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13 septembre
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La Conférence mondiale 2012 sur l’e-Parlement a eu lieu à la Chambre des députés d'Italie, à Rome, les 13, 14 et 15 Septembre. La clôture de la Conférence a coincidé avec la Journée internationale de la démocratie, établie en 2008 par l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies.

Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the conference succeeded in accelerating debate about some very important issues.
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Key players in the Internet world stressed that the "light touch" approach to regulation, along with a free flow of information remained vital to life on the web, the OECD said on after a two-day meeting. But governments "should improve their efforts to protect personal data, the freedom of expression, and other fundamental rights online," the meeting of OECD governments, businesses bodies and technical experts agreed.

The use of the web by Arab democracy movements could lead to some states cracking down harder on internet freedoms, Google's chairman says.

The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks.

The Internet advances the cause of freedom more effectively than ballistic missiles and Hellfire-equipped drones; at least that’s the conventional wisdom among US diplomats and policymakers. “Information freedom supports the peace and security that provide a foundation for global progress” is how Secretary of State Hillary Clinton put it in a speech last January, her first on democracy and the Internet. George W. Bush’s “freedom agenda” is out; the Twitter agenda is in. Unfortunately, this kind of technological romanticism relies on false historical analogies and sloppy thinking.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been fined $34m (£20m) for cutting off communications services during the uprising that ousted him.

Although social media sites have been lionized for their role in the Arab Spring protests, governments are increasingly turning the technology against the activists.

Tough new internet rules in India have been met with a mixed reaction from web users and online businesses. Google has warned they could threaten online freedom. The government claims they will save lives.

What began as seamy gossip about an affair between a famous British soccer player and a reality TV star has quickly become another test over how far the rights to privacy and free speech extend online, where social media operate in countries with vastly different laws.

A fightback by repressive governments is putting at risk a historic struggle for freedom and justice in the Arab world, Amnesty International says. Publishing its annual report, the rights group highlights the fight for control over communications technology.

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) tried to block access to social networks on 14 April, when “Walk to Work” demonstrations were held in several cities in protest against food and gasoline price hikes.

Islamic militants have developed sophisticated ways of spreading propaganda via mobile, a study suggests. Researchers found jihadists were compiling packages of information designed to be received on smartphones.

Cyberattacks, politically motivated censorship, and government control over internet infrastructure are among the diverse and growing threats to internet freedom, according to Freedom on the Net 2011: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media, a new study released by Freedom House.