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France wants to filter online gambling sites
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich will online-Glücksspielseiten filtern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1539] From 7 till 9 October 2009, the French National Assembly will discuss a draft law on opening the competition and regulation of online gambling sector. The text foresees the creation of a similar authority to that of HADOPI, called ARJEL that would […]
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ISPs asked to block child porn sites on the Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ISPs werden aufgefordert, Kinderpornografieseiten im Internet zu sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1362] In Germany, based on the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), the government has had discussions for several months now on how to block child pornography sites hosted on servers […]
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European Parliament wants more transparency on ACTA
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament fordert mehr Transparenz bei ACTA | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1347] The European Parliament has included in the Draft Regulation regarding public access to the European Parliament, Council and Commission documents a reference asking for more transparency in the current negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) A recital in […]
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Lists of allegedly illegal websites always leak
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) While some European countries block the illegal content (mostly child pornography websites), other are considering implementing a similar measure through a hidden list. However the past month has shown, one more time if necessary, that usually the list of any blocked content will leak and thus the […]
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Montenegro blocks Facebook and Youtube for civil servants
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Montenegro’s office in charge with the government Internet infrastructure decided to ban access to several social networking or video sharing websites, such as YouTube or Facebook. The public servants were announced by a statement sent at the end of December 2008 by the office to all civil […]
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Turkey: Another blocking order against YouTube
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) For the forth time in two years, on 20 November 2008, the Turkish authorities blocked access to YouTube asserting that certain content posted on the site was disrespectful to Kemal Mustafa Atatürk, the Turkish Republic’s founder, or supported the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Turkey is the […]
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Parliaments seem to use very little IT technology
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The findings of the World e-Parliament Report 2008 achieved by UNDESA and the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the use of information and communication technologies within 105 parliament assemblies from all over the world were presented on 25 November 2008, at the second high-level meeting of the Board of […]
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Problems with online FoI in the Georgia-Russia conflict
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia region has extended to Internet, both countries having launched cyber-attacks and blocking each other’s broadcasting sites. Georgian authorities have blocked access to Russian news broadcasters and websites, the action being justified by Georgia’s Interior Ministry with the argument […]
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Complaints on lack of access to European Commission documents
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Statewatch has made two complaints to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission, one for having failed to keep a proper public record of documents and the other for having failed in 2006 to issue its annual report on access to documents for 2005. The group considers […]
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Belarus blocks again Internet websites
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 25 March 2006, several Belarusian web-sites: ucpb.org, svaboda.org, charter97.org, belhelcom.org, belaruspartisan.org, gazetaby.com and livejournal.com providing independent news and information were unavailable from 9.00 till 16.00 within the country borders. Belarusian authorities have the technical and legal possibility to restrict access because of Beltelecom monopoly. According to […]
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Italian postal codes are again freely accesible
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the end of September 2006, after a reorganisation of the postal codes system (CAP), the Italian Post (Poste Italiane), now a private company, as well as the Italian Ministry of Communications have changed the way in which one could access the postal code online , limiting […]
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Discussion during IGF against Internet content control
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was organized by United Nations in Athens between 30 October and 2 November 2006. The forum has shown a strong and large opposition to Internet blocking and filtering, putting under pressure repressive governments such as China. The three sessions devoted […]
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