35. Ministerio de Comunicaciones, “Que Es Internet
Sano: Idea de la Campana,” http://www.internetsano.gov.co/que_es.htm (in Spanish).
36. El Congreso De La Republica, Ha dado la Ley siguiente: Ley que Establece la Obligacion de Filtros
Antipornograficos en Instituciones Educativ as y
Bibliotecas que Bridnen Acceso a Internet,
http://www2.congreso.gob.pe/Sicr/Relat
Agenda/proapro.nsf/ProyectosAprobadosPortal/E72
D2E5A68F3267E0525715400031C02/$FILE/12756Fil
trosantipornograficos.pdf (in Spanish).
37. Law no. 863, La Legislatura de la Ciudad Autonoma
de Buenos Aires, “Sanciona con fuerza de Ley,”
August 15, 2002, http://www.cedom.gov.ar/
es/legislacion/normas/leyes/html/ley863.html (in
Spanish).
38. The “protection software that impedes access to
specific sites” is for the protection of children,
but the vague terms of the law make companies
confused about the requirements for the filtering
software. Lanacion, “Las proveedoras denuncian
censura en Internet,” January 12, 2003,
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/Archivo/nota.asp?nota_
id=465416 (in Spanish).
39. Privacy International, Silenced: Latin America Profile,
January 21, 2003, http://www.privacyinternational.
org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-103798.
40. Law no. 863, La Legislatura de la Ciudad Autonoma
de Buenos Aires, “Sanciona con fuerza de Ley,”
August 15, 2002, http://www.cedom.gov.ar/
es/legislacion/normas/leyes/html/ley863.html (in
Spanish).
41. Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Law no. 679 of 2001,
http://www.internetsano.gov.co/ley679.htm.
42. Draft Law on Cybercrimes, Article 15, Argentina
Association for Internet Security, http://www.asira.
org.ar/07bas_del_proycomision.htm.
43. Colin Barraclough, “Race-hate groups find virtual
haven in Argentina,” August 23, 2002,
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0823/p07s02woam.htm; Decreto 1279/97, Declárase comprendido en la garantía constitucional que ampara la libertad de expresión al servicio de INTERNET,
http://mepriv.mecon.gov.ar/Normas/
1279-97.htm (in Spanish).
44. Privacy International, Silenced: Argentina, January
21, 2003, http://www.privacyinternational.org/
article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-103569; Legal
mania, “La Libertad de Expresion y la Difusion de
sumbolos Nazis,” June 12, 2000, http://www.legalmania.com/actualidad_general/simbolos_nazis.htm
(in Spanish).
45. BBC News, “Google site ‘used by drug gang,’” July
22, 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/
4706489.stm.
46. The New York Times, “A website born in U.S. finds
fans in Brazil,” April 10, 2006, http://www.nytimes.com/
2006/04/10/technology/10orkut.html?ex=130232160
0&en=81a68673b731539d&ei=5088.
47. SaferNet Brasil, “Crimes on Orkut: Understand the
chronological evolution of the case that defies the
institutions of the democratic judicial state in Brazil,”
September 14, 2006, http://www.denunciar.org.br/
twiki/bin/view/SaferNet/CrimesOrkutEn.
48. Ellen Nakashima, “Google to give data to Brazilian
court,” Washington Post, September 2, 2006;
Richard Waters, “Brazil lawyers lean on Google,”
Financial Times, August 2, 2006, http://www.ft.com/
cms/s/d2420942-32f9-11db-87ac0000779e2340.html.
49. Organization of American States, “ ‘Desacato’ Laws
and Criminal Defamation,” Chapter V, 6, 2004,
http://www.cidh.org/Relatoria/showarticle.asp?artID=
310&lID=1.
50. Law no. 7716, 1997, http://www.cejamericas.org/
doc/proyectos/raz-sistema-jud-racismo2.pdf.
51. See Chilling Effects database, http://chillingeffects.
org/international/notice.cgi?NoticeID=6673.
52. Law no. 23.592.
53. The defendant was found liable under Article 1113,
2, of the Civil Code. Alfredo M. O’Farrell, lawyer at
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, e-mail to Open Net
Initiative contact, November 14, 2006.
54. Opovo, “TJ manda Bloquear site por favorecer
turismo sexual,” February 7, 2007, http://www.opovo.
com.br/opovo/brasil/668706.html.
55. Argentina, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Preu, Guatemala,
Honduras, Chile, and Mexico have declared desacato laws to be unconstitutional. See Organization of
American States, “The Office of the Special
Rapparteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR
Expresses its Satisfaction with Decisions in
Guatemala and Honduras Declaring Desacato Laws
Unconstitutional,” July 5, 2005, http://www.oas.org/
OASpage/press_releases/press_release.asp?sCodig
o=PREN-126E; Committee to Protect Journalists,
“Attacks on the press in 2005, Americas,” 2005,
http://www.cpj.org/attacks05/americas05/snaps_ame
ricas_05.html; and International Freedom of
Expression Exchange, “Venezuela: Government
Tightens ‘desacato’ laws,” 2005, http://www.ifex.org/
en/content/view/full/65788/.
