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1 | Etiopien: Kobler borgerne fra fremtiden | Ethiopia: Disconnecting Citizens From the Future |
2 | (Links i dette indlæg er på engelsk, medmindre andet er angivet) Etiopiere har rettet deres opmærksomhed mod det kontroversielle lovforslag, der kriminaliserer brugen af Voice Over Internet Protocol-tjenester (VoIP) som Skype og Google Talk. | Ethiopians have their attention focused on the controversial new bill which criminalizes the use of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services such as Skype and Google Talk. |
3 | Netbrugere er især oprørte over landets statsejede Ethio-Telecom, der fremlagde lovforslaget. | Netizens are especially furious over the country's state owned Ethio-Telecom, which proposed the new bill. |
4 | Meles Zenawis regering hævder, at hensigten med forslaget er at forhindre eksterne sikkerhedstrusler. | Meles Zenawi's government claims that the new bill is meant to prevent external security threats. |
5 | Flere Facebook-grupper er allerede blevet dannet for at fordømme den statskontrollerede serviceudbyder af telekommunikation. | A number of Facebook groups have already been created to condemn the state-controlled telecommunication service provider. |
6 | En af grupperne er Ethio-Telecom Sucks, der indtil videre har 1297 medlemmer. | One of the groups is Ethio-Telecom Sucks which has 1,297 members so far. |
7 | Gruppens medlemmer deler normalt deres frustration over Ethio-Telecom, men det nylige kontroversielle lovforslag om telekommunikation og implementeringen af Deep Packet Inspection, en netværkspakke-filtrering der behandler internettraffik, gjorde at medlemmerne blev mere højlydte. | Members of this group usually share their frustration with Ethio-Telecom services but the recent controversial telecom bill and the deployment of Deep Packet Inspection - a form of computer network packet filtering that examines internet traffic - caused members to be even more vocal. |
8 | Logoet for Facebook-gruppen,Ethio Telecom Sucks. | Logo of Ethio Telecom Sucks Facebook group. |
9 | Billedkilde: Gruppens Facebookside | Photo source: Group's Facebook page. |
10 | Et medlem af gruppen skriver [amh]: | One member of this group posts [amh]: |
11 | I vores land var i går bedre end i dag , og i dag er sikkert bedre end i morgen. | In our country yesterday was better than today and sure today is better than tomorrow. |
12 | Derfor, ligesom for vores forfædre, er det bedre at være taknemmelige for alt og komme videre. | Therefore, just like our great grand fathers it is better for us to be grateful for everything and move on. |
13 | Vi burde ikke være chokerede over forbuddet mod Skype og Google Talk, da jeg er overbevist om, at der i fremtiden vil komme love, der forbyder os at at bruge aerogram i stedet for email. | We should not be shocked with the prohibition of Skype and Google Talk because I am convinced that there will be laws that will proscribe us to use aerogram instead of email in the future. |
14 | Mens de udtrykker deres foragt for lovforslaget, sammenligner nogle etiopiere det med den omstridte anti-terrorisme lov. | While expressing their contempt for the bill, some Ethiopians compare it to the controversial anti-terrorism law. |
15 | En anden kommentar siger: | Another comment reads: |
16 | I stedet for at vedtage denne vanvittige lovgivning, ville det så ikke være fornuftigt at blokere VoIP-protokollen, hvis det virkelig er for den nationale sikkerhed? | Instead of passing this crazy legislation wasn't it sensible to just block the VOIP protocol if it is really for national security ?( |
17 | (Altså hvis det at anvende Skype virkelig karakteriseres som en trussel). Medmindre intentionen er at bruge denne lov med løse ender, til at dømme folk uden reel grund og bare arrestere hvem end de vil. | That is if using Skype really vests a trait) Unless the intention of this open ended law is to use it to convict people with no real grounds at all and just arrest whoever they want. |
18 | Det lyder bare som en efterfølger til loven om terrorisme. | This just sounds like a succession of the Terrorism law |
19 | Daniel Berhane er uenig. | Daniel Berhane disagrees. |
20 | Han bebrejder regeringens pr-maskine for ikke at forklare essensen af lovforslaget og bebrejder samtidig de vestlige medier for at skynde sig at fordømme forslaget uden først at bekræfte om forslaget blev vedtaget eller ej. | He blames the government public relations machine for failing to explain the essence of the bill while blaming the Western media for rushing to condemn the bill without even confirming whether the bill was passed to be a law or not. |
21 | Daniel skriver i et indlæg med titlen “Skype me Indeed”: | Daniel writes a post titled “Skype me Indeed”: |
22 | Selvom det er foruroligende, at medierne skynder sig at komme med ubekræftede påstande, der tydeligvis er baseret på lokale politikkeres/aktivisters bemærkninger, er det den etiopiske regerings manglende evne og vilje til at sørge for information, der bærer skylden. | Though the media rush to make unverified claims, which is obviously based on remarks from some local politicians/activists, is disturbing, it is the Ethiopian government's inability and unwillingness to provide info mainly to be blamed. |
23 | Mærkeligt nok blev embedsmænd i Addis informeret om sagen på samme måde som manden på gaden i den forløbne uge. | Strangely, officials in Addis were as informed on the matter as the guy on the street regarding the matter in the past week. |
24 | For Mesfin Negash er det ligegyldigt om forslaget blev vedtaget eller ej. | For Mesfin Negash it does not matter whether the bill was passed into law or not. |
