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              | Date: 2000-12-19 
 
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 Nun hat sich auch die europäische Ahnherrin investigativen
 Reportings [as far as streaming is concerned] einge/schaltet.
 
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 By BBC News Online internet reporter Mark Ward
 
 A draft European treaty on cybercrime has been condemned
 as "appalling" by civil liberty groups around the globe.
 
 In all, 23 organisations have signed a letter warning that the
 treaty will do serious damage to civil liberties under the guise
 of helping law enforcers catch computer criminals.
 
 They warn that if the treaty is adopted it will dramatically
 restrict the free flow of information and ideas.
 
 British signatories to the protest letter say the treaty goes
 further than the controversial UK's Regulation of Investigatory
 Powers Act in giving police powers to snoop with impunity.
 
 Draft details
 
 Since 1997, the 41-nation Council of Europe has been
 working on the Cybercrime Treaty, which tries to harmonise
 laws against malicious hacking, virus writing, fraud and child
 pornography on the net.
 
 It also aims to ensure that police forces in separate countries
 gather the same standard of evidence to help track and catch
 criminals across borders.
 
 Late last month, the Council released the 22nd draft of the
 treaty for perusal by interested groups, and immediately won
 condemnation from civil liberty groups for its draconian tone.
 
 Thirty-five organisations co-ordinated by umbrella
 organisation the Global Internet Liberty Campaign urged the
 Council to change the treaty saying: "The draft treaty is
 contrary to well-established norms for the protection of the
 individual."
 
 Critical mass
 
 Last week, a new draft of the treaty was released, which the
 Council claims, answers many of the criticisms made of the
 treaty in the hundreds of e-mails, letters and faxes it received
 after the initial posting.
 
 But many of the organisations which voiced concern over the
 first public draft say the new version does little to allay their
 fears.
 
 The treaty "continues to be a document that threatens the
 rights of the individual while extending the powers of police
 authorities", they say. The groups believe that unless
 significant changes are made, the treaty will have "a chilling
 effect on the free flow of information and ideas" on the
 internet.
 
 full text
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1072000/1072580.stm
 
 
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 published on: 2000-12-19
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