Wanachi, ninataka kujua kuhusu mambo hii! Ni muhimu. Ongea tafadhali!<br><br>Folks, this is not so far fetched. We could have a violence/hate speech issue arising in March. Can we prepare in advance? <br><br>walu, where are you? <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Song, Stephen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen.song@gmail.com" target="_blank">stephen.song@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 4 December 2012 13:03, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Warigia Bowman <<a href="mailto:warigia@gmail.com" target="_blank">warigia@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear listers<br>
><br>
> We need to take this seriously. We have a big election coming up, and given<br>
> the potential candidates, election violence is a real possibility.<br>
><br>
> We have an opportunity here to prepare for the deluge.<br>
><br>
> Under what conditions should we look at shutting down communication?<br>
<br>
</div>There are no conditions under which Article 19 of the UDHR should be violated.<br></blockquote><br></div>Really? Even if they are directly encouraging and enabling the contravention of Article 3 (the right to life, liberty and security of person)? Wouldn't Article 30 apply in this instance when it says "Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein."?</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">-Steve</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
<div>What<br>
> level of hate speech justifies it?<br>
<br>
</div>none<br>
<div><br>
Who determines what hate speech is?<br>
> Should twitter be shut down before the election? or should we have a text to<br>
> tweet system, where hate speech can be filtered?<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>This is censorship, which in my value system is never a good thing!<br>
</div><div><div><div class="im"><br>
<br>
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--<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
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