[bestbits] [RedLatAm] Brazilian urgent discussion at RightsCon

Thu Mar 31 17:50:18 EDT 2016

for those at RightsCon, the emergency session on this developments in
Brazil will be tomorrow, at* 9 AM in The Bridge.  *
Thank you Javier for pulling the logistics together so fast!!!!

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Paulo Rená - chefe executivo de pesquisas
do IBIDEM <paulo at ibidem.org.br> wrote:

> The full report has more then 200 pages, so I guess it will not be
> completely translated in time.
> Em 31/03/2016 16:37, "Carolina Rossini" <carolina.rossini at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>> *and just to clarify on process*
>>
>> 1) first there is this report (what we all had access now), with draft
>> proposals of bills
>> 2) if report is approved (around April 7th), the proposed bills become
>> bills and the legislative process to approve then starts
>> 3) then the bills will pass through a series of commissions in the House
>> (2 or 3 depending on the recommendations that will accompany the resulting
>> vote) and then go to the Senate...
>>
>> So, the ideal is to stop this during phase 1...
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Carolina Rossini <
>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Veridiana (Intervozes) just said that this report proposing a series of
>>> cyber bills will be voted on April 7th in the Congress Commission, so we
>>> actually need to act fast ...and create noise, so the proposals do NOT
>>> become bills
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Carolina Rossini <
>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guys,
>>>>
>>>> we should sit together asap and see what we should do as a group
>>>> against these horrible bills
>>>>
>>>> Javier is trying to find a room, so we all host a meeting to discuss
>>>> what we can do from RightsCon, since so many of us are here
>>>>
>>>> Javier, we look forward to your information on where and when we could
>>>> meet. Andrew, hope to see you there too :-)
>>>>
>>>> Javi, pls keep all posted.
>>>>
>>>> C
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Javier Pallero <javier at accessnow.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ITS provided this translation.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Politicians want to censor the Internet in Brazil with the excuse of
>>>>> fighting "cyber crime"*
>>>>>
>>>>> Pay attention to what just happened: the National Congress has just
>>>>> released the final report of the CPI of Cybercrime. The report proposes the
>>>>> creation of 8 bills to control the Internet. These projects are bombastic:
>>>>> they attack fundamental rights directly, such as freedom of expression, the
>>>>> right to privacy and maim the most important parts of the Civil Marco
>>>>> Internet, precisely those that protect against Internet surveillance and
>>>>> censorship.
>>>>> Among the proposals that are set out in the final report of the CPI of
>>>>> Cybercrime are:
>>>>>
>>>>> a) *Turning social networks censorship bodies to protect the honor of
>>>>> politicians. *If anyone speak ill of a politician in a social
>>>>> network, the social network will be required to remove the content within
>>>>> 48 hours. If not remove, the company will be co-responsible for that
>>>>> content and will have to compensate the offended politician. In other
>>>>> words, social networks will become permanent agent des surveillance and
>>>>> censorship of its users.
>>>>>
>>>>> b) *Send to jail for two years people who simply violate the "terms
>>>>> of use" of a site. *Entered into a website or application and
>>>>> disregarded any provision that huge document that everyone clicks without
>>>>> even having read: chain for you for two years.
>>>>>
>>>>> c) *Divert 10% of the collected Fistel, which aim to improve the
>>>>> quality of telecommunications in Brazil to finance the police. *Telecommunications
>>>>> that are already expensive and poor in Brazil will be even worse. The
>>>>> feature is collected to monitor the quality of Internet access, telephony
>>>>> and other services will be diverted to fund the police. Of course, this
>>>>> funding is important. But for that we have paid our taxes. You need not
>>>>> divert essential resources for this.
>>>>>
>>>>> d) *Assigning responsibility to the federal police for any crime
>>>>> committed using a computer or mobile phone. *In other words, the boy
>>>>> or girl who download a music from the Internet may receive the federal
>>>>> Japanese visit. Someone to write something considered "defamatory" or
>>>>> "libelous" against a politician in social networks may have to explain to
>>>>> the Federal Police. In other words, several million Brazilians who do these
>>>>> activities every day can be watched and even arrested by federal police on
>>>>> suspicion of having committed "crimes by computer use," even if they are
>>>>> low offensive potential crimes.
>>>>>
>>>>> e) *require Internet providers to automatically reveal who is behind
>>>>> each IP address on the network, *informing the police the name,
>>>>> affiliation and home address of the person without the need for prior
