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EDRi member FoeBuD becomes digitalcourage
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi-Mitglied FoeBuD bekommt neuen Namen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_EDRi-Mitglied_FoeBuD_bekommt_neuen_Namen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121121] EDRi member FoeBuD (Germany) has changed its name to “digitalcourage” on 17 November 2012, on the occasion of the organisation’s 25th anniversary. The old name had been a quickly constructed satirical acronym – a parody on the bureaucratic and cumbersome language […]
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EDRi letter on website blocking & EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi: Schreiben zu Netzsperren & der EU-Charta der Grundrechte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_EDRi_Schreiben_zu_Netzsperren_und_der_EU-Charta_der_Grundrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] EDRi sent on 2 November 2012 a letter to Commissioner Malmström on a legal contradiction in relation to website blocking that needs to be resolved in order to bring Member States into line with the Charter of […]
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Foreign betting websites might be blocked by the Irish Government
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ Irland: Ausländische Wettseiten könnten gesperrt werden | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Irland_Auslaendische_Wettseiten_koennten_gesperrt_werden?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] The Irish government plans to block foreign betting websites. The Betting (Amendment) Bill 2012 would allow the District Court to make orders as follows: “in the case of a remote bookmaker or remote bookmaking intermediary, an order that telecommunications […]
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ENDitorial: The Microsoft IE10 Do Not Track “controversy”
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Die Microsoft IE10 Do-Not-Track-“Kontroverse” | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_ENDitorial_Die_Microsoft_IE10_Do-Not-Track-Kontroverse?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] With online tracking of consumers becoming more and more sophisticated, uneasiness about this technology is growing. In Europe, there are rules on tracking users for behavioural advertising, where users generally need to consent to being tracked. Elsewhere in the world, there […]
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A week with EDRi Brussels
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Eine Woche in EDRis Brüssel-Büro | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Eine_Woche_in_EDRis_Bruessel-Buero?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] Now that EDRi has taken up home in its new office in Brussels, we thought that it might be interesting to share a brief insight into what a typical week looks like for us. The truth is that there is no […]
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EDRi responds to umteenth public Net Neutrality consultation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Konsultation: EDRi nimmt zum x-ten Mal zur Netzneutralität Stellung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_EU-Konsultation_EDRi_nimmt_zum_x-ten_Mal_zur_Netzneutralitaet_Stellung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] This might sound like a running gag, but on 15 October 2012 EDRi submitted its umteenth response to the European Commission’s umteenth consultation on net neutrality, traffic management, transparency and switching. As explained in the previous EDRi-gram, […]
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Turkey: Internet Report on digital rights 2012
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Türkei: Bericht über Digitale Rechte 2012 | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Tuerkei_Bericht_ueber_Digitale_Rechte_2012?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] On 28 September 2012, the Turkish Internet Report 2012 was issued by EDRi observer Alternative Informatics Association showing a worrying tendency of Internet censorship and control from Turkish authorities. According to the report, more and more case have been filed […]
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Dutch proposal to search and destroy foreign computers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Vorstoß zur Suche und Zerstörung fremder Computer | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Niederlande_Vorstoss_zur_Suche_und_Zerstoerung_fremder_Computer?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] On 15 October 2012, the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security proposed powers for the police to break into computers, install spyware, search computers and destroy data. These powers would extend to computers located outside the Netherlands. EDRi […]
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EDRi has a new office!
20 Rue Belliard 1040 Bruxelles Belgium Phone: +32 2 274 25 70 Twitter: @edri_org
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Last call for responding to Commission Net Neutrality Consultation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Konsultation zur Netzneutralität: Letzter Aufruf zur Stellungnahme | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_EU-Konsultation_zur_Netzneutralitaet_Letzter_Aufruf_zur_Stellungnahme?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20121015] On 15 October 2012, the European Commission’s latest consultation on Net neutrality will officially end. Even though this is now the 6th consultation on Net Neutrality since Neelie Kroes took office as the European Commissioner for the digital agenda, […]
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EDRi responds to Commission “self-regulation” consultation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi-Stellungnahme zur EU-Konsultation zur Selbstregulierung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.18_EDRi_Stellungnahme_zur_EU-Konsultation_zur_Selbstregulierung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120928] The Commission is asking for feedback on a draft “code” for what it describes as “multistakeholder actions”. The intention is to use the final text as a blueprint for future self- and co-regulatory actions, in order to ensure that certain best […]
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Mapping Net Neutrality worldwide
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kartografie der Netzneutralität | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.18_Kartografie_der_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20121008] When questioned about Net Neutrality the European Commission previously claimed that only little data existed to show that net neutrality violations had occurred. A new project: netneutralitymap.org shows net neutrality violations worldwide based on tests for shaping. It documents the need for net […]
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