Re: <nettime> Barcelona: nationalism, municipalism?

["t byfield" <tbyfield@panix.com>]

On 4 Oct 2017, at 11:13, oliver lerone schultz wrote:

> I think this is a very relevant position for the nettime public, 
> coming
> from xnet, right in the middle between progressive politics and 
> critical
> digital culture...

A few pointers re the internet angle — because they're at hand, not 
because it's the most important or interesting aspect at all:

[20 Sept] 
https://www.netcommons.eu/?q=content/internet-censorship-and-blockade-catalonia-self-sovereign-internet-infrastructures

Execsum: "The offices of the .cat registry were raided by Spanish police 
this morning. The Guardia Civil officers entered the .cat registry’s 
offices around 9am local time this morning and have seized all computers 
in the domain registry's offices in downtown Barcelona. The move comes a 
couple of days after a Spanish court ordered the domain registry to take 
down all .cat domain names being used by the upcoming Catalan 
referendum."

[21 Sept] 
https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2017/internet-society-statement-internet-blocking-measures-catalonia-spain/

Execsum: "We are concerned by reports that this court order would 
require a top-level domain (TLD) operator such as .CAT to begin to block 
'all domains that may contain any kind of information about the 
referendum'. We do not see it as the expertise and mandate of TLD 
operators within the Internet’s ecosystem to engage in monitoring and 
blocking of content outside of receiving judicial requests related to 
specific domains.... We are concerned that network blocking practices 
are multiplying as a way for countries to police online content  around 
the globe."

Cheers,
T
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