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

Wed Dec 5 03:43:18 EAT 2012

One case, at least, strikes me as obvious: if you have good reason to think
that broadcasting material would lead to a direct threat to the safety of
some other person, then there's good reason not to broadcast it. If there's
a means of communication which persistently puts out stuff that meets that
standard, then there's a pretty good case for shutting it down. The example
I have in mind is the radio host who, during PEV in 2007-8, broadcast
details of the location of vulnerable people.

Daniel Waweru,
22 Hai Phen,
Bodoni,
Caissa Superiore,
Republic of San Serriffe

On 4 December 2012 23:45, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wanachi, ninataka kujua kuhusu mambo hii! Ni muhimu. Ongea tafadhali!
>
> Folks, this is not so far fetched. We could have a violence/hate speech
> issue arising in March. Can we prepare in advance?
>
> walu, where are you?
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Song, Stephen <stephen.song at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>>
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>
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>
> --
> Dr. Warigia Bowman
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> Clinton School of Public Service
> University of Arkansas
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