4 June 2003

OSCE CONFERENCE TACKLES INTERNET FREE EXPRESSION


While the Internet is revolutionising the way people around the world distribute, exchange and access information, it is also coming under new forms of censorship, says the Media Freedom Representative of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Identifying these new restrictions and finding suitable responses will be the focus of an international conference organised by the OSCE from 13 to 14 June.

ARTICLE 19 is participating in the conference.

Held in Amsterdam, the conference will bring together 50 experts from international groups, non-governmental organisations, academia, media and other fields of expertise to discuss freedom of expression on the Internet. Panels will discuss challenges facing press freedom on the Internet; technical and economic frameworks; country reports on Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro, Finland, and Lithuania; regulatory frameworks in the OSCE region; and access to Internet communications.

For full details about the conference, visit http://www.osce.org/events/fom/amsterdam/



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