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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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UK government must justify its large-scale surveillance activities
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) asks the UK government to justify how GCHQ’s practices comply with the right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention. The ECtHR’s action follows a case brought by Big Brother Watch, the EDRi member Open Rights Group, English PEN and the German Internet activist Constanze Kurz […]
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Spain court orders an ISP to disconnect a user for P2P file sharing
For the first time in Spain, a court has ruled that an ISP must disconnect one of its users for having shared P2P music files. In a case brought to the court by Promusicae, an association of Spanish music producers, against the Spanish ISP R Cable y Telecomunicaciones Galicia, the Barcelona Court of Appeals has […]
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Data protection package delayed after the Euro elections
The EU’s much discussed data protection package will not be adopted before the elections for the European Parliament which are due in May 2014. “They have elaborated a road map and now they need to deliver on it basically but I think the political agreement to get this done before the end of the year […]
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Dutch Court finds Pirate Bay blocking disproportionate
In a new instalment of the Dutch saga of copyrightholders representative BREIN demanding courts to order ISPs to block The Pirate Bay this mostly worrisome string of court decisions takes a turn for the better: the The Hague Court of Appeals has judged that previous blocking orders that had been granted have been mostly ineffective […]
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The Ukrainian Parliament decides to reject the anti-protest bill
The Ukraine Government’s attempts to censor and restrict freedom of expression and freedom of assembly by a controversial anti-protest legislation has fortunately been stopped by the Ukrainian Parliament on 28 January 2014. In the light of the latest events in Ukraine, in a desperate attempt to curve the protests that have become larger and stronger […]
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EP Committees: Broadly positive votes on net neutrality
In the last two weeks, the three European Parliament Committees have adopted their advisory “opinions” on the European Commission’s proposals on net neutrality – which are part of a wide-ranging Regulation that also covers topics as varied as roaming and spectrum management. These opinions are meant to advise the Committee responsible – the Industry Committee […]
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ENDitorial: European Commission boxing clever on TTIP
Up until last week, the “Investor-State Dispute Settlement System” (ISDS) being proposed in the so-called “TTIP” negotiations between the EU and US was a strategic disaster on the part of the negotiating partners, the European Union, in particular. Historically, ISDS was developed as a way of ensuring that, institutionally and legally, weak countries could offer […]
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TTIP: European Ombudsman warns European Institutions to learn from ACTA negotiations
In December 2011, after extensive efforts to gain access to important documents related to the negotiation of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), European Digital Rights was left with no option than to make a formal complain to the European Ombudsman. In a press release today, the European Ombudsman has indicated that the European Parliament was […]
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Infographic: European Parliament votes on net neutrality
This week, three European Parliament committees will hold votes on the future of the open and neutral internet. You can make your voice heard by contacting your elected representatives before the votes and find more information on our campaign portal SaveTheInternet.eu. The CULT committee voted on 21 January The JURI committee voted on 21 January […]
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Save the open internet
Save the open internet - we need net neutrality!
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Turkey: Internet censorship is getting harsher
The law proposal and its justification which have been presented to the Presidency of the Turkish Parliament for the approval by the Justice and Development Party about the change in “The regulation of internet-based broadcasting and the struggle with crimes that are committed via these broadcasting” is a threatening text in many ways. The motion, […]
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UK ISP Filtering causes collateral damages
UK ISPs have started to implement a default filter for adult content online following the government’s endeavours which met success in 2013, under the pretext of protecting children from pornographic content. Unfortunately, UK ISPs have started to comply with the government’s requests. The default filter implies that all Internet providers need to opt-in in order […]
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