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Iceland Passes Proposal to Become 'New Media Haven

Via ReadWriteWeb

by Mike Melanson / June 17, 2010

Iceland Passes Proposal to Become 'New Media Haven

The Icelandic Parliament unanimously passed a proposal yesterday to make the country a "new media haven" in an initiative inspired and strongly backed by Iceland-based whistleblower website WikiLeaks.

The proposal, entitled the "Icelandic Modern Media Initiative", "resolves to task the government with finding ways to strengthen freedoms of expression and information freedom in Iceland, as well as providing strong protections for sources and whistleblowers."


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