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November 17, 2009

Internet Freedom European Union

Filed under: Advice, Articles and News,Countries,EU - European Union — Tags: — info @ 12:32 am

The EU took a big step recently and approved a measure to ensure “internet freedom” would remain and that individuals would not have their internet cutoff unjustly.

The passage still allows for countries to adopt a three strike policy but “must presume innocence, guard privacy, and allow for judicial appeal”. This differs from previous policies that gave EU governments the full ability to cut off ones internet with little chance for appeal.

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