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Liberating Cyberspace: Civil Liberties, Human Rights & the Internet

Edited by Liberty

Ambitious claims have been made on behalf of the Internet. Will it level the playing field of knowledge and access to ideas? Or merely deepen the gulf between the information rich and the information poor? Can the requirements of law enforcement be reconciled with the individual's right to privacy? How can the imperatives of free speech be balanced against the minimum controls necessary to protect vulnerable minorities? Will technological developments chance the relationship between the citizen and the state? The development of this unique medium requires new and creative answers to some fundamental questions.

Drawing on the expertise of campaigners, lawyers and academics as well as technology specialists, Liberating Cyberspace is the first volume to assess the human rights implications of the Internet, and of the arguments mounted by would-be regulators.

Contributors from Britain and the United States examine a range of topics, from copyright and encryption to free speech, privacy and freedom of information. The role of European policy is also highlighted. A series of critical case studies considers the potential of the Internet for promoting women's rights internationally; its role in the recent McLibel campaign; its scope for enhancing democracy; moral panics and censorship, and the problems of hate speech. An additional chapter examines the potential of the Net for experimenting with different gender identities.

Contents: Intro, Liz Parratt and John Wadham (Liberty) PART 1 Freedoms of Expression & Information, Privacy, & Copyright Freedom of Expression: Censorship in Private Hands, Adam Newey Freedom of Information: An Electronic Window onto Government, Andrew Ecclestone (Campaign for Freedom of Information) Liberty on the Line, Simon Davies & Ian Hosein (LSE) Cryptography & Democracy: Dilemmas of Freedom, Caspar Bowden (Foundation for Internet Policy Research) & Yaman Akdeniz (Dept of Law, Univ of Leeds) Copyright, Civil Rights & Internet, Nick Braithwaite (Bindman and Partners, Solicitors) Copyright & Internet, Charles Oppenheim (Dept of Information Science, Loughborough Univ) European Policy on Regulation & Content on Internet, Penny Campbell & Emmanuelle Machet (European Inst for the Media) PART 2 Case Studies Political Participation & Internet, Cathy Bryan & James Tatam (Informed Sources) Net Out Of Control - A New Moral Panic: Censorship & Sexuality, Angus Hamilton (solicitor) AVIVA: The Women's WWW, Kate Burke (AVIVA) Women and Internet, Clem Herman (Women's EVH, Manchester) Tinysex & Gender Troubles, Sherry Turkle (MIT) Governance of Cyberspace: Racism on Internet, David Capitanchik (Dept of Politics, Aberdeen College) & Michael Whine (Inst for Jewish Policy Research) McSpotlight: Freedom of Speech & Internet, Philip George (Univ of East London) Human Rights & Internet, Conor Foley Glossary of Terms Index

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