[rpd] New Policy Proposal - "Anti-Shutdown (AFPUB-2017-GEN-001-DRAFT-01)"

Thu Apr 13 09:01:57 UTC 2017

I’d like to refer some articles, these are just a few that has been noted. However please have a look at the brookings report as well:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/intenet-shutdowns-v-3.pdf <https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/intenet-shutdowns-v-3.pdf>

It is actually good to look at stats and reality. Again as i said before the philosophy of the policy brought forward is a fact that we cannot turn our back from, but we as the community need to see what and how best interest we can support ourselves and not let governments decide on what we as a right to information get through the internet or not. We are all reasonable people who understand challenges. Since the UN classifies Internet as a human right we should act but i would not necessarily act and use the heavy duty artillery in the policy but am sure we can collectively find something that can work in the right way.

Egypt:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/28/egypt_vodafone_shuts/ <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/28/egypt_vodafone_shuts/>
http://dyn.com/blog/egypts-net-on-life-support/ <http://dyn.com/blog/egypts-net-on-life-support/>
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/28/egypt_internet_switchoff/ <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/28/egypt_internet_switchoff/>
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/01/egypt_last_net_lost/ <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/01/egypt_last_net_lost/>
https://www.ft.com/content/08dbe398-2abb-11e0-a2f3-00144feab49a <https://www.ft.com/content/08dbe398-2abb-11e0-a2f3-00144feab49a>

Cameroon:

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/03/africa/internet-shutdown-cameroon/ <http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/03/africa/internet-shutdown-cameroon/>
https://qz.com/942879/an-internet-shutdown-in-cameroon-has-forced-startups-to-create-an-internet-refugee-camp-in-bonako-village/ <https://qz.com/942879/an-internet-shutdown-in-cameroon-has-forced-startups-to-create-an-internet-refugee-camp-in-bonako-village/>
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38895541 <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38895541>
http://africanarguments.org/2017/03/10/cameroon-sabotages-own-digital-economy-plan-with-internet-shutdown/ <http://africanarguments.org/2017/03/10/cameroon-sabotages-own-digital-economy-plan-with-internet-shutdown/>
http://www.africanews.com/2017/02/18/cameroon-internet-shutdown-costs-139m// <http://www.africanews.com/2017/02/18/cameroon-internet-shutdown-costs-139m//>
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21165&LangID=E <http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21165&LangID=E>
http://www.africanews.com/2017/02/14/cameroon-must-urgently-free-the-internet-in-anglophone-regions-un-expert// <http://www.africanews.com/2017/02/14/cameroon-must-urgently-free-the-internet-in-anglophone-regions-un-expert//>
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/01/cameroon-actively-blocking-internet-access-english-speaking-parts-country/ <https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/01/cameroon-actively-blocking-internet-access-english-speaking-parts-country/>

Bangladesh:
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2016/08/05/bangladesh-shuts-down-the-internet-then-orders-blocking-of-35-news-websites/ <https://advox.globalvoices.org/2016/08/05/bangladesh-shuts-down-the-internet-then-orders-blocking-of-35-news-websites/>
http://www.gulf-times.com/story/519071/Internet-shutdowns-for-25-days-cost-Bangladesh-70m <http://www.gulf-times.com/story/519071/Internet-shutdowns-for-25-days-cost-Bangladesh-70m>

Turkey:
https://turkeyblocks.org/2016/10/27/new-internet-shutdown-turkey-southeast-offline-diyarbakir-unrest/ <https://turkeyblocks.org/2016/10/27/new-internet-shutdown-turkey-southeast-offline-diyarbakir-unrest/>
https://turkeyblocks.org/2016/09/11/internet-shutdown-turkey-southeast/ <https://turkeyblocks.org/2016/09/11/internet-shutdown-turkey-southeast/>
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/27/turkey-internet-shutdown-kurdish-cities/ <https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/27/turkey-internet-shutdown-kurdish-cities/>
http://www.salon.com/2016/11/03/turkey-shuts-down-social-media-detains-elected-lawmakers-from-leftist-pro-kurdish-party/ <http://www.salon.com/2016/11/03/turkey-shuts-down-social-media-detains-elected-lawmakers-from-leftist-pro-kurdish-party/>
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-uses-emergency-decree-shut-down-internet-11-kurdish-cities-amid-widespread-protests-1588701 <http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-uses-emergency-decree-shut-down-internet-11-kurdish-cities-amid-widespread-protests-1588701>

DRC:
https://qz.com/864617/dr-congo-calls-for-social-media-networks-to-be-blocked-from-midnight-sunday-ahead-of-anti-kabila-protests/ <https://qz.com/864617/dr-congo-calls-for-social-media-networks-to-be-blocked-from-midnight-sunday-ahead-of-anti-kabila-protests/>
https://www.accessnow.org/ways-circumvent-internet-shutdown-democratic-republic-congo/ <https://www.accessnow.org/ways-circumvent-internet-shutdown-democratic-republic-congo/>
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/12/drc-must-rescind-order-to-block-social-media-sites/ <https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/12/drc-must-rescind-order-to-block-social-media-sites/>
http://punchng.com/internet-shutdown-dr-congo-kabila-elongates-tenure-alarms-un/ <http://punchng.com/internet-shutdown-dr-congo-kabila-elongates-tenure-alarms-un/>
https://www.wsj.com/articles/congo-blocks-internet-access-amid-protests-against-president-kabila-1421938042 <https://www.wsj.com/articles/congo-blocks-internet-access-amid-protests-against-president-kabila-1421938042>
https://cpj.org/2015/01/drc-halts-internet-access-and-cellphone-services-a.php <https://cpj.org/2015/01/drc-halts-internet-access-and-cellphone-services-a.php>
http://www.africareview.com/news/DR-Congo-orders-social-networks-shut-as-Kabila-term-expires/979180-3487916-format-xhtml-mux74h/index.html <http://www.africareview.com/news/DR-Congo-orders-social-networks-shut-as-Kabila-term-expires/979180-3487916-format-xhtml-mux74h/index.html>
http://allafrica.com/stories/201612190934.html <http://allafrica.com/stories/201612190934.html>
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55827#.WO873FOGPnU <http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55827#.WO873FOGPnU>

> On Apr 13, 2017, at 12:20 PM, Mukom Akong T. <mukom.tamon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> **no hats**
> On 13 April 2017 at 11:56, Arnaud AMELINA <amelnaud at gmail.com <mailto:amelnaud at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hmmm! Very bad observation, do you want to confirm us through this observation that Afrinic has no system of redundancy and did not foresee in the case just where the Internet was cut in Mauritius. It is dangerous that, I then call Afrinic technical staff to kindly from this day put himself in condition to set up a backup in case of this has not been done yet.
> 
> 
> - technical (infrastructure, server) redundancy  *is not equal to* human resource redundancy. 
> - infrastructure redundancy has HR redundancy as it's bottle neck
> - no organization I know of has double of each staff in different countries for the purpose of redundancy. Reality is that in the event of a shutdown, even with technical redundancy -  capacity will be diminished. 
> 
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