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From edri.org

• The threat on OTF as a wake up call for European digital sovereignty
• COVID-Tech: COVID-19 opens the way for the use of police drones in Greece
• French Avia law declared unconstitutional: what does this teach us at EU level?
• Massive political data leak in Malta
• European Commission derails copyright reform in South Africa

Recommended reading

• Who do they think we are? Political parties, political profiling and the law
• Antitrust case against Facebook’s ‘super profiling’ back on track after German federal court ruling

Recommended action

• #SaveInternetFreedom

  Global internet freedom is more important than ever before, but the current administration in the United States is threatening to dismantle the Open Technology Fund - a very effective tool in the fight to safeguard the internet as a secure democratic space. Sign this letter today and tell the US Congress: Don't turn your back on the Open Technology Fund! Take action now to ensure people around the world are still able to speak, think, and worship freely online.
  https://saveinternetfreedom.tech/

• The rise of artificial intelligence & how it will reshape the future of free speech

  Attend an online event organized in the framework of the OSCE RFoM #SAIFE #AIFreeSpeech project, to discuss the current state of play, as well as the possible way forward to safeguard free speech when deploying automation and artificial intelligence (AI), including in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Eliska Pirkova, Europe Policy Analyst from EDRi member Access Now will be participating as a panelist.
  
  Wednesday, 8 July 2020, in the afternoon (CET). Registration here:
  https://events.osce.org/2020-rfom-the-rise-of-ai/registration/Site/Register

• Stay tuned with EDRi's campaigning plans!

  Stay up to date with EDRi's campaigns, including our effort to Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance, by signing up to the link below.
  https://mailman.edri.org/mailman/listinfo/supporters

Agenda

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Can the EU make AI “trustworthy”? No – but they can make it just
• COVID-Tech: the sinister consequences of immunity passports
• UK: Stop social media monitoring by local authorities
• Cryptocurrency scammers flood Facebook users with manipulative ads
• SHARE’s campaign bears fruit: Google appoints Serbian representatives

Recommended reading

• When Local Authorities aren't your friends
• What Makes an Investigation

Recommended action

• Submit your response to the European Commission's AI consultation

  EDRi submitted its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on artificial intelligence (AI). We encourage all people, collectives and organisations to respond to the consultation and make sure these issues are addressed. Need help answering the consultation? Read EDRi’s answering guide for the public.
  https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AI_EDRiAnsweringGuide.pdf

• Applications now open for the DFF COVID-19 Litigation Fund

  The Digital Freedom Fund (DFF) announced the launch of the COVID-19 Litigation Fund. The aim is to support "rapid response" strategic cases challenging digital rights violations committed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants will support litigation through the whole process, from first instance to the final appeal stage. The Fund is open for applications concerning the Council of Europe area until 28 June.
  https://digitalfreedomfund.org/covid-19-litigation-fund/

Agenda

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• COVID-Tech: Surveillance is a pre-existing condition
• Competition law: Big Tech mergers, a dominance tool
• More than the sum of our parts: a strategy for the EDRi Network
• Hungary: “Opinion police” regulate Facebook commentaries
• German Constitutional Court stops mass surveillance abroad
• France: First victory against police drones
• EDRi urges enforcement & actions for the 2 year anniversary of the GDPR

Recommended reading

• Two years under the EU GDPR: an implementation progress report
• Covid Contact tracing apps are a complicated mess: what you need to know
• Since I met Edward Snowden, I’ve never stopped watching my back

Recommended action

• Worried about the impact of AI? Stay tuned!

  Next week we will launch EDRi's consultation response to the European Commission's AI consultation, and an answering guide for the public. Let's draw together the red-lines of AI today, to ensure people are protected tomorrow!

Agenda

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Ban biometric mass surveillance
• [COVID-Tech]: COVID infodemic and the lure of censorship
• Member in the spotlight: D3 Defesa dos Direitos Digitais
• Austria's biggest privacy scandal: residential addresses made public
• Xnet issues two complaints to improve data protection in Spain

Recommended reading

• Screen New Deal: under cover of mass death, Andrew Cuomo calls in the billionaires to build a high-tech dystopia
• Privacy and public health: the dos and don’ts for COVID-19 contact tracing apps
• People, Power and Technology: the 2020 digital attitudes report

Recommended action

• Apply now to work with EDRi as Communications and Media Manager

  EDRi is looking for an experienced Communications and Media Manager to join EDRi’s team in Brussels. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and lead on the communications of a well-respected network of NGOs at a time of numerous challenges to our rights and freedoms in the digital age. The deadline to apply is 22ndMay 2020. This is a full-time, permanent position and the start date is expected to be July 2020.
  https://edri.org/edri-job-communications-media-manager/

Agenda

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• #WhoReallyTargetsYou: DSA and political micro-targeting
• COVID-19: A Commission hitchhiker’s tech guide to the App Store
• Everything you need to know about the DSA
• Member in the spotlight: Homo Digitalis
• Why COVID-19 is a Crisis for Digital Rights

Recommended reading

• Blind faith in technology diverts EU efforts to fight terrorism
• EU: Terrorist Content Regulation must protect freedom of expression rights

Recommended action

• Apply now to work with EDRi as Communications and Media Manager

  EDRi is looking for an experienced Communications and Media Manager to join EDRi’s team in Brussels. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and lead on the communications of a well-respected network of NGOs at a time of numerous challenges to our rights and freedoms in the digital age. The deadline to apply is 22ndMay 2020. This is a full-time, permanent position and the start date is expected to be July 2020.
  https://edri.org/edri-job-communications-media-manager/

Agenda

• 30.04.2020 German Big Brother Awards 2020 – POSTPONED

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• [COVID-Tech]: Emergency responses to COVID-19 must not extend beyond the crisis
• DSA: Platform Regulation Done Right
• Technology, migration, and illness in the times of COVID-19
• COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects digital rights in the Balkans
• Control ©: defending free online communication through litigation

Recommended reading

• Surveillance won’t stop the coronavirus
• Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus

Recommended action

• EDRi is looking for a consultant on anti-discrimination in digital environments

  EDRi seeks a consultant to conduct research into the existing points of engagement with anti-discrimination issues within the digital rights field.
  https://edri.org/call-for-consultant-mapping-anti-discrimination-in-digital-environments/

• COVID-19 Hackathons: Only Free Software creates global solutions

  Contact the organisers of a hackathon with a friendly email and let them know you care about the free licensing of their solutions because a global pandemic needs global solutions.
  https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Hackathons4Freedom#How_to_Convince

• #Stayathome

  Stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help flatten the curve!

Agenda

• 20.04.2020 Internet Freedom Festival 2020 – CANCELLED

  Valencia, Spain

• 30.04.2020 German Big Brother Awards 2020 – POSTPONED

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• EDRi calls for fundamental rights-based responses to COVID-19
• Facial recognition: Homo Digitalis calls on Greek DPA to speak up
• Competition law: what to do against Big Tech’s abuse?
• Surveillance by default: PATRIOT Act extended?
• Letter to Member States urges to respect fundamental rights in TERREG

Recommended reading

• What You Should Know About Online Tools During the COVID-19 Crisis
• Facial Recognition Document Pool
• SARS-CoV-2 Tracking under GDPR

Recommended action

• #StayAtHome

  Stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help flatten the curve!

• Participate in the COVID-19 Biohackathon April 5-11 2020

  "The goal of COVID-19-BH20 is to create a cohesive effort and work on tooling for COVID-19 analysis. The biohackathon will lead to more readily accessible data, protocols, detection kits, protein predictions etc. We will also push for policy change where it comes to non-public or hard to access data because we are facing such challenges!"
  https://github.com/virtual-biohackathons/covid-19-bh20

Agenda

• 20.04.2020 Internet Freedom Festival 2020 – CANCELLED

  Valencia, Spain

• 30.04.2020 German Big Brother Awards 2020 – POSTPONED

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Stuck under a cloud of suspicion: Profiling in the EU
• Facebook starts to increase transparency in political ads in the Balkans
• Germany: Invading refugees' phones - security or population control?
• Accountable Migration Tech: Transparency, governance and oversight
• Security Information Service wins the Czech Big Brother Awards
• Who should decide what we see online?
• Welcoming our new Senior Policy Advisor Sarah Chander!

Recommended reading

• Competition Policy and Data Sharing on Data-driven Markets

Recommended action

• Demand privacy friendly smartphones!

  People shouldn't have to trade their privacy and security for access to a smartphone. Join EDRi member Privacy International in pressuring Google to ensure every Android phone protects their users equally.
  https://action.privacyinternational.org/node/9

• Security Education 101

  Check out EDRi member Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) teaching tips for those who want to share their digital security knowledge!
  https://sec.eff.org/

Agenda

• 20.04.2020 Internet Freedom Festival 2020 – CANCELLED

  Valencia, Spain

• 30.04.2020 German Big Brother Awards 2020 – POSTPONED

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Click here to allow notifications in cross-border access to data
• Swedish law enforcement given the permission to hack
• Romania: Mandatory SIM registration declared unconstitutional, again
• Copyright stakeholder dialogues: Compromise, frustration, dead end?
• ECtHR: UK Police data retention scheme violated the right to privacy
• Immigration, iris-scanning and iBorderCTRL
• Can we rely on machines making decisions for us on illegal content?

Recommended reading

• Access Now presents the European Human Rights agenda for the digital age (16.02.2020)
• Leaked reports show EU police are planning a pan-European network of facial recognition databases (21.02.2020)
• Proposal for ePrivacy Regulation (21.02.2020)

Recommended action

• 2020: Important consultations for your Digital Rights

  Public consultations are your opportunity to help shaping a brighter future for digital rights, such as your right to a private life, data protection, or your freedom of opinion and expression.
  https://edri.org/2020-important-consultations-for-your-digital-rights/

• Index on Censorship is looking for a CEO

  Index is looking for a resourceful and outspoken leader to steer the organisation, and to protect the right for everyone to be free to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution. Send your application by 13 March!
  https://www.indexoncensorship.org/jobs/

Agenda

• 20.04.2020 Internet Freedom Festival 2020 – CANCELLED

  Valencia, Spain

• 30.04.2020 German Big Brother Awards 2020 – POSTPONED

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• The human rights impacts of migration control technologies
• Cloud extraction: A deep dive on secret mass data collection tech
• Digitalcourage fights back against data retention in Germany
• Double legality check in e-evidence: Bye bye “direct data requests”
• Data protection safeguards needed in EU-Vietnam trade agreements
• PI and Liberty submit a new legal challenge against MI5
• Dangerous by design: A cautionary tale about facial recognition

Recommended reading

• The intelligence coup of the century - For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries (11.02.2020)
• magma
• Who Goes There - Security questions and CAPTCHA don’t just verify our identities but subtly reshape them (20.02.2020)

Recommended action

• Oppose police surveillance! #NeighbourhoodWatched

  Download Privacy International and Liberty's new campaign pack to learn more about the police surveillance technology that might already be being used in your local area, and find out what you can do to get your police force to be more accountable to you and your community.
  https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3016/neighbourhood-watched-how-oppose-police-surveillance-your-local-community

• Celebrate Free Software!

  The "I love Free Software Day" on 14 February (also known as Valentine's Day) is the perfect opportunity for you to express your special gratitude to Free Software contributors who do important work for our society. Happy #ilovefs Day to everyone! ❤
  https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/

Agenda

• 20.04.2020 Internet Freedom Festival 2020 – CANCELLED

  Valencia, Spain

• 30.04.2020 German Big Brother Awards 2020 – POSTPONED

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

• 10.08.2020 re:publica20 (new date)

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.11.2020 Freedom not Fear 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2021 Privacy Camp 2021

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Stalked by your digital doppelganger?
• CJEU to decide on processing of passenger data under PNR Directive
• AG’s Opinion: Mass retention of data incompatible with EU law
• Data retention: “National security” is not a blank cheque
• #PrivacyCamp20 happened

Recommended reading

• Activist guide to the Brussels Maze 3.0
• Black-Boxed Politics: Opacity is a Choice in AI Systems (17.01.2020)
• MONITORYOU: the MilliONs beIng spenT by the eu on develOping surveillance tech to taRget YOU (20.01.2020)

Recommended action

• Ban face surveillance!

  EDRi member EPIC and Public Voice are calling for a moratorium on Face Recognition technology. Join the 90+ NGO's and hundreds of experts and pledge on the petition for a ban!
  https://epic.org/banfacesurveillance/

• Help decolonising digital rights field in Europe!

  Are you a student or recent graduate, committed to human rights, equality and intersectionality? Digital Freedom Fund is looking for a Student Consultant to support the initiation of a decolonising process for the digital rights field in Europe. Apply by 14 February!
  https://digitalfreedomfund.org/vacancies/

Agenda

• 31.01.2020 European Free Software Pre-FOSDEM Community Meeting 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 FOSDEM’20

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 OFFDEM

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.04.2020 Internet Freedom Festival 2020 – CANCELLED

  Valencia, Spain

• 30.04.2020 German Big Brother Awards 2020 – POSTPONED

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 09.06.2020 RightsCon 2020

  Costa Rica

From edri.org

• Your face rings a bell: Three common uses of facial recognition
• Serbia: Complaints filed against Facebook and Google
• ECtHR demands explanations on Polish intelligence agency surveillance
• Copyright stakeholder dialogues: Filters can't understand context
• Our New Year’s wishes for European Commissioners
• #EthicalWebDev - guide for ethical website development & maintenance
• NCC Report: Online advertising industry is out of control
• Amazon’s Rekognition shows its true colors

Recommended reading

• 10 Reasons Why Online Advertising is Broken (09.01.2020)
• Behavioural Advertising 101 (09.12.2019)
• What the “digital welfare state” really means for human rights (08.01.2019)
• Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy (19.12.2019)
• Announcing “Gotta Catch 'Em All: Understanding How IMSI-Catchers Exploit Cell Networks” (01.07.2019)

Recommended action

• Be part of #PrivacyCamp20!

  Check out the final programme of Privacy Camp 2020 - panel discussions and workshops, Critical Maker Faire, and the famous after-party - and join us in Brussels on 21 January!
  https://privacycamp.eu/?p=1895

• Join EDRi as Senior Finance Officer!

  We're looking for a Senior Finance Officer (2 days per week) to join EDRi’s team in Brussels, to advise and support us on finance related matters, renew and develop the efficiency of our internal budget, and help securing our financial sustainability. Send us your application by 7 February!
  https://edri.org/we-re-hiring-senior-finance-officer/

Agenda

• 21.01.2020 Privacy Camp 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.01.2020 CPDP2020: Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.01.2020 European Free Software Pre-FOSDEM Community Meeting 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 FOSDEM’20

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 OFFDEM

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.04.2020 Internet Freedom Festival 2020 – CANCELLED

  Valencia, Spain

From edri.org

• The many faces of facial recognition in the EU
• Austrian government hacking law is unconstitutional
• Spain: New law threatens internet freedoms
• Online content moderation: Where does the Commission stand?
• Casual attitude in intelligence sharing is troubling
• Letter to Member States calls for safeguards in TCO
• Say “no” to cookies – yet see your privacy crumble?
• Bits of Freedom celebrates its 20th anniversary

Recommended reading

• Privacy in the EU and US:Consumer experiences across three global platforms
• Behind the one-way mirror: A deep dive into the technology of corporate surveillance
• We tested Europe’s new lie detector for travelers — and immediately triggered a false positive (26.07.2019)
• Facebook isn’t free speech, it’s algorithmic amplification optimized for outrage (20.10.2019)

Recommended action

• Support our work by investing in a piece of e-clothing!

  Your privacy is increasingly under threat. We work hard to have you covered. But there’s only so much we can do. Help us help you. Help us get you covered!
  https://edri.org/donate-now/

• Register for #PrivacyCamp20 now!

  Registration for #PrivacyCamp20 is now open! The deadline to register is 13 January 2020, and the event will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 21 January. Check the draft programme here: https://privacycamp.eu/?p=1685
  https://privacycamp.eu/?p=1831

Agenda

• 27.12.2019 36C3 – 36th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 21.01.2020 Privacy Camp 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.01.2020 CPDP2020: Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.01.2020 European Free Software Pre-FOSDEM Community Meeting 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 FOSDEM’20

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 OFFDEM

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Facial recognition and fundamental rights 101
• Interoperability: A way to escape toxic online environments
• Shedding light on the Facebook content moderation centre in Athens
• Why privacy is particularly crucial for people with disabilities
• France’s law on hate speech gets a thumbs down
• Serbia: Unlawful facial recognition video surveillance in Belgrade

Recommended reading

• Facial recognition technology: fundamental rights considerations in law enforcement (27.11.2019)
• New Book: Tech-giants datamining challenges human rights (19.11.2019)
• Surveillance giants: How the business model of Google and Facebook threatens human rights (21.11.2019)
• The surveillance industry is assisting state suppression. It must be stopped (26.11.2019)
• The CJEU’s new filtering case, the Terrorist Content Regulation, and the future of filtering mandates in the EU (02.12.2019)

Recommended action

• Save .ORG!

  Non-governmental organisations all over the world rely on the .ORG top-level domain. Help stop the sale of Public Interest Registry to a Private Equity Firm - sign the petition!
  https://savedotorg.org/

• #YourDataYourBusiness - sign the petition

  Following the filing of a series of complaints, the Civil Liberties Union for Europe launched a petition "Your Data. Your Business.", which calls on Google and IAB Europe to stop privacy-invading business practices like real-time bidding in the online advertising industry, and to allow users to have control over their personal information. Sign the petition now! Liberties is grateful for the support of fellow digital rights organisations - for more information about the campaign, please contact Orsolya Reich at o.reich@liberties.eu.
  https://www.liberties.eu/en/campaigns/ad-tech-2-petition--your-data-is-your-business/319

• Wanted: Communications Intern!

  We are looking for an intern to support our communications, campaigning and community coordination team in Brussels. The internship will focus on social media, publications, campaigning, press work, and the production of written materials, and the intern will also assist in tasks related to community coordination. The internship will begin in February 2020 and go on for 4-6 months.
  https://edri.org/wanted-communications-intern/

Agenda

• 27.12.2019 36C3 – 36th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 21.01.2020 Privacy Camp 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.01.2020 CPDP2020: Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.01.2020 European Free Software Pre-FOSDEM Community Meeting 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 FOSDEM’20

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 OFFDEM

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• ePrivacy hangs in the balance, but it’s not over yet...
• A privately managed public space?
• Dance. Enjoy. Share. With Care.
• “E-evidence”: Repairing the unrepairable

Recommended reading

• Safeguarding User Freedoms in Implementing Article 17 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive: Recommendations from European Academics
• No Body's Business But Mine: How Menstruation Apps Are Sharing Your Data (09.09.2019)

Recommended action

• Are you our new Senior Policy Advisor?

  We are looking for a Senior Policy Advisor to join our team in Brussels. This is your chance to be part of a growing and well-respected NGO that is making a real difference in the defence and promotion of online rights and freedoms in Europe and beyond - apply by 2 December 2019!
  https://edri.org/edri-is-looking-for-a-senior-policy-advisor

• Sign the #WhyID letter to protect our identity in the digital age!

  #WhyID calls on leaders of international institutions, funding agencies, and national governments championing the digital identity systems to take a user-centric approach and consider the objectives, needs, and benefits of digital identity programs before moving forward. Join the 120+ organisations and individual experts who have already signed the letter!
  https://www.accessnow.org/whyid-letter/

Agenda

• 29.11.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2019

  Utrecht, the Netherlands

• 27.12.2019 36C3 – 36th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 21.01.2020 Privacy Camp 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.01.2020 CPDP2020: Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.01.2020 European Free Software Pre-FOSDEM Community Meeting 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.02.2020 FOSDEM’20

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Greece: The new data protection law raises concerns
• Twitter banning political ads – the tip of the iceberg
• Portuguese ISPs ignore telecom regulator’s recommendations
• Danish data retention: Back to normal after major crisis
• Why tech is not “just a tool”
• Hate speech online: Lessons for protecting free expression

Recommended reading

• Data-driven policing is leading to racial profiling (05.11.2019)
• Facial recognition: A solution in search of a problem? (28.10.2019)
• New report shows 100+ members of civil society targeted as NSO Group continues to evade scrutiny (29.10.2019)

Recommended action

• Submit your proposal for #PrivacyCamp20 by 10 November!

  Privacy Camp 2020, exploring the significant role digital technologies play in activism, will take place on 21 January in Brussels. You're still on time to submit your panel or workshop proposal before the deadline, 10 November! To bring even more diverse communities into the conversation, we also invite disruptors, tinkerers, crafters and DIY artists to present their projects at the "Critical Maker Faire".
  https://privacycamp.eu/?p=1601

• Open positions!

  Epicenter.works - Project manager for copyright campaigns in Europe:
  https://en.epicenter.works/content/we-are-hiring-project-manager-for-copyright-campaigns-in-europe
  
  Freemuse - Europe Project Manager (Parental cover):
  https://freemuse.org/jobs/europe-project-manager-at-freemuse-parental-cover-freemuse/
  
  Creative Commons - Open Policy Manager:
  https://creativecommons.org/about/team/opportunities/job-posting-open-policy-manager/
  
  Creative Commons - Network Manager:
  https://creativecommons.org/about/team/opportunities/job-posting-network-manager/

Agenda

• 07.11.2019 npbbxl 5.5: Net Politics in Brussels

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.11.2019 Freedom not Fear 2019

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.11.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2019

  Utrecht, the Netherlands

• 27.12.2019 36C3 – 36th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 21.01.2020 Privacy Camp 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.01.2020 CPDP2020: Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• EU Commissioner candidates spoke: State of play for digital rights
• The sixth attempt to introduce mandatory SIM registration in Romania
• Austrian Passenger Name Records complaint – the key points
• Net neutrality overhaul: 5G, zero-rating, parental control, DPI
• #PrivacyCamp20: Technology and Activism
• TERREG trilogues: Upload or re-upload filters? Eachy peachy.
• Copyright dialogues: The next battleground to prevent upload filters

Recommended reading

• Plug and pray? A disability perspective on artificial intelligence, automated decision-making and emerging technologies
• ‘Digital welfare state’: Big Tech allowed to target and surveil the poor, UN warns (16.10.2019)
• Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2017/0003(COD) - revised text of the ePrivacy proposal (17.10.2019)
• Indian interests behind site targeting MEPs with RT content (16.10.2019)
• Collective action needed now to tackle spread of disinformation in public life, finds new report (16.10.2019)
• Can you make AI fairer than a judge? Play our courtroom algorithm game
• Under digital surveillance: how American schools spy on millions of kids (22.10.2019)

Recommended action

• Submit your proposal for #PrivacyCamp20!

  The 8th annual Privacy Camp will take place on 21 January 2020 in Brussels. This year's edition will explore the significant role digital technologies play in activism. To bring even more diverse communities into the conversation, we invite disruptors, tinkerers, crafters and DIY artists to present their projects at the "Critical Maker Faire". Submit your panel or workshop proposals by 10 November, or your maker project proposal by 30 November!
  https://privacycamp.eu/?p=1601

• Sign the petition against the use of facial recognition technology for mass surveillance!

