Hacking by Law

[Marjorie Simmons <lawyer () USIT NET>]

In early May, Freedom House, a New York based human rights
organization, released a report indicating that governments
have been fairly successful in restricting speech on the Internet.
Authored by senior scholar Leonard R. Sussman, the report
includes a 30 page annual survey of press freedoms in 186
countries.  The report states that many countries are attempting
to control Internet speech by restricting citizen access to the
Net, requiring owners to report computer ownership, employing
filtering and monitoring software, shutting down web sites, and
engaging in denial of service attacks. The report states that such
monitoring is the most insidious as some counties now require
ISPs to install surveillance equipment which is operated without
benefit of court order or other privacy protections.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/pfs2000/

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