[Community-Discuss] ICT Authority of Mauritius requests public comments on proposal to regulate Social Media

[Chandish RK DAIBOO]

Hello everyone,

I would like to thank Mr Arthur for providing insight on the said meeting
between Afrinic and other stakeholders, including the ICTA. I understand
from the prompt clarification that the agenda of the meeting was to discuss
IPV6 adoption in Mauritius solely.

I do believe that if the first email remained unattended, it would support
an erroneous statement causing prejudice to Afrinic. It would therefore be
a display of good faith if the parties involved acknowledge the
understanding of the clarifications brought.

I respect Afrinic's stance of neutrality towards the discussion is surely
important given that the discussion involves a regulatory body and the
Government of Mauritius. I further appreciate the statement of Afrinic's
effort to advocate for an open and secure internet, which in itself is a
proclamation.

Kind regards,
Chandish RK Daiboo.


On Thu, 22 Apr 2021, 13:57 Ish Sookun, <ish at lsl.digital> wrote:


> 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

>

>

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