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Date: 1998-10-29
UK: User ueberwachen Ueberwacher-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Selbstregulierung der IT-Industrie mit unterstürtzung des briutischen Handelsministeriums, wird in nunmehr selbst einer Überwachung zugeführt. Weniger durch eine Körperschaft sondern vielmehr durch ganz einfache User. 29 October, 1998 LEEDS - Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) encourages British Internet users to express their views on the review of the Internet Watch Foundation. Business advisory firm KPMG and City solicitors Denton Hall are launching a review of the Internet Watch Foundation ("IWF") with a confidential Web site - www.kpmgiwf.org - encouraging the public to express their views on illegal content on the Internet and the work of the IWF. The final report by KPMG and Denton Hall will be submitted to the Department of Trade and Industry ("DTI") in December 1998. (See below for their press release) Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) and the author of two "Who Watches the Watchmen" reports which were critical of the activities of the IWF said that: "It is good to give a chance to public for comments but the review at www.kpmgiwf.org is only limited to the activities of the IWF as far as illegal content is concerned. The involvement of the IWF as an industry based body with important public policy issues such as the development of rating and filtering systems are omitted." "Although the IWF acts as a private self regulatory body, its actions directly involve public matters and the IWF is involved with the UK government's policy making process. No decisions should be taken without proper public consultation and an open and transparent environment should be established for regulatory initiatives in the field of Internet regulation rather than important policies being developed behind closed doors in secrecy. The public has a right to know from the very early stages of a policy making process. So far, both the DTI and the IWF have failed their duties and managed to provide as little information as possible on why certain policies are preferred without the need for public consultation." ... Firstly, the website created by the reviewing firm is rated with a PICS label used by the RSACi system favoured by the IWF. Secondly, all comments would be made anonymously through a secure system (but no information has been provided on what sort of technology has been used). Therefore, one aspect of the website favours the current IWF and DTI policy on rating and filtering systems while the anonymous use of the web would be in contrast with the IWF and DTI Safety-Net proposals which has seen anonymity as a danger." full text http://www.cyber-rights.org/press/ related links http://www.internetwatch.org.uk at http://www.kpmgiwf.org/ relayed by Yaman Akdeniz lawya@leeds.ac.uk -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 1998-10-29 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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