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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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Lawless, unproven filtering and blocking of content as “best practice”
On Monday of next week (29 October, 2012), the European Union and the United States will have a “summit” (draft agenda) on “Exchange of Best Practices for Child Protection Online”. In the course of that meeting, the question of measures to prevent “re-uploading of the content” will be discussed. Both the European Commission and the […]
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A week with EDRi Brussels
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Eine Woche in EDRis Brüssel-Büro | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Eine_Woche_in_EDRis_Bruessel-Buero?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] Now that EDRi has taken up home in its new office in Brussels, we thought that it might be interesting to share a brief insight into what a typical week looks like for us. The truth is that there is no […]
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Google needs to improve its privacy practices
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google muss seine Datenschutzpraxis verbessern | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Google_muss_seine_Datenschutzpraxis_verbessern?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] On 16 October 2012, a letter signed by the 27 European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) was sent to Google, asking for better privacy practices of the company, accusing Google of illegality and putting into question the viability of the company’s operations […]
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EDRi responds to umteenth public Net Neutrality consultation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Konsultation: EDRi nimmt zum x-ten Mal zur Netzneutralität Stellung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_EU-Konsultation_EDRi_nimmt_zum_x-ten_Mal_zur_Netzneutralitaet_Stellung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] This might sound like a running gag, but on 15 October 2012 EDRi submitted its umteenth response to the European Commission’s umteenth consultation on net neutrality, traffic management, transparency and switching. As explained in the previous EDRi-gram, […]
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Turkey: Internet Report on digital rights 2012
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Türkei: Bericht über Digitale Rechte 2012 | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Tuerkei_Bericht_ueber_Digitale_Rechte_2012?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] On 28 September 2012, the Turkish Internet Report 2012 was issued by EDRi observer Alternative Informatics Association showing a worrying tendency of Internet censorship and control from Turkish authorities. According to the report, more and more case have been filed […]
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Google threatens to exclude the French online press from its search
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google droht der französischen Online-Presse mit Ausschluss aus der Google-Suche | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Google_droht_der_franzoesischen_Online-Presse_mit_Ausschluss_aus_der_Google-Suche?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] GESTE, a French group of online editors, has been trying for a few years now to get part of Google’s revenues generated by its news service with indexed titles. “Google has developed on our content” said […]
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Dutch proposal to search and destroy foreign computers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Vorstoß zur Suche und Zerstörung fremder Computer | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Niederlande_Vorstoss_zur_Suche_und_Zerstoerung_fremder_Computer?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] On 15 October 2012, the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security proposed powers for the police to break into computers, install spyware, search computers and destroy data. These powers would extend to computers located outside the Netherlands. EDRi […]
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Details on German State Trojan programme
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Details zum Deutschen Staatstrojaner | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Details_zum_Deutschen_Staatstrojaner?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] Some documents spotted by the Annalist blog that were issued by the German Government in July 2012, within a parliamentary enquiry about expenditures by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, clearly show more details about what was revealed a year ago […]
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UN Agencies: A growing threat for the Internet?
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), led by Russian diplomat, Yury Fedotov, has just released a report (pdf) arguing for more surveillance and retention of data on all communications, even in the total absence of suspicion. Coincidentally, the Coordinator of the elegantly named 1267 Committee that was in charge of the report […]
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EDRi has a new office!
20 Rue Belliard 1040 Bruxelles Belgium Phone: +32 2 274 25 70 Twitter: @edri_org
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“CLEAN IT”: the secret EU surveillance plan that wasn’t
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [“CLEAN IT”: Der geheime Überwachungsplan, der keiner war | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_CLEAN_IT_Der_geheime_Ueberwachungsplan_der_keiner_war?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121010] There was a lot of interest among EU policy wonks and digital rights people last week about an initiative called CLEAN IT, following the leak of its “confidential” draft recommendations. “Police to ‘patrol’ Facebook and Twitter for terrorists […]
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ENDitorial: The ETNO's WCIT proposals are not as bad as some say
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Der WCIT-Vorschlag der ETNO ist nicht so schlimm wie manche sagen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_ENDitorial_Der_WCIT-Vorschlag_der_ETNO_ist_nicht_so_schlimm_wie_manche_sagen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121010] Many people have criticised the ETNO’s proposals for the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), arguing that these would significantly damage net neutrality. These criticisms are not entirely correct – because ETNO’s proposals are […]
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