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pornografia - House of Lords
by Guido Noto La Diega Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Se volete divertirvi, diretta del dibattito sul divieto di pornografia http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/667e22e7-c184-4d12-a33a-07a0e9737a… -- *Guido* Dr. Guido Noto La Diega <http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/staff/notoladiega.html>, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Cloud Computing Law <http://www.cloudlegal.ccls.qmul.ac.uk/project/researchers/index.html> - Queen Mary University of London <http://www.mccrc.eu/Pages/Research-Team.aspx> President of Ital-IoT <http://italiot.altervista.org/about-us/> - Centre of Multidisciplinary Research on the Internet of Things Avvocato <http://www.studioperrino.it/intro/index.asp> (Commercial and IP/IT Lawyer) Cultore della materia in Civil Law and Intellectual Property <http://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/n/guido.notoladiega> - University of Palermo 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3JB g.notoladiega(a)qmul.ac.uk +44(0)2078823386 @guidonld https://it.linkedin.com/pub/guido-noto-la-diega-ph-d/6/614/669 This e-mail and any attachment hereto are strictly confidential and are exclusively intended for the person above identified. Without intended recipient’s entitlement, use, copy and dissemination of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received it in error, please advice us immediately by telephone and return the documents received to the above address, deleting the files. Thank you. Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestaettet. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Danke. Il presente messaggio di posta elettronica ed ogni eventuale allegato contengono informazioni strettamente riservate e sono indirizzati esclusivamente al soggetto sopra indicato. In mancanza di autorizzazione del destinatario, ne sono vietati l’uso, la riproduzione e la divulgazione. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, siete pregati di avvisarci immediatamente per telefono e di restituirci i documenti ricevuti all’indirizzo sopra indicato, distruggendo i file. Grazie. *BE ECO-FRIENDLY: Unless necessary, please do not print this e-mail *