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Sano: Idea de la Campana,” http://www.internetsano.gov.co/que_es.htm (in Spanish).
36. El Congreso De La Republica, Ha dado la Ley siguiente: Ley que Establece la Obligacion de Filtros
Antipornograficos en Instituciones Educativ as y
Bibliotecas que Bridnen Acceso a Internet,
http://www2.congreso.gob.pe/Sicr/Relat
Agenda/proapro.nsf/ProyectosAprobadosPortal/E72
D2E5A68F3267E0525715400031C02/$FILE/12756Fil
trosantipornograficos.pdf (in Spanish).
37. Law no. 863, La Legislatura de la Ciudad Autonoma
de Buenos Aires, “Sanciona con fuerza de Ley,”
August 15, 2002, http://www.cedom.gov.ar/
es/legislacion/normas/leyes/html/ley863.html (in
Spanish).
38. The “protection software that impedes access to
specific sites” is for the protection of children,
but the vague terms of the law make companies
confused about the requirements for the filtering
software. Lanacion, “Las proveedoras denuncian
censura en Internet,” January 12, 2003,
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/Archivo/nota.asp?nota_
id=465416 (in Spanish).
39. Privacy International, Silenced: Latin America Profile,
January 21, 2003, http://www.privacyinternational.
org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-103798.
40. Law no. 863, La Legislatura de la Ciudad Autonoma
de Buenos Aires, “Sanciona con fuerza de Ley,”
August 15, 2002, http://www.cedom.gov.ar/
es/legislacion/normas/leyes/html/ley863.html (in
Spanish).
41. Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Law no. 679 of 2001,
http://www.internetsano.gov.co/ley679.htm.
42. Draft Law on Cybercrimes, Article 15, Argentina
Association for Internet Security, http://www.asira.
org.ar/07bas_del_proycomision.htm.
43. Colin Barraclough, “Race-hate groups find virtual
haven in Argentina,” August 23, 2002,
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0823/p07s02woam.htm; Decreto 1279/97, Declárase comprendido en la garantía constitucional que ampara la libertad de expresión al servicio de INTERNET,
http://mepriv.mecon.gov.ar/Normas/
1279-97.htm (in Spanish).
44. Privacy International, Silenced: Argentina, January
21, 2003, http://www.privacyinternational.org/
article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-103569; Legal
mania, “La Libertad de Expresion y la Difusion de
sumbolos Nazis,” June 12, 2000, http://www.legalmania.com/actualidad_general/simbolos_nazis.htm
(in Spanish).
45. BBC News, “Google site ‘used by drug gang,’” July
22, 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/
4706489.stm.
46. The New York Times, “A website born in U.S. finds
fans in Brazil,” April 10, 2006, http://www.nytimes.com/
2006/04/10/technology/10orkut.html?ex=130232160
0&en=81a68673b731539d&ei=5088.
47. SaferNet Brasil, “Crimes on Orkut: Understand the
chronological evolution of the case that defies the
institutions of the democratic judicial state in Brazil,”
September 14, 2006, http://www.denunciar.org.br/
twiki/bin/view/SaferNet/CrimesOrkutEn.
48. Ellen Nakashima, “Google to give data to Brazilian
court,” Washington Post, September 2, 2006;
Richard Waters, “Brazil lawyers lean on Google,”
Financial Times, August 2, 2006, http://www.ft.com/
cms/s/d2420942-32f9-11db-87ac0000779e2340.html.
49. Organization of American States, “ ‘Desacato’ Laws
and Criminal Defamation,” Chapter V, 6, 2004,
http://www.cidh.org/Relatoria/showarticle.asp?artID=
310&lID=1.
50. Law no. 7716, 1997, http://www.cejamericas.org/
doc/proyectos/raz-sistema-jud-racismo2.pdf.
51. See Chilling Effects database, http://chillingeffects.
org/international/notice.cgi?NoticeID=6673.
52. Law no. 23.592.
53. The defendant was found liable under Article 1113,
2, of the Civil Code. Alfredo M. O’Farrell, lawyer at
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, e-mail to Open Net
Initiative contact, November 14, 2006.
54. Opovo, “TJ manda Bloquear site por favorecer
turismo sexual,” February 7, 2007, http://www.opovo.
com.br/opovo/brasil/668706.html.
55. Argentina, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Preu, Guatemala,
Honduras, Chile, and Mexico have declared desacato laws to be unconstitutional. See Organization of
American States, “The Office of the Special
Rapparteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR
Expresses its Satisfaction with Decisions in
Guatemala and Honduras Declaring Desacato Laws
Unconstitutional,” July 5, 2005, http://www.oas.org/
OASpage/press_releases/press_release.asp?sCodig
o=PREN-126E; Committee to Protect Journalists,
“Attacks on the press in 2005, Americas,” 2005,
http://www.cpj.org/attacks05/americas05/snaps_ame
ricas_05.html; and International Freedom of
Expression Exchange, “Venezuela: Government
Tightens ‘desacato’ laws,” 2005, http://www.ifex.org/
en/content/view/full/65788/.
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