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EDRi – The European organisation for digital rights
You’ve been a subscriber of EDRi-gram for some time, but we have recently realised that we’ve never given you an overview about who we are and what we do. Of course, you may check the details on the website, but an overall picture never hurts. European Digital Rights, EDRi, is a European not for profit, […]
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A snapshot of the EDRi's Brussels Office
The EDRi Brussels office is the main link between the association and the political institutions of the European Union – the European Parliament, European Commission and the Council of the European Union. As an office representing 29 organisations from 18 countries, EDRi Brussels must follow the development of legislative and non-legislative initiatives in the institutions […]
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Stop(ped) web blocking
Earlier versions of this article are also available in: Deutsch: [Stoppt Internetsperren! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2509] Français: [Non au filtrage du Net! | http://vasistas.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/appel-contre-le-filtrage-du-net-en-europe/] Nederlands: [Help mee en stop het Europese internetfilter! | https://www.bof.nl/2011/02/10/laatste-loodjes-help-mee-en-stop-het-europese-internetfilter/] ————- On Monday evening, 14 February 2011, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament held its first crucial vote on whether mandatory […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 8.24, 15 December 2010
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Council text on web blocking – breaking the law to fight crime
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ratstext zu Netzsperren – Rechtsbruch für den Kampf gegen das Verbrechen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2441] The Council of Justice Ministers adopted a text on web blocking at its recent meeting in Brussels on 2-3 December 2010. The Belgian Presidency, for domestic reasons, felt obliged to adopt a text during its […]
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Internet blocking – Speech to ECTA workshop – 30 November
On 30 November, EDRi made a speech to the “Net freedoms, Secure Internet, IPR, Piracy & Blocking” workshop of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association 2010 Conference. Other speakers included Cesar Alonso Iriarte from the European Commission (desk officer responsible for the Child Exploitation Directive), Olivia Regnier (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), Innocenzo Genna (European […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 8.23, 1 December 2010
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Internet blocking – key decisions to be made by 3 February 2011
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren – Wichtige Vorentscheidung fällt am 3. Februar 2011 | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2389] The legislative process on Internet blocking is about to move from almost standstill to almost completed between now and the beginning of February. In the Council of Ministers, an informal agreement is planned for the Justice Council […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 8.22, 17 November 2010
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ENDitorial: Net neutrality – wait and see the end of the open Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Netzneutralität – Warten auf das Ende des offenen Internets | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2364] At the joint European Parliament and European Commission net neutrality summit in Brussels on 11 November there was a clear political message – that interference with Internet traffic is permissible as long as companies tell their […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 8.21, 3 November 2010
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New EDRi members
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue EDRi-Mitglieder | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2322] At the EDRi General Assembly of 30 October 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, EDRi welcomed two new members. The Panoptykon Foundation is a Polish organisation focusing on human rights, in particular the right to privacy, in the clash with modern technology used for surveillance purposes. […]
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