<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>Apologies for cross posting. In the wake of yesterday's well attended Kenya IGF with wide representation from Government, Civil Society and the Private Sector this story in Fortune Magazine raisins fundamental questions on Internet Governance and Freedom of Expression.</div><div><br></div><div>Excerpts:-</div><div><br></div><div><h2 class="article-excerpt" itemprop="alternativeHeadline" style="margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Google finally said enough is enough when it comes to Europe censoring its search results. It issued a bold challenge to France.</span></font></p></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Google made a dramatic gesture to oppose censorship of its search results on Wednesday, telling French regulators in a <a href="http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2015/07/implementing-european-not-global-right.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;">blog post</a> that it will not heed demands to implement so-called “right to be forgotten” requests on a worldwide basis. The move, which sets the stage for further confrontations between Google and France, also highlights a growing legal crisis for the internet.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Read on:-</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><a href="http://fortune.com/2015/07/30/google-france-right-to-be-forgotten/">http://fortune.com/2015/07/30/google-france-right-to-be-forgotten/</a></p></div><div>What's your take?</div><div><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div></body></html>