  The declaration "A Moratorium on Facial Recognition Technology for Mass Surveillance" calls for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology that enables mass surveillance. Join the signatories as an individual or as an organisation!
  https://thepublicvoice.org/ban-facial-recognition/

Agenda

• 26.10.2019 ORGCon Scotland

  Edinburgh, Scotland

• 07.11.2019 npbbxl 5.5: Net Politics in Brussels

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.11.2019 Freedom not Fear 2019

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.11.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2019

  Utrecht, the Netherlands

• 27.12.2019 36C3 – 36th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 21.01.2020 Privacy Camp 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Content regulation - what's the (online) harm?
• Why weak encryption is everybody’s problem
• Right a wrong: ePrivacy now!
• CJEU on cookies: ‘Consent or be tracked’ is not an option
• CJEU ruling on fighting defamation opens the door for upload filters

Recommended reading

• A Human-Centric Digital Manifesto for Europe - How the Digital Transformation Can Serve the Public Interest
• Social media companies have failed to provide adequate advertising transparency to users globally
• Commission starts negotiations with the USA on exchange of e-evidence

Recommended action

• Privacy Camp 2020: Submit your panel proposal or maker project!

  Digital rights advocates, activists, academics and policy-makers across Europe and beyond come together for the annual conference to discuss the most pressing issues facing human rights online. Submit your proposal for a panel, or tell us about your maker project - this year we'll also have a Critical Maker Faire!
  https://privacycamp.eu/?p=1601

• Be part of the 36C3!

  The 36th Chaos Communication Congress will take place between Christmas and New Year’s Eve in Leipzig, Germany. Calls for Participation, Angels and Assemblies are open!
  https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2019/36c3-in-leipzig

• Join epicenter.works as Copyright Manager!

  EDRi member epicenter.works will continue the work to protect fundamental rights in the implementation of the EU copyright Directive. Send your application to become their project manager for copyright campaigns in Europe!
  https://en.epicenter.works/content/were-hiring-project-manager-for-copyright-campaigns-in-europe

Agenda

• 26.10.2019 ORGCon Scotland

  Edinburgh, Scotland

• 07.11.2019 npbbxl 5.5: Net Politics in Brussels

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.11.2019 Freedom not Fear 2019

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.11.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2019

  Utrecht, the Netherlands

• 27.12.2019 36C3 – 36th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 21.01.2020 Privacy Camp 2020

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Portugal: Data retention complaint reaches the Constitutional Court
• Facebook users blocked simply for mentioning a name?
• Why EU passenger surveillance fails its purpose
• PNR complaint advances to the Austrian Federal Administrative Court
• Your mail, their ads. Your rights?

Recommended reading

• Reading list: What can you trust on the internet? (13.08.2019)
• The Byzantinization of the EU (19.09.2019)
• E.U. vs. U.S.A.: What Can Different Attitudes Towards Platform Regulation Teach Us? (08.08.2019)
• Serbian journalists expose anonymous doxing site's ties to pro-government media coterie (06.09.2019)

Recommended action

• Join Futurebook!

  In a not-too-distant future where the Government has traded away your digital rights, the social network to be is Futurebook. Sign in now!
  https://www.futurebook.co/

Agenda

• 28.09.2019 1984 at 70 – How has Orwell’s vision aged?

  Scotland

• 26.10.2019 ORGCon Scotland

  Edinburgh, Scotland

• 07.11.2019 npbbxl 5.5: Net Politics in Brussels

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.11.2019 Freedom not Fear 2019

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.11.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2019

  Utrecht, the Netherlands

• 27.12.2019 36C3 – 36th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

From edri.org

• CJEU: Public documents could be censored because of copyright
• The Netherlands, aim for a more ambitious copyright implementation!
• Poland challenges copyright upload filters before the CJEU
• How security policy hijacks the Digital Single Market
• E-Commerce: Safeguarding human rights when moderating online content
• Diego Naranjo becomes EDRi’s new Head of Policy

Recommended reading

• Filtering Facebook: Introducing Dolphins in the Net, a New Stanford CIS White Paper (05.09.2019)
• Our Data Future (17.07.2019)
• Two states admit bulk interception practices: why does it matter? (15.08.2019)
• Your mental health for sale

Recommended action

• Run Tor bridges!

  Tor Project is calling for more volunteers running Tor bridges, servers that people from censored networks use to connect to the Tor network.
  https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet

• Join EDRi as Senior Policy Advisor!

  There's still time to apply for the open position of Senior Policy Advisor - send us your CV by the end of this week, 15 September!
  https://edri.org/job-alert-senior-policy-advisor/

• Join EDRi as Policy Advisor!

  We are looking for a Policy Advisor to supporting our work on platform regulation, cross-border access to data, privacy, data retention, Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyright, and data protection. The deadline to apply is 27 September 2019.
  https://edri.org/wanted-policy-advisor/

Agenda

• 13.09.2019 Netzpolitik-Conference

  Berlin, Germany

• 28.09.2019 1984 at 70 – How has Orwell’s vision aged?

  Scotland

• 26.10.2019 ORGCon Scotland

  Edinburgh, Scotland

• 07.11.2019 npbbxl 5.5: Net Politics in Brussels

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.11.2019 Freedom not Fear 2019

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.11.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2019

  Utrecht, the Netherlands

From edri.org

• Survey: What do you think about the EDRi-gram?
• MS Office 365 banned from German schools over privacy concerns
• “SIN vs Facebook”: First victory against privatised censorship
• LGBTQ+ & digital rights: Technology reinforces societal oppressions
• The first GDPR fines in Romania
• New privacy alliance to be formed in Central and Eastern Europe
• Real Time Bidding: The auction for your attention
• E-Commerce review: Technology is the solution. What is the problem?

Recommended reading

• Speech Police: vital, critical look at the drive to force Big Tech to control who may speak and what they may say (03.06.2019)
• European Union: more big words on AI, but where are the actions? (26.06.2019)
• Big Mood Machine (10.06.2019)

Recommended action

• Respond to a consultation on human rights impacts of algorithmic systems!

  The Council of Europe has launched a consultation on a draft Recommendation on the human rights impacts of algorithmic systems. Submit your comments by 19 August!
  https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/-/invitation-to-comment-by-19-august-2019

• Join us as Communications Intern!

  The EDRi Brussels office is looking for an intern to support our communications, campaigns and community coordination team. The deadline for applications has been extended until 22 July.
  https://edri.org/communications-intern-september-2019/

• Join us as Policy Intern!

  The EDRi office in Brussels is looking for an intern to support our policy team. The closing date for applications is 22 July.
  https://edri.org/policy-intern-september-2019/

Agenda

• 31.07.2019 Citizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights

  Toronto, Canada

• 08.08.2019 BornHack 2019

  Gelsted, Denmark

• 21.08.2019 CCCamp 2019

  Mildenberg, Germany

• 13.09.2019 Netzpolitik-Conference

  Berlin, Germany

• 28.09.2019 1984 at 70 – How has Orwell’s vision aged?

  Scotland

• 26.10.2019 ORGCon Scotland

  Edinburgh, Scotland

From edri.org

• EDRi-gram on summer break
• Regulating online communications: Fix the system, not the symptoms
• EU worries over the possibility of losing wiretapping powers
• Open letter demands interoperability of the big online platforms
• Fighting online hatespeech: An alternative to mandatory real names
• E-Commerce review: Opening Pandora’s box?
• EU Commission discards criticism of net neutrality enforcement

Recommended reading

• An op-ed from the future: I shouldn’t have to publish this in the New York Times (24.06.2019)
• ICANN eliminates .org domain price caps despite lopsided opposition (01.07.2019)

Recommended action

• Join EDRi as Communications Intern!

  The EDRi office in Brussels is looking for a Communications Intern to work with us starting from September on social media, publications, campaigning, press work, production of written materials, and community coordination. Send your application by 17 July 2019!
  https://edri.org/communications-intern-september-2019

• Get involved in BornHack 2019!

  Join this year's BornHack outdoor tent camping festival for hackers, makers, and anyone interested in technology and society - submit a talk, host a workshop, play some music, or volunteer to set up the space!
  https://bornhack.dk/bornhack-2019/program/call-for-participation/

Agenda

• 31.07.2019 Citizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights

  Toronto, Canada

• 08.08.2019 BornHack 2019

  Gelsted, Denmark

• 21.08.2019 CCCamp 2019

  Mildenberg, Germany

• 13.09.2019 Netzpolitik-Conference

  Berlin, Germany

• 28.09.2019 1984 at 70 – How has Orwell’s vision aged?

  Scotland

• 26.10.2019 ORGCon Scotland

  Edinburgh, Scotland

From edri.org

• Poland: Banks obliged to explain their credit decisions
• Danish DPA approves Automated Facial Recognition
• German Big Brother Awards – one “winner” reacts and appears
• Greece: Complaint filed against breach of EU data protection law
• EU rushes into e-evidence negotiations without common position
• Fighting defamation online - AG Opinion forgets that context matters

Recommended reading

• GDPR Today - anniversary edition (11.06.2019)
• Template for a law on full protection of whistleblowers (25.06.2019)
• 2019 Ranking Digital Rights - Corporate Accountability Index

Recommended action

• Support EDRi to fight for your digital rights!

  Our work to defend rights and freedoms online is only possible thanks to regular financial support from donors like you. Donate now!
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 31.07.2019 Citizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights

  Toronto, Canada

• 08.08.2019 BornHack 2019

  Gelsted, Denmark

• 21.08.2019 CCCamp 2019

  Mildenberg, Germany

• 13.09.2019 Netzpolitik-Conference

  Berlin, Germany

• 28.09.2019 1984 at 70 – How has Orwell’s vision aged?

  Scotland

• 26.10.2019 ORGCon Scotland

  Edinburgh, Scotland

From edri.org

• Facebook and Google asked to appoint representatives in Serbia
• BEREC workshop: Regulatory action by NRAs and consumer empowerment
• Facebook fails to avoid CJEU judgment on NSA case
• Czech Constitutional Court rejects complaint on data retention
• Captured states – e-Privacy Regulation victim of a “lobby onslaught”
• Our dependency on Facebook – life-threatening?

Recommended reading

• CJEU ruling casts doubts on the legality of the proposed e-evidence regulation (29.05.2019)
• A user guide to data protection in the European Union - Your rights & how to exercise them

Recommended action

• Join our Brussels team!

  EDRi is looking for an experienced, strategic and dedicated Head of Policy. The deadline to apply has been extended - send your application by 16 June 2019!
  https://edri.org/edri-is-looking-for-a-new-head-of-policy/

Agenda

• 08.06.2019 German Big Brother Awards 2019

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 11.06.2019 RightsCon Tunis 2019

  Tunis, Tunisia

• 31.07.2019 Citizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights

  Toronto, Canada

• 08.08.2019 BornHack 2019

  Gelsted, Denmark

• 21.08.2019 CCCamp 2019

  Mildenberg, Germany

• 13.09.2019 Netzpolitik-Conference

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• Facebook lies to Dutch Parliament about election manipulation
• Why should we vote in the EU elections?
• Pseudo-counter-terrorism at the cost of human rights?
• ePrivacy: Private data retention through the back door
• Google-Huawei case highlights the importance of free software
• Passenger surveillance brought before courts in Germany and Austria
• Hey Google, where does the path lead?
• EDRi strategic planning: A collective journey towards a strengthened network

Recommended reading

• Video: Is your vote for sale? Political advertisers think so
• Steps you can take to minimise the political ads you see online (19.05.2019)
• San Francisco bans facial recognition technology (14.05.2019)

Recommended action

• Vacancy: Join our Brussels team as Head of Policy!

  We are looking for an experienced, strategic and dedicated Head of Policy to join our team in Brussels, for a full-time, permanent position. You're still on time to send us your application - deadline extended until 16 June!
  https://edri.org/edri-is-looking-for-a-new-head-of-policy/

• Help exposing micro-targeted political ads in the EU elections!

  You can help improve transparency and restore civility in elections by installing the Who Targets Me browser extension! This extension records every political ad served to you on Facebook, including the data they used to target you. Not a Facebook user? Not a problem. You can still help by encouraging Facebook users you know to use Who Targets Me.
  https://whotargets.me/en/

Agenda

• 23.05.2019 npbbxl 5.2: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.06.2019 German Big Brother Awards 2019

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 11.06.2019 RightsCon Tunis 2019

  Tunis, Tunisia

• 31.07.2019 Citizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights

  Toronto, Canada

• 08.08.2019 BornHack 2019

  Gelsted, Denmark

• 21.08.2019 CCCamp 2019

  Mildenberg, Germany

From edri.org

• SIN v Facebook: Tech giant sued over censorship in landmark case
• EU elections – protecting our data to protect us from manipulation
• Turkish civil society: Declaration on the state of the internet
• Facebook’s commitments on ToS: Much ado about nothing?
• Austria: New “responsibility” law will lead to self-censorship
• NGOs urge to guarantee net neutrality in Europe
• It starts with free Pokémon Go, it ends with Bolsonaro

Recommended reading

• EU Court CETA ruling shows failure of ISDS reform (06.05.2019)
• How one country blocks the world on data privacy (24.04.2019)

Recommended action

• Support European Digital Rights!

  Our work is only possible thanks to regular financial support from donors. Donate now to ensure that we will be able to continue our defending your rights and freedoms online!
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 09.05.2019 Creative Commons Global Summit 2019

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 23.05.2019 npbbxl 5.2: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.06.2019 German Big Brother Awards 2019

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 11.06.2019 RightsCon Tunis 2019

  Tunis, Tunisia

• 31.07.2019 Citizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights

  Toronto, Canada

• 08.08.2019 BornHack 2019

  Gelsted, Denmark

From edri.org

• Will Serbia adjust its data protection framework to GDPR?
• EU Parliament deletes the worst threats in the TERREG
• Strategic litigation against civil rights violations in police laws
• Protecting personal data world wide: Convention 108+
• Facebook Custom Audience illegal without explicit user consent
• What the YouTube and Facebook statistics aren't telling us

Recommended reading

• CCBE Recommendations on the protection of fundamental rights in the context of "national security" 2019
• Who’s using your face? The ugly truth about facial recognition (19.04.2019)

Recommended action

• Join our Brussels team!

  We are looking for an experienced, strategic and dedicated Head of Policy to join our team in Brussels. This is a full-time, permanent position and the start date is expected to be 1 July. Send your application by 21 May 2019!
  https://edri.org/edri-is-looking-for-a-new-head-of-policy/

• Join our Brussels team (for a while)!

  We are looking for an interim Executive Director to replace our current Executive Director during her maternity leave from mid-July 2019 to mid-January 2020. Closing date for applications is 30 April 2019!
  https://edri.org/edri-is-looking-for-an-interim-executive-director/

Agenda

• 06.05.2019 re:publica 19 – tl;dr #rp19

  Berlin, Germany

• 07.05.2019 5th SEEDIG Annual meeting

  Bucharest, Romania

• 09.05.2019 Creative Commons Global Summit 2019

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 23.05.2019 npbbxl 5.2: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.06.2019 German Big Brother Awards 2019

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 11.06.2019 RightsCon Tunis 2019

  Tunis, Tunisia

From edri.org

• Filters Incorporated
• Terrorist Content Regulation: “Damage control” by LIBE Committee
• Public campaigns on digital rights: Mapping the needs
• UK: Online Harms Strategy must “design in” fundamental rights

Recommended reading

• A governance framework for algorithmic accountability and transparency (04.04.2019)
• The EU's Terrorist Content Regulation: Expanding the Rule of Platform Terms of Service and Exporting Expression Restrictions from the EU's Most Conservative Member States (25.03.2019)

Recommended action

• Support us to fight for your digital rights!

  Our work is only possible thanks to regular financial support from donors. By supporting us, you ensure that we will be able to continue defending your digital human rights and freedoms.
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 06.05.2019 re:publica 19 – tl;dr #rp19

  Berlin, Germany

• 07.05.2019 5th SEEDIG Annual meeting

  Bucharest, Romania

• 09.05.2019 Creative Commons Global Summit 2019

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 23.05.2019 npbbxl 5.2: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.06.2019 German Big Brother Awards 2019

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 11.06.2019 RightsCon Tunis 2019

  Tunis, Tunisia

From edri.org

• Censorship machine takes over EU’s internet
• GDPR incompatibility – the blind spot of the copyright debate
• New freedom of information law proposed in North Macedonia
• Google fined 1,5 billion euro for abusive online ad practices
• Letter: Terrorist Content Regulation endangers freedom of expression
• EU Council Presidency outlines future counter-terrorism priorities

Recommended reading

• GDPR Today - No. 3 (25.03.2019)
• Copyright Directive: competing big business lobbies drowned out critical voices (10.12.2018)
• The European Copyright Directive: What Is It, and Why Has It Drawn More Controversy Than Any Other Directive In EU History? (19.03.2019)
• Protests against Copyright Directive: All Cities, Dates and Numbers of Participants across Europe

Recommended action

• Support EDRi to fight for your digital rights!

  Our work is only possible thanks to regular financial support from donors like you. Help us continue to fight for your rights and freedoms online - DONATE NOW!
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 01.04.2019 Internet Freedom Festival 2019

  Valencia, Spain

• 06.05.2019 re:publica 19 – tl;dr #rp19

  Berlin, Germany

• 07.05.2019 5th SEEDIG Annual meeting

  Bucharest, Romania

• 09.05.2019 Creative Commons Global Summit 2019

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 23.05.2019 npbbxl 5.2: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.06.2019 German Big Brother Awards 2019

  Bielefeld, Germany

From edri.org

• Record number of calls to the EU Parliament against upload filters
• Join the ultimate Action Week against Article 13
• The art of dodging questions - Facebook’s privacy policies
• FSFE: Publicly funded software has to result in public code
• Women’s rights online: tips for a safer digital life
• What will happen to our memes?

Recommended reading

• EU must align copyright reform with international human rights standards, says expert (11.03.2019)
• Regulating disinformation with artificial intelligence

Recommended action

• Join the ultimate Action Week to #SaveYourInternet!

  The final vote on the Copyright Directive will take place soon, and the proposed text on upload filters (Article 13) is the worst we have seen so far. Join the Action Week organised by the free internet community, and help us continue defend your human rights online (https://edri.org/donate/)!
  https://edri.org/join-the-ultimate-action-week-against-article-13/

Agenda

• 01.04.2019 Internet Freedom Festival 2019

  Valencia, Spain

• 06.05.2019 re:publica 19 – tl;dr #rp19

  Berlin, Germany

• 07.05.2019 5th SEEDIG Annual meeting

  Bucharest, Romania

• 09.05.2019 Creative Commons Global Summit 2019

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 23.05.2019 npbbxl 5.2: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.06.2019 German Big Brother Awards 2019

  Bielefeld, Germany

From edri.org

• ApTI submits complaint on Romanian GDPR implementation
• Call for whistleblowing is not a crime: The case of a peace activist
• Light at the end of the cyber tunnel: New IoT consumer standard
• New UK counter-terrorism law limits online freedoms
• ICANN and GDPR – nowhere near compliance
• Google and IAB: Knowingly enabling intrusive profiling
• Czech BBA: Facebook and iROBOT the worst privacy intruders of 2018
• You cannot post “a bag of bones” on Facebook
• SaveYourInternet.eu – Citizens set to prevent upload filters

Recommended reading

• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

Recommended action

• #SaveYourInternet!

  The fight against Article 13 continues. We need to raise our voice for the last time to obtain a more balanced copyright Directive. Contact Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) through the https://pledge2019.eu/ tool ahead of the EU election, and ask them to say no to upload filters!
  https://saveyourinternet.eu/

• Join the EDRi Board!

  EDRi’s General Assembly will elect this year three Board members, who will help shape the future of the organisation and the network, and advance our mission to promote and protect human rights in the digital environment. The closing date for applications is 3 March 2019.
  https://edri.org/call-for-nominations-edri-board-elections-2019/

Agenda

• 27.02.2019 npbbxl 5.0: Filtered beer

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.04.2019 Internet Freedom Festival 2019

  Valencia, Spain

• 06.05.2019 re:publica 19 – tl;dr #rp19

  Berlin, Germany

• 07.05.2019 5th SEEDIG Annual meeting

  Bucharest, Romania

• 09.05.2019 Creative Commons Global Summit 2019

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 23.05.2019 npbbxl 5.2: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• A study evaluates the net neutrality situation in the EU
• Time for better net neutrality rules
• LIBE Committee analysis: Challenges of cross-border access to data
• EDPB confirms: Privacy Shield is still a shame
• All Cops Are Blind? Context in terrorist content online
• BBA Bulgaria: Parliament wins the title of top privacy violator
• Czech BBA nominates the worst privacy intruders for the 14th time
• EDRi welcomes new Senior Policy Advisor

Recommended reading

• We don’t want to sell our data, we want data rights! (06.02.2019)
• Goodbye Big Five

Recommended action

• Support us to fight for your digital rights!

  Our work is only possible thanks to regular financial support from donors like you. By supporting European Digital Rights (EDRi), you ensure that we will be able to continue defending your digital human rights and freedoms.
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 14.02.2019 Czech Big Brother Awards

  Prague, Czech Republic

• 27.02.2019 npbbxl 5.0: Filtered beer

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.04.2019 Internet Freedom Festival 2019

  Valencia, Spain

• 06.05.2019 re:publica 19 – tl;dr #rp19

  Berlin, Germany

• 07.05.2019 5th SEEDIG Annual meeting

  Bucharest, Romania

• 09.05.2019 Creative Commons Global Summit 2019

  Lisbon, Portugal

From edri.org

• Panoptykon files complaints against Google and IAB
• Austrian postal service involved in a data scandal
• Period tracker apps – where does your data end up?
• noyb files eight strategic complaints on “right to access”

Recommended reading

• GDPRToday, 2nd edition (28.01.2019)
• European Commission: GDPR in numbers (infographics)

Recommended action

• Support our work for data protection in 2019!

  Donate now to support our upcoming work for data protection!
  https://edri.org/donate

Agenda

• 29.01.2019 Privacy Camp 2019 – Platforms, Politics, Participation

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2019 CPDP2019: Data Protection and Democracy

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.02.2019 Bulgarian Big Brother Awards

  Sofia, Bulgaria

• 14.02.2019 Czech Big Brother Awards

  Prague, Czech Republic

• 27.02.2019 npbbxl 5.0: Filtered beer

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.04.2019 Internet Freedom Festival 2019

  Valencia, Spain

From edri.org

• EU Member States willing to retain illegal data retention
• We can no longer talk about sex on Facebook in Europe
• Advocate General issues two Opinions on “right to be forgotten”
• Copyright Week 2019: Copyright as a tool of censorship
• Bits of Freedom announces winner of privacy award
• Digital rights as a security objective: Abuses and loss of trust

Recommended reading

• Privacy: A Personal Chronicle - A detailed account of thirty years of global privacy activism
• Report: UK Internet Regulation – Part I: Internet Censorship in the UK today (18.12.2018)

Recommended action

• Support our work for digital rights in 2019!

