U.K. Report

[Roger Clarke]

House of Lords Select Committee on Science and technology, 23 July 1996
INFORMATION SOCIETY: AGENDA FOR ACTION IN THE UK
http://www.hmsoinfo.gov.uk/hmso/document/inforsoc/inforsoc.htm
http://www.hmsoinfo.gov.uk/hmso/document/inforsoc/contents

>From Cypherpunks (thanks once again, Chuin):

> A positive excerpt from UK's House of Lords's July 23 lengthy, thoughtful
> report on the information society:
>
> http://www.hmsoinfo.gov.uk/hmso/document/inforsoc/ch5.htm#5.92
>
> 5.92 The US Government's restrictions on exporting software from the USA
> which includes high levels of encryption is threatening to become a major
> barrier to the development of the information Superhighways, which is in
> no-one's interests. The Government must join with other EU Member States in
> putting pressure on the USA to relax its restrictions on the export of
> encryption technology.


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