One case, at least, strikes me as obvious: if you have good reason to think that broadcasting material would lead to a direct threat to the safety of some other person, then there's good reason not to broadcast it. If there's a means of communication which persistently puts out stuff that meets that standard, then there's a pretty good case for shutting it down. The example I have in mind is the radio host who, during PEV in 2007-8, broadcast details of the location of vulnerable people. 

Daniel Waweru,
22 Hai Phen,
Bodoni, 
Caissa Superiore,
Republic of San Serriffe




On 4 December 2012 23:45, Warigia Bowman <warigia@gmail.com> wrote:
Wanachi, ninataka kujua kuhusu mambo hii! Ni muhimu. Ongea tafadhali!

Folks, this is not so far fetched. We could have a violence/hate speech issue arising in March. Can we prepare in advance?

walu, where are you?

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Song, Stephen <stephen.song@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4 December 2012 13:03, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Warigia Bowman <warigia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear listers
>
> We need to take this seriously. We have a big election coming up, and given
> the potential candidates, election violence is a real possibility.
>
> We have an opportunity here to prepare for the deluge.
>
> Under what conditions should we look at shutting down communication?

There are no conditions under which Article 19 of the UDHR should be violated.

Really?  Even if they are directly encouraging and enabling the contravention of Article 3 (the right to life, liberty and security of person)?  Wouldn't Article 30 apply in this instance when it says  "Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein."?

-Steve
 
What
> level of hate speech justifies it?

none

 Who determines what hate speech is?
> Should twitter be shut down before the election? or should we have a text to
> tweet system, where hate speech can be filtered?


This is censorship, which in my value system is never a good thing!



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McTim
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route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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