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>Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:29:36 GMT >Reply-To: [email protected] >Originator: [email protected] >Sender: [email protected] >Precedence: bulk >From: "David G. West" <[email protected]> >To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]> >Subject: India/Internet/Privacy >X-Comment: Global day of action against financial markets > >Dear List, >If this gets passed in India, and the American "battlespace" operation >takes place, others are likely to follow suit, and we can wave bye-bye to >the only tool we have to bring about any planetary improvement - the >Internet. Maybe the Caravan from India to the June 18 gathering in Koln >may have something to say? > >Kind Regards > >David > >"The ruling BJP in India announced details of the country's first >Information Technology Act, to be introduced shortly; it sets up a >government-appointed Central Authority Controller authorised to monitor >and intercept all material coming through Internet providers; senders of >encrypted messages will have to decode their mail for the government when >asked -- or be sentenced to jail by a new, special court to be established >under the controller; the government will fund special, dedicated telecoms >lines for military and civilian intelligence bureaus to monitor electronic >messages." > > @@@@@@@@@@@@- RECLAIM THE STREETS -@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ "the collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime." George Soros Go here today: http://www.gn.apc.org/rts/ THE RESISTANCE WILL BE AS TRANSNATIONAL AS CAPITAL order your copy of Reclaim the Streets - the Film now - from: [email protected] --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: [email protected]