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UK Prime Minister calls for further Web Blocking July 27, 2013 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News In a widely criticised move, this week David Cameron (The UK’s Prime Minister) indicated his intention to force Britain’s ISPs to filter pornography, this would be achieved by making account holders “opt in” for access to otherwise black-listed sites on the public web. Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In Russia “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August 2013. These laws are direct attack on internet freedom, according to the Russian Pirate Party and they are organizing a series …

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Ed Geraghty July 27, 2013 October 19, 2020

UK Prime Minister calls for further Web Blocking July 27, 2013 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News In a widely criticised move, this week David Cameron (The UK’s Prime Minister) indicated his intention to force Britain’s ISPs to filter pornography, this would be achieved by making account holders “opt in” for access to otherwise black-listed sites on the public web. The Prime Minister also demanded that Search companies (such as Google, Yahoo and Bing) do more to block images of child abuse, including the blocking of search terms. Announcements such as this do not come as much of a surprise to many activists and campaigners in the UK, …

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Andrew Reitemeyer July 23, 2013 March 6, 2021

Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News While Europe and the US are still coming to terms with the implications of Edward Snowden’s revelations, we should not forget that it is not only in the West that hard-won freedoms are being attacked by authoritarian governments. In Russia, “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August 2013. These laws are a direct attack on internet freedom according to the Russian Pirate Party, who are organising a series of actions, together with allied activists, with four main tactics. Tactic One The first is a protest meeting-concert that will be held on 28 …

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Josef Ohlsson Collentine July 3, 2013 April 23, 2021

Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom July 3, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference On 18 June 2013 a joint conference titled “Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom” was organized by MEPs Pawel Zalewski (EPP) and Amelia Andersdotter (Greens/EFA). The aim of the conference was to discuss the role of the Internet and social media in revolutions for building civil societies. The conference was held as a two hour panel debate with the help of several invited guests: Lina Ben Mhenni (Tunisian blogger), Gürkan Özturan (Turkish blogger), Katarzyna Szymielewicz (President od Panoptykon Foundation) and Jarosław Lipszyc (President of Nowoczesna Polska Foundation). The use …