Iceland to become International Transparency Haven On June 16th 2010 the Icelandic Parliament passed a proposal for a parliamentary resolution tasking the government to introduce a new legislative regime to protect and strengthen modern freedom of expression. The proposal was
What is the International Modern Media Institute? The International Modern Media Institute is a not-for-profit foundation operating in Iceland, with the stated goal to research and promote improved media legislation around the world. Founded in 2011 to address the growing
The IMMI parliamentary resolution has inspired many to make documentaries, construct their thesis and dissertations on IMMI, hold conferences, write books, and also to work to change legislation. Here is a compilation of documentaries and in depth coverage on IMMI
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According to the IMMI resolution the Ministry of Education and Culture is required to work on the resolution’s progression. On the 3rd of May 2012 the minister put together a steering committee which was tasked with analysing and researching the legal framework
Today, a group of forty security, privacy and human rights advocates and organizations from around the world released an open letter to Ögmundur Jónasson, Icelandic minister of interior, regarding the ongoing discussions on the possibility of establishing Internet pornography censorship
Reykjavík/Amsterdam/Budapest, November 8th 2012 Today ChokePoint Project, International Modern Media Institute (IMMI) and Liberit announce their collaboration on Digital Rights Watch (DiRiWa), a collaborative database for mapping the communications and information rights in the world. The organizations, having worked separately
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s Minister of Education, Culture and Science gave a report to Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, on the progress of the parliamentary resolution commonly known as the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, or IMMI. The resolution from 2010 calls for