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Net Neutrality threatened by the Commission’s draft regulation
For the past years, EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes, who started by advocating for net neutrality, has constantly given in to the pressure of large telecom companies, changing her direction from protecting net neutrality to threatening it. The current draft Regulation made public on 11 September 2013 just confirms this direction. La Quadrature du Net and […]
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Leak: Damning analysis of Kroes’ attack on net neutrality
Fundamental rights are at risk from the draft Regulation on the “completion of the European single market for electronic communications” that may be finally approved by the European Commission this lunchtime. This is made clear from a leaked internal document (pdf) of the European Commission. There is huge opposition in the European Commission to the […]
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Press release: EDRi and FREE urge European Parliament to bring an end to lawless surveillance
Civil society groups European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the Fundamental Rights European Experts Group (FREE) have demanded an end to lawless spying on individuals around the globe. At a meeting with the Chair of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee today, the two groups handed over a document (pdf) containing detailed analysis of the current […]
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Data privacy issues following PRISM affair
The PRISM scandal has brought forth a series of issues related to the protection of the European citizens’ data and reactions calling for measure to prevent spying on these data. As the EU is currently updating its data privacy legislation, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, the German justice minister, believes the EU needs a new set of data […]
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UK authorities press to get hold of Snowden affair’s documents
The echoes of the PRISM affair keep growing. On 21 August 2013, Secretary general Thorbjorn Jagland of the Council of Europe, addressed a letter to UK home secretary Theresa May asking for explanations regarding UK’s recent actions following the PRISM scandal. Jagland was especially referring to the retention at Heathrow airport, on 17 August 2013, […]
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Macedonia: Demand to retract proposed media legislation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mazedonien: Ruf nach Rücknahme der geplanten Mediengesetze | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Mazedonien_Ruf_nach_Ruecknahme_der_geplanten_Mediengesetze?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828] The Front for Freedom of Expression, an informal coalition of nine civic associations, demands from Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to retract the proposed media bills – the Law on Media and the Law on Audio and Audiovisual […]
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"Right to Remix": Initiative for a European Copyright Reform
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [“Right to Remix”: Initiative für eine Reform des Urheberrechts in Europa | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Right_to_Remix_Initiative_fuer_eine_Reform_des_Urheberrechts_in_Europa?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828] On its website right2remix.org, the German civil rights organisation EDRi member Digitale Gesellschaft e. V. calls on European policy-makers to adopt remix rights in the European copyright legislation and invites everyone to submit a link […]
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The Finnish Supreme court rules on blocking anti-censorship site
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnland: Entscheidung über die Zensur einer Anti-Zensur-Website | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Finnland_Entscheidung_ueber_die_Zensur_einer_Anti-Zensur-Website?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828] On 26 August 2013, the Finnish Supreme Court ruled it was legal to censor a website listing domain names of sites that are currently blocked even if the site itself doesn’t host or link to illegal content. The ruling […]
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New Russian copyright law raises freedom of expression concerns
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ Russland: Neues Copyright-Gesetz lässt Bedenken bezüglich Redefreiheit aufkommen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Russland_Neues_Copyright-Gesetz_laesst_Bedenken_bezueglich_Redefreiheit_aufkommen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828 ] New legislation on online copyright, amending several legislative acts of the Russian Federation on the protection of intellectual property rights in information and telecommunication networks, came into force on 1 August 2013. For the time being, […]
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How much longer before web accessibility?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Barrierefreier Zugang zum Netz: Wie lange müssen wir noch warten? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_Barrierefreier_Zugang_Wie_lange_muessen_wir_noch_warten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731 ] Access to the so-called Digital Society through the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly gaining importance in our everyday life. Access to the web, where these technologies usually converge, is already a fundamental right […]
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Ireland: champion in requesting retained traffic data
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Führend bei der Abfrage von Vorratsdaten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_Irland_Fuehrend_bei_der_Abfrage_von_Vorratsdaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731] During the ECJ hearing on 9 July 2013 considering the legality of the European Data Retention Directive, it has come out that the Irish authorities are champions in requesting people’s data stored on phone or Internet, having made several […]
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Over 100 global groups make a principled stand against surveillance
For some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques. Nothing could demonstrate the urgency of this situation more than the recent revelations confirming the mass surveillance of innocent individuals around the world. To move toward that goal, today we’re pleased […]
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