uk: Amnesty: ISPs must protect free speech

The human rights group Amnesty International has called on internet service providers to do more to protect free speech online. Speaking at the annual awards dinner held last week by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA), Amnesty’s campaigns director, Tim Hancock, told delegates that: “Web users and service providers alike have a responsibility to keep alive the things that have made the internet great — its democracy, its freedom and the way it gives people access to knowledge and the opportunity to participate and be heard, in a way that was unthinkable 45 years ago”.

uk: Amnesty: ISPs must protect free speech
The human rights group Amnesty International has called on internet service providers to do more to protect free speech online. Speaking at the annual awards dinner held last week by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA), Amnesty’s campaigns director, Tim Hancock, told delegates that: “Web users and service providers alike have a responsibility to keep alive the things that have made the internet great — its democracy, its freedom and the way it gives people access to knowledge and the opportunity to participate and be heard, in a way that was unthinkable 45 years ago”.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39285974,00.htm

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