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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Johnny Ryan predicts a new age of internet piracy
Coining the term 'iWar' to refer to hacker attacks on consumer and political websites, researcher Johnny Ryan argues that a period of sustained internet piracy is on the horizon. "The advent of iWar reflects the powerful trends that have dominated the first decade of the 21st century: the spread of the internet, its empowerment of individuals, and the relative decline of the power of the state to control the communications infrastructure. ... iWar might be used by powerful nations to apply pressure on weaker adversaries in a modern form of 'gunboat diplomacy', by non-state actors to leverage its convenience and potency in assaults on nation-state infrastructures, or by sovereign states using non-traceable, privateer-style 'outriders'. A new age of anarchy and piracy that will both serve and undermine the interests of power is in prospect. The need both for security counter-measures and adequate legal frameworks to meet this threat is pressing."
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EU anti-terrorism laws threaten freedom on the web
"The European commission and justice and home affairs (JHA) council of ministers have rightly begun to place a high priority on curbing radicalisation and recruitment into terrorism, particularly on the Internet", notes researcher Johnny Ryan. "The new round of proposals, due to be voted on at the imminent 8-9 November 2007 council meeting, indicates that the commission may be continuing to edge towards unwarranted and impracticable restriction of cyberspace. ... It is likely that a censorship system would (through human or technical error) block some other material, creating ... injury to free speech, and degrading the value of the internet to users in the European Union. Filtering systems, while expensive to operate and maintain, could also have significant costs for the economy by introducing complexity into what is currently a straightforward and reliable information system."
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