[kictanet] End of free Internet

[Henry Maina]

ARTICLE 19 has also joined Wikipedia and other free speech organisations in the demonstration against SOPA and PIPA Bills. Our website is blank too.

HENRY O. MAINA
DIRECTOR
ARTICLE 19 KENYA/EASTERN AFRICA
P O BOX 2653,00100
NAIROBI
TEL:+254 (20) 3862230/2
FAX:+254 (20) 3862231
EMAIL: henry at article19.org

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From: kictanet-bounces+henry=article19.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke [kictanet-bounces+henry=article19.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of robert yawe [robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 18 January 2012 03:49 PM
To: Henry Maina
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] End of free Internet

Hi,

The demonstration by Wikipedia is the beginning of the end of free internet access, if I was Dr. Ndemo I would make sure that the open data is brought back home asap otherwise we shall either be paying to access our own data or have it blocked away from us.

Regards
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From: Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo at gmail.com>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 9:19
Subject: [kictanet] Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge

Hey Listers,

Wikipedia has blacked out its English Website as part of a campaign to stop the US House of Representatives and Senate from passing legislation (SOPA and PROTECT IT respectively) which may harm the free and open Internet and inhibit people's access to information online.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

It is interesting to note that while the US has been at the forefront of opposing Chinese censorship of the internet, it is now considering legislation that makes it not so different from the Chinese.


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Victor Kapiyo, LL.B

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