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Press Release

19 November 1999

COMMENT ON COMMENT ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS BILL

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QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO:

Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, said:

Notes for Editors:

  1. FIPR is the UK's leading Internet policy think-tank: an independent non-profit organisation that studies the interaction between information technology and society. It does not represent the interests of any trade-group and its goal is to identify technical developments with significant social impact, commission research into public policy alternatives, and promote public understanding and dialogue between technologists and policy-makers in the UK and Europe. The Board of Trustees and Advisory Council comprise some of the leading experts in the UK.
  2. FIPR was the first to draw attention to human rights problems in the Draft E-Comms Bill with its press release on the day of publication (23/7/99).
  3. FIPR and JUSTICE substantiated these concerns in October with a Human Rights Audit of the Bill, conducted by former law-commissioner Prof.Jack Beatson QC.
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