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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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Finland: A new citizens initiative – Lex Snowden
EDRi member Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi) has submitted on 8 July 2013, with support from Avoin Ministeriö, a citizens’ legislative initiative, titled “Yes We Can – The law for safeguarding of freedom of expression and privacy internationally”, to the Ministry of Justice. If the initiative collects 50 000 names (almost 1% of total population of […]
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The French three strikes system gave up on Internet disconnection
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Three-Strikes: Frankreich verabschiedet sich von Netzsperren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.14_Three-Strikes_Frankreich_verabschiedet_sich_von_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130717] The French three strikes law, known as Hadopi, has for years generated debate and controversy, primarily because it allowed for the disconnection of the Internet connections of individuals deemed to have illegally downloaded copyrighted material. Now, however, there is a […]
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EC notice & action directive to come out of the drawer?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bleibt ‘Notice & Action’-Richtlinie in der Schublade? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.14_Bleibt_Notice_and_Action-Richtlinie_in_der_Schublade?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130717] On 3 July 2013, a number of nine MEPs sent a letter to Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, regarding a Notice-and-Action directive that was not prepared but subsequently not published or proposed by the European […]
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Closed environments locking down consumers’ rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Geschlossene Systeme sabotieren Rechte der Verbraucher | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.14_Geschlossene_Systeme_sabotieren_Rechte_der_Verbraucher?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130717] Can you resell your used apps for your iOS or Android device? How about your video games that you purchased from Valve’s Steam Store? The answer is yes and no. Legally, you are allowed to resell your used apps and […]
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ENDitorial:Leaked telecoms Regulation with or without net neutrality?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Geplante Telekom-Regulierung mit oder ohne Netzneutralität? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.14_ENDitorial_Geplante_Telekom-Regulierung_mit_oder_ohne_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130717] Last week, an internal draft of a regulation for a “telecoms single market” was leaked in Brussels. We published an initial reaction to this document. But what are the details of the text and what do they mean? The […]
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Leaked Regulation: Schrödinger's net neutrality on its way in Europe
A curious text is currently circulating in the Brussels bubble: It is the draft Regulation for a telecoms single market (pdf) mentioned by Commissioner Neelie Kroes, responsible for Europe’s Digital Agenda, in her speech in front of the European Parliament last Tuesday, 9 July (Update: Consolidated version, pdf). During this speech, she emphasised the necessity […]
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British Conservative's report demands long list of EU actions on gambling, including web blocking
The European Parliament has a committee dedicated to enhancing the European single market and consumer protection. This is a good thing. Imagine how such a committee would react to an industry that is hampered by protectionism, national monopolies and the blocking of foreign services that offer better value for money. Well, you don’t have to […]
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The ACTA Archive
Today is the first anniversary of the rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the European Parliament – after months of debates, a large majority of Parliamentarians voted against the adoption. This is the perfect time to gather all documents that have ever been produced by EDRi on this Agreement, to recall who were […]
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PRISM / NSA – Will the European Parliament be able to think strategically?
The European Parliament will vote tomorrow (4 July) on a Resolution on the alleged spying activities of the United States National Security Agency. Ever since European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding sent a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder, Europe has been waiting for a response to the extensive and serious allegations of abuse of […]
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The Washington Statement – In support of data protection
Privacy advocates from North America and Europe met last week in Washington, DC to participate in the Computers, Freedom & Privacy (CFP) conference 2013 and to discuss transatlantic cooperation on privacy and data protection issues. The debates focused on the NSA leaks, the European data protection reform and the upcoming negotiations on the EU-US free […]
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Prism, Tempora… and ECtHR?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Prism, Tempora … und der EGMR? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.13_Prism_Tempora_und_der_EGMR?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130703] By revealing documents about Prism US surveillance programme, Snowden, the former American National Security Agency (NSA) employee, seems to have opened a Pandora box. Der Spiegel has brought out new revelations that EU offices in Brussels, New York and Washington […]
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Could web browsing infringe copyright?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kann Surfen im Internet gegen das Urheberrecht verstoßen? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.13_Kann_Surfen_im_Internet_gegen_das_Urheberrecht_verstossen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130703] Do you violate copyright law by using an Internet browser? This is, in short, the question that the UK Supreme Court is asking the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) in a preliminary ruling. The case […]
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