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

[Warigia Bowman]

Probably never if we want a democracy. But Others may have other views. I
know that there was a spread of hate speech on twitter and cell phones in
Kenya in 2007/2008.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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
>
>
> ***************************************************************************************
> *
> 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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Dr. Warigia Bowman
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Clinton School of Public Service
University of Arkansas
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