  We have many new (and old) battles ahead of us - donate today and support EDRi in the fight for digital rights and freedoms!
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 22.01.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2018

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 29.01.2019 Privacy Camp 2019 – Platforms, Politics, Participation

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2019 CPDP2019: Data Protection and Democracy

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.02.2019 Bulgarian Big Brother Awards

  Sofia, Bulgaria

• 14.02.2019 Czech Big Brother Awards

  Prague, Czech Republic

• 27.02.2019 npbbxl 5.0: Filtered beer

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Terrorist Content Regulation: Warnings from the UN and the CoE
• Denmark prepares for passenger data exchange with the EU
• EU Council’s general approach on “e-evidence”: From bad to worse
• Poland: Privatised law enforcement or protecting users’ rights?
• Digital rights as a security objective: New gateways for attacks

Recommended reading

• GDPR Today Holiday Special (17.12.2018)
• The Schengen Borders Code precludes Germany from requiring coach transport operators of cross-border services to check the passports and residence permits of passengers before entering or leaving German territory (13.12.2018)
• Teaching fairness to Artificial Intelligence: Existing and novel strategies against algorithmic discrimination under EU law (18.04.2018)
• As Facebook raised a privacy wall, it carved an opening for tech giants (18.12.2018)

Recommended action

• Support our work for digital rights in 2019!

  We have many new battles ahead of us in 2019 - donate today and support EDRi in the fight for digital rights and freedoms!
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 27.12.2018 35th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 22.01.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2018

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 29.01.2019 Privacy Camp 2019 – Platforms, Politics, Participation

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2019 CPDP2019: Data Protection and Democracy

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.02.2019 Bulgarian Big Brother Awards

  Sofia, Bulgaria

• 14.02.2019 Czech Big Brother Awards

  Prague, Czech Republic

From edri.org

• Growing concerns on “e-evidence”: Council publishes general approach
• Germany: New police law proposals threaten civil rights
• EDRi members in joint protest against “surveillance zone” in Saxony
• Net Neutrality vs. 5G: What to expect from the upcoming EU review?
• Complaints: Google infringes GDPR's informed consent principle
• Serbian Data Protection Commissioner: NGOs call for transparency
• Civil society calls Council to adopt ePrivacy now
• Terrorist Content Regulation: Civil rights groups raise concerns
• Digital rights as a security objective: Fighting disinformation

Recommended reading

• Preventing unlawful profiling today and in the future: a guide

Recommended action

• Check the privacy-proofness of a website!

  A new version of the online service Webbkoll by EDRi observer member Dataskydd.net allows you to check any website to see how it's doing with regards to some aspects of data protection. The new version features deeper technical analyses as well as updated advice with references to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
  https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/

Agenda

• 11.12.2018 Fourteenth conference e-Society.mk: Media literate citizens for accountable institutions

  Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia

• 27.12.2018 35th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 22.01.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2018

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 29.01.2019 Privacy Camp 2019 – Platforms, Politics, Participation

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2019 CPDP2019: Data Protection and Democracy

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.02.2019 Bulgarian Big Brother Awards

  Sofia, Bulgaria

From edri.org

• #TeleormanLeaks: Privacy vs freedom of expression
• Greece: Clarifications sought on human rights impacts of iBorderCtrl
• The TERR Committee votes on its irreparable draft Report
• Terrorist content regulation – prior authorisation for all uploads?
• Whom do we trust with the collective good?
• ENDitorial: Facebook can never get it right

Recommended reading

• The End of Trust (McSweeney's 54)
• What constant surveillance does to your brain (14.11.20018)
• EDPS calls for closer alignment between consumer and data protection rules in the EU (08.11.2018)

Recommended action

• Join our Digital Defenders team in Brussels!

  EDRi is looking for a Senior Policy Advisor to join our team in Brussels. Send your application by 2 December 2018!
  https://edri.org/job-alert-edri-is-looking-for-a-senior-policy-advisor/

Agenda

• 11.12.2018 Fourteenth conference e-Society.mk: Media literate citizens for accountable institutions

  Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia

• 27.12.2018 35th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 22.01.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2018

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 29.01.2019 Privacy Camp 2019 – Platforms, Politics, Participation

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2019 CPDP2019: Data Protection and Democracy

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.02.2019 Bulgarian Big Brother Awards

  Sofia, Bulgaria

From edri.org

• Welcoming our new Executive Director Claire Fernandez!
• NGOs urge Austrian Council Presidency to finalise e-Privacy reform
• The GDPR Today – Stats, news and tools to make data protection a reality
• UN Special Rapporteur analyses AI’s impact on human rights
• My Data Done Right launched: check your data!
• Brussels up close – Experiences from the EDRi exchange programme
• Facebook fails political ads tests several times

Recommended reading

• Who will oppose mandatory fingerprinting for identity cards? (November 2018)
• Handbook on European data protection law (2018)

Recommended action

• Privacy Camp 2019 - Call for Panel Proposals and User Stories

  "Platforms, Politics, Participation" - the 7th annual Privacy Camp will take place on 29 January 2019 in Brussels, Belgium, just before the start of the CPDP conference. We are now welcoming panel proposals related to the broad theme of platforms. Besides classic panel proposals we are also seeking short contributions for our workshop “Situating Platforms: User Narratives”. Visit https://privacycamp.eu/ for contributions guidelines. The deadline for all submissions is 18 November 2018. #PrivacyCamp19
  https://privacycamp.eu/?p=931

• GDPR Today - new campaign from EDRi

  GDPR Today is the new info hub on the functioning of the EU data
  protection law. Visit today at: gdprtoday.org
  https://www.gdprtoday.org/

• IFF’s 2019 - Call for Proposals is now Open!

  Time to submit your proposals for the 2019 IFF! We have new themes, new
  formats and new roar (stay tuned for the wild new visual identity!).
  This year, you’ll be able to request travel support from the Diversity &
  Inclusion Fund directly from the Call for Proposals form. Deadline to
  submit your session(s) is November 9.
  Remember that submitting a sessions does not guarantee a ticket to the
  IFF. The opportunity to secure your ticket will come in the following
  weeks.
  https://platform.internetfreedomfestival.org/

Agenda

• 12.11.2018 Internet Governance Forum

  Paris, France

• 11.12.2018 Fourteenth conference e-Society.mk: Media literate citizens for accountable institutions

  Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia

• 27.12.2018 35th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 22.01.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2018

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 29.01.2019 Privacy Camp 2019 – Platforms, Politics, Participation

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2019 CPDP2019: Data Protection and Democracy

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Closed-doors discussions to filter the internet continue
• New standards for networking challenges regulators & digital rights
• ePrivacy: Public benefit or private surveillance?
• CJEU introduces new criteria for law enforcement to access to data
• EU's flawed arguments on terrorist content give big tech more power
• Civil society calls for evidence-based solutions to disinformation
• Council continues limbo dance with the ePrivacy standards
• ENDitorial: YouTube puts uploaders, viewers & itself in a tough position

Recommended reading

• New EU proposal on the prevention of terrorist content online: An important mutation of the E-Commerce intermediaries’ regime (11.10.2018)
• The urgent case for a new ePrivacy law (19.10.2018)

Recommended action

• Submit your session to RightsCon!

  Help shape the global agenda on human rights in the digital age! Submit your proposal for a session to RightsCon that will take place in Tunis on 11-14 June 2019. Submissions are due 14 December 2018.
  https://www.rightscon.org/your-guide-to-a-successful-proposal/

• Universal Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence!

  New developments in Artificial Intelligence are transforming the world. The Universal Guidelines are intended to maximise the benefits of AI, to minimise the risk, and to ensure the protection of human rights. Click here to support them!
  https://thepublicvoice.org/ai-universal-guidelines/

Agenda

• 12.11.2018 Internet Governance Forum

  Paris, France

• 11.12.2018 Fourteenth conference e-Society.mk: Media literate citizens for accountable institutions

  Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia

• 27.12.2018 35th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 22.01.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2018

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 29.01.2019 Privacy Camp 2019 – Platforms, Politics, Participation

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2019 CPDP2019: Data Protection and Democracy

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• The Facebook breach – a GDPR test-case
• Openness Index: Decrease of openness in Western Balkans
• Independent study reveals the pitfalls of “e-evidence” proposals
• What's next for Europe's internet censorship plan?
• EU Parliament's anti-terrorism draft Report raises major concerns

Recommended reading

• All you need is “love”: Evading hate speech detection (31.08.2018)
• You gave Facebook your number for security. They used it for ads. (27.10.2018)
• Digital IDs are more dangerous than you think (28.09.2018)
• Supreme Court of India rules to restrict world’s largest digital identity framework (Aadhaar) — but debate continues (26.09.2018)
• Videos: CopyCamp 2018 - Designing creative ecosystem for the future

Recommended action

• Join the Digital Defenders!

  Join the team of Digital Defenders - support our work for your right to privacy and freedom of expression with a monthly donation!
  https://edri.org/donate/

• Discuss algorithms and society!

  Privacy Salon and Law Science Technology and Society (LSTS) will organise a workshop on Algorithms & Society in Brussels on 10 December 2018. Submit your contribution by 24 October!
  http://www.privacysalon.org/call-for-contributions/

Agenda

• 13.10.2018 Data Rights Finder Hackday

  London, United Kingdom

• 12.11.2018 Internet Governance Forum

  Paris, France

• 11.12.2018 Fourteenth conference e-Society.mk: Media literate citizens for accountable institutions

  Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia

• 27.12.2018 35th Chaos Communication Congress

  Leipzig, Germany

• 22.01.2019 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2018

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 29.01.2019 Privacy Camp 2019 – Platforms, Politics, Participation

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Five reasons to be concerned about the Council ePrivacy draft
• ECtHR gives a half-hearted victory against UK mass surveillance
• Will the evaluation of the net neutrality rules be balanced?
• UK counter-terrorism law would restrict freedom of expression
• Anatomy of an AI system - from the Earth’s crust to our homes

Recommended reading

• Press release: UK intelligence agency admits unlawfully spying on Privacy International (25.09.2018)
• The European Parliament Voted FOR the Article 13 #CensorshipMachine: What Happens Next?

Recommended action

• Talk at 35C3!

  The EDRi member Chaos Computer Club’s (CCC) 35th annual Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) will bring thousands of hackers, technology freaks, artists, and utopians get together in Leipzig to communicate, learn from each other, and party together on 27-30 December. Submit your talk by 15 October!
  https://events.ccc.de/2018/09/11/35c3-call-for-participation-and-submission-guidelines/

• Join a Data Rights Finder hackday!

  EDRi member Open Rights Group (ORG) is organising a hackday on Saturday 13 October in London, and looking for developers and designers to work with the dataset and API to imagine and develop creative ways that a new Data Rights Finder tool could be used to help people with challenges around data use and protection.
  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-rights-finder-hackday-tickets-50117135702

Agenda

• 28.09.2018 Data Ethics Forum

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• 28.09.2018 #FIfFKon18 Brave New World

  Berlin, Germany

• 05.10.2018 CopyCamp 2018

  Warsaw, Poland

• 08.10.2018 Women Code Festival

  Brussels, Belgium

• 13.10.2018 Data Rights Finder Hackday

  London, United Kingdom

• 12.11.2018 Internet Governance Forum

  Paris, France

From edri.org

• Press Release: EU Parliament flip-flops backwards on copyright
• Press Release: EU Terrorism Regulation: an EU election tactic
• How the online tracking industry “informs” policy makers
• Media reforms in Macedonia delayed due to more pressing security issues
• Big Brother Awards 2018 Italy

Recommended reading

• Elements for the reform of copyright and related cultural policies

Recommended action

• Hear the talks at Freedom not Fear!

  Keep an eye on the (changing) schedule, and join talks with EDRi's team and members.
  https://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/Freedom_Not_Fear_2018/Schedule

• Call for Participation at 35C3

  The 35th Chaos Communication Congress will take place on 27 December 2018 in Leipzig, Germany.
  
  The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 October 2018.
  https://events.ccc.de/2018/09/11/35c3-call-for-participation-and-submission-guidelines/

Agenda

• 21.09.2018 “Das ist Netzpolitik!” Conference #14np

  Berlin, Germany

• 21.09.2018 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.09.2018 Symposium Datenspuren 2018

  Dresden, Germany

• 28.09.2018 Data Ethics Forum

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• 28.09.2018 #FIfFKon18 Brave New World

  Berlin, Germany

• 05.10.2018 CopyCamp 2018

  Warsaw, Poland

From edri.org

• What’s your trustworthiness according to Facebook? Find out!
• US companies to implement better privacy for website browsing
• Can you do independent research without being independent?
• Women on Waves: how internet companies police our speech
• ENDitorial: The European Commission is talking “tough on terror”. Again.

Recommended reading

• The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History
• Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests

Recommended action

• Contribute to Freedom not Fear 2018

  Mark your calender and prepare for a political trip to Brussels!
  Freedom not Fear is an annual meeting for civil rights activists from all across Europe. Representatives from non-governmental organisations meet in Brussels for four days to work for freedom in the digitised
  world. We plan action and we take action against increasing surveillance and other attacks on civil rights. We want to live in freedom, not in fear.
  Join us!
  https://www.freedomnotfear.org/2018/freedom-not-fear-2018-contribute-your-session

• Digitale Gesellschaft is looking for an Advocacy Manager!

  The deadline for applications is 14 September 2018.
  https://digitalegesellschaft.de/2018/08/stellenanzeige-advocacy-manager/

Agenda

• 21.09.2018 “Das ist Netzpolitik!” Conference #14np

  Berlin, Germany

• 21.09.2018 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.09.2018 Symposium Datenspuren 2018

  Dresden, Germany

• 28.09.2018 Data Ethics Forum

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• 28.09.2018 #FIfFKon18 Brave New World

  Berlin, Germany

• 05.10.2018 CopyCamp 2018

  Warsaw, Poland

From edri.org

• New Protocol on cybercrime: a recipe for human rights abuse?
• The EU gets another opportunity to improve copyright rules
• Censoring Wikipedia in Turkey is censoring our collective knowledge
• EU Council considers undermining ePrivacy
• Smart borders: the challenges remain a year after its adoption
• Member in the spotlight: Hermes Center
• ENDitorial: The fake fight against fake news

Recommended reading

• Travel Guide to the Digital World: Data Protection for Human Rights Defenders
• Glynn S. Lunney, Jr.: Copyright Lost
• This visualization of Venmo’s public data is terrifying

Recommended action

• Enjoy the summer!

  The EDRi-gram is taking a summer break and will be back on 29 August.
  Until then, enjoy the summer, don't forget to hydrate, and use sunscreen!

Agenda

• 16.08.2018 BornHack 2018

  Bornholm, Denmark

• 21.09.2018 “Das ist Netzpolitik!” Conference #14np

  Berlin, Germany

• 21.09.2018 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.09.2018 Symposium Datenspuren 2018

  Dresden, Germany

• 28.09.2018 Data Ethics Forum

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• 28.09.2018 #FIfFKon18 Brave New World

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• German police raids privacy group's premises
• MEPs support an open, democratic debate on Copyright Directive
• Danish High Court ruling on data retention use and file sharing cases
• ENDitorial: The Commission's new filtering adventure

Recommended reading

• The Pirate Book
• USA, UK and Netherlands host meeting on global implementation of PNR and API data-gathering to "disrupt terrorist travel"
• "Interoperability" proposals criticised again by EU data protection specialists

Recommended action

• Call for speakers for CopyCamp 2018 - The deadline is approaching!

  CopyCamp 2018 is looking for speakers! The conference will be taking place on 11 and 12 October 2018 in Warsaw. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 July.
  https://copycamp.pl/en/

Agenda

• 16.08.2018 BornHack 2018

  Bornholm, Denmark

• 21.09.2018 “Das ist Netzpolitik!” Conference #14np

  Berlin, Germany

• 21.09.2018 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.09.2018 Symposium Datenspuren 2018

  Dresden, Germany

• 28.09.2018 Data Ethics Forum

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• 28.09.2018 #FIfFKon18 Brave New World

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• MEPs ignore expert advice and vote for mass internet censorship
• Moving Parliament’s copyright discussions into the public domain
• NCC publishes a report on tech companies' use of “dark patterns”
• ENAR and EDRi join forces for diligent and restorative solutions to illegal content online
• Key modifications needed in the Whistleblowers Directive proposal
• Restoring freedom of expression in Spain: end the "gag law"

Recommended reading

• Rufus Pollock: The Open Revolution
• What 7 Creepy Patents Reveal About Facebook (with wonderful illustrations of André Wee)
• The Wiretap Rooms: The NSA’s hidden spy hubs in eight U.S. cities
• Why Do We Care So Much About Privacy?

Recommended action

• Save your Internet!

  The fight is not over! We can still win against the Censorship Machine!
  
  www.saveyourinternet.eu

• Open call presentation proposals for Copy Camp 2018

  CopyCamp will take place from 11 to 12 October 2018 in Warsaw.
  Meet in an international, interdisciplinary group of artists, experts, scientists, and activists, exchange experiences, and show that this law affects everyone. Join us and share your story!
  http://copycamp.pl/en

Agenda

• 16.08.2018 BornHack 2018

  Bornholm, Denmark

• 21.09.2018 “Das ist Netzpolitik!” Conference #14np

  Berlin, Germany

• 21.09.2018 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.09.2018 Symposium Datenspuren 2018

  Dresden, Germany

• 28.09.2018 Data Ethics Forum

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• 28.09.2018 #FIfFKon18 Brave New World

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• Censorship – don’t look left or right, look ahead, look behind!
• EU Censorship Machine: Legislation as propaganda?
• Civil society calls for protection of communications confidentiality
• Wiretapping & data access by foreign courts? Why not?
• ePrivacy for Children: What is Data Protection Culture?
• Litigation against the Danish government over data retention
• EU - Japan trade agreement undermines algorithmic transparency
• Xnet: Opposing guarded access to institutional information
• 12 days of digital rights in Brussels. Was it Christmas?

Recommended reading

• Analysis and recommendations for key modifications in the draft EC Directive for the Protection of Whistleblowers
• EU plans to include fingerprints in identity cards are unjustified and unnecessary

Recommended action

• Take action! Stop the Censorship Machine!

  Join us and convince your representatives in the European Parliament to oppose a censored internet, ruled by automated algorithms under the control of internet giants - We have 1 week left TO ACT against the Censorship Machine. Read more on EDRi's website:
  https://edri.org/campaign/save-your-internet-stop-the-censorship-machine/

• Respond to the European Commission's "illegal" content consultation

  The European Commission has published a short “consultation” on countering “illegal” content online, with a deadline of 25th June to respond. In order to ensure at least a little balance in outcome of the consultation, EDRi has prepared an “answering guide” to help you respond as an individual. You can find EDRi's guide here: https://edri.org/consultation_illegalcontent.html

Agenda

• 16.08.2018 BornHack 2018

  Bornholm, Denmark

• 21.09.2018 “Das ist Netzpolitik!” Conference #14np

  Berlin, Germany

• 21.09.2018 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.09.2018 Symposium Datenspuren 2018

  Dresden, Germany

• 28.09.2018 Data Ethics Forum

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• 28.09.2018 #FIfFKon18 Brave New World

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• GDPRexplained Campaign: the new regulation is here to protect our rights
• GDPR: A new philosophy of respect
• Your ePrivacy is nobody else's business
• A Digestible Guide to Individual's Rights under GDPR
• The four year battle for the protection of your data
• Belgium Constitutional Court decision on the concept of incitement to terrorism
• Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte: Legal Challenge Against Bavarian Police Act

Recommended reading

• Global policy next steps following CA/FB scandal:
• EU-Japan trade agreement’s intellectual property chapter limits options for reform:

Recommended action

• Join coordinated calls against #CensorshipMachine

  Several organisations have been calling Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and asked for the deletion of Article 13 in the proposed Copyright Directive. The action is ongoing. Do you want to join? Get in touch!
  https://edri.org/coordinated-action-censorship-machine-call/

• Join EDRi's pool of translators!

  Are you fluent in English and enjoy translating into your mother tongue? Then you can volunteer as a translator, and help us spread our material in as many languages as possible! If you want to join our team of translators, please write to brussels@edri.org with the subject "I want to TRANSLATE" and tell us to which language(s) you can translate and we will get in touch with you with further instructions.

• GFF Crowdfunding Campaign

  Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) has started a crowdfunding campaign for a joint constitutional complaint against the newly passed Bavarian Police act (PAG).
  https://freiheitsrechte.org/pag-bayern-stoppen/#donate

Agenda

• 16.08.2018 BornHack 2018

  Bornholm, Denmark

• 21.09.2018 “Das ist Netzpolitik!” Conference #14np

  Berlin, Germany

• 21.09.2018 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.09.2018 Symposium Datenspuren 2018

  Dresden, Germany

• 28.09.2018 Data Ethics Forum

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• 28.09.2018 #FIfFKon18 Brave New World

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• Bavarians protest against vastly extended police powers
• New Dutch law for intelligence services challenged in court
• BBA Germany 2018: Spying on employees, refugees, citizens...
• Upload filters endanger freedom of expression
• Will EU politicians back up their words with deeds?
• ENDitorial: Can design save us from content moderation?

Recommended reading

• Looking back at EDRi’s victories in 2017 (16.05.2018)
• Privacy and Freedom of Expression In the Age of Artificial Intelligence
• Net neutrality in Europe and the role of broadband measurement (11.05.2018)

Recommended action

• Become a Digital Defender!

  Join the team of Digital Defenders, and help us continue defending your digital human rights and freedoms!
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 16.05.2018 RightsCon Toronto 2018

  Toronto, Canada

• 25.05.2018 European Journalism in the Digital Age: A Legal and Practical Boot Camp for Journalists, Activists and Lawyers

• 16.08.2018 BornHack 2018

  Bornholm, Denmark

• 21.09.2018 “Das ist Netzpolitik!” Conference #14np

  Berlin, Germany

• 21.09.2018 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.09.2018 Symposium Datenspuren 2018

  Dresden, Germany

From edri.org

• Facebook: Unanswered questions
• Are GDPR certification schemes the next data transfer disaster?
• Big Brother Awards – tips and materials for organisers
• EU Member States fight to retain data retention despite CJEU rulings
• The “copyright troika” launches another censorship machine attack
• New EU proposals foresee mandatory biometrics in national ID cards
• “Fake news” strategy needs to be based on evidence, not assumption
• 15 NGOs ask EU Parliament not to weaken net neutrality enforcement
• Xnet: Petition on net neutrality guideline violation in Spain
• Welcoming new EDRi members: FSFE, Hermes Center, NOYB, and Xnet

Recommended reading

• Documentary film: Information. What are they looking at?
• New Privacy International report reveals dangerous lack of oversight of secret global surveillance networks (24.04.2018)
• "Renewable retention warrants": a new concept in the data retention debate (25.04.2018)
• What Zuckerberg Forgot To Mention... Profiling

Recommended action

• Let’s stop the Censorship Machine!

