[governance] Bangladesh Govt blocks YouTube

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

What we could do (before making a statement) - IMHO - is:

1. work out the reasonable measures that should be used to precede/prevent
censorship without impeding internet freedom (for governments and other
controlling institutions)
2. whether google/etc should be requested to 'process' the content that is
uploaded - specially ones with words targeting a particular
community/religeon

-C

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <
chaitanyabd at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think we all agree
>
> 1. Freedom of speech is important
> 2. What is said must be carefully said - if it's likely to hurt the
> sentiments of the masses ("perceived compliance") something should be done
> to prevent that hurt sentiment - strongest being censorship (but what other
> measures could be used? - as Riaz said  'Reasonable' measures)
> 3. Service providers like youtube (google) that have a large reach and
> huge client base should consider possible methods to prevent
> hate/racist/etc messages (measures werent mentioned - we could work on this)
> 4. Governments need to know there are measures (point 2 & 3) that can be
> used without opting for censorship - as Faisal said we need to do our part
> on this or Governments will probably opt for blanket censorship
> 5. Violence and censorship are not viable solutions - the damage is just
> too great
>
> -C
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <
>> tapani.tarvainen at effi.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 19 16:26, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro (
>>> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com) wrote:
>>>
>>> > > I thought the topic was a possible caucus statement on the censorship
>>> > > of youtube, and I've tried to stick to that.
>>> > > And if it hasn't become clear yet, I would support a statement
>>> > > condemning violence but not one demanding censorship.
>>>
>>> > @ Tapani there was never any discussion on demanding censorship
>>>
>>> I must have misunderstood some messages, then.
>>> My apologies for all concerned.
>>>
>>
>> We are all advocates of an open and free internet at least I think we
>> are. Developing a statement will help to give us an opportunity to craft
>> messages about our position in the midst of the turmoil. How we wordsmith
>> would be collaborative but first it has to resonate within the IGC. If the
>> general consensus is not to develop a statement, then we won't.
>>
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