Knowledge: organizations
See Also:
- computers → internet → organizations
- society → issues → human rights and liberties → privacy → advocacy groups
- society → issues → science and technology → computers → organizations
Links
- NetAction
http://www.netaction.org/ - Founded to educate the public, policy makers, and the media about technology-based social and political issues, and to promote access to and use of information technology as a tool for community organizing, outreach, and advocacy.
- Electronic Frontiers Australia
http://www.efa.org.au/ - nonprofit formed in 1994 to protect and promote the civil liberties of users of computer based communications systems and of those affected by their use.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/ - Organization working to protect privacy and freedom of expression on the Internet. Has up-to-date news on privacy related issues. Has internal search engine.
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://www.epic.org/ - A public interest research center established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
- Global Internet Liberty Campaign
http://www.gilc.org/ - An international organization of groups working for cyber-liberties, who are determined to preserve civil liberties and human rights on the Internet.
- Online Policy Group
http://www.onlinepolicy.org - Issue oriented group focused on access, privacy, safety, human rights. Has links to news archives. Updated frequently.
- Peacefire
http://www.peacefire.org/ - An organization dedicated to exposing censorship on the Internet. Has news articles concerning blocking and filtering software; information about its legal battles; links to relevant sites. Info available for download.
- Netaid
http://www.netaid.org - A contact point for those interested in poverty and human rights issues, especially in the developing world. Has clips of recent world-wide concert broadcast 10/09/99. Alphabetized links to similar agencies and organizations.
- European Internet Foundation
http://www.eifonline.org - EIF helps shape European Union policy for e-commerce, e-democracy and the digital revolution. It is led by Members of the European Parliament, and supported by internet companies, academics and public bodies.
- Association for Competitive Technology
http://www.actonline.org/ - A trade association for computer software, hardware, consulting companies working to keep e-commerce unregulated. Links to news articles concerning Internet regulation of business. Has newsletter.
- The Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/ - Works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.
- Hands Off The Net
http://www.handsoff.org - This site is against government regulation of the Internet,particularly e-commerce. Links to legislation concerning Internet taxation. Also has links to state by state information.
- Chicago-Kent College of Law: Center for Law and Computers
http://www.kentlaw.edu/legaltech/ - Articles, documents, guidelines for use of the Internet. The main focus is the impact of information technology on the law.
- Electronic Frontier Canada
http://www.efc.ca/ - Organization working for privacy rights in Information Technology. Has mailing lists. Has links to articles about privacy and computers in Canada.
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