And when did such arcane technical chartery every impress or stop a bureaucrat? On Aug 10, 2012, at 08:43, [email protected] wrote:
> Someone should head over there with some charts about VPNs and other > obfuscation methods and convince them that, quite beside the ethical points, > selective blocking of the Internet is ineffective and a huge waste of > government funds. > > Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > To be fair, the word "initially" is mine, not the ED of NITA's. However, that > /is/ invariably how these things work no matter how well intentioned they > might be. > > On Aug 10, 2012 6:42 AM, "Jake Markhus" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. > > The statement “the system would initially block” does not bode well > especially with a gov’t controlled organisation. > Either we call for independent (non-gov’t) control or we completely scuttle > this idea. Like prostitution and other lifestyle > choices (homosexuality, etc) legislating the access is not the answer. Rather > we should educate the people and leave choice > up to the internet user. First it will be child porn (and we will all support > this) then it will be twitter and facebook. Next, > LUG will be monitored and soon, free speech will cease to exist on the > internet. > > Community moderation or total scuttling. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Kyle Spencer > Sent: Thursday, 09 August, 2012 23:01 > To: Uganda Linux User Group > Subject: [LUG] Government of Uganda proposes Internet blacklist at UIGF > > > > Dear everyone, > > The executive director of NITA proposed the implementation of an Internet > blacklist during a presentation made at the Uganda Internet Governance Forum > on Tuesday. > > He stated that his intention was only to start a discussion about the issue. > He did not indicate that there were any plans to implement. > > According to the presentation, the system would initially block child > pornography, copyright infringing sites, and terrorist content. > > Given the potentially significant long-term impact a centralized Internet > blacklist could have on society, I feel it's important to spread the news so > that everyone's voice can be heard. > > Regards, > Kyle Spencer > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way.
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