Freedom of expression in serious danger in Italy

8 points by markup 17y ago ↗ HN

Yesterday the italian Senate approved a modification to a "draft of law" (sorry, I can't translate it better), if this draft was actually approved by the Chamber it would seriously limit the freedom of expression here in Italy.

This modification basically states that on the internet (differently from the real life, where you can -- but maybe they are going to fix this as well, you know), you can't organize civil disobedience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience) -- if you do so, on a website, blog, or whatever, they would be able to force the ISP to filter the access to the offending page (or website). The ISP would face a fine (50.000-250.000EUR) if they refuse to do so.

Do you know any organization I can submit this crap, so that it will be possible, for the whole world, to realize what's going on here?!

Source: http://www.senato.it/japp/bgt/showdoc/frame.jsp?tipodoc=Emend&leg=16&id=391198&idoggetto=413875 (in italian)

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markup 17y ago ↗

Thanks for the ups, I appreciate them. I will write something better and submit to wikileaks and/or the EFF. If anyone has some other suggestion I am all ears.

cb3 17y ago ↗

yeah, I was thinking EFF.

Might be a good idea as well to flesh out the issue in a blog post in a comprehensible and accessible way. Explaining the importance of the right to organize, why civil disobedience is important, et cetera.

Then spread it around the social news sites and get other bloggers to blog about it.