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BBA Germany 2017: Espionage, threats, tracking, provoking cyber wars
The annual German Big Brother Awards were bestowed by EDRi member Digitalcourage on 5 May 2017 in Bielefeld, Germany. The event drew much media attention, as one of the awardees threatened the organiser with legal action. The awardees are informed of their awards a few days in advance and invited to respond or appear at the […]
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Reclaim the net! Copyright and online freedoms at re:publica17
It is hard to count how many times we have been saying that the current European copyright regime is outdated. Sometimes the focus is on the negatives: what it should not be like. The ongoing copyright reform reinforces that tendency with proposals such as the content filter. However, at re:publica17, an annual gathering of media […]
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Killing parody, killing memes, killing the internet?
We love the internet because it creates fantastic opportunities to express ourselves and to innovate. But do we love it enough to pass it on to future generations? Nearly 20 years ago, politicians made decisions that gave us the internet we have today. Visionary policy-makers decided not to punish internet companies for the actions of […]
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Hakuna Metadata – Let’s have some fun with Sid’s browsing history!
But I am not interesting enough for someone to bother to look into my browsing history. The most common argument for people not to be more wary of the threats to their online privacy is that, simply, no one cares. Or at least not enough. But still, don’t we all like to delete our browsing […]
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Member in the Spotlight: epicenter.works
epicenter.works is a non-profit organisation from Austria committed to the preservation of fundamental rights in the digital age and a pluralistic society.
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EU data protection watchdogs support stronger ePrivacy legislation
On 10 January 2017, the European Commission (EC) published its long-awaited proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation (ePR) to replace the 2002 e-Privacy Directive (ePD). In April 2017, two Opinions were issued to provide comments and recommendations on how to better safeguard the right to privacy, confidentiality of communications, and the protection of personal data in the […]
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Encryption – debunking the myths
How to send a sensitive message protecting it from spying eyes? Encrypt it. You think your message is not sensitive or that no one is spying on you? Encrypt it anyway. When you send your message encrypted, no-one else but the intended recipient can read it. Even if someone manages to catch the message when […]
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AVMS Directive: It isn’t censorship if the content is mostly legal, right?
AVMSD – What is it? The Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) was originally designed for satellite TV, where broadcasters are a) in full editorial control and b) content is actively transmitted to viewers. It was subsequently extended to “on-demand” services, where providers a) make an active choice to decide what is made available, but b) […]
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AVMSD COREPER approach
On 26 April, the Committee of national ambassadors to the EU (COREPER, part of the Council of the EU), adopted a common approach to the European Commission’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). This follows the European Parliament vote on 25 April on the same proposal. http://www.statewatch.org/news/2017/apr/eu-council-ams-8242-17.pdf
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European Parliament Culture Committee takes strong position against upload filtering
Today, 25 April 2017, the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) voted on the draft Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). In a surprise move, the Committee voted to prohibit filtering of uploads by video-sharing platforms. This position, adopted by a majority of 17 to 9, will be the position of the Parliament in its […]
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German Social Media law – sharp criticism from leading legal expert
Professor Wolfgang Schulz, one of Europe’s preeminent legal experts, has prepared a short critique of Germany’s so-called “Act improving Law Enforcement on Social Networks”, also known under the abbreviation NetzDG.
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Member in the Spotlight: SHARE Foundation
SHARE Foundation is a non-profit organisation from Serbia dedicated to protecting human rights and freedoms in the digital environment and promoting positive values of openness, decentralisation, free access to information, technology and knowledge.
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