CORDIS focus 3 May 1999. NUMBER 132

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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ISSN 1022-6559 3 May 1999 Based on information from the CORDES databases available on the Web at http://www.tordis.lu/ FP5 RESEARCH AIMS TO MAKE THE INTERNET SAFER TO USE Researchers and companies now have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the development of a safer Internet, thanks to the European Commission's "Action Plan on promoting safer use of the Internet" and the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5). The main objective of the Action Plan is "to stimulate practi­ "The Austrian and US Governments and the Commission are cal measures to help deal with illegal and harmful content on organising a conference on the Internet and illegal content in the Internet." It aims to achieve its objective within four Vienna later this year. Differences in national laws are some­years with a budget of €25 million and is funding four action times a handicap in dealing with Internet crime. Work is lines: proceeding on an international convention on cybercrime under the auspices of the Council of Europe, and the Com­α Creating a European network of hotlines and supporting mission is actively involved in that," explained Mr Swetenham. self­regulation; ■ Developing filtering and rating systems; 1ST Gall in September ■ Encouraging awareness actions; In the field of user empowerment, EP5 will play a role. The □ Support actions.

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• Marketing et communication

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 14
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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