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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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ENDitorial: EU Parliament wastes time and money on gambling? You bet!
On 17 February 2009, it also adopted a non-binding resolution on the same subject. On 14 October 2011, it adopted another non-binding resolution on the same subject. Most recently, on 10 September 2013, the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution on online gambling. Each time the Internal Market and Consumer Committee (IMCO) has decided to undertake such a report, […]
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Leak: Damning analysis of Kroes’ attack on net neutrality
Fundamental rights are at risk from the draft Regulation on the “completion of the European single market for electronic communications” that may be finally approved by the European Commission this lunchtime. This is made clear from a leaked internal document (pdf) of the European Commission. There is huge opposition in the European Commission to the […]
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Press release: EDRi and FREE urge European Parliament to bring an end to lawless surveillance
Civil society groups European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the Fundamental Rights European Experts Group (FREE) have demanded an end to lawless spying on individuals around the globe. At a meeting with the Chair of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee today, the two groups handed over a document (pdf) containing detailed analysis of the current […]
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Data privacy issues following PRISM affair
The PRISM scandal has brought forth a series of issues related to the protection of the European citizens’ data and reactions calling for measure to prevent spying on these data. As the EU is currently updating its data privacy legislation, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, the German justice minister, believes the EU needs a new set of data […]
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UK authorities press to get hold of Snowden affair’s documents
The echoes of the PRISM affair keep growing. On 21 August 2013, Secretary general Thorbjorn Jagland of the Council of Europe, addressed a letter to UK home secretary Theresa May asking for explanations regarding UK’s recent actions following the PRISM scandal. Jagland was especially referring to the retention at Heathrow airport, on 17 August 2013, […]
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Macedonia: Demand to retract proposed media legislation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mazedonien: Ruf nach Rücknahme der geplanten Mediengesetze | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Mazedonien_Ruf_nach_Ruecknahme_der_geplanten_Mediengesetze?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828] The Front for Freedom of Expression, an informal coalition of nine civic associations, demands from Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to retract the proposed media bills – the Law on Media and the Law on Audio and Audiovisual […]
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"Right to Remix": Initiative for a European Copyright Reform
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [“Right to Remix”: Initiative für eine Reform des Urheberrechts in Europa | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Right_to_Remix_Initiative_fuer_eine_Reform_des_Urheberrechts_in_Europa?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828] On its website right2remix.org, the German civil rights organisation EDRi member Digitale Gesellschaft e. V. calls on European policy-makers to adopt remix rights in the European copyright legislation and invites everyone to submit a link […]
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The Finnish Supreme court rules on blocking anti-censorship site
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnland: Entscheidung über die Zensur einer Anti-Zensur-Website | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Finnland_Entscheidung_ueber_die_Zensur_einer_Anti-Zensur-Website?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828] On 26 August 2013, the Finnish Supreme Court ruled it was legal to censor a website listing domain names of sites that are currently blocked even if the site itself doesn’t host or link to illegal content. The ruling […]
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New Russian copyright law raises freedom of expression concerns
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ Russland: Neues Copyright-Gesetz lässt Bedenken bezüglich Redefreiheit aufkommen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Russland_Neues_Copyright-Gesetz_laesst_Bedenken_bezueglich_Redefreiheit_aufkommen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828 ] New legislation on online copyright, amending several legislative acts of the Russian Federation on the protection of intellectual property rights in information and telecommunication networks, came into force on 1 August 2013. For the time being, […]
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Turkey: Social media and our rights
The EDRi member from Turkey Alternative Informatics Association together with other 11 NGOs from Turkey issued the following public announcement with the title “Reclaiming our rights on social media following the Gezi Park protests”: UN and some international organizations have declared Internet as the main tool of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. […]
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How much longer before web accessibility?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Barrierefreier Zugang zum Netz: Wie lange müssen wir noch warten? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_Barrierefreier_Zugang_Wie_lange_muessen_wir_noch_warten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731 ] Access to the so-called Digital Society through the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly gaining importance in our everyday life. Access to the web, where these technologies usually converge, is already a fundamental right […]
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Ireland: champion in requesting retained traffic data
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Führend bei der Abfrage von Vorratsdaten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_Irland_Fuehrend_bei_der_Abfrage_von_Vorratsdaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731] During the ECJ hearing on 9 July 2013 considering the legality of the European Data Retention Directive, it has come out that the Irish authorities are champions in requesting people’s data stored on phone or Internet, having made several […]
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