Posts Tagged ‘internet censorship’
Speech at European Commission public private dialogue.
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 22 November 2009
On 27 November 2009 I will be in Brussels speaking at a conference organized by the European Commission. My contribution is below…
Measures to prevent the spread of violent material on the Net across the EU?
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 3 November 2009
The IIEA and the European Commission have just signed a contract to begin a study on non-legislative measures that might prevent the spread of violent radical content on the Internet. Our job is to examine the measures currently in practice, determine whether any are appropriate and functional, and whether these would work if applied across [...]
European Commission’s official impact assessment rules out Internet censorship – and cites my study
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 9 December 2007
The European Commission’s impact assessment on Vice President Frattini’s Internet censorship proposals was made public on 6 November 2007.
My book was cited (10 citations of 112 total) in the report, which happily concluded that censorship was not a practical response to violent radicalisation on the Internet. This is a major event in the debate over [...]
The militant Islamist call and its echo
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 2 August 2007
Published on openDemocracy (http://opendemocracy.net/article/democracy_terror/islamism_web)
On the internet, in gymnasiums, bookshops and video-clubs, recruitment propaganda is viewed by and debated among prospective Islamist militants. This wide-ranging material contains four recurrent themes; understanding them is the first step to forming an effective counter-narrative to dissuade the next generation of would-be militants from embracing [...]
EU should not attempt to censor the ‘Net
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 6 July 2007
I was interviewed about this on RTE’s Prime Time TV programme, 5 July 2007. Adrian Lydon’s report, and my contribution to it, are available here. See also my letter to The Times (London), published on 6 July 2007.
Europe’s World article: security & defence dossier “EU must take its anti-terrorism fight to the Internet”
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 24 June 2007
DOSSIER SECURITY AND DEFENCE: EU must take its anti-terrorism fight to the Internet
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