25 | Han pointerer at det er sædvane for den etiopiske regering at opfordre borgere til at gøre noget, for senere at kriminalisere det. Han viser hvordan ministeriet for informationsteknologi promoverer brugen af VoIP på dets website. | He points out that it is a custom of the Ethiopian government to encourage citizens to do something then criminalize the same thing later. He shows how the website of Ministry of Information Technology promotes the use of VoIP. |
26 | Den sektion af websitet, der promoverer brugen af VoIP, blev straks taget ned da lovforslaget blev offentliggjort. | The section that promotes the use of VoIP was taken dawn right away the bill went public. |
27 | Mesfin Negash deler et screenshot af denne sektion på facebook : | Mesfin Negash shares the screen shot of this section on Facebook: |
28 | Promover og så kriminaliser! | Promote then criminalize! |
29 | For to dage siden besøgte jeg ministeriet for kommunikation og informationsteknologis website http://www.mcit.gov.et/? | Two days ago I visited Ministry of Communication and Information Technology's website http://www.mcit.gov.et/? |
30 | q=home.aspx. | q=home.aspx. |
31 | VoIP var en af tjenesterne der blev promoveret på websitets tjenestesektion. | In the service section of the site, one of the services promoted was VoIP. |
32 | At læse at en regering promoverer og kriminaliserer VoIP, var til at grine af. | It was laughable to read one government promoting and criminalizing VoIP. |
33 | Nu kan jeg få adgang til alle dele af tjenestesektionen, med undtagelse af den om VoIP. | Right now I could access all the content of the section except that of VoIP. |
34 | Heldigvis havde jeg fanget siden der promoverer VoIP. | Fortunately I had captured the page that promoted VoIP. |
35 | Den første linie af VoIPs underafsnit lyder: “Hvis du aldrig har hørt om VoIP, så forbered dig på at ændre din opfattelse af langdistance-opkald.” | The first line of this subsection of VoIP reads: “If you've never heard of VoIP, get ready to change the way you think about long-distance phone calls.” |
36 | Interessant. | Interesting. |
37 | At promovere og så kriminalisere lader til at være MZs [Meles Zenawi, red. | Promote then criminalize looks the underlying working principle of MZ. |
38 | ] underliggende arbejdsprincip. Promover ytringsfrihed og gør det så kriminelt, promover forsamlingsfrihed og så kriminaliser det…. | Promote freedom of speech then make it a crime, promote freedom of assembly then criminalize it…. |
39 | .promover VoIP og så kriminaliser. | .promote VoIP then criminalize. |
40 | Næste gang du hører om promoveringen af noget, forvent da kriminaliseringen af det. | Next time you hear something promoted expect the criminalization. |
41 | Argaw Ashine, der skrev om historien for Africa Review for første gang inden den blev samlet op af massemedierne, skriver: | Argaw Ashine who wrote the story for Africa Review for the first time before it got picked up by mainstream media writes: |
42 | Jeg læste nogle forvrængede overskrifter der nævnte mig som en kilde om den nye lov om telekommunikation, der kriminaliserer VoIP og inkluderer Skype, Viber, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger og Pal-talk mv. For at klargøre; straffen for brug af social medie-software er 2-8 år, og tjenesteudbydelse af internet-telefonopkald (internet café) er strafbart med op til 15 år. | I read some distorted headlines mentioning my name as a source about the new telecom law which criminalizes use of VoIP which includes , Skype, Viber, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger and Pal-talk etc. To make clear, The imprisonment for using social media software is 2-8 years and internet phone calling service provision(intent cafe) is punishable up to 15 years. |
43 | Jeg respekterer og sætter pris på andre medieorganisationers anstrengelser, men jeg er ikke ansvarlig for andre publikationer/udsendelser foruden den udgivet af mit eget bureau Africa Review eller alle NMGs udgivelser. | I respect and appreciate all the efforts by other media organizations but I am not responsible for any other publication/broadcast except the one published by my own agency Africa Review or the whole NMG outlets. |
44 | Endalk analyserer kort lovforslaget på hans blog: | Endalk briefly analyzes the bill on his blog: |
45 | Denne proklamation [lovforslag] giver brede og tvetydige definitioner på især telekommunikations-tjenester og udstyr der kunne bruges til blogging og på sociale medie-sites såsom Facebook og Twitter. | This proclamation [bill] provides broad and ambiguous definitions particularly for telecommunication services and equipment which might be used to include blogging and possessing social media pages such as facebook and twitter. |
46 | Forslagets proklamering definerer telekommunikations-tjenester som alt betegnet af ministeriet for informationsteknologi (MIT) som værende telekommunikations-services, med undtagelse af transmissions- og intercom-forbindelser og lister mere end ti tjenester der anses som telekom-services. | The draft Proclamation defines telecommunication services as anything designated as telecommunication service by Ministry of Information Technology (MIT) with the exception of broadcasting and intercom connections and listed more than ten services that are considered as telecom services. |
47 | Ydermere udvider proklamationen på væsentlige måder definitionen af udstyr til telekommunikation, ved at iberegne alle apparater der bruges med telekommunikation som formål og inkluderer deres tilbehør og software. | Furthermore the proclamation enlarges the definition of telecommunication equipment in considerable ways to include any apparatus intended to use for telecommunication services and it includes its accessory and software. |