November 2017 - KICTANet

Re: [kictanet] A Moral Internet?- The Registrars' Secret Weapon
by Barrack Otieno 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hi Tomslin, Please read the following statement (ToS of 74 registrars who manage 90% of all domains.) In that case , the statement should be rephrased to specify that focus is on generic Top Level domains as opposed to all domains. Be that as it may , i was reading the domain wire global TLD report which had the following statistics. At the end of Q4 (2016) there were 309.4 million domain names across all TLDs. Out of this ccTLDs were 123.9 Million. From the statistics you can see that ccTLDs have significant registrations which may lend credence to the hypothesis i made. Best On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 10:20 PM, Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Barrack, > I believe the paper focuses on only gTLDs though, where it is expected for > the registrars not to assume the role of moral policing. > > > ---- > Tomslin > > > On 8 November 2017 at 15:17, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Hi Mercy, >> >> >> Most registrars that register Country Code Top Level Domain registries >> encounter this requirement. A high number of Country Code Top Level Domain >> Registries are under some form of supervision by Regulatory Agencies across >> the globe. This is especially so in Africa where a majority of the >> registries (approximately 40 %) are operated by a regulator , government >> institution or University as such it is common to find clauses limiting >> offensive and inappropriate registrations in the registry policy. This is a >> debatable issue but again governments serve as moral police within their >> respective territories. The case is different for generic Top Level Domain >> registries which are more consumer driven, (the .xxx kind) >> >> Regards >> >> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 6:40 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> The Internet Governance Project did an analysis of the ToS of 74 >>> registrars who manage 90% of all domains. Their findings are intriguing >>> especially since they show that there is a link between domain name policy >>> and internet content regulation. >>> >>> e.g.: >>> >>> *We found the ToS of 26 registrars using the term “moral” in some >>> manner, ranging from prohibiting use of the domain that is “contrary to” or >>> “violates good morals”, or requiring that the domain or content found at >>> the domain "must comply with...social public morals” or “good morals", to >>> the most frequently found restriction of domain name use in "morally >>> objectionable activities". * >>> >>> https://via.hypothes.is/http://www.internetgovernance.org/wo >>> rdpress/wp-content/uploads/AmoralReg-PAPER-final.pdf >>> >>> Might be of interest. >>> >>> -- >>> *Mercy Mutemi*. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmail.com >>> >>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>> >>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Barrack O. Otieno >> +254721325277 <+254%20721%20325277> >> +254733206359 <+254%20733%20206359> >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> PGP ID: 0x2611D86A >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/s.tomsleen%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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by Maina Samson 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

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Do social media threaten democracy? - Scandal, outrage and politics
by Ali Hussein 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Listers An interesting article from the economist. Facebook, Google and Twitter were supposed to save politics as good information drove out prejudice and falsehood. Something has gone very wrong Read on:- https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21730871-facebook-google-and-twitter… What are your thoughts from a local perspective? After one of the most highly contentious electioneering periods in Kenya’s history some hard questions need to be asked. 1. Is Ezekiel Mutua after all a visionary in his assertions about Social Media? 2. Have we allowed ourselves to be further divided by these platforms instead of using them to bring us closer together? 3, Have we allowed politicians and other influencers to literally take our freedoms to do what’s right? 4, Shouldn’t the whole world - State and Non-State Players - have taken Internet Governance (especially the Third Party Liability conversation) more seriously? 5. Is it too late to redeem ourselves? These and more are important issues to ponder. Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Do social media threaten democracy? - Scandal, outrage and politics
by Ali Hussein 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Barrack Not at all! In fact the printing press and other 'mass media' are becoming almost irrelevant in the scheme of things...Think of the 'Twitter Diplomacy' that is now the Hallmark of the Trump Presidency. My concerns are simply that by us (and I mean Kenya in particular and Africa in general) ignoring to put in place solid policies on how to engage in this new era we are living ourselves vulnerable to the vagaries of the Internet. On one hand we have positive influencers and the other negative influencers and in between you have governments that at best are incompetent to handle the *New Normal* and at worst reactionary and unleashing a hammer where a surgeon's scalpel would have been more appropriate. Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ali, > > Are you suggesting that we blame the printing press for propaganda and > mwakenya's? , the answer is no, people are always the problem, technology > is just a medium. History is never complete without tells of people who > solved puzzles and cracked codes to secure victory over their competitors. > As Frenchman Jean Baptise Alphonse Karr The more things change the more > they remain the same (plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose :-)) > > > > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:01 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers >> >> An interesting article from the economist. >> >> Facebook, Google and Twitter were supposed to save politics as good >> information drove out prejudice and falsehood. Something has gone very wrong >> >> Read on:- >> >> https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21730871-facebook- >> google-and-twitter-were-supposed-save-politics-good-information-drove-out >> >> What are your thoughts from a local perspective? >> >> After one of the most highly contentious electioneering periods in >> Kenya’s history some hard questions need to be asked. >> >> 1. Is Ezekiel Mutua after all a visionary in his assertions about Social >> Media? >> 2. Have we allowed ourselves to be further divided by these platforms >> instead of using them to bring us closer together? >> 3, Have we allowed politicians and other influencers to literally take >> our freedoms to do what’s right? >> 4, Shouldn’t the whole world - State and Non-State Players - have taken >> Internet Governance (especially the Third Party Liability conversation) >> more seriously? >> 5. Is it too late to redeem ourselves? >> >> These and more are important issues to ponder. >> >> Regards >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> *Principal* >> *Hussein & Associates* >> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a >> habit." ~ Aristotle >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254733206359 > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > > > >

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A Moral Internet?- The Registrars' Secret Weapon
by kanini mutemi 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

The Internet Governance Project did an analysis of the ToS of 74 registrars who manage 90% of all domains. Their findings are intriguing especially since they show that there is a link between domain name policy and internet content regulation. e.g.: *We found the ToS of 26 registrars using the term “moral” in some manner, ranging from prohibiting use of the domain that is “contrary to” or “violates good morals”, or requiring that the domain or content found at the domain "must comply with...social public morals” or “good morals", to the most frequently found restriction of domain name use in "morally objectionable activities". * https://via.hypothes.is/http://www.internetgovernance.org/wordpress/wp-cont… Might be of interest. -- *Mercy Mutemi*.

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Re: [kictanet] Internet speed throttling during the election period?
by Mutemi wa Kiama 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

Yes. On Safaricom and Faiba. Edwin Kiama Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. Sauti Ya Wanjiku Social Movementwww.sautiyawanjiku.com https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead On 30 Oct 2017 15:37, "Francis Monyango via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Hey, Did anyone experience periods of slow internet during the election time? http://blog.cipit.org/2017/10/29/internet-speed-throttling- surrounding-repeat-election/ -- Francis Monyango Lawyer | ICT Policy and Legal Consultant www.monyango.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/eddiekiama%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Internet speed throttling during the election period?
by Francis Monyango 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

Hey, Did anyone experience periods of slow internet during the election time? http://blog.cipit.org/2017/10/29/internet-speed-throttling-surrounding-repe… -- Francis Monyango Lawyer | ICT Policy and Legal Consultant www.monyango.com

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