<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">And in a similar IBSA vein…<div><br></div><div>Original URL: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/07/brazil_twitter/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/07/brazil_twitter/</a><br><br>Brazil sues Twitter over police checkpoint tweets<br>Threatens $290k fine… daily</div><div><br></div><div>Internet governance begins at home, but I guess a United Nations Committee for Internet-Related Policies with a mandate to "facilitate negotiation of treaties, conventions and agreements on Internet-related public policies" could help with the development of complementary/reinforcing global standards…</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 7, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Riaz K Tayob wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<h3 class="wb_3 clear"><span id="p_publishtime">15:17, February 07,
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