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Council of Europe ratifies cybercrime treaty
News The convention is the fruit of four years of negotiations at the heart of the Council of Europe, a consultative assembly of 43 countries, based in Strasbourg. The secretary general of the Council of Europe, Walter Scwimmer, congratulated the states...
[March 22, 2004, 15:00]
Council of Europe approves cybercrime treaty
News The Council of Europe Ministers' Deputies has approved the first international convention on cybercrime, which will set a common criminal policy on the misuse of computer networks and electronic information for terrorist or illegal activity.
[September 21, 2001, 14:09]
Council of Europe presses for 'hate speech' Internet ban
News The Council of Europe is pressing ahead with a protocol to criminalise hate speech on the Internet. After the convention -- the world's first international treaty on cybercrime -- was approved on Thursday, the Standing Committee of the Council of...
[November 12, 2001, 13:09]
US joins European cybercrime convention
News The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime calls on countries to co-ordinate international law to fight cybercrime. The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime is a global approach to the global problem of computer crime.
[October 2, 2006, 13:30]
Computer crime treaty threatens human rights
News An international coalition of 28 human rights and civil liberties groups has called on the Council of Europe to alter its draft treaty on International cybercrime, warning that the agreement could violate the European Convention on Human Rights...
[October 19, 2000, 7:41]
Outrage over privacy violation in cybercrime treaty
News A coalition of 22 human rights and public policy organisations say the Council of Europe's latest draft of an international cybercrime treaty gives law enforcement too much power and individuals too little.
[December 14, 2000, 8:45]
Ban looms for online racist material
News The Council of Europe published the draft protocol as a supplement to the Cybercrime Convention. The protocol was introduced in November, by the Standing Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly.
[February 21, 2002, 10:16]
EU votes through software patent changes
News The European Council on Tuesday voted through controversial changes to the European Union's Software Patents Directive that will pave the way for widespread patenting of software in Europe. While observers expect vociferous lobbying from open...
[May 18, 2004, 13:55]
Fibre broadband demands more bandwidth
News The study, by market-development organisation the FTTH Council Europe, compared usage by consumers with FTTH (fibre to the home) to ADSL usage across four European countries, finding that FTTH homes currently drive three times more traffic than...
[July 9, 2008, 9:42]
EU pact criminalising security research?
News That's part of the problem with The Council of Europe's draft Cybercrime Treaty, authored by the 41-nation body in consultation with the US Department of Justice. Computer hackers say the distinction was lost upon the Council of Europe earlier this...
[October 26, 2000, 8:56]
Patent opponents claim success
News The Polish government said on Tuesday that it could not support the controversial European directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions that was agreed by the EU Council in May this year.
[November 17, 2004, 16:35]
EU pact criminalising security research? Pt II
News The Council of Europe has promised to provide a list of exceptions to the treaty, and professional network administrators will likely end up exempt. Granick fears the Council of Europe, in an effort to create consensus, has rushed forward and...
[October 26, 2000, 9:01]
Interpol orders immediate cybercrime action
News As well as the Council of Europe and the G8 nations, the United Nations, the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have all carried out investigations into measures needed to tackle global computer crime.
[October 11, 2000, 15:02]
Cybercrime treaty may conflict with UN declaration
News He will caution that plans put forward by the Council of Europe and debated by the G8 nations threaten to create an intrusive surveillance infrastructure and restrict freedom of expression online. The Council of Europe, a 41-nation...
[December 12, 2000, 13:30]
UK firms vent anger at software patents
News In May the European Union council voted in favour of changes to the EU Software Patents Directive that would allow the widespread patenting of software in Europe. The council was due to adopt an official position on this issue on 24 September, but...
[October 22, 2004, 15:25]
Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive
News We expect the European Council to formalise the common position. Now we call on the EU Council to demonstrate a more democratic attitude and to reopen negotiations of its Common Position at the forthcoming meeting of the Competitiveness Council on...
[February 28, 2005, 15:45]
German parties unite against software patents
News The German political parties objections follow a vote in May by the EU council in favour of changes to the EU Software Patents Directive that would allow the widespread patenting of software in Europe.
[October 21, 2004, 15:20]
Europe launches £2bn nanotech push
News The European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council — abbreviated as ENIAC but not to be confused with the seminal computer built in the 1940s — is a "joint technology initiative" (JTI) that has been endorsed by the Council of Ministers and...
[February 26, 2008, 12:00]
Mexico summit urges anti-piracy action
News APEC's 21 member nations, which account for more than 60 percent of the world's Internet users, also vowed to "enact comprehensive cybersecurity laws" that follow the example of the Council of Europe's controversial cybercrime treaty.
[October 29, 2002, 9:18]
EU approves cap on text and data roaming
News The European Parliament and the Council Presidency have been unable to agree on this amendment, which many see as crucial to putting down the foundations for a net-neutrality law in Europe. Thanks to the strong support of the European Parliament...
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