[Forward from the Politech list. John.]
From: Declan McCullagh [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 4:39 PM
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Subject: FC: Milosevic censored opposition websites; Japan privacy
legislation
http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/16/1510210&mode=nested
Milosevic Censored Opposition Websites
posted by cicero on Monday October 16, @10:07AM
from the 21st-century-dictator dept.
Slobodan Milosevic may be gone from the hearts and minds of his
people, but his departure was anything but willing. An article
from the heise.de folks says Milosevic had yanked the .yu domain names
of popular opposition websites. (The writeup is in German, so unless
you're fluent, use the fish.) "The websites of the democratic party
and the democratic opposition coalition of Serbia had been rerouted on
election night during a 'web takeover' that lasted almost twenty-four
hours. For the leaders of the opposition, critical hours passed
without reliable information about the election's progress," the
writeup says. For a war criminal, Milosevic seems a cunning fellow.
Also see an article in Time magazine for background.
http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/16/1447242&mode=nested
Japan Moves Toward Privacy Regulations
posted by cicero on Monday October 16, @09:43AM
from the the-law-of-unintended-consequences dept.
The Japanese government is considering regulations of private
organizations' data collection practices, according to an article on
ashai.com. A panel reportedly has proposed new privacy rules, which
the Diet is expected to approve early next year. This might sound good
in theory, but in practice any such heavy-handed attempt will run into
difficulties. In this case, news organizations -- which are in the
business of collecting data about people -- and religious
organizations, which presumably have information about their members,
appear to be upset.
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