Hi Steve, Thank you very much for your support. I do understand your point and would be grateful if members of the PSF could respond as individuals. Sorry to have missed the updated deadline as the closing date for the public consultation has been extended till 20 May 2021. [1] [1] https://www.icta.mu/mediaoffice/2021/ICTA_etend_la_consultation.pdf (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/2f0e1a9c-e530-455b-9de9-6fedc6ecd...@getmailspring.com/0?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icta.mu%2Fmediaoffice%2F2021%2FICTA_etend_la_consultation.pdf&recipient=cHNmLWNvbW11bml0eUBweXRob24ub3Jn) Cheers,
Aditya Bholah On May 13 2021, at 11:35 am, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: > Hi Aditya, > > I am sorry to learn of these circumstances. I cannot speak for the PSF, but I > know as a former officer that its non-profit status could be jeopardised were > it to promote political ideas of any kind. > > I note with some regret that this message has only come to my attention after > the closing date for responses to the public consultation. > > As a fellow human being I sympathise with your community, and I hope many > other readers will individually support your calls to action as I intend to. > > Kind regards, > Steve > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 7:38 AM Aditya Bholah <aditya.bhola...@gmail.com > (mailto:aditya.bhola...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > It is sad for me to be in such a position to reach out. The situation in my > > country, Mauritius, is serious. I know that the PSF's objectives are > > different from this situation, however free speech and internet privacy are > > about to be breached. > > On 14th of April 2021[1], while the country was under national lockdown due > > to the global pandemic, the Information and Communication Technologies > > Authority of Mauritius (ICTA) which is a parastatal body regulating ICT > > laws in the country released a proposal for intercepting, monitoring, > > archiving and manipulating social media traffic using a man-in-the-middle > > style attack[2]. > > This proposal is mostly similar to what Kazakhstan has done. It involves > > the installation of a custom root certificate to enable decryption of > > traffic by the ICTA. > > My humble request to the community is to share this, send your comments on > > this proposal to socialmediaconsultat...@icta.mu > > (mailto:socialmediaconsultat...@icta.mu) and to support in this fight. > > [1] https://www.icta.mu/mediaoffice/2021/social_media_news.html > > [2] https://www.icta.mu/docs/2021/Social_Media_Public_Consultation.pdf > > Cheers, > > Aditya Bholah > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PSF-Community mailing list > > PSF-Community@python.org (mailto:PSF-Community@python.org) > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > >
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