“N°15 09/2014”
What transparency standards should we demand from States using surveillance technologies?
by Digital Rights LAC on September 30, 2014
The news that Germany sells surveillance technologies, without proper licensing to Argentina, Chile and Mexico, reveals the urgent need for putting pressure on the state to balance the comprehendable need for public safety with respecting the human rights of its citizens. By Francisco Vera, Derechos Digitales*. Undoubtedly, the biggest news (…) Leer Artículo »
Internet and sexual offenses: beyond common sense
by Digital Rights LAC on September 30, 2014
In this complicated tension between protecting the rights of those condemned and preventing future possible crimes, Internet poses new challenges. Sebastián Guidi, lawyer* If you have a Facebook account, it´s a fact that you have stated sometime between the conditions of use, not have been convicted of a sexual offense. (…) Leer Artículo »
Mapping Digital Media: Brazil
by Digital Rights LAC on September 30, 2014
Due to the growing need to better understand the technological and cultural transformations that digitization has caused in the production and consumption of content and news, and recognizing the importance of guaranteeing access to abundant and reliable information, researchers from the Center for Technology and Society (CTS/ FGV Rio Law (…) Leer Artículo »
Reading is not unconstitutional
by Digital Rights LAC on September 30, 2014
Who would have thought filing a lawsuit against a legislation permitting a blind person to transform the book One Hundred Years of Solitude into an accessible format, thus, allowing its reading? By Diego Caballero, Fundación Karisma* Can you read this text and others without help from anyone or anything? If (…) Leer Artículo »
Conflicting points in the discussion on net neutrality in Argentina
by Digital Rights LAC on September 30, 2014
The Argentine Senate renewed the discussion on net neutrality from a project being questioned at several points, by specialists and digital rights activists. By Eleonora Rabinovich, ADC*. On last September 17th the Commissions of Systems, Media and Freedom of Expression, Justice and Criminal Matters and Rights and Guarantees held a (…) Leer Artículo »
