Which organizations protect the civil liberties of internet users?

The Global Internet Liberty Campaign [1] was formed at the annual meeting of the Internet Society in Montreal to protect and promote the civil liberties of users and operators of computer based communications systems such as the Internet. Members of the combination include the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Human Rights Watch, the Internet Society, Privacy International, the Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet, and other civil liberties and human rights organizations.

The major objectives of the member organizations of GILC are to protect and promote fundamental human rights such as freedom of speech and the right of privacy of users and operators of computer based communications systems such as the Internet in everywhere. You can find the members in following link: http://gilc.org/about/members.html

EFA[2] is on of the GILC members that is independent of government and commerce. the organization advocates the amendment of laws and regulations in Australia and elsewhere which limit free speech. One of the other major activities of the organization is to educate the community at large about the social, political, and civil liberties issues involved in the use of computer based communications systems.

Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) [3] is another member who covers such important issues as the regulation of child pornography on the cyber and UK Government’s encryption policy. The organization provides last news and information about free speech and privacy on the Internet.

[1] http://gilc.org/

[2] http://www.efa.org.au/

[3] http://www.cyber-rights.org/

Bloggers' Rights

Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF) is an organization that bottle for bloggers' rights in the courtroom. Their website lists some bloggers' rights as below[1]:

• Bloggers can be journalists (and journalists can be bloggers). Blogger is a journalist, with all of the attendant rights, privileges, and protections.


• Bloggers are entitled to free speech. Internet bullies shouldn't use copyright, defamation, or other claims to chill your legal speech.


• Bloggers have the right to political speech.


• Bloggers have the right to stay anonymous. Blogger could keep his or her identity private when he or she blog. it is as constitutional right to anonymous speech online.


• Bloggers have freedom from liability for hosting speech the same way other web hosts do.

[1]http://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers