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Romanian Authority asks ISPs to block 40 pornographic websites
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Romanian Authority for Communication (ANC) requested ISPs last week to block the access to 40 websites hosted in Romania, considering they don’t meet the criteria imposed by article 7 of Law no.196/2003 on preventing and fighting pornography. Article 7 of the law states that “the natural […]
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ENDitorial: First FRA Conference on Fundamental Rights
Article corrected on 27.12.2008 – it was OSCE instead of OECD in paragraph 3. (Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 8 and 9 December 2008, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) held its first Fundamental Rights Conference in Paris. The event examined key issues and challenges related to the freedom of […]
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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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Effects of counter-terrorism legislation on freedom of the media
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new report conducted by Privacy International (PI) for the Council of Europe Media and Information Society Division reveals effects of new counter-terrorism laws on media and free expression rights in European countries. The report “Speaking of Terror” examines how the “war on terror” has affected access […]
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Internet giants gather for freedom of speech – Global Network Initiative
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google confirmed on 28 October 2008 having signed up for the Global Network Initiative (GNI), an organisation aimed at preserving free speech on the Internet. GNI members are bound to challenge governments against requests for disclosure of private data if they consider the requests […]
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ENDitorial: Seizures and other abuses – from bad to worse
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Two recent episodes (that are not “isolated cases”) show, again, how distortions in Italian laws and in their application can lead to all sorts of abuses – as discussed before. The problem is that these abuses are not only continuing, but getting worse. One is explained in […]
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Serbia: Conference on Regulation of online Freedom of Expression
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 8 and 9 September 2008, the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade hosted the international conference on regulation of freedom of expression on the Internet, organized by the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) of the University of Oxford. EDRi-member Metamorphosis […]
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ENDitorial: A stupid law and a perverse "criminal" sentence
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) ”There is no censorship in Italy, but…” “Censorship” was abolished and outlawed in Italy sixtytwo years ago. Freedom of the press and of personal opinion is not only established by the Constitution, but also deeply rooted in custom and in all perceptions of civil society. There are, […]
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Death of website publisher shows deterioration of media freedom in Russia
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Russian and Ingush human rights organizations, as well as OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), are asking for an investigation into the circumstances of the murder of Magomed Yevloyev, the publisher of ingushetiya.ru, an independent news website in Ingushetia region. Yevloyev was a strong critic […]
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Italian justice wants to "seize" a foreign website
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In an investigation started by the Bergamo Prosecutors, an Order of the Justice for preliminary investigation of the Court of Bergamo was issued on 1 August 2008, asking for the “seizure” of the PirateBay website, hosted outside Italy, for displaying a collection of links to allegedly illegal […]
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Russian blogger sentenced for comments on the blog
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 7 July 2008, a Russian blogger was sentenced to one year suspended jail after having been found guilty of “inciting hatred and enmity” for a comment left on a LiveJournal weblog. According to Kommersant newspaper, the young blogger Savva Terentiev was saying on the blog that […]
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France obtained ISPs support in blocking illegal sites
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) French Interior Minister Michel Alliot-Marie announced on 10 June 2008 that the French state had come to an agreement with the French ISPs to block sites carrying pedophilic content or content related to terrorism and racial hatred. “We can no longer tolerate the sexual exploitation of children […]
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