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Date: 1998-05-07
Dissidenten aller Laender vereinigt-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Dissidenten aller Laender vereinigt Mit beträchtlichem Aufwand & Medien/Echo ans Netz gegangen ist diese Woche das Digital Freedom Network: Dissidenten von China bis Nigeria online. http://www.dfn.org/ Woher die Kohle dafür kommt & wie zwischen Terroristen & Dissidenten unterschieden wird, hat Felipe Rodriguez (Electronic Frontiers Australia, xs4all) recherchiert. I learned a few more things. DFN was established by Howard Jonas, the founder and CEO of IDT Corporation (www.idt.net). Who is also the main provider of funding. IDT made 125,703,766 us$ in revenues in 1997 and 5M$ in profits. Here is a little promo from their website: "At age 33, IDT's founder and CEO Howard Jonas discovered a way to supply the world with a U.S. dial tone and cheap international long distance rates. His tiny International Discount Telecommunications Corp. pioneered what is now a $1.3 billion dollar a year industry -- international "call-back" telephone service. This technology allows anyone around the world to bypass the high costs of placing international calls from countries outside of the US. Callback gives the caller the ability to make the international call as if he/she was calling from the U.S.; thus the lower rates apply. Today, IDT offers domestic and international telephone service to customers in over 225 countries worldwide." They say that "DFN tracks down censored materials from around the world. In addition, it works with free speech and human rights organizations to publish banned material on its Web site. " And these are the criteria for censored pages that may be published by them: "What types of censored material will be posted on the Web site? -Items that have been or are being banned or restricted; -Items whose publication led to human rights violations against the author (e.g.,letters from prison written by a person jailed for peacefully criticizing a governmentis human rights policy); -Items that, although not officially banned, would be banned or restricted if they were publicized or published; -Firsthand accounts that detail human rights violations (e.g., an article about a jail where political prisoners are held, written by someone who visited the jail); Primary documents related to censorship, such as laws or court cases limiting free expression. " and: "DFN will not publish pornographic or terrorist material. DFN believes that an individualis freedom of expression should be limited only when it endangers the rights or freedoms of others. DFN accepts the restrictions on expression spelled out in Article 29 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted in 1948. Article 29 states, In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society." It'd be interesting to see how DFN distinguishes between terrorists and dissidents. ==================================== TIP 4 MB Webspace für ATS 50.- pro Monat, alles inklusive, abholbar sofort http://www.heimatseite.com - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 1998-05-07 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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