This is cause for concern. A few months ago, I read in the newspapers that
the Ministry of ICT published a communique, reminding citizens that among
other things, comments of blasphemous nature will be dealt with according
to laws.
To the best of my knowledge, blasphemy is not a crime in Mauritius. I have
not read the acqual communique but I am hoping the Ministry of ICT was
looking for a different word than blasphemy to convey its message.
If the Ministry of ICT considers blasphemy to be harmful and needs to be
censored, it is sending a chilling message to myself and other citizens who
like me don't have reasons to believe in the existence of god and deities
and who like to openly express their opinion about their lack of belief,
something which is constitutionally protected.
2016-01-20 22:19 GMT+04:00 S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>:
> Hello,
>
> There is a news report at
> https://soundcloud.com/radioplus-3/commission-denquete-sur-la-drogue-licta-veut-mieux-superviser-les-activites-illegales-sur
>
> "Les officiers de l’Information and Communication Technologies Authority
> (Icta) travaillent sur des règlements afin de filtrer et contrôler les
> contenus illégaux sur internet.
>
> C’est ce qui ressort de l’audience de la commission d’enquête sur la
> drogue mercredi 20 janvier.
>
> Trilok Dabeesing, « officer-in-charge » de l’Icta, a indiqué qu’un
> comité
> d’éthique au niveau national doit être constitué afin de déterminer ce
> qui
> peut être défini comme « harmful ».
>
> Avec la mise sur pied de ce comité, cette instance régulatrice pourra
> mieux
> superviser les activités illégales sur internet."
>
> The above seems related to the National Internet Filtering System which
> was set up without a national level request for comments.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
>
>
Received on Wed Jan 20 2016 - 21:31:27 PST