Comments on: Enroute to WSIS http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wsis am | Jaysbilliards http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-2503614 Wsis am | Jaysbilliards Sun, 29 May 2011 17:11:54 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-2503614 [...] …My heart’s in Accra » Enroute to WSISGlobal Voices Online » Blog Archive » WSIS Tunis Says: November 15th, 2005 at 10:41 am … Law and Information » Blog Archive » WSIS: Interesting Days Ahead Says: December 10th, 2006 at 6:22 am… [...] [...] …My heart’s in Accra » Enroute to WSISGlobal Voices Online » Blog Archive » WSIS Tunis Says: November 15th, 2005 at 10:41 am … Law and Information » Blog Archive » WSIS: Interesting Days Ahead Says: December 10th, 2006 at 6:22 am… [...]

]]> By: Law and Information » Blog Archive » WSIS: Interesting Days Ahead http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-94782 Law and Information » Blog Archive » WSIS: Interesting Days Ahead Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:22:23 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-94782 [...] Also check Ethan Zuckerman’s take on it. [...] [...] Also check Ethan Zuckerman’s take on it. [...]

]]> By: OpenNet Initiative Blog » Blog Archive » Internet Censorship in Tunisia at WSIS http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-4899 OpenNet Initiative Blog » Blog Archive » Internet Censorship in Tunisia at WSIS Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:15:08 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-4899 [...] Writing from Tunis, ONI principal John Palfrey blogs that the wireless network at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s Global Symposium for Regulators blocks anonymizers and protest sites, such as Tunezine. When users try to access blocked sites, they see an error message that states a technical problem prevents the site from loading, instead of admitting that the site is banned. In e-mail, Colin Maclay reports that the network in the UN forum’s building is uncensored - but that next door, in the ict4all exhibit hall, the Internet is filtered. Colin notes that Tunisia’s censors are paying close attention to WSIS: in the past 24 hours, they have moved to block access to Citizen’s Summit home page. Ethan Zuckerman reports similar efficiency - apparently a site opposing Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was blocked within 18 hours of being created. [...] [...] Writing from Tunis, ONI principal John Palfrey blogs that the wireless network at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s Global Symposium for Regulators blocks anonymizers and protest sites, such as Tunezine. When users try to access blocked sites, they see an error message that states a technical problem prevents the site from loading, instead of admitting that the site is banned. In e-mail, Colin Maclay reports that the network in the UN forum’s building is uncensored – but that next door, in the ict4all exhibit hall, the Internet is filtered. Colin notes that Tunisia’s censors are paying close attention to WSIS: in the past 24 hours, they have moved to block access to Citizen’s Summit home page. Ethan Zuckerman reports similar efficiency – apparently a site opposing Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was blocked within 18 hours of being created. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » WSIS in Tunisia: governance issue settled, free speech issue boils http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-4720 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » WSIS in Tunisia: governance issue settled, free speech issue boils Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:29:56 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-4720 [...] The Tunisian government clearly does not agree. Ethan Zuckerman and I are participating tomorrow in a workshop called “Expression Under Repression.” We have heard that the Tunisian government has expressed the view that such a topic is not consistent with the conference theme of “ICT for Development.”  Of course, we have a different view, and are looking forward to a our session tomorrow. Our colleague John Palfrey has an excellent post on the impact of internet censorship on people’s lives and why we should care. Tunisian democracy activist Neila Charchour Hachicha has a poem in protest of the situation. [...] [...] The Tunisian government clearly does not agree. Ethan Zuckerman and I are participating tomorrow in a workshop called “Expression Under Repression.” We have heard that the Tunisian government has expressed the view that such a topic is not consistent with the conference theme of “ICT for Development.”  Of course, we have a different view, and are looking forward to a our session tomorrow. Our colleague John Palfrey has an excellent post on the impact of internet censorship on people’s lives and why we should care. Tunisian democracy activist Neila Charchour Hachicha has a poem in protest of the situation. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Naija blogosphere this week http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-4713 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Naija blogosphere this week Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:07:25 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-4713 [...] See Ethan Zuckerman’s post “Enroute to WSIS” for more on Tunisian security. Naijablog reviews the film, The Constant Gardener and finds the film to suffer from the usual failings of films about white people in Africa. the black characters are all incidental bit parts. The only major black character’s role (a doctor friend of Weisz’ character) smacks of being woven into the film to avoid having a completely obvious white-foreground, black-background bifurcation. All we see of African Nairboi is a Kibera-esque slum with corrugated roofs into the distance and thousands of kids everywhere. Ultimately, Kenyans are represented as having no agency or any form of resistance to corporate power. The film is therefore racist, with that subtle brand of racism the British excel at [...] [...] See Ethan Zuckerman’s post “Enroute to WSIS” for more on Tunisian security. Naijablog reviews the film, The Constant Gardener and finds the film to suffer from the usual failings of films about white people in Africa. the black characters are all incidental bit parts. The only major black character’s role (a doctor friend of Weisz’ character) smacks of being woven into the film to avoid having a completely obvious white-foreground, black-background bifurcation. All we see of African Nairboi is a Kibera-esque slum with corrugated roofs into the distance and thousands of kids everywhere. Ultimately, Kenyans are represented as having no agency or any form of resistance to corporate power. The film is therefore racist, with that subtle brand of racism the British excel at [...]

