Hi Arthur, Thank you for the answer. I appreciate you taking the time to reply.
On 22/04/2021 12:47, Arthur Carindal wrote: > By reading it, should I understand that you would like to know whether > AFRINIC's meeting with the ICTA would have contributed to the adoption > of this ICTA’s Consultation Paper on proposed amendments to the ICT Act > for regulating the use and addressing the abuse and misuse of Social > Media in Mauritius > <https://www.icta.mu/docs/2021/Social_Media_Public_Consultation.pdf>? > I wanted to know whether the regulation of Social Media content by the ICT Authority without the intervention of the Social Media companies was part of the initiatives discussed. > > > For your information, please note that on 22 February 2021, AFRINIC > met ICTA in line with the framework of AFRINIC’s engagement with > Internet ecosystem stakeholders, which include public organisations, > civil society groups and private sectors. The said meeting was about the > review of the adoption and deployment of IPv6 in Mauritius. Both parties > seized this opportunity to foster initiatives to accelerate the > effective deployment of this protocol on the government and operators > networks to allow Internet users in Mauritius to take full advantage of > the IPv6. > Thank you for providing this information. > > In the light of the above, AFRINIC has neither been consulted for nor > participated in the elaboration of this consultation paper. Once again, thank you for this information as well. > Furthermore, please note that as the African Internet Registry, AFRINIC > values its neutrality by refraining itself to interfere in the > formulation of any national policies to be adopted by a government or an > ICT regulator, which may be out of the scope of its mission. I recall this having been debated lengthily when the Anti-Shutdown (AFPUB-2017-GEN-001-DRAFT-01) proposal [1] was published. > > However, AFRINIC strives to advocate for a secure and open Internet > (ref :https://afrinic.net/2017-04-05-keep-the-internet-open-to-all) > Would AFRINIC envisage to reiterate the above in a public statement? To be more precise, I am asking whether AFRINIC would consider publishing a public statement that AFRINIC advocates for a secure and open Internet for all? Regards, Ish Sookun [1] https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2017/006503.html _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
