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Brazil: The cost of the cybercrime bill

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 @ 20:26 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Brazil
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Governance, Internet & Telecoms, Law, Software & Tools
Languages:: Portuguese

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Brasil: O preço da Lei de Cibercrimes...

Sérgio Amadeu [pt] argues that the cybercrime bill proposed for Brazil will put DHCP protocol networks at risk because it enables free and anonymous surfing, the same for wireless networks which allow free public access. “(Senator) Azeredo will create a new cost for Brazil: the cost of digital communication”. Meanwhile this online petition against the bill has gathered over 100,000 signatures so far.

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[...] Azeredo [Pt] is always a source of big controversy (read more here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here). It's no surprise then that the controversy should grow further when this bill is [...]

# 2009-02-4 at 22:36 pm

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