  We have launched a series of tweets asking for Members of the European Parliament, in their own language, to delete Article 13 in the proposed Copyright Directive. The aim is to support national EDRi members raise awareness about the topic and put more pressure on the MEPs with a Twitter presence. Help us spread the tweets in different languages and stop the #CensorshipMachine!
  https://edri.org/lets-stop-the-censorship-machine/

Agenda

• 02.05.2018 re:publica 2018 – POP #rp18

  Berlin, Germany

• 05.05.2018 5th Godwin-lecture

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 05.05.2018 Vrijheid EXPOsed: Serious game about internet freedom

  The Netherlands

• 16.05.2018 RightsCon Toronto 2018

  Toronto, Canada

• 25.05.2018 European Journalism in the Digital Age: A Legal and Practical Boot Camp for Journalists, Activists and Lawyers

• 16.08.2018 BornHack 2018

  Bornholm, Denmark

From edri.org

• DPAs require urgent action on air passenger surveillance
• Cambridge Analytica access to Facebook messages a privacy violation
• Privacy at ICANN: WHOIS winning?
• Fighting for migrants' data protection rights in the UK
• Internet protocols and human rights
• Hermes Center demands investigation of NAT-related data retention
• EU “e-evidence” proposals turn service providers into judicial authorities

Recommended reading

• Digital propaganda or "normal" political polarization? Case study of political debate on Polish Twitter
• Documentary: Nothing to Hide
• Don’t blame academics like me for Facebook’s privacy crisis (13.04.2018)

Recommended action

• Contribute to a whistleblowers law template!

  EDRi member Xnet has launched a template for a law on full protection of whistleblowers that includes strong anonymity standards. Xnet ask both for amendments to it and signatory support. The project has the objective to point in the good direction in a practical way during the creation of the new Directive and to create the basis for a replicable legislation to be adopted elsewhere.
  https://xnet-x.net/en/template-law-full-protection-whistleblowers/

• Follow the German Big Brother Awards gala live!

  EDRi member Digitalcourage will be organising the annual German Big Brother Awards on Friday 20 April, starting at 18:00 CEST. The event will be live streamed and have interpretation into English - watch it online and find out who will be granted the title of the ultimate privacy villain of the year!
  https://bigbrotherawards.de/stream

• Analyse your website with Webbkoll!

  Dataskydd.net, a Swedish NGO and EDRi observer, provides a free online tool with which you can easily check any website and see how it's doing with regards to certain data-protecting measures.
  https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/

Agenda

• 20.04.2018 Big Brother Awards 2018 Germany

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 26.04.2018 SCOOP4C Workshop: Transparent Citizen by Default?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.05.2018 re:publica 2018 – POP #rp18

  Berlin, Germany

• 05.05.2018 5th Godwin-lecture

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 05.05.2018 Vrijheid EXPOsed: Serious game about internet freedom

  The Netherlands

• 16.05.2018 RightsCon Toronto 2018

  Toronto, Canada

From edri.org

• 15 years of digital rights achievements
• Digitale Gesellschaft - Fair and free in a digital society
• FIPR - identifying the database state
• ISOC BG - Big speeds, Big Brother, big Bulgarian activism
• Share Foundation - Sharing success
• Wikimedia - A licence for success
• IT Pol - Activism made it to the museum
• Modern Poland Foundation: protecting access to culture and knowledge
• AptiRo, EFN & Alternatif Bilisim: Digital rights around Europe

Recommended reading

• EDRi-gram - 15 years of digital rights news (and counting)
• EDRi-gram 300: Digital rights news from 2025

Agenda

• 20.04.2018 Big Brother Awards 2018 Germany

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 26.04.2018 SCOOP4C Workshop: Transparent Citizen by Default?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.05.2018 re:publica 2018 – POP #rp18

  Berlin, Germany

• 05.05.2018 5th Godwin-lecture

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 05.05.2018 Vrijheid EXPOsed: Serious game about internet freedom

  The Netherlands

• 16.05.2018 RightsCon Toronto 2018

  Toronto, Canada

From edri.org

• EU Council indecision on ePrivacy is bad for Europe
• Control of sorts over personal data for UK healthcare patients
• #CensorshipMachine – How will the decision be taken?
• CLOUD Act: Civil society urges US Congress to consider global implications

Recommended reading

• Video series: In the net
• EDPS Opinion on online manipulation and personal data (19.03.2018)
• Final report of the High Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online Disinformation (12.03.2018)
• How to use Facebook while giving it the minimum amount of personal data (20.03.2018)
• Google is quietly providing AI technology for drone strike targeting project (06.03.2018)
• Spain: Counter-terror law used to crush satire and creative expression online (13.03.2018)

Recommended action

• Stop the #CensorshipMachine and #FixCopyright!

  The following weeks are crucial for the new European copyright rules: Now it’s the time to send a clear message to European Parliament and national governments to oppose the #CensorshipMachine!
  https://edri.org/proposed-internet-filter-will-turn-platforms-against-users/

Agenda

• 27.03.2018 Lecture: Remembering the attack on the municipal register

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• 20.04.2018 Big Brother Awards 2018 Germany

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 26.04.2018 SCOOP4C Workshop: Transparent Citizen by Default?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.05.2018 re:publica 2018 – POP #rp18

  Berlin, Germany

• 05.05.2018 5th Godwin-lecture

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 05.05.2018 Vrijheid EXPOsed: Serious game about internet freedom

  The Netherlands

From edri.org

• New copyright compromise text: Filter or be filtered
• CoE takes world-leading step towards protecting online rights
• Portuguese ISPs given 40 days to comply with EU net neutrality rules
• Czech BBA for Ministry of Industry and Trade for data retention
• Data retention "reflection process": Council working documents
• Portugal: Access to retained data sent to the Constitutional Court
• Commission: Let’s put internet giants in charge of censoring Europe

Recommended reading

• The powerful global spy alliance you never knew existed (01.03.2018)
• How To Protect Your Privacy On Linux (25.04.2017)
• How To Protect Your Privacy On Windows 10 (06.04.2017)
• Seven digital security habits that journalists should adopt (05.03.2018)

Recommended action

• Join us in Brussels to #fixcopyright!

  The ongoing effort to modernise the outdated European copyright rules is about to enter into the decisive phase. Join the European Copyright Action Days on 19-21 March in Brussels to discuss with policy-makers to advocate for a more future-proof reform, and to raise attention about the dangers of the proposed measures!
  https://www.communia-association.org/2018/03/06/join-us-european-copyright-action-days-19-21-march-brussels/

Agenda

• 07.03.2018 Debate: Referendum on Mass Surveillance Law

  Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

• 08.03.2018 Big Brother Watch: Championing Civil Rights in the Digital Age

  Bristol, United Kingdom

• 12.03.2018 Future and uncertainty in the digital society

  Berlin, Germany

• 19.03.2018 European Copyright Action Days

  Brussels, Belgium

• 27.03.2018 Lecture: Remembering the attack on the municipal register

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• 20.04.2018 Big Brother Awards 2018 Germany

  Bielefeld, Germany

From edri.org

• European Ombudsman shares EDRi’s concerns on Council transparency
• Copyright reform: The Bulgarian Presidency strikes back
• T-Mobile treats everyone equally unequally
• India set to have the world’s strongest net-neutrality protections
• Don’t make your community Facebook-dependent!
• General monitoring of communications to block “undesirable” content

Recommended reading

• Google can still use Bluetooth to track your Android phone when Bluetooth is turned off (24.01.2018)
• Analyzing changes in DPA Income and Staff, from 2011 to 2016 (11.12.2017)
• Only the EU can break Facebook and Google's dominance (13.02.2018)
• The House That Spied on Me (07.02.2018)
• Why We Published the Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked in Spanish (29.01.2018)

Recommended action

• Stop the #CensorshipMachine - Call your MEP now!

  Europe wants internet companies to filter all of your uploads. An upload filter can’t recognize your legal use of copyrighted content - like parody, citations and also memes. Stand up for copyright in the digital age and tell a member of the European Parliament that we need copyright laws that promote competition and innovation online!
  https://savethememe.net/en

Agenda

• 05.03.2018 Internet Freedom Festival 2018

  Valencia, Spain

• 07.03.2018 Debate: Referendum on Mass Surveillance Law

  Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

• 08.03.2018 Big Brother Watch: Championing Civil Rights in the Digital Age

  Bristol, United Kingdom

• 12.03.2018 Future and uncertainty in the digital society

  Berlin, Germany

• 19.03.2018 European Copyright Action Days

  Brussels, Belgium

• 27.03.2018 Lecture: Remembering the attack on the municipal register

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

From edri.org

• Smashing the law without breaking it: A Commission guide
• The Bulgarian EU Council presidency & the latest assault on ePrivacy
• European Parliament – fighting terrorism with closed-door secrecy
• Germany: Constitutional complaint against intelligence agency BND
• Data protection – time for action
• Chaos Communication Congress 2017
• EDRi’s “Brussels Exchange Programme” - turning theory into practice

Recommended reading

• Videos: SHARE Presents: Information wars (27.12.2017)
• Fairness and Accountability Design Needs for Algorithmic Support in High-Stakes Public Sector Decision-Making (03.02.2018)
• Podcast: Logbuch: Netzpolitik (only in German, 24.01.2018)

Recommended action

• Join EDRi's Board: Call for applications

  It’s time to take the next step to extend EDRi’s reach and efficacy. We are inviting you to apply to become a member of our Board. As an EDRi Board Member, you’ll help shape the future of the organisation and advance our mission to promote and protect human rights in the digital environment.
  https://edri.org/call-for-applications-edri-board/

• Boot Camp for Journalists, Activists and Lawyers!

  Journalism is under pressure. So, democracy itself is too. Coincidence? The Boot Camp "European Journalism in the Digital Age" is a first aid kit and survival guide for European journalists and others in the digital age to protect themselves from legal, regulatory, digital and physical threats, and to head off trouble before it starts. Submit your application by 5 March 2018!
  https://cmds.ceu.edu/european-journalism-digital-age-legal-and-practical-boot-camp-journalists-activists-and-lawyers

Agenda

• 15.02.2018 Czech Big Brother Awards 2017

  Prague, Czech Republic

• 20.02.2018 Workshop: Privacy Café

  Den Bosch, The Netherlands

• 05.03.2018 Internet Freedom Festival 2018

  Valencia, Spain

• 07.03.2018 Debate: Referendum on Mass Surveillance Law

  Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

• 08.03.2018 Big Brother Watch: Championing Civil Rights in the Digital Age

  Bristol, United Kingdom

• 12.03.2018 Future and uncertainty in the digital society

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• Can we ensure EU terrorism policies respect human rights?
• CJEU hate speech case: Should Facebook process more personal data?
• You can’t uphold the law by breaking the law
• UN Security Council mandates worldwide air traveller profiling
• Romania: Culture Ministry rallies copyright lobbyists
• ENDitorial: Living as if being at an airport

Recommended reading

• Council of the European Union Presidency - Proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market - Orientation debate on Articles 11 and 13 (16.01.2018)
• Mechanical Turkers may have out-predicted the most popular crime-predicting algorithm (17.01.2018)
• Civil society under threat, Fundamental Rights Agency finds (18.01.2018)
• Access to Internet and freedom to receive and impart information and ideas
• Android Users: To Avoid Malware, Try the F-Droid App Store (21.01.2018)

Recommended action

• Join Wikimedia for a Public Policy Fellowship in Brussels!

  Do you have national-level experience in the area of law or policy? Would you like to step up your policy and advocacy activities? The Wikimedia DE policy team in Brussels seeks support of activists, academics, and policy experts from all over Europe that are or would like to become a part of Wikimedia community.
  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Visiting_Volunteers

Agenda

• 24.01.2018 CPDP2018: Internet of bodies

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2018 CPDP side event: Workshop on algorithms and computational propaganda in social media

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2018 Democracy and public sphere in the digital society

  Berlin, Germany

• 15.02.2018 Czech Big Brother Awards 2017

  Prague, Czech Republic

• 20.02.2018 Workshop: Privacy Café

  Den Bosch, The Netherlands

• 05.03.2018 Internet Freedom Festival 2018

  Valencia, Spain

From edri.org

• Copyright reform: State of play
• Commission claims that general monitoring is not general monitoring
• e-Privacy proposal undermined by EU Member States
• EU-Japan trade agreement not compatible with EU data protection
• EU Parliament criticises incompetent Commission work on child abuse
• Proposal to revoke data retention filed with the Czech Court
• 2017: From EDRi to the world

Recommended reading

• WhatsApp Security Flaws Could Allow Snoops to Slide Into Group Chats (10.01.2018)
• The Identity We Can't Change: How biometrics undermine our human rights

Recommended action

• Boost your shield against violations of digital rights!

  Our campaign to recruit new Digital Defenders will continue for a few more days. Join the team and help us continue defending your digital human rights and freedoms in 2018!
  https://edri.org/donate/

• Help us to shape a brighter future for digital rights!

  Check out our list of upcoming public consultations of importance for digital rights and respond to them - this is your opportunity to influence the future legislation at an early stage, in the EU and beyond!
  https://edri.org/2018-important-consultations-for-digital-rights

Agenda

• 16.01.2018 PrivacyCafé

  Brussels, Belgium

• 23.01.2018 Privacy Camp 2018: Speech, settings and [in]security by design

  Brussels, Belgium

• 24.01.2018 CPDP2018: Internet of bodies

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2018 CPDP side event: Workshop on algorithms and computational propaganda in social media

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2018 Democracy and public sphere in the digital society

  Berlin, Germany

• 15.02.2018 Czech Big Brother Awards 2017

  Prague, Czech Republic

From edri.org

• EDRi Awards 2017
• Holiday must reads - our best of 2017
• Have yourself happy privacy friendly holidays!

Recommended action

• Boost your shield against violations of digital rights!

  Our work is only possible thanks to regular financial support from donors like you. By supporting us, you ensure that we will be able to continue defending your digital rights and freedoms in 2018.
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 27.12.2017 Chaos Communication Congress (34C3)

  Leipzig, Germany

• 16.01.2018 PrivacyCafé

  Brussels, Belgium

• 23.01.2018 Privacy Camp 2018: Speech, settings and [in]security by design

  Brussels, Belgium

• 24.01.2018 CPDP2018: Internet of bodies

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2018 CPDP side event: Workshop on algorithms and computational propaganda in social media

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2018 Democracy and public sphere in the digital society

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• Censorship Machine: Busting the myths
• Copyright Directive may lead newspapers to become their own censors
• What happens to our data on rental cars?
• MEPs demand balanced approach to dealing with illegal online content
• #BoostYourShield against violations of digital rights!

Recommended reading

• Mixed Messages? The Limits of Automated Social Media Content Analysis (28.11.2017)
• When Our Thoughts Are No Longer Our Own (04.12.2017)

Recommended action

• #BoostYourShield!

  We are now looking for 200 Digital Defenders to join our fight against digital rights violations!
  https://edri.org/donate/

• Is your browser safe against tracking?

  When you visit a website, online trackers and the site itself may be able to identify you. Check with EDRi member Electronic Frontier Foundation's Panopticlick how well your browser and add-ons protect you against online tracking techniques!
  https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Agenda

• 27.12.2017 Chaos Communication Congress (34C3)

  Leipzig, Germany

• 16.01.2018 PrivacyCafé

  Brussels, Belgium

• 23.01.2018 Privacy Camp 2018: Speech, settings and [in]security by design

  Brussels, Belgium

• 24.01.2018 CPDP2018: Internet of bodies

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2018 CPDP side event: Workshop on algorithms and computational propaganda in social media

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.01.2018 Democracy and public sphere in the digital society

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• e-Privacy: What happened and what happens next
• Is anti-plagiarism software legal under EU Copyright legislation?
• Italy extends data retention to six years
• Eurojust: No progress to comply with CJEU data retention judgements
• EU Member States plan to ignore EU Court data retention rulings
• Dutch mass surveillance law receives two BBA nominations
• The Civil Liberties Committee rejects #censorshipmachine

Recommended reading

• What security means for NGOs (and why we do it badly) (17.11.2017)
• Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy

Recommended action

• Register for Privacy Camp 2018!

  Registration for the Privacy Camp is now open! If you want to attend the event, please send an email to registrations(at)edri.org, including your first and last name. Make sure to register as soon as possible as places are limited for this free event on 23 January 2018 in Brussels!
  https://privacycamp.eu/2017/11/23/privacy-camp-2018-registrations-now-open/

• Join the Mozilla Foundation Team as an Internet Health Outreach Coordinator!

  The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is currently looking for an Internet Health Outreach Coordinator. It is a full time position, ideally located in Berlin, but remote working around the EU would also be fine.
  https://careers.mozilla.org/position/gh/882021

Agenda

• 11.12.2017 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2017

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 27.12.2017 Chaos Communication Congress (34C3)

  Leipzig, Germany

• 16.01.2018 PrivacyCafé

  Brussels, Belgium

• 23.01.2018 Privacy Camp 2018: Speech, settings and [in]security by design

  Brussels, Belgium

• 24.01.2018 CPDP2018: Internet of bodies

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2018 CPDP side event: Workshop on algorithms and computational propaganda in social media

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• School of Rock(ing) Copyright 2017: (Re-)united to #fixcopyright!
• Internet protocol community has a new tool to respect human rights
• The Dutch continue to fight new mass surveillance law
• Estonian eID cryptography mess – 750 000 cards compromised
• High time: Policy makers increasingly embrace encryption
• Who defends the victims of mass surveillance? Tech companies could
• Member Spotlight: Panoptykon Foundation

Recommended reading

• Security Through Human Rights: New Liberties Report (18.10.2017)
• How Much Is Enough? Explaining the Continuous Transparency Conflict in TTIP
• Video: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
• Me on the Equifax Breach (01.11.2017)

Recommended action

• Propose a session for Privacy Camp 2018!

  Privacy Camp 2018, "Speech, settings and [in]security by design", will discuss the challenges to freedom of speech online and the potential of a digital public sphere, and the security of devices and infrastructure. Propose your panel by 20 November!
  https://privacycamp.eu/2017/10/17/privacy-camp-2018-speech-settings-insecurity-by-design/

• Join us at the 34C3 network assembly!

  The 34th Chaos Communication Congress (34C3) will take place in Leipzig on 27-30 December 2017. Propose a workshop, conversation, or training to be organised in our assembly by 19 November!
  https://edri.org/join-us-at-the-34c3-network-assembly/

Agenda

• 11.12.2017 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2017

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 27.12.2017 Chaos Communication Congress (34C3)

  Leipzig, Germany

• 16.01.2018 PrivacyCafé

  Brussels, Belgium

• 23.01.2018 Privacy Camp 2018: Speech, settings and [in]security by design

  Brussels, Belgium

• 24.01.2018 CPDP2018: Internet of bodies

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.01.2018 CPDP side event: Workshop on algorithms and computational propaganda in social media

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Portugal bans use of DRM that limits access to public domain works
• The European Parliament calls for protection of whistleblowers
• Privacy Camp 2018: Speech, settings and [in]security by design
• Join us at the 34C3 network assembly!
• Leak: Three EU countries join forces for restrictions & copyright chaos
• The European Commission struggles to find a position on encryption
• Surveillance laws fall far short of fundamental rights standards
• EDRi writes to EU Commissioner Gabriel about tackling illegal content online
• The privacy movement and dissent: Protest

Recommended reading

• The 10 Top Recommendations for the AI Field in 2017 (18.10.2017)
• Towards a filtered internet: the European Commission’s automated prior restraint machine (25.10.2017)
• AI ​Now 2017 Report
• FAQ: U.S. government monitoring of social media

Recommended action

• Governments can hack your webcam!

  Donate to EDRi member Privacy International's crowdfunding campaign and support their ongoing court case against the British government hacking our devices. The campaign will end on Thursday, 2 November!
  https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/hacking/

Agenda

• 04.11.2017 ORGCon17

  London, United Kingdom

• 11.12.2017 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2017

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 27.12.2017 Chaos Communication Congress (34C3)

  Leipzig, Germany

• 16.01.2018 PrivacyCafé

  Brussels, Belgium

• 23.01.2018 Privacy Camp 2018: Speech, settings and [in]security by design

  Brussels, Belgium

• 24.01.2018 CPDP2018: Internet of bodies

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Extending the use of eID to online platforms - risks to privacy?
• EU Council legal services unclear about censorship filters
• Dutch NRA: T-Mobile may continue to violate net neutrality
• Success Story: A win on Austrian surveillance legislation
• European trend of state hacking wins Belgian Big Brother Awards
• Civil society calls for the deletion of the #censorshipmachine
• EU's plans on encryption: What is needed?

Recommended reading

• How companies use personal data against people
• Article 29 Data Protection Working Party : Draft Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679
• Video: BEREC role in net neutrality Regulation in EU

Recommended action

• Why are you tracking me?

  Tracking is everywhere... Right now it is too easy for companies to use your data and sell their knowledge about you without your explicit permission. Now is the time to fix #ePrivacy!
  https://dev.why-are-you-tracking.me/

• Stop copyright censorship!

  Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will soon be voting on whether or not to approve mass content filtering, and proposals to charge fees for links. With your help, we can put a stop to this disastrous duo of copyright policies in the controversial draft Copyright Directive. Call your representative in the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties and ask them to vote against these rules!
  https://act.openmedia.org/savethelink-call

Agenda

• 20.10.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Lisbon

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 20.10.2017 TRUST – Think Realistic when Using Sophisticated Technologies – 33rd FIfF annual conference

  Jena, Germany

• 23.10.2017 PrivacyWeek

  Vienna, Austria

• 04.11.2017 ORGCon17

  London, United Kingdom

• 11.12.2017 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2017

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 27.12.2017 Chaos Communication Congress (34C3)

  Leipzig, Germany

From edri.org

• TiSA impact assessment report ignores crucial human rights concerns
• Tear down the tracking wall
• No justification for internet censorship during Catalan referendum
• EU Commission "Tackling Illegal Content" - dangerous for free speech
• Consumer Committee chooses Google ahead of citizens – again
• The privacy movement and dissent: Art
• ENDitorial: Tinder and me: My life, my business

Recommended reading

• Digital repression and resistance during the #CatalanReferendum (04.10.2017)
• Connected health devices violate users privacy (28.09.2017)
• OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media warns Germany social networks law could have disproportionate effect (04.10.2017)
• Case Study: Fintech and the Financial Exploitation of Customer Data (30.08.2017)
• Stop the Border Surveillance Bills

Recommended action

• Big Brother is watching us!

  Join us on Friday 13 October in Brussels to witness who will be crowned the ultimate privacy villain of 2017 in the Belgian Big Brother Awards! We nominated the European trend of "state hacking". Don't forget to vote for your favourite!
  https://bigbrotherawards.be/en/

Agenda

• 06.10.2017 Freedom not Fear 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.10.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Budapest

  Budapest, Hungary

• 13.10.2017 Big Brother Awards Belgium 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.10.2017 TRUST – Think Realistic when Using Sophisticated Technologies – 33rd FIfF annual conference

  Jena, Germany

• 20.10.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Lisbon

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 23.10.2017 PrivacyWeek

  Vienna, Austria

From edri.org

• Cross-border access to data has to respect human rights principles
• EDRi delivers paper on encryption workarounds and human rights
• Should video-sharing platforms be part of the AVMSD?
• Did the EU Commission hide a study that did not suit their agenda?
• Secret documents reveal: BND attacked Tor and advises not to use it
• Dutch digital investigation: Pushing the boundaries of legality
• Human Rights Court sets limits on right to monitor employees

Recommended reading

• European Commission Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Coucil: Resilience, Deterrence and Defence: Building strong cybersecurity for the EU (13.09.2017)
• Facebook’s war on free will (19.09.2017)
• The Israeli Digital Rights Movement's campaign for privacy (19.09.2017)
• US Cross-Border Data Deal Could Open Surveillance Floodgates (18.09.2017)

Recommended action

• Register for Freedom not Fear 2017!

