Iceland "Modern Media Initiative" and Free Culture
Tomorrow, a parliamentarian resolution will be submitted in Iceland in order to turn the country into a model for freedom of expression on the Internet. Far away from the conservative vision displayed by many confused governments who try to control freedom of communication on the Net through "three strikes", Internet blocking or the ACTA, this would be a historic event. La Quadrature du Net supports this project and congratulates the coalition of Icelandic Parliamentarians at the origin of the initiative.
This parliamentarian resolution nicknamed "Icelandic Modern Media Initiative"1 aims to initiate a legislative process in order to guarantee by law the freedom of expression and communication on the Internet. Source and whistleblower protections, libel law, "mere conduit" principle2 : this project would compile the best existing laws from across the world in order to provide the best protection to journalists and citizens against attempts to undermine freedom of communication through legal pressure. Thanks to this initiative, this country devastated by the financial crisis would make the choice of an original model of socio-economic development, based on the access to information rather than its control.
