Last week's concerns and risks regarding the pending update of the 1988 ITR treaty (ITU/WCIT) and the new international law have been heard at the US hearing but how is the rest of the world going to be mobilized and united to defend those risks that severely threat the openness of the internet? imho, the key is getting support from ICT ministers in African countries and the Carribean and building a coalition outside the usual defenders.
ISOC's report of CEPT meeting is worth reading as it feeds into the ITR proposals.
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Posted by: Courtney | 30 September 2012 at 23:12
I think under a state of emergency they can do anihtyng. The declaration does not restrict what the government may do, but does restrict local media, NGOs and others. The state of emergency presumably can be applied here because of a very vague reference to political propaganda which is not limited solely to paper-based or broadcast media. Under a state of emergency one also supposes there is no need to go through the motions of convening regulatory boards and the such like. Faced with what the government considers to be an emergency situation it can do pretty much what it likes when it likes. That's the nature of a state of emergency and Armenia is no different than any other country.However, it's worth pointing out one thing. I can access A1 Plus and have done so many times today so I think the block was lifted before you made this post. I haven't been able to access E-Channel, however. Nor RFE/RL's site either although it's worth pointing out that they have been violating the state of emergency restrictions. I don't think E-Channel has been, however, but I could be wrong.
Posted by: Ruth | 03 October 2012 at 08:27