What about Syria? All I see is Iran. On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:46 PM, Collin Anderson wrote:
> Libtech, > > Foreign Policy released a copy of the compromise version of the upcoming > Johnson/Ros-Lehtinen sanctions bill; expected to be legislatively passed in > the next week. In true Congressional form, quite a portion of the mandates > involve 'Internet Freedom' agenda items -- namely export regulation on > sensitive technology, expanding content availability, International > Broadcasting, and satellite jamming. > > This is important. The State and Treasury Department will be tasked with > addressing issues of 'dual use technologies' and digital security. While I > appreciate the addition of §414(7)(B) for clarifying sanctions regulations, > Congress has a part to play in ensuring clarity on the political boundaries > of such exports. > > [PDF] > http://www.foreignpolicy.com/files/fp_uploaded_documents/120730_MRW12361.pdf > > (Introduction) > > It is the sense of Congress that the goal of compelling Iran to abandon > efforts to acquire a nuclear weapons capability and other threatening > activities can be effectively achieved through a comprehensive policy ... > [a]mong the economic measures to be taken are— > (4) a focus on countering Iran’s efforts to evade sanctions, including— > (A) the activities of telecommunications, Internet, and satellite service > providers, in and outside of Iran, to ensure that such providers are not > participating in or facilitating, directly or indirectly, the evasion of the > sanctions regime with respect to Iran or violations of the human rights of > the people of Iran; > > SEC. 412. CLARIFICATION OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PURPOSES OF PROCUREMENT > BAN UNDER COMPREHENSIVE IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT ACT OF > 2010. > > The Secretary of State shall— > > (1) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, issue > guidelines to further describe the technologies that may be considered > ‘‘sensitive technology’’ for purposes of section 106 of the Comprehensive > Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8515), > with special attention to new forms of sophisticated jamming, monitoring, and > surveillance technology relating to mobile telecommunications and the > Internet, and publish those guidelines in the Federal Register; > (2) determine the types of technologies that enable any indigenous > capabilities that Iran has to disrupt and monitor information and > communications in that country, and consider adding descriptions of those > items to the guidelines; and > (3) periodically review, but in no case less than once each year, the > guidelines and, if necessary, amend the guidelines on the basis of > technological developments and new information regarding transfers of > technologies to Iran and the development of Iran’s indigenous capabilities to > disrupt and monitor information and communications in Iran. > > SEC. 414. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO PROMOTE INTERNET FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO > INFORMATION IN IRAN. > > Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the > Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and > the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the > appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy to— > (1) assist the people of Iran to produce, access, and share information > freely and safely via the Internet, including in Farsi and regional > languages; > (2) support the development of counter-censorship technologies that enable > the citizens of Iran to undertake Internet activities without interference > from the Government of Iran; > (3) increase the capabilities and availability of secure mobile and other > communications through connective technology among human rights and democracy > activists in Iran; > (4) provide resources for digital safety training for media and academic and > civil society organizations in Iran; > (5) provide accurate and substantive Internet content in local languages in > Iran; > (6) increase emergency resources for the most vulnerable human rights > advocates seeking to organize, share information, and support human rights in > Iran; > (7) expand surrogate radio, television, live stream, and social network > communications inside Iran, including— > (A) by expanding Voice of America’s Persian News Network and Radio Free > Europe/Radio Liberty’s Radio Farda to provide hourly live news update > programming and breaking news coverage capability 24 hours a day and 7 days a > week; and > (B) by assisting telecommunications and software companies that are United > States persons to comply with the export licensing requirements of the United > States for the purpose of expanding such communications inside Iran; > (8) expand activities to safely assist and train human rights, civil society, > and democracy activists in Iran to operate effectively and securely; > (9) identify and utilize all available resources to overcome attempts by the > Government of Iran to jam or otherwise deny international satellite > broadcasting signals; > (10) expand worldwide United States embassy and consulate programming for and > outreach to Iranian dissident communities; > (11) expand access to proxy servers for democacy activists in Iran; and > (12) discourage telecommunications and software companies from facilitating > Internet censorship by the Government of Iran. > > Cordially, > Collin > > -- > Collin David Anderson > averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C. > > _______________________________________________ > liberationtech mailing list > [email protected] > > Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click > above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily > digest?" > > You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator > in monthly reminders. 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