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14 December 2012

Latin America and the Caribbean Netizen Report: Detention Edition

Written by Equipo Informe Netizen · Translated by Marianna Breytman · Advocacy, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Feature, Human Rights, Latin America, Mexico, Netizen Report, Peru

This month, arrests of Internet users in Latin America and the Caribbean appear to have increased, with bloggers and activists in Ecuador, Colombia, and Cuba detained for their activities online. In this Netizen Report for Latin America and the Caribbean, we review some of these cases.

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2 December 2012

Ecuadorian Blogger Paúl Moreno Detained

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Global Voices · Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Latin America

Ecuadorian blogger Paúl Moreno (@paulcoyote) was detained on charges of fraudulent access to computer systems, after he accessed President Rafael Correa's personal database in an attempt to show the vulnerability of an official website.

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13 November 2012

Latin America and the Caribbean Netizen Report: Cybercrime Edition

Written by Equipo Informe Netizen · Translated by L. Finch · Advocacy, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Feature, Guatemala, Latin America, Mexico, Netizen Report, Peru

In the last 10 years, various countries in the region have put forward legislation that attempts to combat computer crimes. As a result of these initiatives, the state collects the personal information of Internet users, running the risk of violating their right to privacy.

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19 October 2012

Netizen Report: Subpoena Edition

Written by Netizen Report Team · Feature, Netizen Report, News, USA

This week, we begin in California, where Chevron is facing criticism after subpoenaing information from the email accounts of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft users in an $18 billion lawsuit against the company by Amazonian Indians in Ecuador. From there, we move to Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and beyond.

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9 October 2012

Latin America and the Caribbean Netizen Report: Free Trade Edition

Written by Equipo Informe Netizen · Translated by L. Finch · Advocacy, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Feature, Latin America, Law, Mexico, Netizen Report, News, Peru, Venezuela

In this edition, we focus on recent free trade agreements and the challenges they pose in the digital age. To fulfill the requirements of a free trade agreement with the United States, the Congress of Panama approved a law last week that will impose severe penalties for violating copyright and will make it almost impossible for the accused to be able to present their cases in court.

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6 September 2012

Latin America and the Caribbean Netizen Report: First Edition

Written by Equipo Informe Netizen · Translated by L. Finch · Advocacy, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Feature, Latin America, Law, Mexico, Netizen Report, Peru

This first Latin America and the Caribbean Netizen Report focuses on legislation that affects the fundamental rights of Internet users in the region. In the last two months, the governments of various countries -Costa Rica, Peru, and Brazil, among others- have considered bills that affect freedom of speech, access to information, anonymity, and privacy online.

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16 August 2012

Assange Asylum Granted After Threats from UK Authorities

Written by Renata Avila · Advocacy, Freedom of Expression, Law, News, Threatened Voices, United Kingdom

This morning, Thursday 16 August, 2012, in a press conference streamed from the website of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Ricardo Patino declared that the country would grant asylum to the Founder and Editor of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange. This comes after threats by UK authorities to remove Assange from the Embassy.

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