Free Speech Europe   New Items Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) report, Who Watches the Watchmen: Part II. Accountability & Effective Self-Regulation in the Information Age, September 1998. [ES] People v. Somm, Decision of Munich District Court File No.: 8340 Ds 465 Js 173158/95 [EN]. Decision of court against Compuserve's German Director for providing access to Internet newsgroups that contain pornography. [DE] Irish Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, The Internet : Tackling the Downside. The First Report of the Working Group on the Illegal and Harmful Use of the Internet, July 1998. European Institutions European Union European Convention on Human Rights [EN] [FR]. November 1950 Austria Austria went offline, March 1997. Ohne Zensur ins Internet - politische und rechtliche Handlungsnotwendigkeiten bei neuen Medien [DE] eCE, SPÖ-Vorstoss: ohne Zensur ins Internet? eine Analyse der eCE [DE] Presseaussendung der eCE, August 1996 [DE] Belarus Banned Belarusian Paper Reaches Audience Via Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, December 1997. Bulgaria Draft Telecommunications Law, Sept 1997. [EN] Telecommunication Act Draft v.2 [BU] Finland The Finnish anonymous remailer closed down due to government pressure, September 1996. Netly News, September 3, 1996. Wired News, Netizen, Sept 5, 1996 France Conseil Constitutionnel, Décision n°96-378 DC du 23 juillet 1996. (Loi de réglementation des télécommunications) [FR] AUI press release on French high court decision striking down French Internet censorship bill (La Loi Fillon) on July 25, 1996. [EN] Le texte de l'amendement N°200 au projet de loi sur la réglementation des télécommunications adopté par le Sénat. (La Loi Fillon) [FR] Le dossier de l'AUI de la Loi Fillon [FR] Le Sénat, L'entrée dans la société de l'information, 1996. Imaginons un Réseau Internet Solidaire, Contenus sur Internet : droits et responsabilités, Octobre 1997. IRIS, Pédophilie et Internet (au sujet du Projet de loi Guigou), 28 Octobre 1997. La Charte de l'Internet, 1997 [FR] Le dossier de l'AUI de la Commission Beaussant, 1996 [FR] La loi sur la presse [FR] Germany People v. Somm, Decision of Munich District Court File No.: 8340 Ds 465 Js 173158/95 [EN], [DE]. Decision of court against Compuserve's German Director for providing access to Internet newsgroups that contain pornography. Federal Act Establishing the General Conditions for Information and Communication Services (IuKDG) [EN] [DE], August 1, 1997. Brief Outline of IuKDG German prosecutors announced on April 16, 1997 that they had indicted the managing director of CompuServe in Germany in connection with the alleged distribution of pornography and violent games over the Internet. CNET's story. GILC member XS4ALL also announced on April 16 that the German Federal Prosecutor has pressured a German academic Internet service provider to block access to Netherlands-based XS4ALL's entire site becuase it contains RADIKAL magazine, which is banned in Germany. Press release from the German provider. Global Internet Liberty Campaign letter to Chancellor Kohl calling on Germany to drop the prosecution of Compuserve German Director Felix Somm and support reforms of German law relating to the Internet. GILC Press Release. April 23, 1997. German official wary of digital porn, Reuters, October 15, 1997. Germany's Efforts to Police the Web Upset Business, NY Times CyberTimes, June 6, 1997. German hyperlink trial delayed, NEWS.COM, June 6, 1997. Germans weigh right to link, NEWS.COM, January 17, 1997. Proposed German Statute Would Regulate Content, NY Times CyberTimes, January 11, 1997. Ireland Irish Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, The Internet : Tackling the Downside. The First Report of the Working Group on the Illegal and Harmful Use of the Internet, July 1998. Irish group advises self-regulation to combat Net abuses, Freedom Forum Online, July 7, 1998. Ireland Department of Justice Working Group on Illegal and Harmful Use of the Internet request for comments. C|Net story. Wired story. GILC Submission on the Illegal and Harmful Use of the Internet to the Irish Minister for Justice, July 16, 1997. [EN] [ES] Italy ALECI, Come lo vuoi il bavaglio? 24 October 97 [IT] ALECI, Newgroups and censorship: the IOL case, 18 May 1997. [EN] [IT] Court holds that an Internet publication is not press for registration purposes, LABnews, October 1997. Information on 1994 crackdown on BBSs. News stories on crackdown. Letter from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility to President Scalfaro on crackdown, June 22, 1994. Netherlands For an ISP in the Netherlands, Controversy Is an Old Friend, NY Times CyberTimes, April 29, 1997. Russia Russia: Proposed Legislation Threatens Free Speech On Internet, RFE/RL, 31 March 1998. Serbia Serbian Law On Telecommunication And B92's Commentary Text Of Draft Law On Public Information Of Serbia, The Association Of Independent Electronic Media Review Of The Second Working Version Of The Law On Public Information Of The Republic Of Serbia Cantigny Conference Series, Between an Electronic Gulag and the Global Village, September 23-25, 1997. Serbs' Answer to Oppression: Their Web Site, The New York Times, December 8, 1996 WEB SPREADS NEWS OF SERB CONFLICT, Newsday, December 28, 1996. Spain La libertad de expresión en Internet: Retos y amenazas. Versión 1.0. Borrador de trabajo sobre la libertad de expresión en la Red y los sistemas de filtrado, por Javier Villate. Documento presentado en la comparecencia de David Casacuberta, presidente de FrEE, ante la Comisión Especial del Senado sobre Internet, 16 de junio de 1998. GILC statement on August 8,1997 condemming the denial of service attacks on the Instutute for Global Communications for hosting a page on Basque seperatist group ETA that shut down IGC. [EN] [ES]. IGC takes down Basque site, NEWS.COM, July 18, 1997. Sweden Electronic Mediation Services Bill , March 1996 [EN] [SW] Switzerland Federal Office of Justice, INTERNET: A new medium: new legal issues: Report of an Interdepartmental Working Party on penal, data protection and copyright aspects of the Internet , May 30, 1996. [EN] [DE] [FR]. Press Release [EN] [FR] [DE] [IT] Recommendations for Access Providers [EN] [DE] [FR] United Kingdom Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) report, Who Watches the Watchmen: Part II. Accountability & Effective Self-Regulation in the Information Age, September 1998. [es] Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) report, "Who Watches the Watchmen: Internet Content Rating Systems, and privatised censorship"on November 11, 1997 on the implications of the use and development of rating systems and filtering tools for the Internet content. Yaman Akdeniz, The Regulation of Pornography and Child Pornography on the Internet, The Journal of Information, Law and Technology, 28 February 1997. Censorship Won't Reduce Crime. Submission By Feminists Against Censorship To The Home Affairs Inquiry Into Computer Pornography, 1994.