[kictanet] Syria shuts down Internet? How can we stop this from happening again?

[Ali Hussein]

Thanks Wariga for sharing. 

The events in Syria will make WCIT-12 even more interesting. At what point does internal security concerns trump the free flow of information?

Ali Hussein
CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd

+254 773/713 601113

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On Nov 30, 2012, at 5:54 AM, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Kictanet List, 
> 
> Please see the work by Jean Camp and Warigia Bowman on how to "Protect the Internet from Dictators: Technical and Policy Solutions to Ensure Online Freedoms. This paper is particularly timely given today's events, since Syria is one of the countries we analyze. Can you please help us to figure out what technology we missed, or in what areas our analysis could be improved? Many thanks. 
> 
> You can find and download our work here
> 
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2101677
> 
> Here is the permalink 
> 
> http://ssrn.com/abstract=2101677
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> 
> Please see ISOC's statement below. 
> 
> http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-syria%E2%80%99s-internet-shutdown
> 
> Sincerely, Rigia
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