[ALAC] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Consolidated Meetings Strategy Proposal

[Tijani BEN JEMAA]

Good morning Sandra and all,

 

First of all, I apologize for the late reply.

 

Did the second phase of the WSIS held in Tunis contributed to the
development of the use of social media in Tunisia such as Facebook? Yes it
contributed, but wasn’t determinant in the Tunisian revolution: Internet was
already well used in Tunisia, and its use evolved normally as the social
media evolved. The most important element that made the revolution happen
was the tyranny of Ben Ali and his family added to the social condition of
the Tunisians that  deteriorate. When Ben Ali felt that facebook is used
against his regime, he simply blocked it.

 

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

Executive Director

Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI)

Phone:   +216 98 330 114

Mobile:  +216 41 649 605

Fax:         +216 70 825 231

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De : sandra hoferichter [mailto:info at hoferichter.eu] 
Envoyé : dimanche 14 octobre 2012 20:50
À : 'Tijani BEN JEMAA'; 'ALAC Working List'
Objet : AW: [ALAC] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Consolidated Meetings
Strategy Proposal

 

I have a question to Tijani in this regard: Was hosting the 2nd WISIS  in
Tunisia one drop in the bowl for the Facebook revolution (or Arabic spring)
years later? What is your personal opinion on this?

 

Sandra 

 

Von: Tijani BEN JEMAA [mailto:tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org] 
Gesendet: Sonntag, 14. Oktober 2012 21:40
An: 'Alan Greenberg'; 'sandra hoferichter'; 'ALAC Working List'
Betreff: RE: [ALAC] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Consolidated Meetings
Strategy Proposal

 

The political and real benefit to the Internet community of holding a
meeting in a country is short-lived and rarely spills over into neighbouring
countries to any great extent. 

 

Alan, do you mean that it’s useless to have meetings in those country????

I disagree with this approach, and still think that the principle of
rotating the meetings over the 5 regions as much as possible is a priority.

 

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

Executive Director

Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI)

Phone:   +216 98 330 114

Mobile:  +216 41 649 605

Fax:         +216 70 825 231

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

Executive Director

Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI)

Phone:   +216 98 330 114

Mobile:  +216 41 649 605

Fax:         +216 70 825 231

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