Albania

[AL] Bar on Internet barrier for private subscribers

IRIS 1996-7:1/4

Wolfgang Closs

Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken/Brussels

Although the international computer communication network Internet made its entry into Albania recently, so far the only subscribers are 6 official institutions.

This is because the Albanian Government has barred access to Internet by private subscribers. Among the number of private candidates turned down, it is said that the Government is preventing their having access to Internet because their activities on it could not be controlled by the Government and there would therefore be a danger of computer crime.

At present the only 6 official institutions that are connected to Internet are: the Polytechnic University, the People's Assembly, the Office of the Prime Minister, the Harry Fultz Technical College, the Soros Foundation, and the President of the Republic.


References

  • Informatcion i bazuar ne nje raport te Henri Cili ne gazeten shqiptare Drejt, date 5 Maj 1996. Botuar ne Post-Soviet Media Law & Policy Newsletter 6/7/1996
  • Report by Henri Cili in the Albanian newspaper, Drejt, dated 5 May 1996. Post-Soviet Media Law & Policy Newsletter 6/7 1996.
  • http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/vii/monroe

This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.