Listers Interesting development. Seems like the Senegalese Regulatory Authority wants to rewrite the Net Neutrality playbook.. See email thread below and link. My take is that at least they are making a stand on Net Neutrality. The question in Kenya after many years of barking at the trees we still don't have a formal conversation whether at the Policy or Regulatory level on Net Neutrality. Mark my words, this will one day come to bite us..In places I dare not mention... 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. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gus Rossi <gus@publicknowledge.org> Date: Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:02 AM Subject: [global-nn] Net Neutrality in Senegal? Bad bill presented To: nncoalition@mailman.edri.org, global-nn@lists.riseup.net, " bestbits@lists.bestbits.net> <" <bestbits@lists.bestbits.net>, Luca Belli <luca.belli@fgv.br>, Peter Micek <peter@accessnow.org> Hi everyone, I've read that Senegal is discussing new telecommunications law, with implications for net neutrality. This is the original text <http://cticdakar.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=41682d288cc415e665c90fd35&id=c17cb643f4&e=78f73eb4fe> (french). ASUTIC, a local NGO, is worried <http://asutic.org/fr/Le-Ministere-des-postes-et-telecommunications-legalise-la-censure-d%27internet-nos-libertes-menacees> about the Bill. *I am specially concerned because the last paragraph of Article 28 of the proposed bill reads, that otherwise establishes a decent outline for net neutrality, reads:* *L'Autorité de régulation peut autoriser ou imposer toute mesure de gestion du trafic qu'elle juge utile pour, notamment, préserver l'équilibre économique et la concurrence dans le secteur des communications électroniques et veiller au traitement équitable de services similaires.* *In English: **The Regulatory Authority may authorize or impose any traffic management measure it deems necessary to, inter alia, preserve the economic equilibrium and competition in the electronic communications sector and ensure the fair treatment of similar services.* This is problematic because it advances the free-rider fallacy about OTTs and breaks the net neutrality principle. It would be bad if this kind of language that undermines net neutrality starts spreading across the region and the world. The Senegalese Ministry of Telecommunications (which webpage was down today, the irony) is holding a public consultation. I did some reading (my french is not perfect) and people can email their comments on the bill to mamoune.ngom@gouv.sn Does anyone know more about what's going on in Senegal with this bill? Anyone doing anything? Sorry I dont have more actionable items right now! ---- # # # # • # # # *Gus Rossi* Global Policy Director (202) 861-0020 (x123) | (202) 651 1337 <(202)%651-1337> (mobile) | @agustinrs <https://twitter.com/agustinrs> *Public Knowledge* | @publicknowledge <https://twitter.com/publicknowledge> | www.publicknowledge.org 1818 N St. NW, Suite 410 | Washington, DC 20036 | CFC 12259 --- To unsubscribe: <mailto:global-nn-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>