The Internet in the Mideast and North Africa
Subtitle: free expression and censorship.
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Freedom of speech -- Middle East.; Censorship -- Middle East.; Internet -- Middle East.
Description: "Human Rights Watch in this report critiques Internet laws and policies in the region as they affect rights to privacy, association and free expression. It also recommends a set of policy guidelines designed to promote rights at this formative stage of the Internet's development. Finally, the report describes some of the rapidly advancing methods of protecting privacy and anonymity that undermine schemes to monitor and censor the flow of information online."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.