global minilinks for 2009-02-20

Italian Government to Research Skype Interception
Growing attempt by governments seeking to understand and perhaps undermine encrypted VOIP.
Rightsholders Scold Canada, China & Sweden for Internet Piracy
Latest report by media industries to US government highlighting their top targets for new copyright legislation.
Technical Aspects of the Censoring of Archive.org
How the filtering practices of the UK Internet Watch Foundation interacted with Archive.org's caching system to block British access to innocent pages.
Former MI5 Chief, Attacks Britain and US Over Surveillance
Stella Rimmington, the real-life "M", says: "Since I have retired I feel more at liberty to be against certain decisions of the government, especially the attempt to pass laws which interfere with people's privacy."
US ISP Censors Zimbabwean bloggers
Bluehost removed a prominent Zimbabwean NGO's website, in the belief that they were breaking sanctions against the Zimbabwean government by taking money from Zimbabweans.
The Decentralized Censorship of User-Generated Content
How China outsources its censorship to hosting companies.
UK Thinks EU Copyright Term Extension Goes Too Far
UK disagrees with 95 year copyright extension, which means the fight will continue in the EU's Council of Ministers.
UK Anti-Piracy Group Says Music Industry Going Wrong Way
UK anti-piracy group Federation on Software Theft splits with music industry on government's Digital Britain strategy.
Three Strikes not Coming to Germany, says Minister
German minister feels that "Olivennes" model would not work in his country.

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Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | August 22, 2023

Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty Threatens to be an Expansive Global Surveillance Pact

Broadly scoped, ambiguous, and nonspecific international cooperation measures with few conditions and safeguards are simply a recipe for disaster that can put basic privacy and free expression rights at risk. As it stands, the treaty’s international cooperation chapter sorely lacks the robust safeguards and personal data protections needed to fill...

Press Release | August 18, 2023

Media Briefing: As UN Cybercrime Treaty Negotiations Enter Final Phase, Time is Running Short to Bolster Human Rights Protections

New York—On Wednesday, August 23, at 1:30 pm Eastern Time (10:30 am Pacific Time) experts from Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Human Rights Watch, and four international allies will brief reporters about critical flaws in the draft UN Cybercrime Treaty that threaten human rights.The treaty, under negotiation by UN...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | August 12, 2023

Dissecting the UN Cybercrime Convention’s Threat to Coders’ Rights at DEFCON

This is Part IV in EFF’s ongoing series about the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Read Part I for a quick snapshot of the ins and outs of the zero draft; Part II for a deep dive on Chapter IV dealing with domestic surveillance powers; and ...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | August 2, 2023

UN Cybercrime Convention Negotiations Enter Final Phase With Troubling Surveillance Powers Still on the Table

This is Part II in EFF’s ongoing series about the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Read Part I for a quick snapshot of the ins and outs of the zero draft; Part III for a deep dive on Chapter V regarding international cooperation: the historical context,...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo | July 26, 2023

Rights Groups Urge EU’s Thierry Breton: No Internet Shutdowns for Hateful Content

EFF and 66 human rights and free speech advocacy groups across the globe today called on EU Internal Commissioner Thierry Breton to clarify that the Digital Services Act (DSA)—new regulations aimed at reining in Big Tech companies that control the lion’s share of online speech worldwide—does not allow internet shutdowns...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | July 20, 2023

First Draft of UN Cybercrime Convention Drops Troubling Provisions, But Dangerous And Open-Ended Cross Border Surveillance Powers Are Still on the Table

This is Part I of EFF’s ongoing series about the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Read Part II for a deep dive on Chapter IV dealing with domestic surveillance powers; and Part III for a deep dive on Chapter V regarding international cooperation: the historical context, the...

Deeplinks Blog by George Wong, Veridiana Alimonti | July 17, 2023

Ecuador's Judicial System Must Reaffirm Ola Bini's Innocence In the Face of Prosecutor's Office Appeal

On January 31, the Swedish computer security expert and free software developer, Ola Bini, was found not guilty by a unanimous verdict from a three-judge tribunal in Ecuador. This marked the culmination of an unfounded criminal prosecution that has persisted for over four years. The Prosecutor’s Office appealed the...

Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti, Agneris Sampieri | July 7, 2023

Brazil's Platform Regulation Debate: Concerning Duty of Care Obligations

** This post is one section of a more extensive piece on Brazil’s platform accountability and regulation debate. Click here to read the entire content.The progression of PL 2630's versions was an expression of opting for a process-based approach instead of a content-focused one within a regulation initiative aiming...

Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti, Daly Barnett, Agneris Sampieri | July 7, 2023

Brazil's Platform Regulation Debate: Repel Rules and Interpretations That Can Lead to Content Monitoring Obligations

** This post is one section of a more extensive piece on Brazil’s platform accountability and regulation debate. Click here to read the entire content.The Special Rapporteurs for Freedom of Expression have stated: "At a minimum, intermediaries should not be required to monitor user-generated content." And that:...

Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti, Agneris Sampieri | July 7, 2023

Brazil's Platform Regulation Debate: Robust Checks, Balances and Due Process Safeguards for Exceptional Measures in Crisis Situations

** This post is one section of a more extensive piece on Brazil’s platform accountability and regulation debate. Click here to read the entire content.PL 2630 establishes special obligations for when there is an imminent risk of damage or negligence of an application provider (Articles 12-15). In assessing this...

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