Listeners, Bagladesh is not a democratic state and kenya is so i think instead of blocking u tube...block contents from the origin which we deem not fit Daniel Omondi --- On Tue, 9/18/12, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote: From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> Subject: [ISOC_KE] Bangladesh Govt blocks YouTube To: isoc@lists.my.co.ke Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:22 AM FYI, should the Kenyan government consider such moves , if not how can we achieve a balance between Freedom of expression and responsibility on the Internet? Swala Nyeti :-) Dear all, Bangladesh govt. blocks youTube from today in order to avoid impending violence. This is a serious concern for us who advocate that "content filtering is not a solution rather it should be removed at the source." We understand that this is an issue of "freedom of expression" and due to the corresponding legislation Google is not being able to remove it. On behalf of the Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter may I request chapter delegates and people concerned with Internet governance issues to think about ways how we can address this sort of issues in future. There should be a global consensus about the content that fuels deadly violence shouldn't be hosted by anybody, content that has been flagged by thousands of people should be removed, content about which one third of the worlds population has unequivocal objection can definitely set aside from other contents. I guess most of you will agree that this is a very sensitive issue and Muslims around the world are deeply shocked by the violence thats being erupting all over the world killing innocent lives as well as by the fact that the content still stays at the source. Kind Regards Faisal Hasan, PhD Chapter President Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter _______________________________________________ As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ _______________________________________________ isoc mailing list isoc@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc