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                Date: 2000-12-14
                 
                 
                Reuters, ZDnet ueber Cybercrime
                
                 
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      Aufmacher bei ZDnet, sieg URL unten, Reuters bringt die  
Story in Follow-Ups - der Europarat übt sich in Schweigen. 
 
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Date sent: 	Thu, 14 Dec 2000 01:17:02 +0100 From: 	 
me@quintessenz.at To: gilc-plan@gilc.org  
 
Dear GILCers, Reuters is already circulating the US press  
release here. As we have heard from sources unknown, there  
will be be more & extensive news on http://futurezone.orf.at  
... 
 
TECH-CYBERCRIME (UPDATE 1) 
 
UPDATE 1-Cybercrime pact steps on privacy, groups say 
 
(Updates with new objections from industry group in  
paragraphs 5,6,7; removes secondary quote) 
 
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Civil-liberties groups  
blasted Wednesday a proposed treaty designed to build an  
international framework for fighting computer crime, saying it  
favored law enforcement at the expense of individual privacy. 
 
The Global Internet Liberty Campaign, a coalition of 30  
human- rights and technology groups, said the proposed  
Convention on Cyber Crime would undermine network  
security, reduce government accountability and improperly  
lengthen the reach of law enforcement. 
 
The coalition, which includes the American Civil Liberties  
Union, voiced its concerns in in a letter to the head of the 41- 
nation Council of Europe, which is wrapping up work on the  
treaty after more than a decade. The United States has  
endorsed the gist of the the pact. 
 
Several aspects of the treaty "could lead to a chilling effect  
on the free flow of ideas," the lett 
 
er said. 
 
Separately, the Center for Democracy and Technology, a civil- 
liberties group funded by the high-tec 
 
h industry, said the proposed treaty would expand  
government powers to investigate and monitor all  
 
sorts of crimes, not ju st those related to online activities. 
 
"In substantial part, the convention is not about 'cyber-  
crime,' it is about surveillance authorit 
 
y and trans-border cooperation for all types of crimes," the  
center said in a news release . 
 
The treaty could allow governments to set design standards  
to allow them to monitor easily digital communications  
systems, stifling industry independence, the center said. 
 
ZDnet Story 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2664493,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01
                   
 
 
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