<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Despite the local shutdown we have been receiving pleas for from our Cameroon Chapter colleagues for support. The <a href="https://act.accessnow.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1921&ea.campaign.id=62870">link</a> contains several Twitter handles of local regulators. Tell them #keepiton !</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u>
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joly posted: "The Internet Society has today put out a statement - Let's Keep The Internet On For Everyone - in light of the latest shutdown in Cameroon. It says:
The Internet Society calls on all governments to stop Internet shutdowns. We are concerned by the increasi" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/lets-keep-internet-everyone" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="m_-6658804838963869637wp-image-8798" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/isoclogo-1.png" alt="Internet Society" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>The <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://isoc.org/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> has today put out a statement - <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/lets-keep-internet-everyone" target="_blank">Let's Keep The Internet On For Everyone</a> -</strong> in light of the latest <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://qz.com/892433/cameroon-shut-down-the-internet-in-anglophone-regions-like-bamenda-buea/" target="_blank">shutdown in Cameroon</a></strong>. It says:</p>
<blockquote style="font-family:Times,serif;font-size:1.1em;font-style:italic;color:#878787;border-left:3px solid #ccc;padding-left:1em;margin:1em 1em 1em 2em"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">The Internet Society calls on all governments to stop Internet shutdowns. We are concerned by the increasing number of shutdowns around the world, often used in the context of elections, demonstrations or other tense social situations.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">We believe such measures are disproportional and have a wide-range of negative effects on citizens, national and regional economies, the Internet’s stability and, ultimately, the country itself.</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">After some details bolstering the above, the statement concludes by strongly suggesting support for <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://act.accessnow.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1921&ea.campaign.id=62870" target="_blank">AccessNow's Twitter Campaign</a></strong> aimed at key Cameroon decisionmakers.</p></div>
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