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EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. We work to to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world.
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Will the evaluation of the net neutrality rules be balanced?
In our open letter we expressed our concerns about the study of the implementation of the net neutrality rules. Our letter focused on the possible conflicts of interest of the lawyers in charge of the study, as well as the risk of an unbalanced report.
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Big Brother Awards 2018 Italy
The 2018 Italian edition of the Big Brother Awards was held in Bologna on 8 June 2018, with the support of a grant from the European Digital Rights Fund. The award ceremony took place during the 23rd edition of the E-privacy conference.
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Press Release: EU Parliament flip-flops backwards on copyright
The Parliament’s today vote represents a backwards flip-flop to supporting measures which it had previously dismissed.
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Media reforms in Macedonia delayed due to more pressing security issues
Recent political developments have affected the implementation of the reforms in the area of freedom of expression in Macedonia. The focus of government institutions on overcoming political obstacles to joining NATO and the EU had put most other reforms on the backburner.
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How the online tracking industry “informs” policy makers
Following the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the online advertising industry’s lobbying efforts moved to undermining the ePrivacy Regulation proposal.
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Joint Press Release: EU Terrorism Regulation – an EU election tactic
The European Commission's apparently endless stream of “solutions” to stop the spread of online terrorist content has today been complemented by yet another regulatory measure.
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Deconstructing an MEP’s support for the Copyright Directive
After the European Parliament voted against the negotiating mandate for the Copyright Directive, the assistant of a Member of the European Parliament,one of its supporters, wrote to a voter to explain why she supports the proposal.
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Anatomy of a Commission press campaign. Case study: Terrorist Content Regulation
On 12 September, the European Commission will propose a new legislative tool: the Regulation on preventing dissemination of “terrorist content”
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Censorship Machines or citizens? EU Parliament decides on Wednesday
The best option for dealing with a bad proposal is to delete it, so this is what MEPs should be asked to vote for.
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Copyright: Compulsory filtering instead of obligatory filtering – a compromise?
Tomorrow, 5 September 2018 at 12h CEST, is the deadline to table amendments to the proposed Copyright Directive. T
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Action Week against Upload Filters
We are in a crucial moment in the fight against upload filters. On 12 September the Plenary of the EP will be voting on new versions of the texts, and we need to make clear that upload filters have no place there.
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What’s your trustworthiness according to Facebook? Find out!
On 21 August 2018 it was revealed that Facebook rates the trustworthiness of its users in its attempt to tackle misinformation.
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