Tag Archives: internet law

We Stopped This Law (for a month)

Written by jessica. Posted on June 15, 2010. Filed under Campaigns & Case Studies, News, Stories. Tagged , , , , , . 9 Comments.
A yellow and orange tinted image that says Postpone the Vote
The picture says it all, but the post must go on. (Follow the conversation on Twitter.) Yesterday was a busy day. And now we wait. While you scan your Tweetdecks and iPhones, we want to report back to you on what’s happened so far, how you’ve responded, and what we might have achieved. The Background [...]

ACT NOW: Postpone the Vote on the E-Transactions Law

Written by jessica. Posted on June 14, 2010. Filed under News. Tagged , , . 13 Comments.
No, no, no, you got it all wrong...
We’ve written an email in Arabic and English (below) to send to friends and colleagues to try to stop passage of the E-Transactions law tomorrow in the plenary session of Parliament. We encourage you to copy-paste and post it widely. It’s crucial that we respond immediately. This isn’t an Internet joke, as Maya Zankoul drew [...]

Stop the New Internet Law in Lebanon

Written by jessica. Posted on June 10, 2010. Filed under Arabization, News. Tagged , , , , , , . 14 Comments.
stop-sign
For a long time now, whenever anyone started talking about the relative openness of the Net in Lebanon, people have shushed each other or touched wood, so as not to jinx our one very important advantage over the rest of the region: we have very little restrictions on how we use the machine. Wouldn’t you [...]