 | INTERNET LAW - Are School's Internet Usage Policies a Matter of Collective Bargaining? |
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| | Martha L. Arias, IBLS Director
Monday, January 19, 2009
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| | In the United States, schools are gradually adopting Internet usage policies for both students and faculty. Indeed, the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA), 47 U.S.C.S. § 254, requires that schools receiving discounted Internet service adopt Internet safety policies. The COPA's goal is to combat Internet distribution of obscene and harmful material. Internet usage policies for students have not created as much controversy as those for faculty members. Some labor unions claim that Internet usage policies for teachers are a matter of collective bargaining. For instance, a Rhode Island Superior Court held that it is a matter of unfair labor practice to implement teachers' Internet usage policies without engaging in collective bargaining.
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| INTERNET LAW - Online Censorship in Thailand |
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| | IBLS Editorial Department- Staff Attorney
Monday, December 08, 2008
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| | Thailand has a long history of government- authorized censorship. The 2007 Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand and the 1997 Constitution guarantee freedom of speech with the proviso that censorship may be imposed in certain circumstances. Additionally, Thailand's Computer-Related Crimes Act, which was introduced by the military junta, imposes some limitations by penalizing a range of computer-related speeches.
The 2007 Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand guarantees freedom of speech but a law may impose censorship "for the purpose of maintaining the security of the State, protecting the rights, liberties, dignity, reputation, family or privacy rights of other persons, maintaining public order or good morals or preventing or halting the deterioration of the mind or health of the public.”
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| INTERNET LAW - Saudis Censor Blogger, Highlighting Lack of Online Rights |
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| | Kelly O'Connell, IBLS Editor
Monday, January 14, 2008
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| | Lack of Internet Rights of Free Speech and Political Expression in Saudi Arabia and the Muslim world have been highlighted again by the detention of a well-known blogger whom the Government deems a threat to their society. The royal Government Interior Ministry said Fouad al-Farhan, 32, was arrested December 10 "because he violated the regulations of the kingdom." Farhan used his blog to condemn state corruption and demand political reform, is being held "for violating rules not related to state security," according to Saudi Government spokesman, Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki.
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| INTERNET LAW - Workplace Surveillance of Internet Messaging Activities |
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| | Martha L. Arias, IBLS Director
Monday, August 06, 2007
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| | The image of an employee calling her best-twenty friends and family members from the company's telephone or day-long chatting with co-workers may not be the main concern of the 21st century employer. The use of the Internet at the workplace is. Employers are now installing cookies, spywares, and sophisticated software devices to monitor employees" use of workplace computers and ban the access to certain websites. What are the two main reasons for workplace computer surveillance; what are the most commonly monitored Internet messaging practices; and is this surveillance legal under United States law? [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Employees Monitoring of Email can Involve Invasion of Privacy Claims |
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| | IBLS Editorial Staff
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
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| | State law actions exist for violating privacy rights. Although each state has taken different approaches to their interpretation and development of privacy violations, there definitely is liability that can attach for these invasions of privacy torts. The right of employers to monitor their employees’ mail has potentially constituted a claim arising under the privacy torts. However, even though many companies have electronically monitored their employees' Internet and e-mail usage, they potentially can face lawsuits by their employees involving invasion of privacy. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - California Court Rules in Favor of Free Speech on the Internet |
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| | Kurt Opsahl, Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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| | In what is a victory for free speech on the Internet, the California Supreme Court ruled recently that no provider or user of an interactive computer service may be held liable for putting material on the Internet that was written by someone else. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - An Increasing Number of Bloggers end up in Prison |
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| | Editor, Maricelle Ruiz, IBLS Director – Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Monday, March 05, 2007
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| | For three years, Egyptian blogger Abdelkareem Nabil Suleiman allegedly used his blog as a platform to criticize religious and authoritarian practices in his country, as well as Egypt’s highest religious institutions including the Sunni University of Al-Azhar, where he attended law school. In November, law enforcement authorities arrested the 22-year-old student. Last week, an Alexandria (Egypt) judge sentenced him to four years in prison, three for disparaging Islam and one for defaming President Hosni Mubarak in his online journal. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Amnesty launches campaign to pressure companies to respect Internet freedom |
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| | Editor, Maricelle Ruiz, IBLS Director -- Europe
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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| | A major human rights organization based in London has launched a worldwide campaign to compel governments and technology companies to respect Internet freedom. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Zimbabwe introduces law to monitor e-communications |
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| | Editor, Maricelle Ruiz, IBLS Director -- Africa
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
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| | The Government of Zimbabwe has introduced a bill that would allow officials to intercept electronic communications to protect national security. The bill has irked individuals who fear the government will violate their privacy by reading their e-mails, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that will have to pay for this project and attorneys who claim it is unconstitutional because the Zimbabwean Constitution guarantees the free flow of ideas. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Iran Confirms It Has Blocked BBC's Persian Website |
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Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - China's Internet: Let a Thousand Filters Bloom |
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| | From www.yaleglobal.yale.edu
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - National Institute of Standards and Technology –Nits- Role in Electronic Commerce |
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Thursday, May 04, 2006
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