  Join us for the annual Freedom not Fear barcamp in Brussels on 6-9 October 2017! Internet and human rights activists from all over Europe will meet to work for freedom in the digitised world. You can register for travel allowances until 22 September!
  https://www.freedomnotfear.org/fnf-2017/register-for-travel-allowances-now

• Public Money? Public Code!

  Demand publicly financed software that has been developed for the public sector to be made available under a Free and Open Source Software licence - sign the open letter!
  https://publiccode.eu/openletter/

Agenda

• 22.09.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Ljubljana

  Ljubljana, Slovenia

• 28.09.2017 CopyCamp 2017 – The Internet of Copyrighted Things

  Warsaw, Poland

• 29.09.2017 EU Hackathon 2017 #OnOurWatchEU

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.10.2017 Freedom not Fear 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.10.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Budapest

  Budapest, Hungary

• 13.10.2017 Big Brother Awards Belgium 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Winter is here
• Six states raise concerns about legality of Copyright Directive
• Leaked document: EU Presidency calls for massive internet filtering
• Denmark: Targeted ANPR data retention turned into mass surveillance
• Controversial testing of facial recognition software in Germany
• Netherlands: Sharing of travel data violated students' privacy
• Private copy levy: Just pay up! Then we’ll see...

Recommended reading

• The Guide to International Law and Surveillance (25.08.2017)
• Market Forces: the development of the EU security-industrial complex (31.08.2017)
• Crypto for kids
• On internet privacy, be very afraid (24.08.2017)

Recommended action

• Support our work!

  We need your support to defend your rights and freedoms!
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 22.09.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Ljubljana

  Ljubljana, Slovenia

• 28.09.2017 CopyCamp 2017 – The Internet of Copyrighted Things

  Warsaw, Poland

• 29.09.2017 EU Hackathon 2017 #OnOurWatchEU

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.10.2017 Freedom not Fear 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.10.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Budapest

  Budapest, Hungary

• 13.10.2017 Big Brother Awards Belgium 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Italy plans to extend telecoms data retention
• EU decision-making is not EU administration, says EU administration
• The School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright 2017
• The privacy movement and dissent: Whistleblowing
• Member Spotlight: Electronic Frontier Norway

Recommended reading

• How Google took over the classroom (17.05.2017)
• A sociology of the smartphone
• Let's save the Internet for future generations (video)
• What is Data Exploitation? (video)

Recommended action

• Nominate Human Rights Heroes & Villains!

  Name a hero who has protected the principles of freedom online or a villain who has worked to undermine them! EDRi member Access Now is looking for nominations for its fourth annual Heroes & Villains Awards.
  https://www.accessnow.org/now-accepting-nominations-fourth-annual-heroes-villains-awards

Agenda

• 30.08.2017 MyData 2017

  Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland

• 01.09.2017 Das ist Netzpolitik! Conference 2017

  Berlin, Germany

• 22.09.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Ljubljana

  Ljubljana, Slovenia

• 28.09.2017 CopyCamp 2017 – The Internet of Copyrighted Things

  Warsaw, Poland

• 29.09.2017 EU Hackathon 2017 #OnOurWatchEU

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.10.2017 Freedom not Fear 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• CJEU: Draft EU/Canada air passenger data deal is unacceptable
• Norway introduces forced biometric authentication
• Oversight Board report: Illegal surveillance of Danish citizens
• Copyright Directive discussed in Romania
• #ValuesGap: Commercial interests win where all others fail
• Stalking is easy with Facebook, and now even easier with Snapchat
• Dutch Senate votes in favour of dragnet surveillance powers
• ENDitorial: Draconian anti-terrorism measures instil terror

Recommended reading

• Social media: the Faustian deal (13.07.2017)
• If FCC gets its way, we’ll lose a lot more than net neutrality (12.07.2017)
• LIBE submits more than 800 amendments to ePrivacy Regulation (20.07.2017)
• What we lose when the World moves on from email (12.07.2017)

Recommended action

• Join the Digital Defenders!

  Join the team of Digital Defenders - support our work for your right to privacy, net neutrality, freedom of expression, and modernisation of copyright rules with a monthly donation!
  https://edri.org/supporters/

Agenda

• 04.08.2017 SHA2017

  Zeewolde, the Netherlands

• 09.08.2017 Wikimania 2017

  Montréal, Canada

• 30.08.2017 MyData 2017

  Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland

• 01.09.2017 Das ist Netzpolitik! Conference 2017

  Berlin, Germany

• 22.09.2017 School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Ljubljana

  Ljubljana, Slovenia

• 28.09.2017 CopyCamp 2017 – The Internet of Copyrighted Things

  Warsaw, Poland

From edri.org

• Latest copyright votes: Filtering, blocking & half-baked compromises
• Commission report on child protection online lacks facts and evidence
• Net Neutrality: BEREC misses opportunity to lead the way
• Total information awareness for law enforcement, no data protection
• Dissent in the privacy movement: whistleblowing, art and protest

Recommended reading

• Turkish authorities detain top human rights defenders at training workshop
• "Who has your back?" - WhatsApp scores low on EFF's privacy rating
• Google removed 2.5 billion "pirate" search results
• What happens when your car gets hacked?
• Internet surveillance, regulation, and chilling effects online: a comparative case study
• Hacker Lexicon: What Is steganography?

Recommended action

• Don't miss the Digital Rights Fund!

  The Digital Rights Fund is a peer-driven programme that funds work for digital rights in Europe. Grant proposals need to be formally submitted by an EDRi member organisation, but the programme encourages collaboration and cooperation with other civil society and civil liberty organisations.
  https://digitalrights.fund/

• Join the Digital Defenders!

  European Digital Rights fights for your right to privacy, freedom of expression, modernisation of copyright rules, net neutrality, and against mass surveillance. Join the team of Digital Defenders - support our work with a donation!
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 14.07.2017 Digital-born Media Carnival

  Kotor, Montenegro

• 19.07.2017 Data Investigation Camp

  Perast, Montenegro

• 04.08.2017 SHA2017

  Zeewolde, the Netherlands

• 09.08.2017 Wikimania 2017

  Montréal, Canada

• 30.08.2017 MyData 2017

  Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland

• 01.09.2017 Das ist Netzpolitik! Conference 2017

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• Are we on the right track for a strong e-Privacy Regulation?
• Denmark allows massive retention of location data for mobile internet
• The Freedom Index – easing access to information on rights issues
• An end to copyright blackmail letters in Finland?
• Proposed Copyright Directive – Commissioner confirms it is illegal

Recommended reading

• The Hackers Russia-Proofing Germany’s Elections
• A Cyberattack ‘the World Isn’t Ready For’
• The European Commission is thinking… about government hacking
• The Identity We Can't Change
• Data is giving rise to a new economy
• Get Ready for the Next Big Privacy Backlash Against Facebook

Recommended action

• Demand strong #SecurityForAll!

  Encryption isn't a security problem. It's a security solution. Tell your government: No backdoors!
  https://securetheinternet.org/

• Take a stand against data retention!

  Join EDRi members Digitalcourage, AK Vorrat and FIfF on 29 June in protest at the German Parliament against the restart of telecommunications data retention in Germany! Providers would have been obliged to start implementing the new law on 1 July, but things are moving: one provider was exempted after launching an appeal, citing incompatibility with EU law, several constitutional complaints are pending, and the Federal Network Agency said it will not impose fines for providers, prompting other large providers to announce they will not start storing the data. The protest will call for an EU-wide ban, demand an end to this uncertainty for users about the surveillance they are under, and put pressure on politicians to end this Schrödinger-esque state.
  https://digitalcourage.de/blog/2017/protest-vds-beginn

Agenda

• 28.06.2017 Privacy Training Center’s PrivacyCafé

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.06.2017 npbbxl 4.4: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.07.2017 Digital-born Media Carnival

  Kotor, Montenegro

• 19.07.2017 Data Investigation Camp

  Perast, Montenegro

• 04.08.2017 SHA2017

  Zeewolde, the Netherlands

• 09.08.2017 Wikimania 2017

  Montréal, Canada

From edri.org

• UN Rapporteur demands respect for freedom of expression online
• Access to e-evidence: Inevitable sacrifice of our right to privacy?
• Commission’s waiting game: Gambling with freedom of information
• Internet clampdown - convenient distraction from political turmoil?
• Running an algorithmic empire: The human fabric of Facebook
• Consumer Committee rejects upload filter but fails on “link tax”
• #ALTwitter privacy revelation: European parliamentarian goes bananas
• ENDitorial: AVMSD – the “legislation without friends” Directive?

Recommended reading

• An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications
• Who Are the Shadow Brokers?
• Self-regulation of internet intermediaries: public duty versus private responsibility
• Dutch-Russian cyber crime case reveals how the police taps the internet
• Social media intelligence and profiling in the insurance industry…
• Is “I forget” a valid defense when court orders demand a smartphone password?

Recommended action

• Protect your privacy!

  Take control over the traces you leave behind online and make sure your personal information is as secure as possible. Check out these tips for protecting your privacy online, or join a free hands-on workshop at the PrivacyCafé in Brussels on 28 June 2017: https://www.privacytraining.org/en/public-events/
  https://www.wnyc.org/story/privacy-paradox-tip-sheet/

• Find out about cooperation and funding opportunities for digital rights in Europe!

  Join us for the webinar "European arena of digital rights - opportunities for cooperation and funding" on 21 June 2017!
  https://mev.clickmeeting.com/424899835/register

Agenda

• 21.06.2017 Webinar: European arena of digital rights – opportunities for cooperation and funding

• 23.06.2017 EDRi network gathering

  Vienna, Austria

• 28.06.2017 Privacy Training Center’s PrivacyCafé

  Brussels, Belgium

• 30.06.2017 npbbxl 4.4: Net politics meet-up

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.07.2017 Digital-born Media Carnival

  Kotor, Montenegro

• 19.07.2017 Data Investigation Camp

  Perast, Montenegro

From edri.org

• EU Commission on FOI request: Incompetence or ill-intent?
• Parliamentarians encourage online platforms to censor legal content
• ALTwitter: The treasure trove behind 140 characters
• The EU must take action to protect whistleblowers
• Romanian Parliament: EU Copyright reform does more harm than good
• Irish police phone tapping undermines citizens’ rights
• UK government pushes for companies to weaken encryption
• ENDitorial: Consumer protection MEPs launch attack on consumers

Recommended reading

• Looking back on our 2016 victories
• How Facebook's tentacles reach further than you think
• Time to decide on Internet of Things liability
• The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data
• ‘The Internet Is Broken’: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It
• Courts Are Using AI to Sentence Criminals. That Must Stop Now
• ENISA works together with European semiconductor industry on key cybersecurity areas
• Revealed: Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence

Recommended action

• Apply for Digital-born Media Carnival!

  Digital-born Media Carnival is a four-day event gathering more than hundred of online media representatives, information explorers and digital rights enthusiasts to discuss fake news, ethics, sustainability, business models, creativity, innovation in reporting, manipulation, the online media market, surveillance, privacy, post-truth... It will take place on 14-18 July in Kotor, Montenegro. You can apply until 1 June.
  http://www.shareconference.net/carnival/

Agenda

• 01.06.2017 MAPPING Conference on the Future of IPR

  Sofia, Bulgaria

• 05.06.2017 MAPPING Workshop on Internet Observatories

  Tallinn, Estonia

• 06.06.2017 Net politics meet-up #npbbxl

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.06.2017 EuroDIG 2017

  Tallinn, Estonia

• 09.06.2017 Bits of Freedom D-Day

  Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• 21.06.2017 Webinar: European arena of digital rights – opportunities for cooperation and funding

From edri.org

• Dutch ban on zero-rating struck down – major blow to net neutrality
• BBA Germany 2017: Espionage, threats, tracking, provoking cyber wars
• UK Digital Economy Act: Millions of websites could be blocked
• ALTwitter – profiling with metadata
• AVMSD: European Parliament set to vote whether it’s allowed to vote
• Reclaim the net! Copyright and online freedoms at re:publica17
• Killing parody, killing memes, killing the internet?
• ENDitorial: A broken promise on fundamental rights

Recommended reading

• Leaked NSA malware is helping hijack computers around the world
• The inventor of the web Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the internet, "fake news," and why net neutrality is so important
• The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked
• One day, a machine will smell whether you’re sick
• Defining hate speech
• WannaCry Ransomware picture collection from infected countries around the world

Recommended action

• Protect whistleblowers - respond to the public consultation!

  There is still some time for you to respond to the European Commission's public consultation on whistleblower protection. Whistleblowing is essential to our democracy, safeguarding the public interest. Make sure your voice is heard and share your view before 29 May 2017.
  https://edri.org/2017-important-consultations-for-digital-rights/

Agenda

• 20.05.2017 European Journalism in the Digital Age: Rights and Risks

  Belgrade, Serbia

• 24.05.2017 South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG)

  Ohrid, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

• 01.06.2017 MAPPING Conference on the Future of IPR

  Sofia, Bulgaria

• 05.06.2017 MAPPING Workshop on Internet Observatories

  Tallinn, Estonia

• 06.06.2017 Net politics meet-up #npbbxl

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.06.2017 EuroDIG 2017

  Tallinn, Estonia

From edri.org

• EU data protection watchdogs support stronger ePrivacy legislation
• Hakuna Metadata – Let’s have some fun with Sid’s browsing history!
• AVMSD: It isn’t censorship if the content is mostly legal, right?
• Encryption – debunking the myths
• Member Spotlight: epicenter.works

Recommended reading

• UN expert urges governments to end “demonization” of critical media and protect journalists
• Hubert L. Dreyfus, Philosopher of the Limits of Computers, Dies at 87
• Encryption and the Press Clause
• Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker
• Where Speech Goes, Repression Follows: The Global Trend of Criminalizing Online Speech
• The Future of IoT in Cities (A Summary Report)

Recommended action

• Watch the German #BBA17 in English!

  On 5 May, six organisations in business and government will definitely not be amused, because they will receive a Big Brother Award from EDRi member Digitalcourage. Already for several years, the award speeches have been translated into English. Now, for the second time, also the livestream of the gala will be available with interpretation. Watch the German BBA 2017 live from 18:00 local time (16:00 UTC) on 5 May 2017!
  https://bigbrotherawards.de/en/stream

• Share your knowledge at CopyCamp!

  CopyCamp, an annual conference about social and economic aspects of copyright in Europe, will take place on 28-29 September 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. EDRi member the Modern Poland Foundation is launching an Open Call for Speakers and invites you to participate.
  https://copycamp.pl/en/contact/register-speaker/

Agenda

• 05.05.2017 Big Brother Awards Germany 2017

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 08.05.2017 re:publica 2017

  Berlin, Germany

• 13.05.2017 Open Source Conference Albania (OSCAL)

  Tirana, Albania

• 20.05.2017 European Journalism in the Digital Age: Rights and Risks

  Belgrade, Serbia

• 24.05.2017 South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG)

  Ohrid, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

• 01.06.2017 MAPPING Conference on the Future of IPR

  Sofia, Bulgaria

From edri.org

• AVMS Directive – censorship by coercive comedy confusion
• Dangerous myths peddled about data subject access rights
• Data mining for profit and election result – how predictable are we?
• German Social Media law – sharp criticism from leading legal expert
• Challenges for “Legal Frameworks for Hacking by Law Enforcement”
• Member Spotlight: SHARE Foundation

Recommended reading

• Mastodon Is Like Twitter Without Nazis, So Why Are We Not Using It?
• AI Isn’t Smart Enough (Yet) to Spot Horrific Facebook Videos
• How YouTube’s Shifting Algorithms Hurt Independent Media
• Project SMILE: Interface for European telecommunications interception
• How Bulk Interception Works
• Vigilante botnet infects IoT devices before blackhats can hijack them

Recommended action

• Tell your #privacystory!

  EDRi member EFF is collecting stories from people about the moment digital privacy first started mattering in their lives. Help spur a broader public conversation about the value of privacy in our digital world: Watch the video and add to the conversation with a blogpost, an article, or a short video, and tweet using the hashtag #privacystory!"
  https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/when-did-you-first-realize-importance-online-privacy

Agenda

• 22.04.2017 Quadrature Communication Camp 2017

  Paris, France

• 24.04.2017 Digitised security: How to read the surveillance discourse and fight it!

  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 05.05.2017 Big Brother Awards Germany 2017

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 08.05.2017 re:publica 2017

  Berlin, Germany

• 13.05.2017 Open Source Conference Albania (OSCAL)

  Tirana, Albania

• 20.05.2017 European Journalism in the Digital Age: Rights and Risks

  Belgrade, Serbia

From edri.org

• Social media companies launch upload filter to combat “terrorism and extremism”
• Denmark: Weakening the oversight of intelligence services
• UK government attacks encryption ... again
• Reckless social media law threatens freedom of expression in Germany
• What to do with the online platforms – the academics point of view
• ENDitorial: Transparency and law-making on EU copyright – mutually exclusive?

Recommended reading

• The Future of Free Speech, Trolls, Anonymity and Fake News Online
• How To Talk About the Right to Privacy at the UN: A Brief Guide
• Big brother getting bigger? The privacy issues surrounding Aadhaar are worrying
• Fake News and Fake Solutions: How Do We Build a Civics of Trust?
• Restricted Eurojust report highlights use of intelligence in terrorism court cases across the EU
• Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shows You How to Go Invisible Online
• Did Reddit’s April Fool’s gag solve the issue of online hate speech?

Recommended action

• Help make copyright right right now!

  Sign the petition and support the campaign to ensure the freedom to teach without breaking the law! This campaign is part of COMMUNIA’s project Copyright Reform for Education, and it aims to raise awareness about copyright in education and the need to reform the copyright system among educational institutions and educators.
  https://rightcopyright.eu/

Agenda

• 22.04.2017 Quadrature Communication Camp 2017

  Paris, France

• 24.04.2017 Digitised security: How to read the surveillance discourse and fight it!

  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 05.05.2017 Big Brother Awards Germany 2017

  Bielefeld, Germany

• 08.05.2017 re:publica 2017

  Berlin, Germany

• 13.05.2017 Open Source Conference Albania (OSCAL)

  Tirana, Albania

• 20.05.2017 European Journalism in the Digital Age: Rights and Risks

  Belgrade, Serbia

From edri.org

• Hakuna Metadata - Exploring the browsing history
• EU moves one step closer to the world’s worst internet filtering law
• Human rights court: Website not liable for anonymous comment
• Switzerland: Blocking of gambling sites - gambling with human rights
• Multilateral Investment Court System does not deliver equal justice
• New e-Privacy rules need improvements to help build trust

Recommended reading

• UN special rapporteur on the right to privacy
• No, you shouldn’t delete Signal or other encrypted apps
• UK’s Piracy Blocklist Now Exceeds 3,800 URLs
• I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again. Neither should you.
• Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?

Recommended action

• Nominate your candidate for the Disobedience Award!

  Submit your nomination for the MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award: a person or group engaged in an extraordinary example of disobedience for the benefit of society. The Award honours work that impacts society in positive ways, and that is consistent with the principles of non-violence, creativity, courage, and taking responsibility for one’s actions. This disobedience is not limited to specific disciplines; examples include scientific research, civil rights, freedom of speech, human rights, and the freedom to innovate.
  https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/disobedience-award/

Agenda

• 24.03.2017 EDRi General Assembly

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• 29.03.2017 RightsCon Brussels 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.04.2017 2nd International Conference on the Right of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age

  Nicosia, Cyprus

• 22.04.2017 Quadrature Communication Camp 2017

  Paris, France

• 24.04.2017 Digitised security: How to read the surveillance discourse and fight it!

  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 05.05.2017 Big Brother Awards Germany 2017

  Bielefeld, Germany

From edri.org

• Danish Defence Intelligence Service will get access to PNR data
• The tale of the fight for transparency in the EU Internet Forum
• Is Telefónica offering real transparency and control?
• Denmark: Our data retention law is illegal, but we keep it for now
• German intelligence agency violates freedom of the press
• Net neutrality & privacy - Europe’s way of trumping destructionism?
• People with disabilities do not want just any Accessibility Act
• Audiovisual Media Services Directive - good enough to be a law?

Recommended reading

• Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media
• Gendering Surveillance: An Introduction
• Combating “Fake News” With a Smartphone “Proof Mode”
• Public artworks and the freedom of panorama controversy: a case of Wikimedia influence
• Journalists in jeopardy: Media workers silenced through violence and arrest in 2016

Recommended action

• Apply for a training course on European journalism in the digital age!

  Freedom of expression is under unprecedented pressure, even in countries with a long tradition of democracy. The Center for Media, Data and Society at the Central European University, Budapest, and SHARE Foundation, Novi Sad, are launching a “hybrid-style” course to tackle the challenges that come with publishing in the public interest. Applications for this intensive two-day workshop in Belgrade are open until 31 March.
  http://www.shareconference.net/en/news/european-journalism-digital-age-training-course-applications-now-open

• #savethememe and stop the #censorshipmachine!

  Watch and share this video that explains which ones of your rights and freedoms are under attack by the Article 13 of the new European copyright proposal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAcTeYtUzQY, and call the European Parliament to appeal for a meaningful copyright reform!
  https://savethememe.net/

Agenda

• 08.03.2017 Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  Valencia, Spain

• 15.03.2017 G20 Consumer Summit – Building a digital world that consumers can trust

  Berlin, Germany

• 24.03.2017 EDRi General Assembly

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• 29.03.2017 RightsCon Brussels 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.04.2017 2nd International Conference on the Right of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age

  Nicosia, Cyprus

• 22.04.2017 Quadrature Communication Camp 2017

  Paris, France

From edri.org

• Illegal surveillance against civil society continues in Macedonia
• Proposed Espionage Act threatens free speech in the UK
• Dutch House of Representatives passes dragnet surveillance bill
• What does your browsing history say about you?
• New legal framework for predictive policing in Denmark
• The UK Digital Economy Bill: Threat to free speech and privacy
• Consultation on multilateral investment court misses the point
• Lead Parliamentarian for Culture Committee defends upload filtering
• Recklessly unclear Terrorism Directive creates significant risks for citizens' security

Recommended reading

• What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border? (15.02.2017)
• Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices (2011)
• Edward Snowden’s New Job: Protecting Reporters From Spies (14.02.2017)
• How to encrypt your entire life in less than an hour (09.11.2016)

Recommended action

• Join the seminar on digital rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina!

