[kictanet] [Internet Policy] New Policy Brief: Internet Shutdowns

[Barrack Otieno]

Listers,

This might be of interest to some.

Regards

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From: Nicolas Seidler <seidler at isoc.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:59:33 +0000
Subject: [Internet Policy] New Policy Brief: Internet Shutdowns
To: ISOC Internet Policy <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>

Dear colleagues,

The latest policy brief on Internet Shutdowns is now available through
isoc.app.box.com/v/policybriefs-preview
<http://isoc.app.box.com/v/policybriefs-preview>

This brief builds upon and broadens existing Internet Society
positions and material, including our paper on Internet Content
Blocking <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/internet-content-blocking/>.

As a reminder, during this preview period, which will run until 10
November, we would be particularly interested in your input on the
following:

1.  As "briefing papers" the aim has been to keep the overviews
concise, while providing links to more in depth information. At the
same time, however, we would like to know: Are there any major points
that we missed in the coverage of the issues?  We would appreciate if
you could use the "Comment" function in Box (login needed) to provide
your feedback on the relevant papers. The Comment field can be seen to
the right of each document preview in Box.

2.  The papers have been written so they would be relevant on a global
basis, but could be used as a base to tailor local positions. We are
hoping for the online version to have a "Regional Considerations"
section that we would like to populate with information, contributed
by our Chapters and members, about how these policy issues are
addressed in different regions of the world. We would be interested in
knowing if Chapters or members would be interested in contributing to
such a section.

We welcome your comments.

On a related note, I wanted to bring your attention to a new Internet
Freedom Election Monitor by Freedom House:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/internet-freedom-election-monitor

The Monitor estimates the risk of restrictions on Internet freedom
during upcoming elections across some of the 65 countries assessed by
their Freedom on the Net report. This could prove to be a useful early
warning tool to anticipate possible restrictions of Internet access,
including shutdowns.

Thank you,
Nicolas



Nicolas Seidler
Senior Policy Advisor
Internet Society
seidler at isoc.org







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