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Towards a corporate copyright reform in the EU?
On 24 August, Statewatch leaked the draft Impact Assessment (IA) of the European Commission (EC) on the copyright reform. Impact Assessments are an essential part in the decision making process. They are where the EC analyses the different options available when considering a policy initiative. Ahead of the official presentation of the final IA in […]
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Net neutrality wins in Europe!
New net neutrality guidelines from the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) confirm strong protection for net neutrality, and for the free and open internet, in the European Union. Europe is now a global standard-setter in the defence of the open, competitive and neutral internet. We congratulate BEREC on its diligent work, its […]
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France and Germany: Fighting terrorism by weakening encryption
On 23 August, the French and German Ministers of Interior met in Paris to discuss an initiative that would extend surveillance in Europe and weaken encryption, in the name of the fight against terrorism. Speaking at a joint press conference, French Minister of Interior Bernard Cazeneuve and his German counterpart Thomas de Maizière called for legislation that […]
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EDRi welcomes its Open Web Fellow
Starting from September 2016, the new Ford-Mozilla Fellow Siddharth (Sid) Rao will spend ten months with the EDRi office in Brussels, working in cooperation with us to safeguard the internet as a global public resource.
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Romania: Mass surveillance project disguised as eGovernment
The Romanian Intelligence Services (SRI) has recently been granted EU funds for the project “SII Analytics” to acquire software and hardware for “consolidating and assuring eGovernment interoperability between public information systems”. The project seems to aim at gathering all major state owned databases (e.g. citizens and company registry, health card data, fiscal data) in SRI’s […]
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Freedom not Fear 2016: 14–17 October in Brussels
Freedom not Fear (FNF) is an annual meeting for civil rights activists from all across Europe. You are invited to join us on 14-17 October, organise discussions on your own topics, and use this opportunity to meet EU politicians! At FNF, civil society members meet in Brussels for four days to work for freedom in the […]
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New documents reveal Europol’s plans to increase surveillance
The Europol work programme until the end of the year 2016 reveals that the agency’s goals are to gradually expand its surveillance capacities, to facilitate cross-border access to data, and increase the use of biometrics. In August 2016, the German news site Netzpolitik.org leaked a document (pdf) which provides a neat overview of Europol’s planned […]
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Copyright reform: Unlocking copyright for users?
On 8 September 2016, only a few days before the European Commission will announce its plans for a copyright reform, Communia and EDRi will be organising an event to discuss some of they key issues, namely the failures of the current EU copyright law, and the situation of exceptions and limitations. The event “Copyright Reform: Unlocking […]
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The EDRi-network working group needs your input! Deadline: August 28
Earlier this year, a number of EDRi-members launched a working group looking at how our network functions. We decided to tackle two subjects: the network itself and how to strengthen the network. In the first week of September, we will be drafting a document that will help us better understand how the network should function […]
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EU Telecom Regulators meet to analyse over 500 000 consultation responses
Brussels, 1 August 2016. Tomorrow, telecom regulators from all over the EU will gather in Brussels for a uniquely challenging task: analysing over half a million responses to their consultation on net neutrality. Meanwhile, telecom companies are maintaining their attacks on the open internet – this time by pushing to delete paragraphs regarding free speech […]
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Copyfails bonus track: Copyright levies
The EU is reforming its copyright rules. We want to introduce you to the main failures of the current copyright system, with suggestions on how to fix them. You can find all the Copyfails here. This article is an additional one – a “bonus track” – to the series presenting Copyfails. How has it failed? […]
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EDRi is looking for a policy intern
EDRi is looking for an intern to support our advocacy team, located in Brussels. The internship will go from September to mid-December 2016. European Digital Rights (EDRi) is an international non-profit association of 31 digital civil rights organisations from across Europe. We defend and promote rights and freedoms in the digital environment, such as the […]
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