Search results : 978

In November 1999 the Internet Service Providers of Ireland set up a hotline service, www.hotline.ie, to combat child pornography on the Internet. This is one of a number of self-regulatory measures that have been taken by the Internet service provider industry. The hotline service works closely with various domestic bodies including An Garda Síochána (the Irish police force), and with the INHOPE Association, an international association of hotlines in twelve countries (http://www.inhope.org/). The www.hotline.ie has just published its First Report, covering the period November 1999 - June 2001....

In January 2002, The Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI) published its first Code of Practice and Ethics. This is part of a largely self-regulatory approach aimed at eliminating and preventing harmful content on the Internet. The Code was drawn up in association with the Internet Advisory Board established by the Irish Government. The Code is aimed at encouraging members of the industry to take responsibility for issues relating to enforcement, obligations and control. It sets out minimum practice guidelines for its members. For example, each member must: have an Acceptable...

On 28 January 2002, the Council of the European Union adopted a common position regarding the draft Directive concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector. The common position was already agreed on by the EU Telecoms Ministers on 6 December 2001 (see IRIS 2002-1: 5). Since the adopted proposal differs on various points from the one agreed on by the European Parliament, it was transferred to the Parliament for a second reading on 6 February 2002. Compared to the position adopted by the European Parliament, the Council takes a more...

Recently signed by the Russian President on 18 December 2001, the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation contains some new provisions concerning the dissemination of information by means of the mass media. First, when a story appears in the mass media about the commission of a crime or concerning the preparation for it, such action shall serve as grounds for initiating a prosecution. On demand by a prosecutor, an investigator or a body of inquiry, the editorial office and editor-inchief of the enterprise concerned shall be obliged to hand over all the documents and materials giving...

On 9 January 2002, Scotland's most senior judge decided to approve an application by the BBC to televise the proceedings of the appeal by Abdelbasset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi against his conviction for causing the deaths of those aboard PanAm flight 103 and on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland. If other broadcasters wish to televise the court proceedings live, they will have to apply separately. An earlier application in 2000 to televise the proceedings of the trial was turned down on the grounds that the safety of witnesses might be compromised and also that some witnesses might decline to give...