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Net Neutrality vs. 5G: What to expect from the upcoming EU review?
Since 2016 the principle of net neutrality is protected in the European Union (EU). Net neutrality is a founding principle of the internet. It ensures the protection of the right to freedom of expression, the right to assembly, the right to conduct business, and the freedom to innovate on the internet. These protections came about […]
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Complaints: Google infringes GDPR’s informed consent principle
On 27 November 2018, seven members of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) have launched complaints with their national Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) about Google potentially infringing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Digital rights as a security objective: Fighting disinformation
Violations of human rights online, most notably the right to data protection, can pose a real threat to electoral security and societal polarisation.
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ENDitorial: Facebook can never get it right
In 2017, a man posted live footage on Facebook of a murder he was committing. The platform decides whether you get to see this shocking footage or not – an incredibly tricky decision to make. And not really the kind of decision we want Facebook to be in charge of at all.
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The TERR Committee votes on its irreparable draft Report
The draft Report of the rather secretive work carried out by the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Terrorism (TERR) released in June 2018 raised major concerns, as previously reported in the EDRi-gram. On 13 November 2018, the members of the TERR Committee voted on the amendments to the draft.
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Terrorist content regulation – prior authorisation for all uploads?
The European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on Terrorist Content Online is a complex and multi-layered instrument. On the basis of an “impact assessment” that fails to provide meaningful justification for the measures, it proposes: Obligations to take down content on the basis of removal orders within one hour An arbitrary system of referrals of […]
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Whom do we trust with the collective good?
Wittingly and unwittingly, we increasingly leave the care of society to tech companies. This trend will prove detrimental to us.
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My Data Done Right launched: check your data!
On 25 October 2018 EDRi member Bits of Freedom launched My Data Done Right – a website that gives you more control over your data. From now on you can easily ask organisations what data they have about you, and ask them to correct, delete or transfer your data.
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Brussels up close – Experiences from the EDRi exchange programme
Learning and knowing abstractly how the EU works is one thing, seeing it up close and doing advocacy work right there is quite another! I am a Policy Advisor for the Austrian EDRi member organisation "epicenter.works – for digital rights" and, in October 2018, I spent two weeks with the EDRi office in Brussels. My aim was to get a better understanding of EU law making and advocacy.
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Welcoming our new Executive Director Claire Fernandez!
EDRi is happy to announce that we found a new Executive Director! Claire Fernandez will join the organisation on 19 November 2018, and will be in charge of the leadership, mission and strategy of the organisation, its financial sustainability and oversight, and the daily management of the operations.
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The GDPR Today – Stats, news and tools to make data protection a reality
25 October 2018 marks the launch of GDPR Today – your online hub for staying up-to-date with the (real) life of the new EU data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The project will monitor the implementation of the law across Europe by publishing statistics and sharing relevant news around key subjects.
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New standards for networking challenge regulators & digital rights
On 17 October, the European body of telecommunications regulators (BEREC) organised a stakeholder meeting in Brussels, inviting industry, consumers, regulators and citizens’ rights groups to reflect on the BEREC Work Programme 2019.
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