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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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Increased Internet surveillance in Russia
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Zunehmende Überwachung des Internets in Russland | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Zunehmende_Ueberwachung_des_Internets_in_Russland?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Several normative acts that have entered into force or are being prepared in Russia bring forth an increased state surveillance over the Internet and a blacklist of blocked websites and internet addresses. In spite of strong criticism, the Russian Duma […]
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Irish DPA announces action on failed police self-regulation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Fehlgeschlagene Selbstregulierung bei der Polizei: Irische Datenschutzbehörde kündigt Maßnahmen an | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Fehlgeschlagene_Selbstregulierung_bei_der_Polizei?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Apparently illegal abuses of the Irish police (“An Garda Síochána”) database show no sign of being brought to an end, despite repeated announcements on the issue by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC). Problems with the […]
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The Pirate Bay remains blocked in Finland
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [„The Pirate Bay“ bleibt in Finnland weiterhin gesperrt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_The_Pirate_Bay_bleibt_in_Finnland_weiterhin_gesperrt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] The Pirate Bay (TPB) remains blocked in Finland as the Finnish Supreme Court has rejected ISP Elisa’s request to hear its appeal in the case filed by the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC) in May 2011. In […]
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Foreign betting websites might be blocked by the Irish Government
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ Irland: Ausländische Wettseiten könnten gesperrt werden | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Irland_Auslaendische_Wettseiten_koennten_gesperrt_werden?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] The Irish government plans to block foreign betting websites. The Betting (Amendment) Bill 2012 would allow the District Court to make orders as follows: “in the case of a remote bookmaker or remote bookmaking intermediary, an order that telecommunications […]
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Privacy rights as a global challenge
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutz als globale Herausforderung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Datenschutz_als_globale_Herausforderung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] With more than 100 on-site participants and almost 4000 remote attendees through the live webcast, the 2012 Public Voice Conference was, this year again, a full success. The 2012 edition was held on 22 October 2012 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in […]
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Personal data revealed by Skype to a private company
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Skype gab personenbezogene Daten an privates Unternehmen weiter | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Skype_gab_personenbezogene_Daten_an_privates_Unternehmen_weiter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] A police file has recently revealed that, during a police investigation into the Anonymous-sanctioned cyberattacks on PayPal, the Dutch police has received personal data on a young Dutchman through an IT firm which, in its turn, received the […]
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ENDitorial: The Microsoft IE10 Do Not Track “controversy”
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Die Microsoft IE10 Do-Not-Track-“Kontroverse” | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_ENDitorial_Die_Microsoft_IE10_Do-Not-Track-Kontroverse?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] With online tracking of consumers becoming more and more sophisticated, uneasiness about this technology is growing. In Europe, there are rules on tracking users for behavioural advertising, where users generally need to consent to being tracked. Elsewhere in the world, there […]
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CETA: EU ditches criminal sanctions…. almost
In documents seen by EDRi, the current Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union made a proposal at the beginning of October to delete the criminal sanctions section of the proposed EU/Canada Free Trade Agreement. Following initially positive responses from the Member States, it has now been provisionally agreed that the deletion of […]
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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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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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