FC: Council of Europe "cybercrime" treaty being reworked

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Background:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01136.html
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01431.html
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40134,00.html


            Cybercrime Treaty Draft: Take 23
            Reuters

            7:00 a.m. Nov. 13, 2000 PST
            PARIS -- The world's first cybercrime treaty is
            being hastily redrafted after Internet lobby groups
            assailed it as a threat to human rights that could
            have "a chilling effect on the free flow of
            information and ideas."

            The Council of Europe, a 41-nation human rights
            watchdog based in Strasbourg drawing up the
            treaty, plans to issue a new draft late this week
            to clarify passages that led to what it sees as
            serious misunderstandings, a senior official said.

            [...] 




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