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Cybercrime Treaty to Be Signed

Posted by michael on from the world-government dept.

texchanchan writes: "Yahoo reports that "Interior ministers and law enforcement officials from Europe, South Africa, Canada, the United States and Japan will sign the milestone cyber-crime convention.... [because] computer criminals... have moved on from ``innocent'' hacking to fraud, embezzlement and life-threatening felonies."" Feel the spin in that article, from the anonymous "official". We've posted about this treaty before; read the final draft and note it well, particularly the extradition provisions, mutual assistance (some other country gets your country to tap your phones, and send them the data) and the requirements to disclose passwords.

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  1. Cybercrime treaty by Another+MacHack · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wonder what the penalty would be for shutting down a censorware site?

  2. Re:Next July by Pinball+Wizard · · Score: 1, Troll
    They also have a right to express themselves


    I disagree with this. Spouting racial hatred is akin to yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire and should be treated as such.


    Banning hate speech is not an infringement of Free Speech. The purpose of Free Speech is to guarantee your rights, not to infringe on the rights of others.

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