]]> By: Urs Gasser http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-4704 Urs Gasser Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:27:42 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-4704 <strong>WSIS: Interesting Days Ahead</strong> I'm sitting in a lounge of Milan's airport with (luckily unfiltered) wifi access, waiting for my connecting flight to Tunis, where I will attend WSIS. WSIS: Interesting Days Ahead

I’m sitting in a lounge of Milan’s airport with (luckily unfiltered) wifi access, waiting for my connecting flight to Tunis, where I will attend WSIS.

]]> By: Steve Wollkind http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-4703 Steve Wollkind Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:39:56 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-4703 How did a conference like WSIS come to be held in a country like Tunis? Seems like exactly the sort of thing they'd like to pretend didn't happen anywhere, let alone inside their borders. How did a conference like WSIS come to be held in a country like Tunis? Seems like exactly the sort of thing they’d like to pretend didn’t happen anywhere, let alone inside their borders.

]]> By: John Palfrey http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-4687 John Palfrey Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:49:49 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-4687 <strong>On being filtered in Tunisia, or, What WSIS Should Really Focus On</strong> I am here in Hammamet, Tunisia for the World Summit on the Information Society. On being filtered in Tunisia, or, What WSIS Should Really Focus On

I am here in Hammamet, Tunisia for the World Summit on the Information Society.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » WSIS Tunis http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-4686 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » WSIS Tunis Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:41:19 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-4686 [...] Ethan Zuckerman is also on his way to WSIS in Tunis to run Global Voices workshop on “Expression under Repression. “ He like many others has a number of concerns on WSIS. “I’m attending despite deep misgivings over the usefulness of the gathering, the absurd cost of the meeting, and the fact that it’s being held within a deeply repressive country with a history of detaining people who use the Internet to exercise their right to free speech.” [...] [...] Ethan Zuckerman is also on his way to WSIS in Tunis to run Global Voices workshop on “Expression under Repression. “ He like many others has a number of concerns on WSIS. “I’m attending despite deep misgivings over the usefulness of the gathering, the absurd cost of the meeting, and the fact that it’s being held within a deeply repressive country with a history of detaining people who use the Internet to exercise their right to free speech.” [...]

]]> By: This is Zimbabwe http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/11/15/enroute-to-wsis/comment-page-1/#comment-4658 This is Zimbabwe Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:47:18 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=256#comment-4658 Hi Ethan, Apologies for using your comments in this way but I couldn't find a contact email address. Our blog has moved to us on your site no longers works. The new blog is easier to manage and gives us more scope for interaction. We're also trying to build a decent list of African bloggers in the hope more Zimbabweans will be inspired and start blogging. Would you mind having a look and letting us know what you think (so far). Secondly, please could you check the entry we have for you on the list and let us know if we need to make any changes. Many thanks, Sokwanele Hi Ethan, Apologies for using your comments in this way but I couldn’t find a contact email address. Our blog has moved to us on your site no longers works. The new blog is easier to manage and gives us more scope for interaction. We’re also trying to build a decent list of African bloggers in the hope more Zimbabweans will be inspired and start blogging. Would you mind having a look and letting us know what you think (so far). Secondly, please could you check the entry we have for you on the list and let us know if we need to make any changes.

Many thanks,
Sokwanele

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