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Although Vint Cerf participated in the panel, he objected to the final report, which he said did not focus on the flaws or the larger implications of installing online gates. Guernsey L (2001) Welcome to the world wide web. Passport please. Available at: http://www.criminology. fsu.edu/transcrime/articles/Welcome%20to%20the%20World%20Wide%20Web_%20 Passport,%20Please.htm
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Akami claims that it can identify people’s geographical location as far as their ZIP codes. This is the technological limit. Information about street addresses cannot be obtained from IP numbers. Silicon Valleys Quova Inc., one of the leading providers of this technology, claims it can correctly identify a computer user’s home country 98 percent of the time and the city about 85 percent of the time, but only if it’s a large city. Independent studies have pegged the accuracy rate of such programs, which also are sold by companies such as InfoSplit, Digital Envoy, Netgeo, and Akami, at 70 to 90 percent. Cha AE (2002) Rise of internet borders prompts fears of web’s future. Washington Post, 4 January. Available at: http://www.google-watch.org/geolocat. html
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For a survey of articles about the Google-China case, see: http://searchenginewatch.com/ sereport/article.php/2165031
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Knight W (2002) Google keywords knock Chinese surfers offline. New Scientist Internet edition, 13 September. Available at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2797google-keywords-knock-chinese-surfers-offline.html
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Knight W (2002) On-off access for Google in China. New Scientist Internet edition, 13 September. Available at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2795-onoff-access-forgoogle-in-china.html
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Zittrain J, Edelman B (2002) Localised Google search result exclusions: statement of issues and call for data. Harvard Law School. Available at: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/ google/
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EU Information Society (2005) Safer Internet Programme. Available at: http://europa.eu/ legislation_summaries/information_society/l24190d_en.htm
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Lessig L (1996) The zones of cyberspace. Standford Law Review 48: 1403, 1405.
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European Internet Service Providers Association (EuroISPA) adopted Human rights guidelines for Internet service providers. It is an interesting example of self-regulation on the issues of broader public relevance (human rights). Available at: http://www.euroispa.org/ files/human_rights_guidelines.pdf
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Operation Clambake (2010) Church of Scientology censors net access for members. Available at: http://www.xenu.net/archive/events/censorship
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Valuable comments and input were provided by Katitza Rodriguez.
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This report explains the problem of the privatisation of surveillance and new challenges linked to the protection of privacy: Stanley J (2004) The surveillance-industrial complex: How the American government is conscripting businesses and individuals in the construction of a surveillance society. ACLU: New York, NY, USA. Available at: http://www.aclu.org/ FilesPDFs/surveillance_report.pdf
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USA Patriot Act (2001) Available at: http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
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