  Apply now for a youth seminar close to Sarajevo (24-30 April 2017) and help turn activists into Digital Rights Activists. The programme will be highly interactive and includes discussions on how the online security discourse impacts fundamental rights as well as hands-on practical sessions.
  
  https://www.cdnee.org/call-for-participants-digitised-security/

Agenda

• 08.03.2017 Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  Valencia, Spain

• 15.03.2017 G20 Consumer Summit – Building a digital world that consumers can trust

  Berlin, Germany

• 24.03.2017 EDRi General Assembly

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• 29.03.2017 RightsCon Brussels 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.04.2017 2nd International Conference on the Right of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age

  Nicosia, Cyprus

• 22.04.2017 Quadrature Communication Camp 2017

  Paris, France

From edri.org

• European fund for digital rights launched
• Proposed surveillance package in Austria sparks resistance
• Belgium agrees on passenger controls of international rail traffic
• Nine controversies about obligatory prepaid registration
• Dutch Parliament: Safety net for democratic freedoms or sleepnet?
• Are the US-EU data agreements still alive?
• SHARE Foundation honoured with a certificate of gratitude
• ENDitorial: Fake news about fake news being news

Recommended reading

• Privacy is Power - Why the fight for privacy matters (07.02.2017)
• Trump repudiates agreement with EU on PNR data (29.01.2017)
• A Typology of Privacy

Recommended action

• Join the Digital Defenders!

  Read our guide to Digital Defenders, and become one by translating the booklet, distributing it in schools in your country, or donating to cover the print costs!
  https://edri.org/digital-defenders-help-kids-defend-their-privacy-around-europe/

Agenda

• 08.03.2017 Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  Valencia, Spain

• 15.03.2017 G20 Consumer Summit – Building a digital world that consumers can trust

  Berlin, Germany

• 24.03.2017 EDRi General Assembly

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• 29.03.2017 RightsCon Brussels 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.04.2017 2nd International Conference on the Right of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age

  Nicosia, Cyprus

• 22.04.2017 Quadrature Communication Camp 2017

  Paris, France

From edri.org

• New Danish law can lead to substantial internet censorship
• e-Privacy Regulation: Good intentions but a lot of work to do
• Germany: Fighting the anti-whistleblower provision
• #PrivacyCamp17: Controlling data, controlling machines
• Commission’s 2017 Work Programme: The good, the bad & the ambiguous
• Protecting whistleblowers – protecting democracy
• From EDRi to the World in 2016

Recommended reading

• Dangerously disproportionate - The ever-expanding security state in Europe
• Notable Privacy and Security Books from 2016
• Criminal justice access to electronic evidence in the cloud: Recommendations for consideration by the T-CY Final report of the T-CY Cloud Evidence Group (16.10.2016)
• Coding and encoding rights in internet infrastructure (17.01.2017)

Recommended action

• Help to shape a brighter future for your digital rights!

  Public consultations are an opportunity to influence policy-making at an early stage. Check out the relevant ones to your digital rights and have your say!
  https://edri.org/2017-important-consultations-for-digital-rights/

Agenda

• 25.01.2017 CPDP 2017: The age of intelligent machines

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.03.2017 Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  Valencia, Spain

• 15.03.2017 G20 Consumer Summit – Building a digital world that consumers can trust

  Berlin, Germany

• 24.03.2017 EDRi General Assembly

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• 29.03.2017 RightsCon Brussels 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 03.04.2017 2nd International Conference on the Right of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age

  Nicosia, Cyprus

From edri.org

• 2017 - another extremely challenging year for digital rights
• The hacking law with its own backdoor
• The Republic of Moldova: “Big Brother” Law
• Snowden: Surveillance is about control
• EDRi.org: Best of 2016
• ENDitorial: Happiness – owning nothing and having no privacy?

Recommended reading

• Boundaries of Law: Exploring Transparency, Accountability, and Oversight of Government Surveillance Regimes (05.01.2017)
• Inside the assasination complex: Whistleblowing is not just leaking — It’s an act of political resistance (03.05.2016)
• Call For Views: Modernising the European Copyright Framework (05.12.2016)
• Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy (05.10.2016)

Recommended action

• Take survey on data privacy in DE, AT, CH!

  A joint survey by StartPage, StartMail and EDRi members Digitalcourage (DE) and epicenter.works (AT) asks users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to give their opinion on privacy and surveillance. The survey is to be run annually to accompany Data Privacy Day on 28 January. This year's survey will run until Tuesday, 24 January, with some results to be published on Data Privacy Day, and others in the time beyond. The hope is to give users a voice in the ongoing debate on whether increased state surveillance and weakened protections on commercial data processing are in the public interest.
  https://datenschutztag.org/survey/

• Join Bits of Freedom!

  EDRi member Bits of Freedom is looking for a Dutch-speaking full-time campaigner.
  https://bof.nl/2017/01/04/vacature-bits-of-freedom-zoekt-een-gedreven-campaigner/

Agenda

• 24.01.2017 Privacy Camp 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 25.01.2017 CPDP 2017: The age of intelligent machines

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.03.2017 Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  Valencia, Spain

• 15.03.2017 G20 Consumer Summit – Building a digital world that consumers can trust

  Berlin, Germany

• 24.03.2017 EDRi General Assembly

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• 29.03.2017 RightsCon Brussels 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Digital Defenders help kids defend their privacy around Europe
• Council debates encryption and other closed-door matters
• Net neutrality violations ceased after AKVorrat intervention
• Google’s forgetful approach to the “right to be forgotten”
• Polish government: Watchdogs are not welcome
• How to defend yourself against online surveillance
• ENDitorial: What do two copywrongs make? Definitely not a copyright

Recommended reading

• e-Privacy Directive revision: Document pool
• Copyright reform: Document pool
• Weapons of Math Destruction

Recommended action

• Become a Brussels lobbyist!

  Ever wondered how lobbyists get what they want? One way is by repeating buzzwords and mantras that create fear, uncertainty and doubt in the minds of policy-makers. Now you can become a lobbyist, with our special artificial unintelligence lobby-letter-creation-tool!
  https://edri.org/lobbyletter/

Agenda

• 26.12.2016 33C3 – the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress

  Hamburg, Germany

• 24.01.2017 Privacy Camp 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 25.01.2017 CPDP 2017: The age of intelligent machines

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.03.2017 Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  Valencia, Spain

• 15.03.2017 G20 Consumer Summit – Building a digital world that consumers can trust

  Berlin, Germany

• 24.03.2017 EDRi General Assembly

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

From edri.org

• Commission responds to Ombudsman investigation on EU Internet Forum
• Info warfare in Serbia: The hidden hand of internet interventionism
• The post truth of “threat intelligence”
• Dutch BBA 2016: Facial recognition, medical data and safe messaging
• Free flow of data – what is it?
• European Union Directive on counterterrorism is seriously flawed
• Freedom not to be labelled: How to fight profiling

Recommended reading

• Terrorism Directive: Document pool (24.11.2016)
• A disappointing TTIP human rights assessment
• Watch: Do Not Track - a personalized documentary series about privacy and the web economy
• New counter-terror powers coming after hasty, secret negotiations on EU Directive completed

Recommended action

• Clickclickclick!

  Click the button? Check out how easy it is to track you!
  https://clickclickclick.click/

Agenda

• 26.12.2016 33C3 – the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress

  Hamburg, Germany

• 24.01.2017 Privacy Camp 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 25.01.2017 CPDP 2017: The age of intelligent machines

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.03.2017 Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  Valencia, Spain

• 15.03.2017 G20 Consumer Summit – Building a digital world that consumers can trust

  Berlin, Germany

• 24.03.2017 EDRi General Assembly

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands

From edri.org

• State of emergency worsens digital crackdown in Turkey
• GFF launches its strategic litigation for civil rights
• New EU network to combat the “challenges stemming from encryption”
• Dutch government wants to keep zero days available for exploitation
• EU Copyright Directive – privatised censorship
• EU copyright reform proposal discussed in Romania
• How to fight weapons of math destruction*

Recommended reading

• Strategy for limiting online freedoms, innovation, and access to knowledge (15.11.2016)
• How We Broke Democracy (but not in the way you think)
• The Belgian PNR proposal (only in French and Flemish)

Recommended action

• Support your privacy and security online!

  Big companies plan to water down European privacy rules. We need your help to fight for your rights!
  https://edri.org/campaign/support-digital-rights-europe/

Agenda

• 25.11.2016 32nd annual FIfF conference: in.visible systems – hidden information technology cannot be discussed

  Berlin, Germany

• 26.12.2016 33C3 – the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress

  Hamburg, Germany

• 24.01.2017 Privacy Camp 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 25.01.2017 CPDP 2017: The age of intelligent machines

  Brussels, Belgium

• 08.03.2017 Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  Valencia, Spain

• 15.03.2017 G20 Consumer Summit – Building a digital world that consumers can trust

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• Follow the money – following some positive paths
• CETA signature ignores Agreement’s flaws
• FAQ: EU Code of Conduct on illegal hate speech
• Freedom to make mistakes: How to defend yourself from abuses
• From Warsaw to London: United to #fixcopyright
• The Copyright Reform - a guide for the perplexed
• We are looking for a Community Manager

Recommended reading

• Protecting free speech in the digital age: Q&A with UN special rapporteur for freedom of expression (11.10.2016)
• Privacy group launches legal challenge against EU-US data pact (27.10.2016)
• Google's quiet, confusing privacy policy change is why we need more transparency & control (26.10.2016)
• Electronic Signatures in Law (4th edition, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies for the SAS Humanities Digital Library, School of Advanced Study, university of London, 2016)
• MEP Schaake unconvincingly defends ISDS in CETA
• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on combating terrorism - Follow up of the third trilogue of 28 September 2016

Recommended action

• Send the Digital Defenders around Europe!

  We've created a free, CC-licensed kids' booklet about privacy: "Your guide to the Digital Defenders". Support us to translate, print and distribute it at schools!
  https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/digital-defenders-privacy-guide-for-kids

• I spy with my 5 eyes

  Watch a documentary that reveals how the Five Eyes Alliance, the largest surveillance program in human history, impacts our lives.
  http://ispydoc.com/

Agenda

• 07.11.2016 Algorithmic accountability and transparency

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.11.2016 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2016

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

• 15.11.2016 EUhackathon #EUh2016

  Brussels, Belgium

• 25.11.2016 32nd annual FIfF conference: in.visible systems – hidden information technology cannot be discussed

  Berlin, Germany

• 26.12.2016 33C3 – the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress

  Hamburg, Germany

• 24.01.2017 Privacy Camp 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• “Follow the money” on copyright infringements
• EDRi’s privacy for kids booklet: Your guide to the Digital Defenders
• Orange is the new blacklist
• Shadow regulations - unfair and undemocratic
• Censorship in Italy: Child protection is the excuse again
• Corporate-sponsored privacy confusion on trade and data protection
• Freedom to have secrets: How to keep your information private
• ENDitorial: Commissioner defends nuclear attack on internet freedom

Recommended reading

• National Courts and EU Trade Policy Powers: the EU/Canada trade deal and the German Constitutional Court (18.10.2016)
• How the Soviets invented the internet and why it didn't work

Recommended action

• Support your privacy and security online!

  Big companies plan to water down European privacy rules. We need your help to fight for your rights!
  https://edri.org/campaign/support-digital-rights-europe/

Agenda

• 20.10.2016 re:publica 2016 #rbDUB

  Dublin, Ireland

• 20.10.2016 EU Action for Whistleblower Protection

  Brussels, Belgium

• 27.10.2016 CopyCamp 2016 – Future of Copyright in Europe

  Warsaw, Poland

• 28.10.2016 MozFest 2016

  London, United Kingdom

• 07.11.2016 Algorithmic accountability and transparency

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.11.2016 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2016

  Amsterdam. the Netherlands

From edri.org

• Eight challenges of opening the web
• The curious tale of the French prime minister and PNR
• CETA puts the protection of our privacy and personal data at risk
• Freedom to be different: How to defend yourself against tracking
• e-Privacy Directive: Frequently Asked Questions
• Social media as censors of public sphere: YouTube vs. Ombudsman
• The GS Media case: An attack on the world wide web
• ENDitorial: It is possible that Netflix is legal in Ireland - or not

Recommended reading

• Networks of Control: a report on corporate surveillance, digital tracking, Big Data & privacy
• Artificial Intelligence’s White Guy Problem
• EPIC: The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2016
• Vrijschrift: EU-Canada trade agreement CETA will undermine protection of personal data
• How we saved the Internet in Europe (04.10.2016)
• Google Is Going to Speed Up the Web. Is This Good?

Recommended action

• Delete your Yahoo account!

  Yahoo allegedly secretly searched all of its customers' incoming emails, complying with a demand by US government. Time to delete your account?
  https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-to-delete-your-my-yahoo-account-secret-spying-software-surveillance-2016-10

Agenda

• 06.10.2016 Big Brother Awards Belgium

  Brussels, Belgium

• 07.10.2016 3rd “Das ist Netzpolitik!” conference 2016

  Berlin, Germany

• 14.10.2016 Freedom Not Fear 2016

  Brussels, Belgium

• 15.10.2016 EU Codeweek

  everywhere

• 18.10.2016 Generation Code: Born at the Library

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.10.2016 re:publica 2016 #rbDUB

  Dublin, Ireland

From edri.org

• Privacy: Your privacy, security and freedom are in danger
• TiSA leaks set alarm bells ringing
• New copyright directive fails at every level
• EU is now giving Google new monopolies
• Joint Referral Platform: no proof of diligent approach to terrorism
• Privacy Training Center empowers you to protect your online freedom
• Member Spotlight: Electronic Frontier Finland
• Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation on dual use-goods
• EDRi invites you to the Big Brother Awards Belgium
• ENDitorial: "Hate speech": Who's the German for hypocrisy

Recommended reading

• The Geographical Scope of Application of the EU Right to be Delisted
• The cryptographic key that secures the web is being changed for the first time
• Indian Court Says 'Copyright Is Not An Inevitable, Divine, Or Natural Right'

Recommended action

• Stand up for Snowden!

  Sign the letter and urge President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden before leaving office. Time is running out.
  
  https://www.pardonsnowden.org/

Agenda

• 28.09.2016 Ancillary copyright event

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.09.2016 EDPS-BEUC Conference on Big Data: individual rights and smart enforcement

  Brussels, Belgium

• 04.10.2016 Data Protection Impact Assessments: Examining the challenges

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.10.2016 Big Brother Awards Belgium

  Brussels, Belgium

• 07.10.2016 3rd “Das ist Netzpolitik!” conference 2016

  Berlin, Germany

• 14.10.2016 Freedom Not Fear 2016

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• What digital rights are at imminent risk? All of them.
• Finnish Big Brother Award goes to intrusive loyalty card programme
• Towards a corporate copyright reform in the EU?
• New documents reveal the truth behind the Hate Speech Code
• Secret Report: German intelligence service BND breaks the law
• The lobby-tomy 9: Lessons of the lobby
• Member Spotlight: Iuridicum Remedium
• ENDitorial: "When crypto is outlawed, only outlaws will have crypto"

Recommended reading

• Commission staff working document: Impact Assessment on the modernisation of EU copyright rules
• Facebook algorithmic factory
• SUPER KAT-EXCLUSIVE: Here's draft Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market (31.08.2016)

Recommended action

• Data protection for the US elections 2016!

  Check out EPIC's (Electronic Privacy Information Center) platform to raise awareness on privacy issues among voters in the US elections 2016!
  http://www.dataprotection2016.org/

Agenda

• 08.09.2016 Copyright reform: Unlocking copyright for users?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.09.2016 15 years of the war on terror – Freedom Not Fear Day in Poland

  Warsaw, Poland

• 28.09.2016 Ancillary copyright event

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.09.2016 EDPS-BEUC Conference on Big Data: individual rights and smart enforcement

  Brussels, Belgium

• 04.10.2016 Data Protection Impact Assessments: Examining the challenges

  Brussels, Belgium

• 06.10.2016 Big Brother Awards Belgium

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• EDRi welcomes its Open Web Fellow
• New documents reveal Europol's plans to increase surveillance
• France and Germany: Fighting terrorism by weakening encryption
• Freedom not Fear 2016: 14–17 October in Brussels
• Romania: Mass surveillance project disguised as eGovernment

Recommended reading

• Summary report on the public consultation on the Evaluation and Review of the ePrivacy Directive (04.08.2016)
• Who's signing up for Privacy Shield? (02.08.2016)
• Chicago’s experimental policing tool is hurting the people it’s supposed to be helping (17.08.2016)

Recommended action

• Report offline surveillance online!

  Add cameras or guards near you to "Surveillance under Surveillance" maps.
  https://kamba4.crux.uberspace.de

Agenda

• 31.08.2016 MyData 2016

  Helsinki, Finland

• 02.09.2016 FSFE summit 2016

  Berlin, Germany

• 08.09.2016 Copyright reform: Unlocking copyright for users?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.09.2016 15 years of the war on terror – Freedom Not Fear Day in Poland

  Warsaw, Poland

• 28.09.2016 Ancillary copyright event

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.09.2016 EDPS-BEUC Conference on Big Data: individual rights and smart enforcement

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Turkey: “The worst menace to society” helps to defeat the coup
• More Copyfails or meaningful improvements?
• EU Ombudsman demands trilogue reform, following our advice
• Citizens sent a clear and loud message: We want an open internet!
• Massive lobby against personal communications security has started
• The lobby-tomy 8: “Anti-fraud” - another magic word
• German surveillance laws: placebos, poison, and also bad sport
• ENDitorial: Is 5G as terrible as the telecoms providers claim it is?

Recommended reading

• Trade and privacy: Complicated bedfellows? - How to achieve data protection-proof free trade agreements (13.07.2016)
• Advocate General's Opinion on a case Tele2 Sverige AB v Post- och telestyrelsen (C-203/15) (19.07.2016)
• Nonagenarian model citizen wants secret surveillance data on him deleted (26.07.2016)
• Privacy International’s contribution to the EU Commission consultation on the review of the e-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC)

Recommended action

• Support our work!

  EDRi needs your support to defend your rights and freedoms, to keep our network and the Brussels office running.
  https://edri.org/donate/

Agenda

• 31.08.2016 MyData 2016

  Helsinki, Finland

• 02.09.2016 FSFE summit 2016

  Berlin, Germany

• 08.09.2016 Copyright reform: Unlocking copyright for users?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.09.2016 15 years of the war on terror – Freedom Not Fear Day in Poland

  Warsaw, Poland

• 28.09.2016 Ancillary copyright event

  Brussels, Belgium

• 29.09.2016 EDPS-BEUC Conference on Big Data: individual rights and smart enforcement

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Algorithms – censorship à la carte?
• Privacy Shield: Privacy sham
• Dutch parliament votes against internet filter
• Oversight of the new Europol regulation likely to remain superficial
• Rush to “fight terrorism” threatens our fundamental rights
• UEFA: 1, Right to remix: 0 - Viral video gets blocked
• Telcos & Commission attack net neutrality and BEREC's independence
• Three steps to end freedom of expression

Recommended reading

• UPC and ISDS: who would have to pay the damages awards? (01.07.2016)
• Anonymization and the Law (11.07.2016)
• EU: European Commission’s Code of Conduct for Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online and the Framework Decision (20.06.2016)
• Sweden: The weakest link in EU net neutrality reform?

Recommended action

• Final call to Save the Internet!

  EU telecom regulators are finalising their net neutrality guidelines. You have until 18 July to respond to the public consultation, to send your message to support a free, innovative, and open internet!
  https://savetheinternet.eu/

Agenda

• 12.07.2016 #NetCompetition Forum – How to deliver broadband deployment and consumer welfare for Europe?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.08.2016 MyData 2016

  Helsinki, Finland

• 02.09.2016 FSFE summit 2016

  Berlin, Germany

• 08.09.2016 Copyright reform: Unlocking copyright for users?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.09.2016 15 years of the war on terror – Freedom Not Fear Day in Poland

  Warsaw, Poland

• 28.09.2016 Ancillary copyright event

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• How digital rights in the UK will be affected by Brexit
• Advocate General: E-lending must be included to the lending rights
• Is your internet provider discriminating against your favourite app?
• A new Regulation for closing down the internet in Turkey
• Following the money – easy to say, hard to do
• Poland adopted a controversial anti-terrorism law

Recommended reading

• Smile, you’re in the FBI face-recognition database (18.06.2016)
• Irish data protection case "of the utmost importance" to US (27.06.2016)
• How do we achieve an open, secure, trustworthy, and inclusive internet? (21.06.2016)

Recommended action

• Have your say on the net neutrality guidelines!

  Help the Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) to finalise their guidelines on net neutrality! Go to SaveTheInternet.eu and send a message to support a free, innovative open internet. The consultation is open until 18 July.
  http://berec.europa.eu/eng/news_consultations/ongoing_public_consultations/3771-public-consultation-on-draft-berec-guidelines-on-implementation-of-net-neutrality-rules

Agenda

• 29.06.2016 European Data Forum 2016

  Eindhoven, the Netherlands

• 12.07.2016 #NetCompetition Forum – How to deliver broadband deployment and consumer welfare for Europe?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.08.2016 MyData 2016

  Helsinki, Finland

• 02.09.2016 FSFE summit 2016

  Berlin, Germany

• 08.09.2016 Copyright reform: Unlocking copyright for users?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 14.09.2016 15 years of the war on terror – Freedom Not Fear Day in Poland

  Warsaw, Poland

From edri.org

• Swiss civil society struggles against digital surveillance laws
• CoE study: Blocking content has to respect fundamental rights
• OECD Civil Society Forum: Towards a fair digital economy
• It's time to save the internet!
• BEUC and EDRi urge the Commission not to undermine citizens’ privacy
• Is your internet provider restricting your internet traffic?
• Mobilisation for digital rights

Recommended reading

• Now Poland’s government is coming after the internet (10.06.2016)
• US government wants to be joined in Schrems case (13.06.2016)
• Why Privacy is more than Crypto (31.05.2016)

Recommended action

• Save the Internet!

  European Regulators are about to decide whether to give big telecoms corporations the power to influence what we can (and can’t) do online. We have until July to help Europe protect the open Internet.
  https://savetheinternet.eu/en/

• Support Digital Rights in Europe!

  European Digital Rights fights for your right to privacy, freedom of expression, modernisation of copyright rules, legal protection for net neutrality and against new European proposals for mass surveillance. Our work is only possible with the continued financial support of donors like you!
  https://edri.org/supporters/

Agenda

• 16.06.2016 Privatising the rule of law online: Freedom of speech, copyright and platforms in the digital single market

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.06.2016 BEUC Digiforum 2016

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.06.2016 Fundamental Rights Forum

  Vienna, Austria

• 29.06.2016 European Data Forum 2016

  Eindhoven, the Netherlands

• 12.07.2016 #NetCompetition Forum – How to deliver broadband deployment and consumer welfare for Europe?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.08.2016 MyData 2016

  Helsinki, Finland

From edri.org

• Sweden: Yet more surveillance or evidence-based decision-making?
• Make-or-break summer for EU Net Neutrality - First stop: Vienna
• Czech Republic: Non-transparent processing of sensitive health data
• EU Commission under investigation for EU Internet Forum documents
• Copyfails: Time to #fixcopyright!
• The lobby-tomy 7: Not all roads lead to privacy
• EDRi and Access Now withdraw from the IT Forum discussions

Recommended reading

• EDPS: Opinion on the EU-US Privacy Shield - draft adequacy decision (30.05.2016)
• How the Internet works: Submarine fibre, brains in jars, and coaxial cables (24.05.2016)

Recommended action

• Ready to #fixcopyright?

