http://www.maverick.co.id/social-media/2009/11/plaudits-or-brickbats-for-tif-sembiring-over-blogspot-censorship-uproar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plaudits-or-brickbats-for-tif-sembiring-over-blogspot-censorship-uproar Unleash the Maverick in YOU! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.maverick.co.id/social-media/2009/11/plaudits-or-brickbats-for-tif-sembiring-over-blogspot-censorship-uproar/comment-page-1/#comment-695 2009 Kaleidoscope in New Media Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:51:34 +0000 http://www.maverick.co.id/?p=2138#comment-695 [...] Early in the morning, there was a report on Twitter that every website hosted in Blogger.com is blocked by First Media, one of Internet Service Providers in Indonesia. Apparently it caused by government’s concern regarding a blog (hosted in Blogger.com, naturally) that giving sinister image for a certain religion and feared to cause riot so the government issued a letter to every ISP to block that certain blog. However, the result was far from expected. Instead of blocking a single blog, First Media blocked the entire population and in no time many opinions arose, from protesting the government to accusing the authorities of ’silencing the right to speak’. The minister of communication and information, Tifatul Sembiring (@tifsembiring) responded to the crowd and took action quickly. Later in the afternoon some people reported they could access Blogger.com’s blog with no problem. Although the problem resolved quickly, somehow this case shook public’s trust to the governmen.... [...] [...] Early in the morning, there was a report on Twitter that every website hosted in Blogger.com is blocked by First Media, one of Internet Service Providers in Indonesia. Apparently it caused by government’s concern regarding a blog (hosted in Blogger.com, naturally) that giving sinister image for a certain religion and feared to cause riot so the government issued a letter to every ISP to block that certain blog. However, the result was far from expected. Instead of blocking a single blog, First Media blocked the entire population and in no time many opinions arose, from protesting the government to accusing the authorities of ’silencing the right to speak’. The minister of communication and information, Tifatul Sembiring (@tifsembiring) responded to the crowd and took action quickly. Later in the afternoon some people reported they could access Blogger.com’s blog with no problem. Although the problem resolved quickly, somehow this case shook public’s trust to the governmen…. [...]

]]> http://www.maverick.co.id/social-media/2009/11/plaudits-or-brickbats-for-tif-sembiring-over-blogspot-censorship-uproar/comment-page-1/#comment-596 hanny Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:26:59 +0000 http://www.maverick.co.id/?p=2138#comment-596 i think he did make use of his twitter account to listen and respond to people, which is better than nothing. i think he did make use of his twitter account to listen and respond to people, which is better than nothing.

]]> http://www.maverick.co.id/social-media/2009/11/plaudits-or-brickbats-for-tif-sembiring-over-blogspot-censorship-uproar/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Anil Devdan Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:14:46 +0000 http://www.maverick.co.id/?p=2138#comment-595 I prefer the first one, where the minister ACTUALLY heard and SOLVE it quickly. Learning from previous minister, I'm sure Tifatul has already learned from past mistake. I guess FirstMedia ISP is the one who take it the wrong way (or they just want play it safe - to block the whole domain). I prefer the first one, where the minister ACTUALLY heard and SOLVE it quickly. Learning from previous minister, I’m sure Tifatul has already learned from past mistake. I guess FirstMedia ISP is the one who take it the wrong way (or they just want play it safe – to block the whole domain).

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