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EDRI: "Launch of the EU Internet Forum – behind closed doors and without civil society"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Dal 5 agosto, mi era sfuggito. Qualcuno ha per caso aggiornamenti? jc https://edri.org/launch-of-the-eu-internet-forum-behind-closed-doors-and-wi… Launch of the EU Internet Forum – behind closed doors and without civil society <https://edri.org/launch-of-the-eu-internet-forum-behind-closed-doors-and-wi…> By Kirsten Fiedler The European Commission has confirmed to EDRi that it is preparing to partner with US online companies in order to plan the arbitrary monitoring and censorship of European citizens and, contrary to previous assurances, will exclude civil society from these discussions. More disturbingly, this is happening at the same time as the US is preparing the “Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act” (CISA), which grants US companies a “safe harbour” from liability for any damage they cause when enacting counter-measures against security risks. Last monthwe reported <https://edri.org/eu-commission-rebrand-failed-cleanit-project/> that, from time to time, the European Commission launches talks with the Internet industry to encourage companies to take “voluntary” action to fight against allegedly illegal or unwanted online activity. Very often, however, these projects seem to be launched or financed without any consideration for lessons learned from past (and mostly failed) enforcement initiatives. Take, for example, theCleanIT project <https://edri.org/rip-cleanit/>, which proposed that online companies should prevent anonymous use of online services, implement automated detection systems and remove content on the simple request of law enforcement authorities “without following the more labour-intensive and formal procedures for ‘notice and action’”. In March 2015, a European Union document on the “fight against terrorism” (pdf <http://www.statewatch.org/news/2015/mar/eu-council-cosi-terrorism-riga-stat…>) charged the Commission with the creation of a “Forum with the Internet service providers community” in order to contribute to Europol’s work (even though this project had beenlaunched a year earlier <http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-304_en.htm>). Since then, no information has been made public as regards the progress of this “EU Internet Forum”. Obviously, we wanted to know more and sent an “access to documents” request to the European Commission.In May, the Commission responded <https://edri.org/eu-commission-rebrand-failed-cleanit-project/>, claiming that no documents existed since the forum was not set up at the time of our request. A couple of exchanges and months later, the Commission sent us some – not all – of the requested documents. We received: * The response from the Commission:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_reply_Fiedler_2015-3658.pdf * The report of the preparatory meeting on 7 May 2015:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_report_meeting_20150507.pdf * The draft agenda for a preparatory meeting on 7 May 2015:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_meeting_20150507.pdf * The invitation for the first awareness raising meeting to prepare the launch of the Internet Forum 24 July:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_Invitation_awareness_raising_20150724… * The draft agenda 24 July:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_Agenda_awareness_raising_20150724.pdf These documents reveal that the Commission organised two meetings of the Forum to prepare the official launch of the EU Internet Forum scheduled for the end of the year. These preparatory meetings took place on 27 May and 24 July. Companies were invited to discuss “challenges and scope of engagement in countering online terrorism activity” by, for example, “reducing accessibility” and by challenging “the terrorist narrative online”. An earlier Communication on the EU’s Agenda on Security also stated the objective to explore “the concerns of law enforcement authorities on new encryption technologies” (pdf <http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/e-library/documents/basic-documents/do…>). Among the planned activities of the forum are awareness-raising activities for Member States, training sessions and workshops, as well as “reaching out to smaller companies” to enable them to respond to removal requests. A preparatory meeting took place on 27 May and a meeting to “raise awareness” on 24 July. Despite the fact that the European Agenda on Security initially announced the launch of this “EU-level Forum with IT companies to bring them together with law enforcement authorities*and civil society*” (emphasis added), we learn from the documents that the Commission did not contact any civil society groups to take part since “it does not directly communicate with community groups or citizens”. The Commission does not explain further why only industry was invited while human rights organisations and NGOs in the field of information technology were ignored. It seems the idea to have civil society on board has been dropped entirely. However, the Commission refers tolinks on the website of the Radicalisation Awareness Network <http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/radicalisation_awa…>– apparently in the hope that this would be sufficient to make citizens aware of DG Home’s activities. In its reply to us, the Commission unfortunately refused to grant us access to preparatory documents of the Forum as it considers that this “could seriously undermine the ability of the Commission and other involved stakeholders to freely exchange their views concerning actions and initiatives to be taken within the IT Forum”. It is clear that discussions regarding activities by online services will directly affect the communications of their customers and therefore ultimately have an impact on citizen’s fundamental right to the freedom of expression. However, human rights organisations and experts in the field of information technologies from academia or civil society do not seem to be considered to be “relevant stakeholders” nor even “interested parties”. The Commission also argues that it wants to remain “free from external pressure” to explore potential policy options, but some policy options seem already decided, such as including the issue of “detection and removal” of alleged terrorist material (meeting report 7 May) in the upcoming meetings. The EU’s Home Affairs Commissioner DimitrisAvramopoulos is now planning a trip to Silicon Valley <http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-5342_en.htm>to discuss the upcoming launch of the EU Internet Forum – with US service providers. It is strange that the Commission wishes to remain “free to consider all policy options” while at the same time asking US businesses how online communications should be regulated in Europe. It is even more kafkaesque, when these same US businesses are about to receive near-blanket immunity for activities covered by the draft CISA. This draft Bill grants two new powers to US companies allowing them to launch countermeasures to “cybersecurity threats” and to monitor information systems. The Bill gives immunity to companies for these monitoring activities and whenever they wish to share private data of their customers (including EU customers) with US government agencies – with wide-ranging protection from liability for any damage that they may cause in the process. EDRi-members EFF and Access as well as Fight for the Future are currently campaigning <https://www.stopcyberspying.com/>to stop this fatally flawed Bill. This is a disturbing approach by the US government because, until now, online intermediaries have had little interest in adopting law enforcement roles due to unclear legal protections (“safe harbours”) offered to them in cases where their networks are used for illegal activities. Ever since the failed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) three years ago, the US government has been attempting to change this situation. In Europe, Member States have the obligation to respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights. However, if measures are applied “voluntarily” by private companies, governments’ obligations under the Charter are not active.Many case studies have shown <https://edri.org/files/EDRI_CoE.pdf>, private companies limiting fundamental rights in the online space continue, flouting the principle that restrictions on civil and human rights must be based on law (Articles 8 and 10, European Convention on Human Rights; Article 52, European Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 19, International Convention on Civil and Political Rights). To avoid another failed project pushing for a privatised law enforcement activities through online service providers, we believe that the Commission should seek expert input to examine whether and how regulation of the European online space by US companies has an impact or unintended consequences for the fundamental rights of European citizens. In January, the EU’s Ministers of Interior emphasised the need to safeguard the Internet, “in scrupulous observance of fundamental reedoms, [as] a forum for free expression, in full respect of the law.” We agree. Does the Commission? Also see EDRi’s booklets on the topic: Human rights and privatised law enforcement https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/EDRi_HumanRights_and_PrivLaw_we… The slide form “self-regulation” to corporate censorship https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/selfregualation_paper_20110925_…

