Clean IT Project

This process involved 6 meetings in Amsterdam, Madrid, Brussels, Berlin, Utrecht, and Vienna, where a project team facilitated the conversation for Clean IT.

To further elaborate, the Clean IT project has created a set of guidelines that would be supported by public and private parties, a code of conduct on how to deal with possible terrorist attacks online.

(List explicitly includes only the names of those who made their attendance public) [1] Many individuals fear that the actions of this project will continue to grow and possibly restrict use of the Internet.

The project would require Internet users to use their real name in all online communication and punish individual for linking to "terrorist content", making no distinction between searching for educational or malicious purposes.

Their broad, vague and widespread approach to online security has arisen concern for internet freedom in addition to the project's dedication to defending the law.

[4] The leaked document includes the following proposals:[5] On 12 September 2012, the world-renowned hacker group Anonymous made a statement in a video online indicating their opposition to the Clean IT project.

They highlight the ambiguity of the notion of "cyber terrorism" and the possibility that the government will twist the definition of this term in order to censor internet usage at home.

The anonymous message ends with a threat to the European government by saying that the group is willing to break down any kinds of rules and restrictions in order to put a stop to the project.