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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10598

20 April 2012
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) human rights
No to using ICT to repress populations

Brussels, 19/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Union should set in place rules to control internet censorship by autocratic regimes, according to a resolution adopted on Wednesday 18 April on the annual human rights report 2010 (see EUROPE 10597). The Parliament wants these new rules to reinforce the responsibility of companies based in the EU which export tools that can be used to block websites and monitor mobile communications.

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