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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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The European Parliament demands a net neutrality law
Today, a large majority of European parliamentarians demanded in two non-legislative resolutions that net neutrality should be enshrined in European Union law. In the context of a non-legislative resolution on Completing the Digital Single Market, the European Parliament “calls on the Commission to propose legislation to ensure net neutrality” and urges Commissioner Kroes to end […]
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"Voluntary enforcement" vs legal restrictions – what rules apply?
Sometimes, watching the Commission make up its mind on a controversial topic is like watching a sports match. One of these topics is the question of whether it is legal for governments to encourage internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict fundamental rights “voluntarily” or whether they would need a legal basis. The European Home Affairs […]
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Q&A on WCIT : Ask the European Commission
Over the next two weeks, EDRi will participate in two video conferences, on the 7 December and 12 December, organised by the European Commission in order to get live feedback from the ITU’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The video conferences are an opportunity to get answers on the discussions taking place […]
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European domain names under siege
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Domainnamen unter Druck | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Europaeische_Domainnamen_unter_Druck?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] On 26 November 2012, 132 or 133 domain names were seized by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE) in collaboration with the Europol and national law enforcement authorities. The seized domains were supposed to have illegally sold counterfeit […]
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International coalition calls for withdrawal of Dutch hacking plans
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Internationale Koalition fordert Rücknahme der Hacking-Pläne | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Niederlande_Internationale_Koalition_fordert_Ruecknahme_der_Hacking-Plaene?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] An international coalition of more than 40 civil rights organizations and security experts have expressed their “grave concerns” about a Dutch proposal to break into foreign computers and search and delete data. In a letter handed over to the […]
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Lobbying DP Regulation: European Banking Federation as an example
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutzverordnung: Lobbyismus am Beispiel der Europäischen Bankenvereinigung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Datenschutzverordnung_Lobbyismus_am_Beispiel_der_Europaeischen_Bankenvereinigung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] With the discussions on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation moving forward, lobbyists in Brussels are working overtime. One example is the European Banking Federation (EBF), which submitted a letter outlining its position and proposed changes to the text […]
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Chisugate: Copyright blackmail in Finland
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Chisugate: Copyright-Erpressung in Finnland | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Chisugate_Copyright-Erpressung_in_Finnland?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] In the spring of 2012, in Finland, the father of a young girl received what amounted to a blackmail letter from a copyright lawyer. The letter demanded the payment of 600 Euros as damages for having distributed copyright-protected music recordings. The letter […]
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Russia: Pussy Riot's videos declared illegal on the Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russland: Pussy Riot Videos aus dem Netz verbannt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Russland_Pussy_Riot_Videos_aus_dem_Netz_verbannt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] A Moscow-based court has ruled on 29 November 2012 that four videos of the already famous dissident punk band Pussy Riot are extremist and therefore should be banned on the Russian Internet. The court said that all the […]
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Netherlands: legislation for forced decryption announced
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Zwang zur Entschlüsselung geplant | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Niederlande_Zwang_zur_Entschluesselung_geplant?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] The Dutch Minister of Justice has sent a letter to the House of Representatives announcing a proposal for legislation that will allow the police to force a suspect to decrypt information that is under investigation in a case of terrorism or […]
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German government proposes extended tracking of Internet users
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Regierung plant ausufernde Überwachung der Internetuser | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Deutsche_Regierung_plant_ausufernde_Ueberwachung_der_Internetuser?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] The German government is proposing an amendment to the Telecommunication Act that would allow law enforcement and intelligence agencies to extensively identify Internet users, without any court order or reasonable suspicion of a crime. The proposed amendment comes as […]
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Danish opposition wants to abandon the illegal medicine site blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänemark: Opposition will Netzsperren gegen illegalen Medikamentenhandel aufgeben | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Daenemark_Opposition_will_Netzsperren_gegen_illegalen_Medikamentenhandel_aufgeben?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] A majority outside the Danish government parties proposes to abandon blocking access to websites selling illegal medicine. The law (a new revision of the laws regulating selling of medicine etc.) allowing blocking of these sites was passed in […]
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ENDitorial: What could possibly go wrong?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Was soll denn schon schiefgehen? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_ENDitorial_Was_soll_denn_schon_schiefgehen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] With the discussions on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation in full swing and the first published opinions of some European Parliament Committees, several themes of proposed changes emerge. One of these can be paraphrased as “we shouldn’t bother controllers […]
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