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Reuters: "U.S. government approves Italy's request to arm its drones"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Business | Wed Nov 4, 2015 6:38pm EST *U.S. government approves Italy's request to arm its drones** * WASHINGTON | By Andrea Shalal The U.S. State Department has approved a longstanding request from Italy to arm its two MQ-9 Reaper drones with Hellfire missiles, laser-guided bombs and other munitions, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Wednesday. This would be the first effective sale of armed drones approved since the U.S. government established a policy in February for exports of the new type of weapons that have played a key role in U.S. military actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen. [...] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/04/us-italy-usa-drones-idUSKCN0ST1VI…

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Si può far di meglio
by Diego Giorio Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Secondo questo report, i big della new economy potrebbero far di meglio in termini di privacy e libertà d'espressione http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/03/data-protection-failure-g… Saluti a tutti Diego

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User data plundering by Android and iOS apps is as rampant as you suspected | Ars Technica
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/user-data-plundering-by-android-and… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of "jaywalking" - Vox
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 4, 2015

Nov. 4, 2015

Molto interessante. jc http://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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"Google, Facebook and others 'falling short' on digital privacy"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 4, 2015

Nov. 4, 2015

Google, Facebook and others 'falling short' on digital privacy By Julie Balise <http://www.sfgate.com/author/julie-balise/> Updated 2:34 pm, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Google gets a "D" in digital rights -- and it's the best-performing Internet or telecommunications company in a study on freedom of expression and privacy released on Tuesday <https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2015/findings/>. The inaugural Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index looked at privacy, freedom of expression and commitment to those policies at eight publicly listed Internet and eight publicly listed telecomunications companies around the world. Researchers scored companies using peer reviews, company feedback and quality control. "There are no 'winners,' " the report says. "Even companies in the lead are falling short. Across the board, companies need to improve their commitments to, and disclosures of, policies and practices that affect users' freedom of expression and privacy. […] Continua qui: http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Google-Facebook-and-others-fall-shor…

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criticità privacy sito
by Mauro Alovisio Nov. 4, 2015

Nov. 4, 2015

Gent.me/mi segnalo interessante criticità privacy riportata oggi sul Corriere della Sera del 4 novembre 2015 http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/15_novembre_04/lombardia-informat… Cordiali saluti da Torino Mauro Alovisio

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Italia, parliamo di diritti in Rete
by FelynX Nov. 4, 2015

Nov. 4, 2015

Segnalo Italia, parliamo di diritti in Rete (di Claudio Tamburrino) "In parlamento si discute una mozione a tema Internet Bill of Rights in attesa dell'Internet Governance Forum. A Roma, nei prossimi giorni, si svolgerà invece Internet Ungovernance Forum Italia" http://punto-informatico.it/4281389/PI/News/italia-parliamo-diritti-rete.as… -- FelynX // PP / #romapirata

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Re: [nexa] in discussione in questo momento la mozione Dichiarazione dei diritti in Internet
by Giuseppe Attardi Nov. 3, 2015

Nov. 3, 2015

Bel discorso del Quinta. -- Beppe

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