[kictanet] Under what conditions should we shut down twitter, internet, radio, TV in Kenya?

[Song, Stephen]

On 4 December 2012 13:03, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear listers
> >
> > We need to take this seriously. We have a big election coming up, and
> given
> > the potential candidates, election violence is a real possibility.
> >
> > We have an opportunity here to prepare for the deluge.
> >
> > Under what conditions should we look at shutting down communication?
>
> There are no conditions under which Article 19 of the UDHR should be
> violated.
>

Really?  Even if they are directly encouraging and enabling the
contravention of Article 3 (the right to life, liberty and security of
person)?  Wouldn't Article 30 apply in this instance when it says  "Nothing
in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or
person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at
the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein."?

-Steve


> What
> > level of hate speech justifies it?
>
> none
>
>  Who determines what hate speech is?
> > Should twitter be shut down before the election? or should we have a
> text to
> > tweet system, where hate speech can be filtered?
>
>
> This is censorship, which in my value system is never a good thing!
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
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> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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