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                Date: 2000-12-19
                 
                 
                BBC: Proteste gegen "Cyber-Crime" Entwurf
                
                 
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      Nun hat sich auch die europäische Ahnherrin investigativen  
Reportings [as far as streaming is concerned] einge/schaltet.  
 
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By BBC News Online internet reporter Mark Ward 
 
A draft European treaty on cybercrime has been condemned  
as "appalling" by civil liberty groups around the globe.  
 
In all, 23 organisations have signed a letter warning that the  
treaty will do serious damage to civil liberties under the guise  
of helping law enforcers catch computer criminals.  
 
They warn that if the treaty is adopted it will dramatically  
restrict the free flow of information and ideas.  
 
British signatories to the protest letter say the treaty goes  
further than the controversial UK's Regulation of Investigatory  
Powers Act in giving police powers to snoop with impunity.  
 
Draft details  
 
Since 1997, the 41-nation Council of Europe has been  
working on the Cybercrime Treaty, which tries to harmonise  
laws against malicious hacking, virus writing, fraud and child  
pornography on the net.  
 
It also aims to ensure that police forces in separate countries  
gather the same standard of evidence to help track and catch  
criminals across borders.  
 
Late last month, the Council released the 22nd draft of the  
treaty for perusal by interested groups, and immediately won  
condemnation from civil liberty groups for its draconian tone.  
 
Thirty-five organisations co-ordinated by umbrella  
organisation the Global Internet Liberty Campaign urged the  
Council to change the treaty saying: "The draft treaty is  
contrary to well-established norms for the protection of the  
individual."  
 
Critical mass  
 
Last week, a new draft of the treaty was released, which the  
Council claims, answers many of the criticisms made of the  
treaty in the hundreds of e-mails, letters and faxes it received  
after the initial posting.  
 
But many of the organisations which voiced concern over the  
first public draft say the new version does little to allay their  
fears.  
 
The treaty "continues to be a document that threatens the  
rights of the individual while extending the powers of police  
authorities", they say. The groups believe that unless  
significant changes are made, the treaty will have "a chilling  
effect on the free flow of information and ideas" on the  
internet. 
 
full text 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1072000/1072580.stm
                   
 
 
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 2000-12-19 
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