New Internet Bill of Rights contender comes from... pirates?
New Internet Bill of Rights contender comes from... pirates?: Via Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica.
Pirates aren't generally known for taking inspiration from America's Founding Fathers, but the lone Pirate Party member in the European Parliament is calling for an Internet "Bill of Rights."
Two weeks ago, MEP Christian Engström announced that he was partnering with the Greens to work on an Internet Bill of Rights that would one day be submitted to the European Parliament—and he wanted the collective wisdom of the "swarm" to help him draft such a document. Engström's own key principles were three: a set of fundamental rights (privacy, etc), network neutrality, and "mere conduit" protection for ISPs.
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