News
- 28/06/10 The ACTA casino must be closed.
- 26/06/10 In the ACTA poker, repression is exported
- 19/05/10 Digital Agenda: Caution required for the future EU Net policies (Press Release)
- 19/05/10 Digital Agenda: Caution required for the future EU Net policies
- 17/05/10 EU Commission: Will Kroes' Digital Agenda endanger freedoms?
- 02/05/10 War on Access
- 17/03/10 Help protect an open internet in the Del Castillo "Digital Agenda" report
- 25/02/10 Spanish Presidency leading Europe towards Digital Inquisition?
- 11/02/10 French Parliament approves Net censorship
- 29/01/10 Gallo Report: Copyright & patent dogmatism at its worst at the European Parliament
Press review
- 06/08/10 [ZeroPaid] Aussie Net Filter Dead? Coalition Vows to Fight if Elected
- 09/07/10 [BBCNews] Internet filter rules under review in Australia
- 08/06/10 [TheNewYorkTimes] Chinese Government Whitepaper Reaffirms Internet Policies
- 20/05/10 [ArsTechnica] New UK govt to curb CCTV, scrap ID cards, help open source
- 19/05/10 [Euractiv.com] EU unveils five-year digital economy plan
- 02/05/10 [NyTimes] Web’s Users Against Its Gatekeepers
- 29/04/10 [AustralianIT] Rudd retreats on web filter legislation
- 28/04/10 [BoingBoing] Music industry spokesman loves child porn
- 21/04/10 [ArsTechnica] ACTA arrives (still bad, but a tiny bit better)
- 15/04/10 [DCTP-tv] Interview of Jérémie Zimmermann about ACTA
Net filtering
Internet has been built as a decentralized network, in which no party can unilaterally decide to block the information flowing through the communications architecture. However, this founding principle of Net neutrality is now put into question by several legislative projects that seek to impose administrative filtering and blocking of websites. Whether it is online gambling, violent or pedopornographic content, but also defamation or copyright infringement, a growing number of democratic government are considering this mode of regulation of the Internet both ineffective and extremely dangerous for civil liberties.
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I think that the more freely information flows, the stronger the society becomes, because then citizens of countries around the world can hold their own governments accountable.
Barack Obama - Remarks at Town Hall Meeting with future Chinese leaders, Nov 16th, 2009
