EDRi-gram 12.11, 4 June 2014
From edri.org
- Anniversary of Snowden revelations: The year we fight back
- Denmark: Data retention is here to stay despite the CJEU ruling
- Google takes the first steps to comply with European Court ruling
- Torrenz.eu suspended, but restored in absence of court order
- Social media in key role in the Balkans floods - incited censorship
- EC's Scoreboard 2014: Broadband access improved, challenges remain
- Interplay between data protection, competition law & consumer rights
- Highest court rules YouTube ban violates freedom of expression
- Citizens demonstrate against data retention in Switzerland
Recommended reading
- Egypt's police seek ability to monitor social media for signs of dissent (02.6.2014)
- Post-Snowden: the economics of surveillance (27.05.2014)
- GP organization VPHuisartsen brings Dutch switching point to court in fundamental court case on health information exchange system design and consent (25.05.2014)
- "Let's not talk about it": how the mass surveillance debate was silenced in Romania (27.05.2014)
- Council of the European Union cyber-policy roadmap (07.05.2014)
- Estonia exercise shows NATO's growing worry about cyber attacks (27.05.2014)
- Russia's Hashtag Activism in Ukraine (23.05.2014)
- Facebook narrows audience that sees new users' first posts (22.05.2014)
Recommended action
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Surveillance is not freedom
Remind president Barack Obama that mass surveillance and freedom do not go together - Publish your picture with hashtags #ObamaPL and #25latwolnosci!https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/polish-ngo-obama-surveillance-not-freedom -
Don't Spy On Us
Take action against mass state surveillance of our private communications!https://www.dontspyonus.org.uk/org -
Reset The Net
Run the splash screen on your website in protest on June 5th, to take a stand for privacy and to start making mass surveillance too hard for any government.https://www.resetthenet.org/
Agenda
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04.06.2014 Le Big Data – Café Numérique
Brussels, Belgium -
04.06.2014 Caméras de surveillance et vie privée
Liege, Belgium -
07.06.2014 Don’t Spy On Us: Day of Action
London, United Kingdom -
12.06.2014 EuroDIG – European Dialogue on Internet Governance
Berlin, Germany -
19.06.2014 FRRIICT Final Event – How do we innovate responsibly in a digital world?
London, United Kingdom -
02.07.2014 Information Influx, the Institute for Information Law’s (IViR) 25th anniversary conference
Amsterdam, Netherlands