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  • December 4
    Leslie Harris will speak at the Global Network Initiative Public Forum in Paris, France, which will address the complex and constantly evolving human rights challenges facing ICT companies.
  • December 5
    Deven McGraw is moderating a break-out session on "Addressing Privacy and Confidentiality" at the eHealth Initiative's Fifth Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
  • December 6
    Heather West will speak on a panel about Internet policy at the LGBT Blogger and Citizen Journalist Summit.
  • December 8
    Jim Dempsey will speak at the IP and the Internet Conference of the California Bar in Santa Monica, CA
  • December 10
    Leslie Harris will be the keynote speaker at the IAPP Practical Privacy Series conference on Privacy in Government.
  • December 10
    Jim Dempsey will speak at the IP and the Internet Conference of the California Bar in San Francisco, CA
  • December 10
    Ari Schwartz will speak on a panel entitled "Web 2.0 and Behavioral Targetting -- Risk vs. Reward" at the Secure Computing World Congress at the Javits Center in New York City.
  • December 11
    Jim Dempsey will speak about "Privacy's Future" at the TRUSTe/IAPP Knowledge Net in Palo Alto, CA
  • December 11
    David Sohn will speak as a respondent to a new report on network management at an event hosted by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation in Washington, D.C.
  • January 8
    Leslie Harris will speak on a panel titled "Washington Update: The Times They Are A Changin’" at the 2009 International CES in Las Vegas.
  • May 16 - 21
    Deven McGraw will present on "Privacy Protection in Electronic Health Records: 2009 Update" at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco, CA.
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Global Network Initiative Hosts First Public Forum in Paris

The Global Network Initiative is hosting its first public forum in Paris tomorrow (Dec. 4th) in conjunction with the International Seminar on Business and Human Rights, during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The evening's round table discussion will focus on how the GNI intends to address the complex and constantly evolving human rights challenges and opportunities presented by regulation and policy regarding the use of information and communications technologies and services. Through moderated discussion, the group hopes to draw out the participants' varied perspectives and encourage open and robust dialogue with the audience. December 03, 2008

Global Network Initiative Website December 03, 2008 [off-site]

GNI Public Forum Announcement December 03, 2008 [off-site]

Policy Beta Blog Post on GNI Launch October 29, 2008

Conviction in MySpace Suicide Case Dangerous Ruling

The conviction of a Missouri woman accused of creating a fake MySpace account to harass a girl who later committed suicide represents a gross and inappropriate expansion of federal power to regulate speech and communications over the Internet. Lori Drew was convicted of illegally accessing MySpace computers on the basis of having created false registration data using a law intended to prosecute criminal computer break-ins.  CDT, in court filings, warned that using that law to prosecute Drew had "dangerous ramifications" for Internet users.  If the current ruling stands, it "would convert the millions of Internet-using Americans" into instant criminals for nothing more than entering a convenient nickname for online identification purposes.  CDT believes the conviction should be overturned and further prosecutorial attempts abandoned. December 01, 2008

Amicus Brief in U.S. v. Lori Drew [PDF] August 01, 2008

Policy Beta Blog Post May 15, 2008

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