Published inThe GNI Blog·Dec 7, 2020Error 404: Fútbol y música, las primeras víctimas de la censura silenciosa en Internet, pero seguramente no las últimasEscrito en colaboración con Carlos Guerrero, Hiperderecho — Para dar continuidad a las contribuciones anteriores a esta serie que presentan los proyectos de investigación de los seis “GNI-Internews fellows,” esta colección documenta el trabajo realizado en los últimos meses. Estos blogs no representan los puntos de vista de GNI, ni de ninguno de sus miembros. …Internet6 min readInternet6 min read
Published inThe GNI Blog·Dec 7, 2020Error 404: Football and music, the first victims of silent censorship on the Internet, but surely not the lastWritten in collaboration with Carlos Guerrero, Hiperderecho — Following the earlier contributions to this blog series, which provided an overview of the six GNI-Internews fellows’ research projects, in this collection, fellows document their work over the last few months. These blogs do not represent the viewpoints of GNI or any of its members. …Internet5 min readInternet5 min read
Published inThe GNI Blog·Jul 1, 2020Entendiendo la censura silenciosa de Internet en PerúUna nueva forma de bloquear sitios web sin orden judicial se populariza Twitter: @hiperderecho See English version Perú no es un país en el que uno piensa a la hora de hablar de regímenes autoritarios o con un ambiente hostil para la libertad de expresión en línea en Latinoamérica. No…Peru5 min readPeru5 min read
Published inThe GNI Blog·Jul 1, 2020Digging Deep into Silent Internet Censorship in PeruA new way of blocking websites without judicial orders quietly spreads Twitter: @hiperderecho Ver versión en español GNI members work together to leverage each other’s unique expertise and perspectives to advance and protect freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector around the world. The six GNI-Internews Fellows have…Freedom Of Speech4 min readFreedom Of Speech4 min read
May 10, 2020Electoral advertising, big data and privacy in PeruThe recent congressional elections in Peru have been different in many ways. This is primarily because the rules that prohibit parties and candidates from advertising on radio and television through paid ads have been applied for the first time. That has led the effort and expenditure on electoral advertising to…Peru6 min readPeru6 min read
May 10, 2020Privacy is SecurityWhere does our feeling of insecurity come from? As we walk around our cities, we are being observed by security cameras most of the time. Our daily movement, call logs, and internet browsing data are being recorded and stored by telecommunication companies. In Peru and elsewhere, many daily tasks, such…Peru4 min readPeru4 min read
Apr 7, 2017Data Localization Laws as a Threat to Network InnovationOn September 2016, Russia started to enforce a new legislation requiring that all personal data of Russian citizens should be stored in servers located inside the country.[1] This meant that any company or a service (digital or analog) that wanted to operate in Russia using personal information like names, address…Privacy7 min readPrivacy7 min read
Aug 31, 2015The friction between transparency and personal data protection in PeruIn October 2014, the Personal Data Protection Authority (PDPA) resolved two claims against the Datos Perú website’s administrators. The site, which operated for several years in Peru, among others, paid the access and search service for legal devices within the State Gazettes. In other words, the entire Legal Standards Bulletin…Privacy4 min readPrivacy4 min read
Dec 15, 2013Welcome to Peru, The Pirate BayLast week, The Pirate Bay moved to a Peruvian domain name but there´s more than meets the eye when it comes to Internet freedom in Peru — Fernando Stankuns (CC BY-NC-SA) Dear Pirate Bay, Congrats on your new Peruvian domain name: thepiratebay.pe. I understand that you're not really moving your servers to Peru, but since we'll be seeing your .pe domain everyday it feels like you're a little bit closer to us. We’re a small country in…4 min read4 min read
Published inI. M. H. O.·Sep 19, 2013Lessons from Peru: A tough start to regulating ISP liabilityHow transparent should a free trade agreement implementation be? — Last month, the Peruvian Government made public its intention to hold Internet Service Providers (ISPs) responsible for copyright infringement by their users. Peru committed to doing so — imposing intermediary liability — in a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. in 2006. However, many have criticized the legislative process thus…4 min read4 min read
