[liberationtech] Ethiopia criminalizes Skype?

[Eva Galperin]

Criminalizing VOIP in order to preserve government and crony-held
monopolies on telecommunications is not uncommon. Companies like BiTek
sell VOIP-management tools to governments specifically aimed at
detecting and blocking Skype calls in order to preserve the revenue for
state-run telecoms.

I would be much more worried about the proclamations’ anti-terrorism and
defamatory laws related provisions.


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Eva Galperin
International Freedom of Expression Coordinator
Electronic Frontier Foundation
eva at eff.org
(415) 436-9333 ex. 111
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On 6/15/12 11:18 AM, David Johnson wrote:
> http://www.techcentral.co.za/ethiopia-criminalises-skype/32723/
> 
> Ethiopia’s state-owned Internet service provider, the Ethiopian
> Telecommunication Corporation (Ethio-Telcom), has begun performing
> deep-packet inspection of all Internet traffic in the country. The
> country’s government recently ushered in new legislation that criminalises
> the use of services such as Skype, Google Talk and other forms of Internet
> phone calling. ...
> 
> 
> 
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