[kictanet] Interesting Internet Anti-shutdown policy draft floated at AFRINIC PDWG

[Ali Hussein]

Interesting. 

Let's pose for a minute to think this through.

What does it mean to say a country like Kenya?

1. No government services? 
2. What happens if say CA is denied such resources? Any effect on Telcom services? Or monitoring of such services?
3. How about KeNIC? Will this affect KeNIC because maybe someone can argue there's ia Government stake in KeNIC? 
4. National Security? 
5. Signet? 

Very interesting conversation. 

Thanks for sharing Kivuva.

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> On 11 Apr 2017, at 10:33 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> An interesting policy on anti-Internet shutdown which the authors
> think is "Draconian" in nature has been floated at the AFRINIC Policy
> Development Working Group.
> 
> The draft policy says
> 
> 13.0 Internet shutdown order by governments
> 
> An internet shutdown is deemed to have occurred when it can be proved
> that there was an attempt, failed or successful, to restrict access to
> the internet to a segment of the population irrespective of the
> provider or access medium that they utilize.
> 
> 
> 13.1 In the event of an internet shutdown performed at the order of a
> government that is either total or partial:
> 
> a) For a period of 12 months following the end of the shutdown –
> AFRINIC will allocate no resources to the government of the
> countryThis also applies to all government owned entities and entities
> that have direct provable relationships with said government.
> b) In the event of a transfer policy existing, AFRINIC shall not
> assist or participate in any transfers to any of the entities above.
> c) All sub-allocations of space within said country involving the
> referred to entities shall equally cease for a period of 12 months.
> 
> 
> Published in this link
> 
> https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2061-anti-shutdown-01
> 
> Regards
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
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