<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Dear all, <br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">For those interested in LatAm, please, find the second edition of  the newsletter Digital Rights LatAm and Caribe. It's a joint initiative with different organizations from the region. Articles are available in English, Portuguese and Spanish. <br>

<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">For this issue, I've collaborated with one article about the contradictions within our country reactions to NSA scandals and the way governments are leading with privacy issues: <font><a href="http://www.digitalrightslac.net/en/atencion-el-escandalo-de-la-nsa-no-debe-ocultar-los-riesgos-nacionales-a-la-proteccion-de-la-privacidad-en-america-latina/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Watch out: NSA scandal shall not masquerade national threats to privacy protection in LatAm">Watch out: NSA scandal shall not masquerade national threats to privacy protection in LatAm</a></font> Hope it's useful. <br>

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        WELCOME</h1>
<span lang="EN-US">In this edition we analyze the national threats to privacy protection in Latin America, as well as the Brazilian reaction to the Prism and its consequences related to Internet governance. We also observe the regional IGF and the problems of net neutrality in Chile. Human rights in the digital environment in Colombia and an unsuitable insight from Peruvian legislators about the internet are also addressed in the new edition of August 2013.</span></div>


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        Congress Passes New Law Regulating Copyright Collecting Societies in Brazil</h4>
With the passage of the bill by the Senate, Brazil now has the chance to have one of the most advanced laws from the comparative perspective on the global collection and distribution of copyright. <a href="http://digitalrightslac.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8a81193b2802c8d10cdc029bf&id=4ce3fdb9a2&e=45511a61be" style="color:rgb(86,197,208);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</div>


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        Brazilian reaction to Prism raises questions about regulation and governance of the network</h4>
The Brazilian government’s response, before the espionage on the UN Security Council was revealed, offers interesting perspectives on the future of regulation and global governance of the Internet. <a href="http://digitalrightslac.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=8a81193b2802c8d10cdc029bf&id=7109e81a69&e=45511a61be" style="color:rgb(86,197,208);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</div>


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        How we learned to stop worrying and love the ban</h4>
A group of bills recently introduced in the Peruvian Congress address various issues related to Internet use. However, its take on technologies and their potential is biased and pessimistic resulting in formulas which propose banning all that which can not be controlled. <a href="http://digitalrightslac.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=8a81193b2802c8d10cdc029bf&id=a8db0bd7a0&e=45511a61be" style="color:rgb(86,197,208);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</div>


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        The neutrality of the internet in Chile: Too much sophistication for SUBTEL?</h4>
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The neutrality of the internet in Chile is not much better now than it was three years ago, when there was no law in this regard. A large part of the responsibility for this can be laid at the door of the regulatory authority SUBTEL, which appears not to have taken on the technical challenges that the implementation of the legislation requires. <a href="http://digitalrightslac.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8a81193b2802c8d10cdc029bf&id=f2eb413da7&e=45511a61be" style="color:rgb(86,197,208);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</div>


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        Human Rights in the Digital Age, the Discussion in the Colombian Case</h4>
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Do we lose human rights when we log in to the Internet? What are the new nuances that take on this debate? Experts from four countries met to deliberate on the Colombian case on the conference “Human Rights in the Digital Age.” <a href="http://digitalrightslac.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8a81193b2802c8d10cdc029bf&id=3201aad05b&e=45511a61be" style="color:rgb(86,197,208);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</div>


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        The Region Is Preparing for the Internet Governance Forum</h4>