's prior petitions in
> the courts in New Delhi, does anyone have an update on that matter?
>
> This is a global Internet Governance issue. With WCIT approaching,
> Governments will definitely raise this issue. So, if we donot play our
> parts governments will vote for content filtering.
>
> Thanks
> Faisal
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Faisal and Imran,
>>
>>  It is really sad that we are witnessing this volatile conflict all
>> because of the polarisation of Article 19 of the ICCPR. If people think
>> that it we should make a statement in relation to what is happening, let us
>> know. We can develop a statement.
>>
>>  Sala
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Youtube was first blocked by Afghanistan and today Government of
>>> Pakistan also blocked its access in protest. Prime Minister asked to block
>>> youtube access until youtube remove anti-Islam contents/videos.
>>>
>>> Pakistan Telecommunication Authority also blocked about 700+ websites
>>> yesterday to follow the Supreme Court Orders.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Imran Ahmed Shah
>>> for IGFPAK
>>> ------------------------------
>>>   On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 1:19 AM PKT Faisal Hasan wrote:
>>>
>>>  >Dear all,
>>>  >
>>>  >Bangladesh govt. blocks youTube from today in order to avoid impending
>>>  >violence. This is a serious concern for us who advocate that "content
>>>  >filtering is not a solution rather it should be removed at the
>>> source." We
>>>  >understand that this is an issue of "freedom of expression" and due to
>>> the
>>>  >corresponding legislation Google is not being able to remove it.
>>>  >
>>>  >On behalf of the Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter may I
>>> request
>>>  >chapter delegates and people concerned with Internet governance issues
>>> to
>>>  >think about ways how we can address this sort of issues in future.
>>> There
>>>  >should be a global consensus about the content that fuels deadly
>>> violence
>>>  >shouldn't be hosted by anybody, content that has been flagged by
>>> thousands
>>>  >of people should be removed, content about which one third of the
>>> worlds
>>>  >population has unequivocal objection can definitely set aside from
>>> other
>>>  >contents.
>>>  >
>>>  >I guess most of you will agree that this is a very sensitive issue and
>>>  >Muslims around the world are deeply shocked by the violence thats being
>>>  >erupting all over the world killing innocent lives as well as by the
>>> fact
>>>  >that the content still stays at the source.
>>>  >
>>>  >Kind Regards
>>>  >Faisal Hasan, PhD
>>>  >Chapter President
>>>  >Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter
>>>
>>>
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>> Suva
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Suva
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