Hi Avinash,
I am contacting you as you are the Chair of the
ICT Advisory Council. Mr Sookun wrote the
following email about the "National Internet Filtering System":
At 22:53 09-05-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>Hello Mr Oolun,
>
>As a concerned Internet user in Mauritius, I
>expect an explanation by the ICT Authority on
>the installation of a "National Internet
>Filtering System" as published by Watchdog International[1].Â
>
>Was there a public consultation before the ICT
>Authority decides to "spy" the Mauritian
>Internet users? What if as an Internet consumer
>in Mauritius I refuse to be spied over? Does
>that mean I have to stop using the Internet?
>
>Was there any research carried out in Mauritius
>showing that the "National Internet Filtering
>System" will reduce Child Sexual Abuse? Does the
>Internet filtering system Guarantee that such
>content will NOT be accessible at all?
>
>I strongly deplore the action by the ICT
>Authority to monitor my Internet usage without
>notifying me and asking for permission.
>
>As this matter concerns Internet users in
>Mauritius, I am copying my email to the
>Mauritius Internet Users, members of the local
>press and the Data Protection Office.
>
>I should also disclose that I am a member of the
>ICT Advisory Council and this email will be viewable on a public mailing list.
>
>[1] http://www.watchdoginternational.net/images/stories/mauritius.pdf
There has been some discussion on the Mauritius
Internet Users mailing list about this "National
Internet Filtering System". I assume that you
might understand the concern of internet users as
you wrote a blog article about "Facebook: A
Mauritian tragedy?" [1] and you made the following comments:
"And let’s not talk about the ISPs who chickened out. They have a contract
with us and they failed to do their “best effort” to serve us. Pathetic."
"there is a lack of national strategy and direction at many levels in our
country."
There wasn't any response from the Information
and Communication Technologies Authority about
the "National Internet Filtering System".
In October 2014, the Internet Service Providers
in Mauritius were requested to make a change to
their DNS servers. There was an article in a
local newspaper about that [2]. Internet users
in Mauritius were kept in the dark about those internet "incidents".
Is the ICT Advisory Council concerned about this
"National Internet Filtering System" and the lack
of response from the Information and Communication Technologies Authority?
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
1.
http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/11/08/facebook-a-mauritian-tragedy/
2.
http://www.elandsys.com/~sm/mict-down-lexpress.jpg
Received on Wed May 13 2015 - 19:22:02 PST
