[governance] Foley and Internet Governance

[Gideon]

Here is a perspective on the same tragic story

James Foley and the daily horrors of the internet: think hard before
clicking
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/20/james-foley-daily-horrors-internet-think-clicking-beheading?CMP=fb_gu

Regards
Gideon Rop
DotConnectAfrica


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> The world seems to be going mad with news of  beheading and Ukrainian
> plane being shot down all in several hours time.
>
> Jim Foley a Journalist who brought to light a lot of atrocities and his
> beheading marks the escalation of insanity when ISIS fanatic beheads him in
> a message to Obama.
>
> YouTube and Twitter have taken down aspects of the beheading so as to not
> give credence to terrorists. Some are demanding on Twitter that this is a
> breach of rights to access.
>
> However, when terrorists want to invoke fear and spread their message of
> "hate" it becomes linked to "hate speech" which is an exception under
> Article 19 of the ICCPR and by right should be removed. Also out of
> sensitivity to the Foley family, we don't want the video becoming viral....
>
> Really sad day. #worldgoingmad
>
> Sala
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
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