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Deutsch: Niederländische Internet-Gemeinschaft protestiert gegen staatliche Ze...
Dutch civil society, companies, academics and bloggers sent a letter on 15 September 2010 to the Dutch Minister of Justice regarding a recently launched legislative proposal. According to the writers, the proposal could lead to censorship by the government. The organizations request the change of the proposal in order to preserve the freedom of press and internet.
The draft proposal of Dutch Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin has far-reaching consequences for the freedom of Dutch internet users. For example, parts of websites but also personal pages on Facebook and Hyves could, on the basis of this proposal, be shut down without a prior decision by a court. Currently, a prior judicial ruling is required. In addition, the proposal would, in short, prohibit the publication of non-public information and would criminalize the secret recording of your conversations.
In the letter, the minister is requested to amend the proposal on three points. Firstly, deleting part of a website should be applied only after a prior decision by a court. Secondly, the prohibition on the publication of non-public information should be to re-evaluate in its entirety. Finally, the minister is requested to clarify the prohibition on recording conversations.
The letter is an initiative of EDRi-member Bits of Freedom and was signed by nineteen civil society organisations, twenty experts from the academic world, in addition to bloggers and internet experts.
The letter (only in Dutch, 15.09.2010)
https://www.bof.nl/live/wp-content/uploads/brandbrief.pdf
Press release: Dutch Internet community protests against state censorship
(only in Dutch, 15.09.2010)
https://www.bof.nl/2010/09/15/persbericht-nederlandse-internetgemeensc...
(Contribution by Ot van Daalen - EDRi-member Bits of Freedom - Netherlands)