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Policy PostsCDT: Global Internet Freedom Should Be Top Human Rights and Foreign Policy Priority - The Congress and Administration should make global Internet freedom a top human rights and foreign policy priority, CDT said today in testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. The government should closely monitor and report on global Internet freedom and factor progress in this area into criteria for development assistance and conditions for trade agreements. CDT also called for greater cooperation between the U.S. government and the technology industry to better manage human rights risks associated with offering Internet services in repressive countries. May 20, 2008
Share this articleCDT Is Joined on Anti-Spyware Brief by Wide Range of Groups and Companies - In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today, CDT argues that anti-spyware vendors should be protected by the liability protections afforded other filtering companies under the Communications Decency Act. CDT was joined by a broad spectrum of Internet and technology industry groups, public interest organizations, civil liberties groups and individual companies that are all committed to the proposition that users should be empowered to control their own Internet experiences. The brief urges the court to protect anti-spyware vendors from liability in cases brought to intimidate anti-spyware vendors into ignoring spyware. May 05, 2008
Share this articleLiability Protection for Internet Content Venues Threatened - Over the past few months, the Center for Democracy & Technology has joined a series of "friend of the court" briefs urging courts to broadly enforce a federal law that shields Internet website operators from liability for content posted by Internet users. This immunity from liability has been a vital underpinning of the explosion of user generated sites such as blogs and video sharing websites. Although many courts have broadly interpreted "Section 230" to protect these websites, an increasing number of cases challenge that protection. Earlier this week, CDT released an analysis of this trend and an overview of the arguments presented by CDT to the courts. Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Roommates.com website and held that Section 230 did not protect the site from a civil lawsuit. CDT believes that the court's decision is an ominous indicator of the threats to openness and free expression online. April 04, 2008
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