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Ecuador Boards the Internet Freedom Train
Ecuador Boards the Internet Freedom Train
By David Vranicar
TechNewsWorld
12/09/13 9:44 AM PT
Ecuador hosted an Internet freedom forum last week, welcoming guests from the pro-transparency community.
The nation's president, Rafael Correa, is also funding a new research project designed to overhaul traditional copyright laws. To that end, the FLOK Society, based at a public university in Quito, is exploring ways to liberate Ecuador's Internet from global intellectual property laws.
Ecuador is famously housing Wikileaks head Julian Assange at its London embassy. It also reportedly considered granting Edward Snowden asylum.
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/79587.html