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Liberating Cyberspace

Name: Liberating Cyberspace
Author: Liberty
ISBN: 9780745312941

by Liberty

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Overview

The Internet offers new opportunities and threats to all our basic liberties: civil rights, privacy, and freedoms of expression. Originally, as something totally free of all official intereference and regulation, the Internet was anarchic in a true sense. The contributors to this important book look at how the freedom of use and accessibility of this world-wide phenomenon is being eroded, both by governments (reacting as politically "undesirable" information becomes freely available) and private concerns and pressure groups raising moral panics. Using case studies, including one on the recent McLibel case, the contributors look at these key issues. They also cover European policy on the regulation of the Internet, censorship and freedom of information on the Internet.

Published in association with Liberty, this invaluable book is about the fundamental liberties and freedoms of the modern age.

About the Author, Liberty

Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties) is Britain's leading campaign body working for the promotion of civil rights. Their guide to civil liberties, Your Rights is also published by Pluto Press.

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Contributors evaluate the impact of the Internet on our basic civil rights, covering copyright, encryption, free speech, privacy, and freedom of information as well as the potential of the Internet for promoting international women's rights. Distributed by Stylus Publishing, Inc. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)