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Four strikes against web blocking in Brussels
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Brüssel: “Four Strikes” gegen Netzsperren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Bruessel_Four_Strikes_gegen_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Last week, the European Parliament took its final vote on the proposed Directive on Child Sexual Exploitation. Parliamentarians voted for a compromise text which rejected the European Commission’s proposal to make web blocking mandatory across the EU. The final text creates […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 9.20, 19 October 2011
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EDPS's Opinion on net neutrality & privacy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Stellungnahme des EDSB zu Netzneutralität und Datenschutz | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_Stellungnahme_des_EDSB_zu_Netzneutralitaet_und_Datenschutz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an opinion on 7 October 2011 on the European Commission Communication on the open internet and net neutrality in Europe, stressing the necessity of respecting the fundamental right to privacy […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 9.19, 5 October 2011
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EDRi-gram – Number 9.18, 21 September 2011
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New states adopt Internet blocking measures for unwanted online gambling
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Weitere Länder ergreifen Sperrmaßnahmen gegen unerwünschtes Glücksspiel | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Weitere_Laender_ergreifen_Sperrmassnahmen_gegen_unerwuenschtes_Gluecksspiel?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] As the EU regulation of online gambling is still being discussed, more EU countries try to implement Internet blocking as a valid solution to stop access of its own citizens to locally unauthorized gambling websites. A hearing on online […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 9.17, 7 September 2011
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EDRi-gram – Number 9.16, 24 August 2011
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No effective sanction for Police abuse of Irish data retention system
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Keine wirksamen Sanktionen gegen polizeilichen Missbrauch von Vorratsdaten | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.16_Irland_Keine_wirksamen_Sanktionen_gegen_polizeilichen_Missbrauch_von_Vorratsdaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110901] Recent media reports have confirmed that an Irish Garda (Police) detective sergeant will not face criminal prosecution and will keep her job despite abusing the data retention system to spy on an ex-boyfriend. In November 2010 the […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 9.15, 27 July 2011
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Draft Council conclusions on Net Neutrality
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Rat: Entwurf des Ratsbeschlusses zur Netzneutralität | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Entwurf_des_Ratsbeschlusses_zur_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] On 15 July 2011, the Council (of the EU Member States) published Draft “Conclusions” (a policy statement) on Net Neutrality. In the document, the Council underlined the need to preserve the open and neutral character of the Internet and established […]
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Voluntary agreements on blocking are interfering with human rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Freiwillige Sperrabkommen beeinträchtigen die Menschenrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Freiwillige_Sperrabkommen_beeintraechtigen_die_Menschenrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] Following the agreement of the EU institutions on a web blocking compromise text which fails to adequately address the lawless blocking which is undertaken in several EU countries, a careful reading of recent research on the legality of this approach is […]
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