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Anatomy of a Commission press campaign. Case study: Terrorist Content Regulation
On 12 September, the European Commission will propose a new legislative tool: the Regulation on preventing dissemination of “terrorist content”
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Censorship Machines or citizens? EU Parliament decides on Wednesday
The best option for dealing with a bad proposal is to delete it, so this is what MEPs should be asked to vote for.
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Copyright: Compulsory filtering instead of obligatory filtering – a compromise?
Tomorrow, 5 September 2018 at 12h CEST, is the deadline to table amendments to the proposed Copyright Directive. T
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Can you do independent research without being independent?
The European Commission is evaluating how the rules on net neutrality have been implemented across Europe.
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What’s your trustworthiness according to Facebook? Find out!
On 21 August 2018 it was revealed that Facebook rates the trustworthiness of its users in its attempt to tackle misinformation.
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Women on Waves: how internet companies police our speech
Increasingly, internet companies decide which content we're allowed to publish and receive.
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ENDitorial: The European Commission is talking “tough on terror”. Again.
The European Commission plans to issue a Regulation on 12 September 2018 that will get tough on internet companies in the fight against terrorism.
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US companies to implement better privacy for website browsing
Important changes are underway for web users, as browser manufacturers are set to put domain name system (DNS) look ups in the hands of more predictable, trusted and transparent sources.
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ENDitorial: The fake fight against fake news
The new danger is no longer yellow, but red once more: fake news. It helped getting Trump elected. It paved the highway to Brexit. Even local European elections are not safe. The greatest danger to our democracy in modern times must be fought by all possible means.
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Smart Borders: the challenges remain a year after its adoption
After the initial rejection of the Smart Borders package in 2013, the European Parliament voted again on 25 October 2017 to finally adopt it, including the Entry/Exit System (EES) and amendments to integrate it into the Schengen Borders Code.
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The EU gets another opportunity to improve copyright rules
The EU gets another opportunity to improve a copyright proposal that would have threatened the open web.
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New Protocol on cybercrime: a recipe for human rights abuse?
From 11 to 13 July 2018, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and European Digital Rights (EDRi) took part in the Octopus Conference 2018 at the Council of Europe together with Access Now to present the views of a global coalition of civil society groups on the negotiations of more than 60 countries on access to […]
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