<div dir="auto">Thank you very much everyone for such an interesting debate ! This makes me wonder if our countries in Africa really have some 'binding' laws/regulations and constitutional background to protect the endusers privacy at all. <div dir="auto">To some extent, some do 'de jure' but we all know it is not always the case 'de facto'.</div><div dir="auto">What about discussing this topic and mire on a regional webinar for NCUC Africa members and share our views. </div><div dir="auto">If you like the idea, I could arrange this and also ask for translation if needed (six UN languages as well as Portuguese can be provided) Also feel free to let me know if you would like to present at the webinar. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 25, 2017 14:22, "Dorothy Gi" <<a href="mailto:dkgxdgx@gmail.com">dkgxdgx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">There should be laws on the books that prevent incursions on personal data in this way. This is why Trump had to get a judge to go round it when chasing down anti-trumpists. Does Nigeria have a data protection law? The issue of 'torture' is a tricky one. There will need to be proof and then such cases need publicity as they test the law. If my neighbour today tomorrow it could be...The problem everywhere is the use of social media for 'terrorism' opens up justification for abuse. After having looked at what goes on in the US (well documented) and Europe any 'legitimate' dissident should protect themselves as they will be tracked down. Some opt out of all things digital. I guess African dissidents need to understand this, study the law and all times stay within the boundaries of the law and avoid compromising their network. Surveillance is real and ubiquitous. I do get a bit upset if we make it look like African governments are the worst in fact they are relatively new to the game and will probably build skills swiftly in this are thanks to technical support and data share from donor partners. <div>best</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-4968849945566248226gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dorothy K. Gordon<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">+233 244 311348</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:compsoftnet@gmail.com" target="_blank">compsoftnet@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>It's crystal clear that government does monitor communication lines and social media but the problem is the level of abuse to it. It is worrisome to see our president position on the use of social media and communication lines and the backwardness to the internet openness and inclusiveness in Nigeria.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The question that came to my mind after reading through is who are the anti-government, anti-military or anti-security? And what are the definition and scope of the military in tracking these people? We are very much aware that fake news is all over the media and social media platform but amidst the fake news, is there no genuine news that they called fake news?</div><div><br></div><div>It's very glaring that we will see innocent people being tracked down and tortured because of freedom of speech and digital right in Nigeria. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards.</div><div>Peter<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="m_-4968849945566248226h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Kris Seeburn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seeburn.k@gmail.com" target="_blank">seeburn.k@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>The egyptian government is not only monitoring Social media but all communications. WHats app etc., phone..all are being monitored.</div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119h5"><div>On Aug 25, 2017, at 2:48 AM, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <<a href="mailto:benakin@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">benakin@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119m_5208941436222891701Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><div><div class="m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear NCUC -African members,<br></div>I came across this and I do like to get your views on this, a recent announcement by the Nigerian military was <br></div><br><h1 class="m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119m_5208941436222891701entry-title m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119m_5208941436222891701gmail-mvp-post-title m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119m_5208941436222891701gmail-left" style="margin:0px 240px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px none currentcolor;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.1;width:960px;font-family:Oswald,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="4">Nigerian Army monitoring anti-government, anti-military</font></h1><h1 class="m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119m_5208941436222891701entry-title m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119m_5208941436222891701gmail-mvp-post-title m_-4968849945566248226m_-2575171528554007119m_5208941436222891701gmail-left" style="margin:0px 240px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px none currentcolor;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.1;width:960px;font-family:Oswald,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="4"> speeches on social media – Spokesman</font></h1><div><br><a href="http://dailypost.ng/2017/08/23/nigerian-army-monitoring-anti-government-anti-military-speeches-social-media%E2%80%8E-spokesman/" target="_blank">http://dailypost.ng/2017/08/23<wbr>/nigerian-army-monitoring-anti<wbr>-government-anti-military-spee<wbr>ches-social-media%E2%80%8E-spo<wbr>kesman/</a><br><br><br></div><div>What do you think? Is this good for the Internet or for domain name development?<br><br></div><div>Thank you,<br></div><div>Benjamin<br></div></div></div></div><span>
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