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		<title>We&#8217;re not the Internet content police, says ICANN</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICANN has declared it is not, and cannot be, a content regulator. In a recent blog post, ICANN&#8217;s Chief Contract Compliance Officer, Allen R. Grogan, states ICANN &#8220;was never granted, nor was it ever intended that ICANN be granted, the authority to act as a regulator of Internet content&#8221;. Accordingly, despite calls for it to do so, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google report shows steady rise in government surveillance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US internet giant Google has released a report showing a steady climb in government surveillance online. Google&#8217;s latest Transparency Report details the number of requests the company received from U.S. law enforcement from July through December &#8212; for the first time breaking down the total number of requests to show which requests came with judicial warrants, issued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Human Rights Court: Internet restriction violates Freedom of Expression</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled that “restriction of Internet access without a strict legal framework regulating the scope of the ban and affording the guarantee of judicial review to prevent possible abuses amounts to a violation of freedom of expression”, reports IP Watch.]]></description>
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		<title>Blocking of Internet traffic common in Europe – EU report</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/blocking-of-internet-traffic-common-in-europe-%e2%80%93-eu-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Censorship of Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Operators and internet service providers in Europe resort mostly to blocking voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) and peer-to-peer traffics to guard the security of and prevent congestion on their networks, according to a preliminary report from the European Union telecommunications regulator, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (source: IP Watch)]]></description>
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		<title>Australia remains under surveillance as an &#8220;Enemy of the Internet&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/australia-remains-under-surveillance-as-an-enemy-of-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/australia-remains-under-surveillance-as-an-enemy-of-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its just-published 2011 report on &#8220;The Enemies of the Internet&#8220;, Reporters Without Borders lists Australia as a country &#8220;under surveillance&#8221; due to it readiness to create a repressive Internet filtering system which would be managed in a non-transparent manner by a government agency based on very broad criteria.]]></description>
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		<title>US Anti-piracy Bills postponed, copyright infringers charged and jailed</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/us-anti-piracy-bills-postponed-copyright-infringers-charged-and-jailed/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/us-anti-piracy-bills-postponed-copyright-infringers-charged-and-jailed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Censorship of Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US Department of Justice has trumpeted the bringing of charges against the principals of one online copyright infringement site, and the jailing of the founder of another, at the same time as voting on the controversial US Anti-piracy legislation was postponed. Megaupload.com and seven individuals associated with it have been charged with criminal copyright offences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU announces &#8220;No-Disconnect&#8221; strategy to promote global Internet freedom</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/eu-announces-no-disconnect-strategy-to-promote-global-internet-freedom-3/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/eu-announces-no-disconnect-strategy-to-promote-global-internet-freedom-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union&#8217;s Commissioner for the Digital Agenda has announced a &#8220;No-Disconnect&#8221; strategy, to support cyber-activists living under authoritarian regimes. According to the Commission&#8217;s press release, the &#8220;No-Disconnect&#8221; strategy will: Develop and provide technological tools to enhance privacy and security of people living in non-democratic regimes. Educate and raise awareness of activists about the opportunities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US files WTO request for details of China&#8217;s Internet censorship</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/us-files-wto-request-for-details-of-chinas-internet-censorship/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/us-files-wto-request-for-details-of-chinas-internet-censorship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Censorship of Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Trade Representative has used a World Trade Organization process to seek details of China&#8217;s policies and processes for censoring Internet content. According to the USTR, &#8220;a number of U.S. businesses, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises, have expressed concerns regarding the adverse business impacts from periodic disruptions to the availability of their websites in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Site &#8216;names and shames&#8217; operators restricting Internet access</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/site-names-and-shames-operators-restricting-internet-access/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/site-names-and-shames-operators-restricting-internet-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Censorship of Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two civil society organisations have launched a website on which users can &#8216;name and shame&#8217; ISPs restricting access to sites and services. The website, which began on 22 September 2011, permits users to report &#8216;net neutrality violations&#8217;, such as denial of use of VoIP services, and blocking or throttling access to streaming services. The founding organisations, [...]]]></description>
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