[liberationtech] in anticipation of Stockholm Internet Forum...

[Andre Rebentisch]

Am 14.04.2012 00:00, schrieb Stefan Geens:
> This could be useful for those of you going to the Stockholm
> Internet Forum next week — I wrote a short primer on Internet
> freedom _in_ Sweden. Does Sweden practice what it preaches, now
> that one of its foreign policy goals is to defend the rights of
> Internet users beyond its borders?

To quote from the text:
"In 2008, Sweden’s parliament narrowly passed a law that lets its
signals intelligence agency (FRA) monitor the content of all
cross-border cable-based internet traffic to combat “external threats”
such as terrorism and organized crime — but only after obtaining court
permission, and upon the explicit request of government or defense
agencies."

In other words, Sweden does monitor all traffic.

Best,
André