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    Venezuelan president calls for Internet regulation

    by Publisher2 March 15, 2010 Human Rights

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday called for Internet regulations and demanded that authorities crack down on a news Web site he accused of spreading false information, according to media reports.
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    UK: Patients’ confidential medical records go online without consent

    by Publisher2 March 12, 2010 Europe

    Patients’ confidential medical records are being placed on a controversial NHS database without their knowledge, doctors’ leaders have warned.
    Those who do not wish to have their details on the £11 billion computer system are supposed to be able to opt out by informing health authorities.
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    Reporters Without Borders: The Enemies of the Internet 2010

    by Publisher2 March 12, 2010 Human Rights

    (RSF) — The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet. The emerging general trend is that a growing number of countries are attemptimg to tighten their control of the Net, but at the same time, increasingly inventive netizens demonstrate mutual solidarity by mobilizing when [...]

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    Airport scanners violate rights: UN official

    by Publisher2 March 10, 2010 Defense

    (Press TV) — A senior official in the United Nations has warned that the growing use of full body scanners at airports breaches individual rights.
    Martin Scheinin, the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur, said the scanners are more of a political response to terrorist attacks than a carefully designed security measure.
    He added that [...]

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