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[ NNSquad ] EU moves to stop surveillance tech sales to despots
EU moves to stop surveillance tech sales to despots http://j.mp/s9T7JJ (ZDNET) In the wake of the Wikileaks 'Spy Files' revelations last week, ZDNet UK understands digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes will urge technology firms to come up with a way to avoid "selling despots the tools of their repression", a practice she describes as "to say the least, bad PR". - - - Yeah, bad PR -- like helping to get innocent people imprisoned, tortured, killed. That kind of bad PR. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com