  The EU Copyright framework is a failure for citizens and for creators. The upcoming copyright reform gives the opportunity to fix this. Follow the Copyfails campaign on our website and using the hashtag #fixcopyright on Twitter! Let's bring copyright to the 21st century!
  https://edri.org/copyfails/

• Save the Internet!

  Join the public demonstration in Vienna to urge BEREC to adopt a strong, unambiguous interpretation of the net neutrality Regulation.
  https://netzfreiheit.org/demonstration-fuer-ein-freies-offenes-internet-und-den-erhalt-der-netzneutralitaet-am-3-juni-1730-in-wien/

Agenda

• 16.06.2016 Privatising the rule of law online: Freedom of speech, copyright and platforms in the digital single market

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.06.2016 BEUC Digiforum 2016

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.06.2016 Fundamental Rights Forum

  Vienna, Austria

• 29.06.2016 European Data Forum 2016

  Eindhoven, the Netherlands

• 12.07.2016 #NetCompetition Forum – How to deliver broadband deployment and consumer welfare for Europe?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.08.2016 MyData 2016

  Helsinki, Finland

From edri.org

• Danish ticketing system a threat to privacy
• Big Brother Awards Germany 2016
• Looking back through the French anti-terror arsenal
• Europol: Non-transparent cooperation with IT companies
• EC wants to add facial recognition to transnational databases
• Hungary: New government proposals raise concerns
• Advocate General: Dynamic IP address can be personal data
• Dutch government prohibits price discrimination for internet access
• ENDitorial: Next year, you’ll complain about the Terrorism Directive

Recommended reading

• Even basic phone logs can reveal deeply personal information, researchers find (16.05.2016)
• Snowden Archive - The SidToday Files
• European Digital Rights at re:publica 2016
• Who Will Own Your Data If the Tech Bubble Bursts?
• User Content Platforms Take the Heat for Artists' Struggles at WIPO

Recommended action

• Save the Internet!

  Europe urgently needs clear net neutrality guidelines to protect our freedoms and rights online. We have until July to help Europe protect the open Internet. Take action now!
  https://savetheinternet.eu/

Agenda

• 26.05.2016 OFE Round Table – The Blockchain Revolution

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.05.2016 Privacy Platform – Cracking the code: how to balance data security with public security

  Brussels, Belgium

• 16.06.2016 Privatising the rule of law online: Freedom of speech, copyright and platforms in the digital single market

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.06.2016 BEUC Digiforum 2016

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.06.2016 Fundamental Rights Forum

  Vienna, Austria

• 29.06.2016 European Data Forum 2016

  Eindhoven, the Netherlands

From edri.org

• Dutch dragnet surveillance bill leaked
• TTIP leaks confirm dangers for digital rights
• The lobby-tomy 6: Not in my backyard
• EUIPO publishes final report about ”Youth and Intellectual Property”
• Please sue us
• CETA will undermine EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
• EU Trade Secrets Directive: A sad day for the freedom of expression

Recommended reading

• Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use (27.05.2016)
• Data Protection Regulation (04.05.2016)
• The Crime of Speech (28.04.2016)
• New Polish Anti-terrorism Law: every foreigner is a potential threat (28.04.2016)
• CETA: ISDS and data protection (29.05.2016)
• ECHR: Serious harm jurisdictional threshold must be respected (04.05.2016)
• ECtHR: Free Expression and Data Protection must be balanced (15.04.2016)
• ECtHR: Bulk interception powers violate freedom of expression (14.03.2016)
• European Court of Human Rights: Kahdija Ismayilova v Azerbaijan

Recommended action

• Respect my Net

  Report cases of Net Neutrality violations: zero-rating, specialised services, or the blocking, throttling or prioritisation of online services!
  https://respectmynet.eu/

• Save The Internet

  Have your say on why REAL Net Neutrality matters. Send a message to your national regulator to protect net neutrality!
  https://savetheinternet.eu/

Agenda

• 11.05.2016 ALTER-EU Lobby Tour

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.05.2016 OFE Round Table – The Blockchain Revolution

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.05.2016 Privacy Platform – Cracking the code: how to balance data security with public security

  Brussels, Belgium

• 16.06.2016 Privatising the rule of law online: Freedom of speech, copyright and platforms in the digital single market

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.06.2016 BEUC Digiforum 2016

  Brussels, Belgium

• 20.06.2016 Fundamental Rights Forum

  Vienna, Austria

From edri.org

• Member Spotlight: Access Now
• Countering terrorism, a.k.a. the biggest human rights threat of 2016
• New data protection law in Turkey
• Huge protest against corruption & surveillance in Macedonia
• The biggest data breach in Turkish history
• The lobby-tomy 5: legal help or political choices?
• Trilogues: the system that undermines EU democracy and transparency
• DFRI thrown out of conference on surveillance cameras

Recommended reading

• Report: Case Study on ICT and Human Rights
• Macedonia: Society on Tap
• A conversation with Jasna Koteska on state relations and surveillance in Macedonia
• Reflection on the Review of the ePrivacy Directive workshop
• The secret rules of the internet. The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future of free speech
• Investor-State dispute settlement undermines rule of law and democracy, UN expert tells Council of Europe
• Decision to prosecute satirist in Germany worrying, OSCE media freedom representative says, reiterating call to decriminalize defamation
• The Trade Secrets Directive: What it does – and does not – mean

Recommended action

• Save the Internet

  The EU Regulation contains good principles to ensure that you can connect to any other point on the net without discrimination. However, some parts of the regulation could be abused to undermine net neutrality. The legislators decided to leave the responsibility for claryifing the uncertainties of the text to the telecoms regulators.
  https://savetheinternet.eu/en/

• Report net neutrality violations to "Respect My Net"

  "Internet users should be in charge of their Internet connections. Instead, however, Internet access providers increasingly undermine this expectation and limit our online communications and behaviour. They do this, for example, by blocking or restricting access to certain kinds of online services, content and applications. The “Respect My Net” platform will allow individuals to report such abusive behaviour by Internet access providers."
  http://respectmynet.eu/

Agenda

• 20.04.2016 The 7th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference

  Barcelona, Spain

• 21.04.2016 Surveillance: Power, Performance and Trust – 7th biennial Surveillance & Society conference

  Barcelona, Spain

• 02.05.2016 re:publica 2016

  Station Berlin

• 11.05.2016 ALTER-EU Lobby Tour

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.05.2016 OFE Round Table – The Blockchain Revolution

  Brussels, Belgium

• 31.05.2016 Privacy Platform – Cracking the code: how to balance data security with public security

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• CJEU hearing on the EU Canada PNR agreement: Still shady
• Intelligence organisations get more surveillance powers in Romania
• Opt me out of location - campaign and report against mobile tracking
• Commission launches consultations on ancillary copyright and panorama
• Swedish Supreme Court rules against Freedom of Panorama
• The lobby-tomy 4: Innovation is the magic word
• Final consultation to save the open Internet in Europe
• OnlineCensorship.org launches first report

Recommended reading

• Recommended reading: Study shows terrorists rarely use the "dark net"
• The Transparency Reporting Toolkit: Best Practices for Reporting on U.S. Government Requests for User Information
• Statewatch: Putting the PNR pieces in place: more EU funding for mass surveillance
• WhatsApp encryption: App can still store information about who people talk to and when
• Scoping Electronic Communication Privacy Rules: Data, Services and Values

Recommended action

• EU consultation on “Intellectual Property Rights” enforcement – Have your say!

  EDRi's tool to assist citizens to respond to the public consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the legal framework for the enforcement of “intellectual property rights” (IPR).
  This consultation covers how companies should or should not interfere with your communications online - for example by removing your online content in case it might include copyrighted material.
  The deadline to submit responses using this tool is 10 April. However, you can use the Commission's tool to respond until 15 April 2016.
  
  http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu

• Save the Internet

  The EU Regulation contains good principles to ensure that you can connect to any other point on the net without discrimination. However, some parts of the regulation could be abused to undermine net neutrality. The legislators decided to leave the responsibility for claryifing the uncertainties of the text to the telecoms regulators.
  https://savetheinternet.eu/en/

• Report net neutrality violations to "Respect My Net"

  "Internet users should be in charge of their Internet connections. Instead, however, Internet access providers increasingly undermine this expectation and limit our online communications and behaviour. They do this, for example, by blocking or restricting access to certain kinds of online services, content and applications. The “Respect My Net” platform will allow individuals to report such abusive behaviour by Internet access providers."
  http://respectmynet.eu/

Agenda

• 08.04.2016 International Journalism Festival

  Perugia, Italy

• 20.04.2016 The 7th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference

  Barcelona, Spain

• 21.04.2016 Surveillance: Power, Performance and Trust – 7th biennial Surveillance & Society conference

  Barcelona, Spain

• 02.05.2016 re:publica 2016

  Station Berlin

• 11.05.2016 ALTER-EU Lobby Tour

  Brussels, Belgium

• 26.05.2016 OFE Round Table – The Blockchain Revolution

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• EDRi's input on violent extremism for UN Human Rights Commissioner
• Lots to like in Advocate General’s opinion on free WiFi & copyright
• Loopholes creeping into the Italian proposal on net neutrality
• EPIC Intervenes in Privacy Case at European Court of Human Right
• Danish government postpones plans to re-introduce session logging
• Data protection bill in Turkish Parliament
• The lobby-tomy 3: who are lobbying?

Recommended reading

• Encryption - a matter of human rights
• CETA: Who pulled the plug on the right to regulate?
• Guidance Security Measures for Personal Data Processing Article 22 of Regulation 45/2001
• Under Surveillance: Examining Facebook’s Spiral of Silence Effects in the Wake of NSA Internet Monitoring
• ECtHR: Bulk interception powers violate freedom of expression

Recommended action

• Report net neutrality violations to "Respect My Net"

  "Internet users should be in charge of their Internet connections. Instead, however, Internet access providers increasingly undermine this expectation and limit our online communications and behaviour. They do this, for example, by blocking or restricting access to certain kinds of online services, content and applications. The “Respect My Net” platform will allow individuals to report such abusive behaviour by Internet access providers."
  http://respectmynet.eu/

• EU consultation on “Intellectual Property Rights” enforcement – Have your say!

  EDRi's tool to assist citizens to respond to the public consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the legal framework for the enforcement of “intellectual property rights” (IPR). The deadline to submit responses using this tool is 7 April. However, you can use the Commission's tool to respond until 15 April 2016.
  http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu

Agenda

• 30.03.2016 Crypto Summit 2.0

  San Francisco, California, United States

• 30.03.2016 RightsCon

  San Francisco, California, United States

• 08.04.2016 International Journalism Festival

  Perugia, Italy

• 20.04.2016 The 7th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference

  Barcelona, Spain

• 21.04.2016 Surveillance: Power, Performance and Trust – 7th biennial Surveillance & Society conference

  Barcelona, Spain

• 02.05.2016 re:publica 2016

  Station Berlin

From edri.org

• The lobby-tomy 2: What was the lobbying about?
• Italy, net neutrality law proposal under consideration
• Do privacy and the open Internet cause gambling debt in Sweden?
• Joint civil society statement on counter-terrorism and human rights
• UK's mass surveillance law being rushed through legislative process
• ENDitorial: PNR - political finger-pointing, no viable legislation
• ENDitorial: Is “privacy” still relevant in a world of bastard data?

Recommended reading

• Why the US Judicial Redress Act is worthless
• EU commission goes into denial mode regarding effect ISDS on software patents
• Publication of Error 451 as an RFC
• The Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism
• Facebook is eating the world
• The Case That Won't Be Forgotten
• First report of the UN Special Rapporteur on privacy (.doc)

Recommended action

• Report net neutrality violations to "Respect My Net"

  "Internet users should be in charge of their Internet connections. Instead, however, Internet access providers increasingly undermine this expectation and limit our online communications and behaviour. They do this, for example, by blocking or restricting access to certain kinds of online services, content and applications. The “Respect My Net” platform will allow individuals to report such abusive behaviour by Internet access providers."
  http://respectmynet.eu/

• Mozilla’s Open Web Fellowship 2016: Join EDRi’s team!

  "The Open Web Fellows program — a collaboration between the Ford Foundation and Mozilla — is an international leadership initiative that brings together the best emerging technology talent and civil society organizations to protect the open Web."
  Applications will close on 20 March – watch Mozilla’s website for updates.
  https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/

• Public consultation on the public-private partnership on cybersecurity and possible accompanying measures

  "The European Commission seeks stakeholders' views on the areas of work of the future cybersecurity public-private partnership as well as on potential additional policy measures that could stimulate the European cybersecurity industry. The consultation is open until 11 March 2016."
  https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/public-consultation-public-private-partnership-cybersecurity-and-possible-accompanying-measures

• EU consultation on “Intellectual Property Rights” enforcement – Have your say!

  EDRi's tool to assist citizens to respond to the public consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the legal framework for the enforcement of “intellectual property rights” (IPR). The deadline to submit responses using this tool is 7 April. However, you can use the Commission's tool to respond until 15 April 2016.
  http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu/limesurvey/index.php/829127?lang=en

Agenda

• 11.03.2016 The Logan CIJ Symposium – Challenge Power! Building alliances against secrecy, surveillance & censorship.

  Berlin Congress Center, Berlin

• 22.03.2016 Screening: A Good American

  Brussels

• 30.03.2016 Crypto Summit 2.0

  San Francisco, California, United States

• 30.03.2016 RightsCon

  San Francisco, California, United States

• 08.04.2016 International Journalism Festival

  Perugia, Italy

• 20.04.2016 The 7th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference

  Barcelona, Spain

From edri.org

• The tales of Facebook’s jurisdiction: Nudes, Cookies and Schrems
• Transparent consumers – a report by Bits of Freedom
• Data Protection Reform - Next stop: e-Privacy Directive
• Possible Voters’ Registry Breach raise Privacy Issues in Macedonia
• Data Protection Lobbyotomy Part 1: Influencing the Dutch government
• 2015 Internet Report on Turkey released
• EU consultation on IPR enforcement – Have your say!

Recommended reading

• The zombie ISDS rebranded as ICS, rights for corporations to sue states refuse to die (17.02.2016)
• Several leading NGOs, including EDRI-member Metamorphosis, issued a brief analysis of the overall election-related situation, including a conclusion that the state institutions are not ready to conduct democratic elections. This includes the aspect of "cleaning" the Voters' Registry by comparing databases from various institutions.
• Czech police, Mattel, ministry win mock Big Brother Awards (18.02.2016)
• Health and fitness apps share user data with partners and advertisers (23.02.2016)

Recommended action

• Public consultation on the public-private partnership on cybersecurity and possible accompanying measures

  "The European Commission seeks stakeholders' views on the areas of work of the future cybersecurity public-private partnership as well as on potential additional policy measures that could stimulate the European cybersecurity industry. The consultation is open until 11 March 2016."
  https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/public-consultation-public-private-partnership-cybersecurity-and-possible-accompanying-measures

• EU consultation on “Intellectual Property Rights” enforcement – Have your say!

  EDRi's tool to assist citizens to respond to the public consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the legal framework for the enforcement of “intellectual property rights” (IPR). The deadline to submit responses using this tool is 7 April. However, you can use the Commission's tool to respond until 15 April 2016.
  http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu/limesurvey/index.php/829127?lang=en

• #appfail

  "When you use apps you often need to let go of basic consumer rights. Join us in saying that this is not okay!"
  http://www.forbrukerradet.no/appfail-en

Agenda

• 25.02.2016 Living On The Edge 5: Fail # unFail

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.03.2016 Blockchain: regulatory technology or technology to regulate?

  Brussels

• 03.03.2016 Civil Society 4.0 – Refugees and Digital Self Organization

  Berlin

• 03.03.2016 Internet Freedom Festival

  Valencia, Spain

• 11.03.2016 The Logan CIJ Symposium – Challenge Power! Building alliances against secrecy, surveillance & censorship.

  Berlin Congress Center, Berlin

• 22.03.2016 Screening: A Good American

  Brussels

From edri.org

• Holland and India prohibit zero-rating: the first of many?
• MTE v. Hungary: the ECtHR rules again on intermediary liability
• David Kaye calls on companies to defend freedom of expression
• Romanian cybersecurity law reloaded
• TiSA resolution: what are you going to do about it?
• What’s behind the shield? Unspinning the “privacy shield” spin

Recommended reading

• Trade in Services Agreement - EDRi’s position
• EDRi co-hosts the Privacy Camp, 26 January 2016
• French data privacy regulator cracks down on Facebook
• TRAI says no to Facebook’s Free Basics, supports net neutrality

Recommended action

• Public consultation on the public-private partnership on cybersecurity and possible accompanying measures

  https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/public-consultation-public-private-partnership-cybersecurity-and-possible-accompanying-measures

Agenda

• 22.02.2016 Civil society EU-wide meeting on CETA and TTIP

  Brussels

• 25.02.2016 Living On The Edge 5: Fail # unFail

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.03.2016 Blockchain: regulatory technology or technology to regulate?

  Brussels

• 03.03.2016 Civil Society 4.0 – Refugees and Digital Self Organization

  Berlin

• 03.03.2016 Internet Freedom Festival

  Valencia, Spain

• 11.03.2016 The Logan CIJ Symposium – Challenge Power! Building alliances against secrecy, surveillance & censorship.

  Berlin Congress Center, Berlin

From edri.org

• TiSA: European Parliament ready to defend digital rights?
• ECHR decision on workplace surveillance
• Member Spotlight: Bits Of Freedom
• Italian Constitutional Court avoids decision on blocking
• Academics under attack in Turkey
• ENDitorial: Progress for encryption & rule of law

Recommended reading

• James Bamford: The Espionage Economy - U.S. firms are making billions selling spyware to dictators.
• Access Now, EDRi on data protection: “No Safe Harbour 2.0 without reform on both sides of the Atlantic”
• EPIC v. DOJ: EPIC Prevails, DOJ Releases Secret EU-US Umbrella Agreement

Recommended action

• Mozilla’s Open Web Fellowship 2016: Join EDRi’s team!

  "The Open Web Fellows program — a collaboration between the Ford Foundation and Mozilla — is an international leadership initiative that brings together the best emerging technology talent and civil society organizations to protect the open Web."
  
  Applications will open on 1 February and close on 20 March – watch Mozilla’s website for updates.
  https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/

• Say no to government surveillance of your travels!

  Access Now has launched a campaign that enables you to easily submit a "boarding pass" to members of the EU parliament urging them to say “No” to the EU PNR Directive.
  https://act.accessnow.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1921&ea.campaign.id=46765&ea.tracking.id=tile

Agenda

• 04.02.2016 FOSDEM 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.02.2016 Civil society EU-wide meeting on CETA and TTIP

  Brussels

• 25.02.2016 Living On The Edge 5: Fail # unFail

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.03.2016 Blockchain: regulatory technology or technology to regulate?

  Brussels

• 03.03.2016 Civil Society 4.0 – Refugees and Digital Self Organization

  Berlin

• 03.03.2016 Internet Freedom Festival

  Valencia, Spain

From edri.org

• EDRi's first input on net neutrality guidelines
• Dutch government says no to weakening encryption
• EDRi's submission to the “Platforms consultation”
• India: Free Basics violates principles of a neutral Internet
• Case Closed: Ombudsman decides GCHQ letters are of public interest
• Journalistic plagiarism not covered under Google's right to erasure
• Swedish border control becomes a privacy nightmare for travellers
• Chaos Communication Congress 2015

Recommended reading

• Vuvuzela Messenger: „If there is an arms race, I think we’ll lose if we don’t focus on usability“
• John Legere: Who the fuck are you, EFF?

Recommended action

• Sign the petition "Security for all"

  Led by our member "Access Now" the petition "Security for all" was launched on Monday, accompanying an open letter to the world's governments. The petition can be signed by organizations, individuals and companies.
  https://www.securetheinternet.org/

• Register for Pre-CPDP Privacy Camp

  Registration for Privacy Camp 2016 is open until the 22 January 2016.
  The event is free to attend but pre-registration is required as space is limited. Please RSVP to Imge.Ozcan@vub.ac.be.
  Please note that priority will be given to members of NGOs and civil rights
  http://privacycamp.eu/2015/12/08/registration-is-open/

Agenda

• 26.01.2016 Pre-CPDP Privacy Camp – The multiple ways of (de/self-) regulation: What is at stake for human rights?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 04.02.2016 FOSDEM 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.02.2016 Civil society EU-wide meeting on CETA and TTIP

  Brussels

• 25.02.2016 Living On The Edge 5: Fail # unFail

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.03.2016 Blockchain: regulatory technology or technology to regulate?

  Brussels

• 03.03.2016 Civil Society 4.0 – Refugees and Digital Self Organization

  Berlin

From edri.org

• Data protection package concluded – 1420 days after being launched
• German Supreme Court rules in favor of blocking websites
• OnlineCensorship.org documents content takedowns by companies
• EU encourages cooperation between intelligence agencies
• Copyright reform: Restoring the facade of a decrepit building
• Net neutrality - now it is the regulators' turn to bring clarity
• EU Parliamentarians make statement on the Digital Single Market
• Will the European Parliament ask court whether ISDS is legal?

Recommended reading

• Metadata Investigation: Inside Hacking Team (29.10.2015)
• EDRi: FAQ: Passenger Name Records (PNR)
• TiSA Resolution: document pool
• Video on copyright levies
• How Smart Is "Smart Security"? Exploring Data Subjectivity and Resistance
• Report on how the EU assesses the impact, legitimacy and effectiveness of its counter-terrorism laws
• Copyright laws don't work in the digital age (09.12.2015)
• EDPS statement on PNR (10.12.2015)

Recommended action

• EDRi's tool for the platforms consultation

  Your internet. Your rights. Your one chance to affect future internet regulation. Join the consultation on the role of Internet platforms and intermediaries until 24 December 2015!
  http://edri.limequery.org/index.php/346935/lang-en

• Job opening at Bits of Freedom

  Bits of Freedom is looking for a Dutch speaking experienced legal professional to help them fight for a free internet.
  https://www.bof.nl/2015/12/14/bits-of-freedom-zoekt-gepassioneerde-en-ervaren-jurist/

Agenda

• 27.12.2015 32C3 – the 32nd Chaos Communication Congress

  Hamburg, Germany

• 26.01.2016 Pre-CPDP Privacy Camp – The multiple ways of (de/self-) regulation: What is at stake for human rights?

  Brussels, Belgium

• 04.02.2016 FOSDEM 2017

  Brussels, Belgium

• 22.02.2016 Civil society EU-wide meeting on CETA and TTIP

  Brussels

• 25.02.2016 Living On The Edge 5: Fail # unFail

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.03.2016 Blockchain: regulatory technology or technology to regulate?

  Brussels

From edri.org

• EDPS Opinion: Effective data protection needed for "big data"
• FOIA request confirms data protection is not a barrier to trade
• EU Council on Data Retention: “Can we please just have it back?”
• France enacts sweeping legislation limiting fundamental freedoms
• EDRi represented at the AU-EU Civil Society Seminar on Human Rights
• The Popcorn Time whack a mole continues
• ENDitorial: After Paris – selling freedom for security

Recommended reading

• Proposal for a Directive of the Council and the European Parliament on the use of Passenger Name Record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (18.11.2015)
• Unintended consequences, European-style: How the new EU Data Protection Regulation will be misused to censor speech (20.11.2015)
• EU privacy watchdog calls for more "processing of personal data" transparency (30.11.2015)
• Unintended consequences, European-style: How the new EU Data Protection Regulation will be misused to censor speech (20.11.2015)
• Taking “Free Basics” in Kenya for a spin (25.11.2015)
• EDiMA: The impact of ancillary rights in news products

Recommended action

• Offer your loved ones the gift of privacy and online freedom!

