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About this act in particular: there already exist sufficient means of surveillance and wiretapping, and the ministry of the interior already has the technical capabilities to trace messages. Global Voices Online » Bulgaria: Against Internet “Bugging”#container #mid #center{width:470px;}#container #mid #right {margin-left:468px;width:310px;} closeSearchAuthorsTopicsCountriesexplore→Global Voices OnlineThe world is talking. Guenov, an advisor to interior minister Rumen Petkov, filled up his time with general talk. Guinyo Ganev - a complaint concerning their misgivings that the Decree runs counter to a number of civil rights enshrined in the Constitution and other principal acts, with an appeal for an examination. He concludes:For me, the task of raising awareness of the issue has already been solved. If your comment does not appear immediately, there is no need to submit it again. In this case, the judgment has been made by the heads of two government institutions. Institutions attributed the act to the requirements of Directive 2006/24/EC, but the majority of internet users in Bulgaria interpreted it as an encroachment on their civil liberties. Many bloggers published reports from the event. Nelly Ognyanova, a renowned blogger and professor of media law wrote on her blog (BUL):There will be no press release from BlogCamp, but the discussion on the Decree 40 of SAITC and the Ministry of the Interior was rather a discussion on the gradual loss of freedom. Officials had been invited but none of them showed up. The civil initiative Electronic Frontier published on the internet a petition (BUL) against the decree, signed by over 1150 people already, and a number of Bulgarian bloggers put banners to support the campaign on their blogs. The discussions were focused on the Decree 40. The familiar excuses followed – the obligations with the EU, the Directives…Mr. The majority of internet users in Bulgaria interpreted it as an encroachment on their civil liberties. The majority of internet users in Bulgaria interpreted it as an encroachment on their civil liberties. The official response wasn't too satisfactory:An SAITC official offered an outline of the viewpoint of the Agency that has been the implementer but not the author of the decree. This is a sufficient reason to challenge Decree 40. This issue is important and deserves to be delved in separately: the loss of freedom in small steps. Yavor Mihaylov reports on Bulgarian bloggers' attempts to resist the government's initiative.Post-Thumbnail No ThumbnailOn Jan.
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