>>>>> judicial order. In other words, everyone will be presumed "guilty" in the
>>>>> Brazilian Internet and can be constantly monitored. If spoke ill of a
>>>>> politician on the Internet, the time you will know their identity and the
>>>>> Federal Police can be triggered against you.
>>>>>
>>>>> f) *Establish outright censorship on the Internet. *The bill amends
>>>>> the Civil Marco, which prohibits censorship, creating a new article that
>>>>> will "determine the blocking connection providers access to Internet
>>>>> applications for users" to "curb services that are considered illegal." In
>>>>> other words, any site can be brought down the Brazilian Internet. Remember
>>>>> WhatsApp lock? This will be chump change close to what will happen. Any
>>>>> application, website or service may be blocked and censored directly by
>>>>> internet providers and Brazilians will be deprived of access it without any
>>>>> defense, affecting the lives of millions of people.
>>>>>
>>>>> The CPI report proposing these changes opens with the signature of the
>>>>> Deputy Eduardo Cunha, current mayor. The CPI was chaired by Mrs Mariana
>>>>> Carvalho (PSDB-RO) and the text prepared by Mr Espiridião Amim (PP-SC) and
>>>>> Members Sandro Alex (PSD-PR), Rafael Motta (PSB-RN), Daniel Coelho (PSDB-
>>>>> PE) and Rodrigo Martins (PSB-PI).
>>>>>
>>>>> What most amazed that CPI report of cybercrimes is how the internet is
>>>>> seen just like a "damnable den" and not as a source of jobs, innovation,
>>>>> development, and an essential tool for the future of Brazil.
>>>>> In other words, they are criminalizing internet and placing the
>>>>> network under the strict control of the state. This is the same path taken
>>>>> by countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, North Korea and Russia.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is unfortunate that Brazil, at that time the freedom of expression
>>>>> and the Internet are essential tools, have your internet CPI threatened by
>>>>> the initiative of cybercrimes. Of course, the internet crime needs to be
>>>>> fought. But this should be done respecting fundamental rights. What we are
>>>>> witnessing now is not an attempt to combat cybercrime, but rather an
>>>>> attempt to control the intenret, that has so troubled corrupt politicians
>>>>> in Brazil.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you do not want the internet to be censored, share this information
>>>>> and speak up against the CPI of Cybercrime and eight bills it proposes to
>>>>> control the internet. Censorship never more.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> *Javier Pallero*
>>>>>
>>>>> Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas
>>>>> Access Now | accessnow.org
>>>>>
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>>>>> *Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril
>>>>> de 2016: rightscon.org <https://www.rightscon.org/>*
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Mishi Choudhary <
>>>>> mishi at softwarefreedom.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Renata,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you provide  a gist of what has been passed?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/31/2016 12:35 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote:
>>>>>> > Hi
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Yesterday, Brazilian Congress approved 8 internet censorship bills
>>>>>> > projects.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > This has been brewing for a long time but it is still shocking.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Freedom of expression advocates in the region can use your support
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> > than ever.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Unfortunately I have only links in Portugues. More news to come.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> https://medium.com/@ITSriodejaneiro/pol%C3%ADticos-querem-censurar-a-internet-no-brasil-com-a-desculpa-de-combater-o-cibercrime-bb2de118efa3#.w6m5nl35c
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> http://ibidem.org.br/cpiciber-organizacoes-da-sociedade-civil-apresentam-suas-preocupacoes-ao-relator/
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > http://cpiciber.codingrights.org/sumario-executivo/
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > All the best
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Renata
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
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>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Warm Regards
>>>>>> Mishi Choudhary, Esq.
>>>>>> Legal Director
>>>>>> Software Freedom Law Center
>>>>>> 1995 Broadway Floor 17| New York, NY-10023
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>>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>>> *Vice President, International Policy*
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>>>
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>>> *Carolina Rossini *
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