  Offer a gift that matters: Support us and our work by giving your friends and family members one of our charity campaign gifts!
  https://edri.org/campaign/digital-rights-charity-gifts-to-change-the-world/

• Report censored contents!

  Onlinecensorship.org platform seeks to encourage social media companies to operate with greater transparency and accountability toward their users as they make decisions that regulate speech.
  https://onlinecensorship.org/

Agenda

• 02.12.2015 Screening of the documentary “Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten”

  Brussels, Belgium

• 02.12.2015 Mass surveillance and internal security in the EU

  Brussels, Belgium

• 09.12.2015 Post-Snowden Cryptography

  Brussels, Belgium

• 10.12.2015 International conference e-Society.mk

  Skopje, Macedonia

• 27.12.2015 32C3 – the 32nd Chaos Communication Congress

  Hamburg, Germany

• 26.01.2016 Pre-CPDP Privacy Camp – The multiple ways of (de/self-) regulation: What is at stake for human rights?

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Netherlands: Preliminary questions on blocking Pirate Bay access
• EU and US NGOs propose privacy reforms post Schrems
• The School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright: United to #fixcopyright
• UK Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: Missed opportunity
• Data Protection Directive on law enforcement: The loopholes
• Founder of a Portuguese leak platform subject to gagging order
• EU Parliament to vote on contentious anti-radicalisation Resolution

Recommended reading

• FRA study on Member States' legal framework on surveillance (18.11.2015)
• Personal data in the digital age - educational videos
• Democracy: the film that gets behind the scenes of the European privacy debate (14.11.2015)
• KAT-EXCLUSIVE: EU Commission due to issue legislative proposal on content portability in spring 2016, wants to make some exceptions mandatory, and dreams of full copyright harmonisation (05.11.2015)

Recommended action

• Consultations of importance to digital rights

  The European institutions and international policy-making bodies frequently organise consultations, which are open not only to industry but also to civil society and individuals. These are valuable opportunities to shape policy in a positive way, from the outset rather than needing to take to the streets when the wrong policy is developed based on bad analysis.
  https://edri.org/2015-consultations-digital-rights/

Agenda

• 18.11.2015 World Forum for Democracy – Freedom vs control: For a democratic response

  Strasbourg, France

• 23.11.2015 Internetdagarna

  Stockholm, Sweden

• 24.11.2015 #DigiKon15

  Berlin, Germany

• 25.11.2015 XVII International Symposium on Computers in Education

  Setúbal, Portugal

• 30.11.2015 Democracy in the Digital Era

  Lisbon, Portugal

• 02.12.2015 Screening of the documentary “Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten”

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Minister of Interior and National Police Force win Dutch BBA 2015
• Smart Borders package: Unproportionate & unnecessary data collection
• Can the US be a “safe harbor” for travel surveillance?
• Austrian BBA awarded to the new intelligence services act
• ENDitorial: The EU's data protection reform – a lost opportunity?
• ENDitorial: A system you never heard of undermined net neutrality

Recommended reading

• Streaming reaches flood stage: Does Spotify stimulate or depress music sales?
• Privacy and ISDS after Safe Harbour invalidation: Singapore FTA (26.10.2015)
• Call for robust privacy legislation in wake of EU Safe Harbor strike-down (28.10.2015)
• Legality of Voluntary ‘Pirate’ Site Blocking Regime Under Fire (28.10.2015)

Recommended action

• Defend digital rights in France!

  Support La Quadrature du Net's work on online rights and freedoms!
  https://soutien.laquadrature.net/

Agenda

• 04.11.2015 CopyCamp Conference 2015 – Understanding the Social Impacts of Copyright

  Warsaw, Poland

• 05.11.2015 The School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright

  Warsaw, Poland

• 06.11.2015 Mozilla Festival

  London, United Kingdom

• 06.11.2015 FIfF-Conference 2015: Commercialisation of the Soci(et)al – Markets and Power in the Age of Total Datafication

  Erlangen, Germany

• 17.11.2015 EUhackathon

  Brussels, Belgium

• 18.11.2015 World Forum for Democracy – Freedom vs control: For a democratic response

  Strasbourg, France

From edri.org

• Ansip changes course on Telecoms market consolidation
• UN withdraws the report on cyber violence against women
• EP Committee adopts short-sighted anti-”radicalisation” report
• FCForum will bring together free culture & digital rights activists
• FNF15: Privacy advocates' summit in Brussels
• Turkey: New attempts to limit online access and freedom of speech
• The final countdown for net neutrality in the EU

Recommended reading

• EU-US Umbrella Data Protection Agreement : Detailed analysis by Douwe Korff (14.10.2015)
• Information Controls during Military Operations: The case of Yemen during the 2015 political and armed conflict (21.10.2015)
• Security service access to personal data? Sure, why not? says Romania (15.10.2015)
• Ex Post Impact Assessment on Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (InfoSoc)
• Pay No Attention to the Server Behind the Proxy: Mapping FinFisher’s Continuing Proliferation (15.10.2015)

Recommended action

• Save the Internet

  The final countdown for ‪‎net neutrality‬ in Europe has started. Help us save the Internet and contact your Members of the EU Parliament! Here's how to do it: https://savetheinternet.eu/
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6fXpo8uQtA&feature=youtu.be

Agenda

• 25.10.2015 Austrian Big Brother Awards

  Vienna, Austria

• 28.10.2015 Dutch Big Brother Awards 2015

  Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• 30.10.2015 FCForum’15

  Barcelona, Spain

• 30.10.2015 Free Culture Forum 2015

  Barcelona, Spain

• 04.11.2015 CopyCamp Conference 2015 – Understanding the Social Impacts of Copyright

  Warsaw, Poland

• 05.11.2015 The School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright

  Warsaw, Poland

From edri.org

• Unclear “net neutrality” proposal returns to European Parliament
• Finland: New surveillance law threatens fundamental rights
• CCC campaigns to provide Internet access to refugees in Germany
• Fifteen years late, Safe Harbor hits the rocks
• Netherlands: New proposals for dragnet surveillance underway
• EU Commission: IT companies to fix “terrorist use of the Internet”
• EU Commission: IT companies to fix “hate speech on the Internet”

Recommended reading

• Mass surveillance in Germany rebuked by Council of Europe (02.10.2015)
• The challenge to Safe Harbour - a totem for something much more fundamental (01.10.2015)
• Facebook hopes renaming internet.org app will shut net neutrality critics up (28.09.2015)
• The Council challenges the right of the European Ombudsman to conduct an inquiry into secret "trilogues" (24.09.2015)

Recommended action

• Donate for Internet cafes & computer workshops for Refugees!

  Help refugees to access the Internet, to stay in touch relatives and friends abroad, read the news from their homecountry, use translation services, get informed about their new city, it's laws and their rights.
  https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/20601-internet-cafes-computer-workshops-for-refugees

• Save the Internet!

  Your freedom online is threatened by an EU proposal. The fight for the open Internet is happening right now in Brussels. Contact the European Parliament!
  https://savetheinternet.eu/

• Support our work for your digital rights!

  European Digital Rights fights for your right to privacy, freedom of expression, modernisation of copyright rules, legal protection for net neutrality and against new European proposals for mass surveillance. Our work is only possible with the continued financial support of donors like you!
  https://edri.org/supporters/

Agenda

• 10.10.2015 Stop TTIP CETA Demo – protest for a fair world trade

  Berlin, Germany

• 13.10.2015 Freedom of Expression: Still a precondition for democracy?

  Strasbourg, France

• 15.10.2015 Big Brother Awards Belgium

  Brussels, Belgium

• 16.10.2015 EDRi members meetup

  Brussels, Belgium

• 16.10.2015 Freedom not Fear

  Brussels, Belgium

• 25.10.2015 Austrian Big Brother Awards

  Vienna, Austria

From edri.org

• Germany dreams of security: An ID for every “thing” connected
• EU Parliament's “radicalisation” draft report – lost in translation
• State of play of Internet freedom in the Netherlands
• Germany: The secret service's 300-million-euro surveillance plan
• AVG starts selling personal data to third parties
• Generali, the health insurer who wants to know everything about you
• Two Danes arrested for publishing information about Popcorn Time
• ENDitorial: EU Commission ISDS proposal - a threat to democracy

Recommended reading

• Safe Harbour analysis: what today’s ruling might mean (23.09.2015)
• Plaintiff's reaction to Advocate General's Opinion on the Safe Harbor agreement (23.09.2015)
• DPLA, Europeana, Creative Commons Collaborate on International Rights Statements
• French data protection watchdog rejects Google’s search delisting appeal (22.09.2015)

Recommended action

• Support EDRi!

  European Digital Rights fights for your right to privacy, freedom of expression, modernisation of copyright rules, legal protection for net neutrality and against new European proposals for mass surveillance. Our work is only possible with the continued financial support of donors like you!
  https://edri.org/supporters/

Agenda

• 28.09.2015 Trilogues and transparent law-making

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.10.2015 Internet as a Commons: Public Space in the Digital Age

  Brussels, Belgium

• 10.10.2015 Stop TTIP CETA Demo – protest for a fair world trade

  Berlin, Germany

• 13.10.2015 Freedom of Expression: Still a precondition for democracy?

  Strasbourg, France

• 15.10.2015 Big Brother Awards Belgium

  Brussels, Belgium

• 16.10.2015 EDRi members meetup

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Austria creates new agency with unprecedented surveillance powers
• Portugal: Privatised copyright law enforcement agreement now public
• EDRi identifies key challenges to freedom of expression online
• Three French NGOs challenge French international surveillance
• Journalists detained in Turkey for using encryption
• Terrorists behind the attacks in France not radicalised “online”
• Romania: After PNR, a proposal for retention of tourist data
• ENDitorial: Racism in Germany - Facebook should do "more"

Recommended reading

• The Red Web by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan review – Russia’s attack on internet freedoms
• Parliament calls for stricter controls over surveillance tech exports (09.09.2015)
• Study Finds ‘Supercookies’ Used Outside U.S. (17.08.2015)

Recommended action

• Educate and empower children on online privacy!

  Help us crowdfund educational material to teach online privacy to kids! Donate now!
  http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/online-privacy-for-children/

• Say no to an interior secret agency in Austria!

  Sign and spread the online petition to prevent the creation of an interior secret agency in Austria!
  https://www.staatsschutz.at/en/

Agenda

• 22.09.2015 MAPPING First General Assembly: From Privacy to Freedom of Expression: The Continuum in 2015-2020

  Hannover, Germany

• 28.09.2015 Trilogues and transparent law-making

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.10.2015 Internet as a Commons: Public Space in the Digital Age

  Brussels, Belgium

• 10.10.2015 Stop TTIP CETA Demo – protest for a fair world trade

  Berlin, Germany

• 13.10.2015 Freedom of Expression: Still a precondition for democracy?

  Strasbourg, France

• 15.10.2015 Big Brother Awards Belgium

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Portugal: "Voluntary" agreement against copyright infringements
• Netzpolitik.org case: Prosecutor dismissed, inquiry dropped
• Launch of the EU Internet Forum – without civil society
• Facebook patent: Lending based on social connections
• Internet censorship redux - under the guise of regulating gambling

Recommended reading

• Data Protection Regulation: documents from the secret "trilogues" (05.08.2015)
• Facebook "loophole" allows personal data harvesting (10.08.2015)
• Cybersecurity bill could 'sweep away' internet users' privacy, agency warns (03.08.2015)
• EU Data Protection Reform - EDPS recommendations on the EU’s options for data protection reform (27.08.2015)

Recommended action

• Install Privacy Badger!

  Stop advertisers and other third-party trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web!
  https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

Agenda

• 13.08.2015 Chaos Communication Camp

  Zehdenick, Germany

• 03.09.2015 Das ABC des Freien Wissens

  Berlin, Germany

• 22.09.2015 MAPPING First General Assembly: From Privacy to Freedom of Expression: The Continuum in 2015-2020

  Hannover, Germany

• 28.09.2015 Trilogues and transparent law-making

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.10.2015 Internet as a Commons: Public Space in the Digital Age

  Brussels, Belgium

• 10.10.2015 Stop TTIP CETA Demo – protest for a fair world trade

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• French Constitutional Council approves sweeping surveillance powers
• A new wave of Internet blocking in Turkey
• European Commission will “monitor” existing EU data retention laws
• David Wessel: "I get between three and five take down notices daily"
• ENDitorial: European Parliament – translating freedoms into Chinese

Recommended reading

• UK Court rules DRIPA unlawful (22.07.2015)
• High Court rules that DRIPA is unlawful (17.07.2015)
• EU PNR document pool (27.07.2015)

Recommended action

• Enjoy your holidays!

Agenda

• 13.08.2015 Chaos Communication Camp

  Zehdenick, Germany

• 03.09.2015 Das ABC des Freien Wissens

  Berlin, Germany

• 22.09.2015 MAPPING First General Assembly: From Privacy to Freedom of Expression: The Continuum in 2015-2020

  Hannover, Germany

• 28.09.2015 Trilogues and transparent law-making

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.10.2015 Internet as a Commons: Public Space in the Digital Age

  Brussels, Belgium

• 10.10.2015 Stop TTIP CETA Demo – protest for a fair world trade

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• Remembering Caspar Bowden
• Remembering Özgür Uçkan
• Dutch Minister reveals plans for dragnet surveillance
• TTIP Resolution: what did the Parliament say about Digital Rights?
• ICANN considers banning privacy services
• Surveillance technology company Hacking Team hacked
• EU Parliament pushes for more surveillance and profiling of citizens

Recommended reading

• In sweeping effort to spy on civil society, Macedonia broke its own privacy laws (14.07.2015)
• German data protection activist Rena Tangens receives Federal Consumer Protection Award (only in German, 29.06.2015)
• Germany's leading digital rights blog Netzpolitik.org accused Of "treason" after leaking bulk surveillance plans (13.07.2015)
• EU Parliament resolution on TTIP is a diplomatic blunder (08.07.2015)

Recommended action

• Recommend EDRi-gram!

  Shouldn't your friends be reading EDRi-gram, too? Forward the subscription link to this newsletter to five friends!
  http://edri.org/newsletter

Agenda

• 15.07.2015 TTIP Stakeholders event, round 10

  Brussels, Belgium

• 13.08.2015 Chaos Communication Camp

  Zehdenick, Germany

• 03.09.2015 Das ABC des Freien Wissens

  Berlin, Germany

• 22.09.2015 MAPPING First General Assembly: From Privacy to Freedom of Expression: The Continuum in 2015-2020

  Hannover, Germany

• 28.09.2015 Trilogues and transparent law-making

  Brussels, Belgium

• 01.10.2015 Internet as a Commons: Public Space in the Digital Age

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Blurry, ambiguous net neutrality deal - abdication of responsibility
• Google admits it was wrong on “right to be forgotten”
• WiFi tracking and the ePrivacy Directive in Denmark
• AFET Committee adopts its Report on Human rights and technology
• Belgian coalition demands suspension of the TTIP negotiations
• An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from suspended user Giz
• JURI Committee adopts disastrous Trade Secrets provisions

Recommended reading

• Wikileaks: Trade in Services Agreement (01.07.2015)
• France proposes empty ISDS reforms (25.06.2015)

Recommended action

• Reject an ISDS compromise!

  Contact your MEP to reject this compromise amendment on ISDS in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)!
  https://twitter.com/edri/status/616248079944142849

• Save the Internet!

  The fight for net neutrality continues. Contact your MEP!
  https://savetheinternet.eu/

Agenda

• 11.07.2015 2015 IViR Symposium on alternative compensation systems for digital copyright

  Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 15.07.2015 TTIP Stakeholders event, round 10

  Brussels, Belgium

• 13.08.2015 Chaos Communication Camp

  Zehdenick, Germany

• 03.09.2015 Das ABC des Freien Wissens

  Berlin, Germany

• 22.09.2015 MAPPING First General Assembly: From Privacy to Freedom of Expression: The Continuum in 2015-2020

  Hannover, Germany

• 28.09.2015 Trilogues and transparent law-making

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• UK: Report of the investigatory powers review
• EU continues push for travel surveillance by the back door
• Belgian Constitutional Court rules against data retention
• Microsoft's new small print – how your personal data is (ab)used
• Council confirms it wants to trade net neutrality for end of roaming
• European Parliament shows little ambition on copyright reform

Recommended reading

• EDRi paper: TTIP and digital rights
• Declaration of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on ICANN, human rights and the rule of law
• Delfi AS v. Estonia: a blow to free expression online (16.06.2015)
• Our overview of the Digital Single Market Communication (17.06.2015)
• Information Privacy and Data Security
• German watchdog doubts constitutionality of data retention plans (11.06.2015)

Recommended action

• Save the Internet!

  Contact your MEPs to tell them to not give up on net neutrality and their strong position from last year!
  https://savetheinternet.eu/

• Become EDRi Supporter!

  European Digital Rights fights for your right to privacy, freedom of expression, modernisation of copyright rules, legal protection for net neutrality and against new European proposals for mass surveillance. Our work is only possible with the continued financial support of donors like you!
  https://edri.org/supporters/

Agenda

• 11.07.2015 2015 IViR Symposium on alternative compensation systems for digital copyright

  Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 15.07.2015 TTIP Stakeholders event, round 10

  Brussels, Belgium

• 13.08.2015 Chaos Communication Camp

  Zehdenick, Germany

• 03.09.2015 Das ABC des Freien Wissens

  Berlin, Germany

• 22.09.2015 MAPPING First General Assembly: From Privacy to Freedom of Expression: The Continuum in 2015-2020

  Hannover, Germany

• 28.09.2015 Trilogues and transparent law-making

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Danish Ministry of Culture: Danes should be regulated by Google
• EU Commission set to re-brand the failed CleanIT project
• Data retention: German government tries again
• General Data Protection Regulation: Moving forward, slowly
• Turkey blocks political websites
• Startups for Net Neutrality
• ENDitorial: From copywrong to copyright?

Recommended reading

• Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye
• INTA Committee TTIP Report
• JURI Committee IPR Enforcement Report (18.05.2015)
• EDRi's letter to Kosovo Assembly on data retention
• LIBE study: The US legal system on data protection in the field of law enforcement. Safeguards, rights and remedies for EU citizens

Recommended action

• Save copyright reform!

  Call your Members of the European Parliament now to tell you want them to fix copyright. Vote in the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) will take place on 16 June.
  http://copywrongs.eu/

Agenda

• 05.06.2015 IPEN Workshop 2015

  Leuven, Belgium

• 16.06.2015 LIBE/INTA joint public hearing on Trade agreements and data flows

  Brussels, Belgium

• 11.07.2015 2015 IViR Symposium on alternative compensation systems for digital copyright

  Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 15.07.2015 TTIP Stakeholders event, round 10

  Brussels, Belgium

• 13.08.2015 Chaos Communication Camp

  Zehdenick, Germany

• 03.09.2015 Das ABC des Freien Wissens

  Berlin, Germany

From edri.org

• EDRi-gram 300: Digital rights news from 2025

Recommended action

• Fight for your privacy!

  Join the daily global privacy movement gatherings in front your local government buildings and corporate headquarters, and show the decision-makers that your privacy matters!

• Say NO to neuro-compilers!

  Answer to the public consultation by European Commission’s B.R.A.I.N research project on the ethical implications of first generation neuro-compilers!

Agenda

• 22.05.2015 POINT 4.0

  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 25.05.2015 Summer School for Journalists and Media Practitioners: Freedom and Pluralism of Traditional and New Media

  Florence, Italy

• 05.06.2015 IPEN Workshop 2015

  Leuven, Belgium

• 16.06.2015 LIBE/INTA joint public hearing on Trade agreements and data flows

  Brussels, Belgium

• 11.07.2015 2015 IViR Symposium on alternative compensation systems for digital copyright

  Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 15.07.2015 TTIP Stakeholders event, round 10

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• You can now become an official EDRi Supporter
• Slovakia: Mass surveillance of citizens is unconstitutional
• Privacy Cafés launched to improve secure communications in the EP
• Emotion tracking company gets funding from the European Commission
• Turkish student sentenced for re-tweeting satirical news
• Digital Single Market: A missed opportunity

Recommended reading

• In a letter to Congress senior US legal experts and a Nobel laureate in economic sciences write that investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) is antithetical to the rule of law
• The data retention tsunami: how EU Member States are reacting to the annulment of the data retention directive (27.04.2015)
• ISDS: diplomatic blunder Malmström threatens democracy and privacy

Recommended action

• Become an official EDRi Supporter!

  European Digital Rights fights for your right to privacy, freedom of expression, modernisation of copyright rules, legal protection for net neutrality and against new European proposals for mass surveillance. Our work is only possible with the continued financial support of donors like you!
  https://edri.org/supporters/

Agenda

• 06.05.2015 re:publica 15

  Berlin, Germany

• 09.05.2015 Direitos de Autor e DRM

  Águeda, Portugal

• 22.05.2015 POINT 4.0

  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 25.05.2015 Summer School for Journalists and Media Practitioners: Freedom and Pluralism of Traditional and New Media

  Florence, Italy

• 05.06.2015 IPEN Workshop 2015

  Leuven, Belgium

• 16.06.2015 LIBE/INTA joint public hearing on Trade agreements and data flows

  Brussels, Belgium

From edri.org

• Big Brother Awards Germany 2015
• Hungarian data retention case: ORG, PI & scholars file amicus briefs
• Net Neutrality: Save The Internet relaunch
• Legal Affairs Committee: ISDS and IPR must be excluded from TTIP
• French surveillance bill pushed ahead despite massive criticism
• New Danish PNR system will rival the EU PNR Directive
• Non-US Twitter accounts now subject to EU Data Protection rules
• Italy: Anti-terrorism decree to strengthen government surveillance

Recommended reading

• Citizens’ groups from around the world call on EC to defend privacy (21.04.2015)
• Biometric data and data protection law: the CJEU loses the plot (17.04.2015)
• TTIP transparency transformed by campaigners, says EU Ombudsman (21.04.2015)
• TTIP - The Dealers

Recommended action

• Save The Link!

  Censoring links breaks the Internet. Key public officials are about to make a decision that could block your ability to link to your favourite content and services. Tell decision makers to stop new regulations that aim to restrict our right to link.
  https://savethelink.org/

• Code Red!

  Join the global initiative to accelerate reform of security organisations.
  https://codered.is/

Agenda

• 05.05.2015 re:publica 15 – finding europe

  Berlin, Germany

• 06.05.2015 re:publica 15

  Berlin, Germany

• 09.05.2015 Direitos de Autor e DRM

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• 22.05.2015 POINT 4.0

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• 25.05.2015 Summer School for Journalists and Media Practitioners: Freedom and Pluralism of Traditional and New Media

  Florence, Italy

• 05.06.2015 IPEN Workshop 2015

  Leuven, Belgium

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