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ACTA revival – MEP Gallo proposes meaningless compromise
Marielle Gallo MEP (EPP, France) has published her draft report (only in French for the moment) for the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). As one would expect, she is urging her colleagues to support ACTA. She is also launching the counter-strategy described in an article published on the EDRi website […]
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New EDRi members
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue EDRi-Mitglieder | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Neue_EDRi-Mitglieder?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] At the EDRi General Assembly of 31 March-1 April 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, EDRi welcomed 5 new members: Statewatch (UK), Society for Open Internet Technologies (Slovakia), Article 19 (UK), Icelandic Digital Freedom Society (Iceland) and DFRI (Föreningen för digitala fri- och rättigheter) – Sweden. […]
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Italy: Problematic Internet blocking decision against fraudulent website
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien: Fragwürdige Entscheidung über Sperrmaßnahmen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Italien_Fragwuerdige_Entscheidung_ueber_Sperrmassnahmen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] The Italian Antitrust Authority (AGCM) has started ordering the blocking some websites involved in the online sale of fashion products, following several complaints made by consumers. It is the first blocking measure ordered by this Authority (enforced through the collaboration with […]
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Google and Facebook blocked by the Danish child pornography filter
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänischer Kinderpornographiefilter sperrt Google und Facebook | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Daenischer_Kinderpornographiefilter_sperrt_Google_und_Facebook] In the morning of 1 March 2012, about 8000 websites, including Google and Facebook, were blocked by the Danish child pornography (CP) filter. When the customers of the affected ISPs, Siminn Denmark and Tele Greenland, made Google searches or accessed […]
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World Day Against Cyber-Censorship
Lire cet article en français Support of a single Internet without restrictions and accessible to all is the message of this year’s world day against cyber-censorship. For the fourth time, Reporters without Borders (RSF) has published a report listing the worst violators of online free speech worldwide. In the following, we want to focus on […]
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EDRi-Gram – Number 10.3, 15 February 2012
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ACTA fact sheet
Recently, we have seen many rumours and half-truths about ACTA being circulated by campaigners on all sides. And, as the European Commission’s “fact sheet” 10 Myths about ACTA shows, there are also still a lot of misunderstandings. Many decision makers and citizens seem not yet to be aware of ACTA’s serious implications. In the following, […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 10.2, 1 February 2012
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ACTA – Frequently Asked Questions
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frequently Asked Questions zu ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Frequently_Asked_Questions_zu_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120201] French:[ FAQ sur l’ACTA par Joe McNamee, coordinateur à l’EDRI | http://politiquedunetz.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/faq-sur-lacta-par-joe-mcnamee-fondateur-de-ledri/] Romanian:[ Întrebări frecvente despre ACTA | http://apti.ro/intrebari-frecvente-ACTA] 1. Does ACTA require countries to impose “three strikes” rules? Countries that ratify ACTA are required to encourage “cooperation” between private companies […]
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Email Newsletter EDRi-gram 10.2 delayed
Exceptionally, as a result of some problems with our mail server, we could not send the EDRi-gram newsletter by email in due time to all our subscribers. The web version has been published in due time, but the newsletter will be send probably on Thursday, 2 February 2012, when we estimate that the mail server […]
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EDRi Initial Comments on the Proposal for a Data Protection Regulation
EDRi welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a new data protection Regulation. Europe needs a comprehensive reform in order to ensure the protection of its citizens’ personal data and privacy, while enhancing legal certainty and competitiveness in a single digital market. Since the “inter-service” draft was leaked in December, there has been a significant lobbying […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 10.1, 18 January 2012
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