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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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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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Irish DPA: OK for Facebook and Apple to share personal data to NSA!?!
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irlands Datenschutzbehörde gibt ihren Segen zur Datenweitergabe durch Facebook und Apple an die NSA!?! | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_Irlands_Datenschutzbehoerde_gibt_ihren_Segen_zur_Datenweitergabe_durch_Facebook_und_Apple_an_die_NSA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731] The Irish Data Protection Authority (ODPC) has recently ruled that the Irish subsidiaries of Facebook and Apple may perfectly share their users’ data with NSA as this is legal under the EU […]
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Finally! Safe Harbour Agreement under question by EU commissioner
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Endlich! EU-Kommissarin stellt „Safe Harbor“-Abkommen in Frage | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_Endlich_EU-Kommissarin_hinterfragt_Safe-Harbor-Abkommen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731] On 19 July 2013, during the informal Justice Council in Vilnius, Lithuania, EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding stated for reporters that her services will be reviewing the so-called Safe Harbor Agreement. The agreement, concluded 13 years ago between the […]
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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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Over 100 global groups make a principled stand against surveillance
For some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques. Nothing could demonstrate the urgency of this situation more than the recent revelations confirming the mass surveillance of innocent individuals around the world. To move toward that goal, today we’re pleased […]
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UK: Vehicle plate recognition video system ruled illegal
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB: Automatische Kennzeichenerfassung illegal | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_GB_Automatische_Kennzeichenerfassung_illegal?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731] The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), UK’s data protection authority, issued on 24 July 2013, an Enforcement Notice asking the Hertfordshire police to stop using a vehicle plate tracking system that it considered as unlawful. The ICO notice is a result of a […]
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ENDitorial: Belgian railways – a case study in bad internet security
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ ENDitorial: Belgische Bahn – ein Paradebeispiel für mangelnde Sicherheit im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_ENDitorial_Belgische_Bahn_ein%20Paradebeispiel_fuer_mangelnde_Sicherheit_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731 ] Earlier this year, we reported on the major data leak that was suffered by Belgian railways. Following the release of the data – including names, email addresses and even, in some cases, phone […]
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