Yahoo & France, Council of Europe & Racism

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Court Says France Can't Censor Yahoo Site
In a decision that is being applauded by Internet companies and civil
liberties groups, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the United
States Constitution's protections of free speech trumped a French
order requiring Yahoo (news/quote) to remove Nazi materials from its
Web site. 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/09/technology/09YAHO.html

Yahoo Gets Break in Nazi Case 
In an important Internet policy case, a federal judge ruled Wednesday
that Yahoo does not have to comply with a French order that it keep
users in France from seeing Nazi-related content on the website. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48241,00.html

Council Of Europe Adopts Global Cyber-Crime Treaty 
The Council of Europe today approved the so-called Convention on
Cyber-crime, an international treaty designed to harmonize laws
against crimes committed via the Internet.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172012.html

Council of Europe Racism and xenophobia in cyberspace 
Report 
Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights 
 http://stars.coe.fr/doc/doc01/EDOC9263.htm

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