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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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EDRi welcomes European Parliament's rejection of ACTA
European Digital Rights (EDRi) warmly welcomed today’s decision by the European Parliament to reject ACTA with an overwhelming majority (478 against, 39 in favour, 165 abstentions). “ACTA was a bad proposal on every level. The drafting process was closed and undemocratic. The final text would have prevented a positive reform of Europe’s profoundly broken copyright […]
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Thank you SOPA, thank you ACTA
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Danke SOPA, danke ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Danke_SOPA_danke_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The digital rights world can be grateful that the intellectual property lobby employs too many lobbyists and too few strategists. Lobbyists are salespeople, the sell potential clients or employers amazing things, international agreements, Directives, the ability to stop time and enjoy old […]
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ECJ decided Microsoft must pay a 860 million Euro fine
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EuGH verurteilt Microsoft zu 860 Millionen Euro Strafe | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_EuGH_verurteilt_Microsoft_zu_860_Millionen_Euro_Strafe?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected Microsoft’s appeal against the European Commission’s decision of 2008 to fine the company for not having shared interoperability information to its competitors, in a long case first brought by the […]
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European Commission position on Do Not Track
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Do Not Track: Standpunkt der Europäischen Kommission | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Do_Not_Track_Standpunkt_der_Europaeischen_Kommission?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The European Commission also got engaged in the discussions on the Do Not Track (DNT) at the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) by sending a letter asking W3C to require browser makers to give DNT options to users when they […]
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UK snooping law plans may come into contradiction with EC
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Schnüffelgesetz könnte Standpunkt der EU-Kommission widersprechen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Britisches_Schnueffelgesetz_koennte_Standpunkt_der_EU-Kommission_widersprechen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The plans of the UK government of increasing the police online surveillance powers under the draft Communications Data Bill (CDB), also known as the “Snoopers’ Chart”, might come into contradiction with the European Commission’s position on citizens’ rights. If […]
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E-voting in French elections raises problems
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Probleme mit dem E-Voting | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Frankreich_Probleme_mit_dem_E-Voting?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] During the French 2012 parliamentary elections, the citizens that were not in the country had the possibility to vote online. However, the transparency of the procedure was far from the desired one. While, according to the law, the delegates of the […]
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UK government wants an automatic filtering of adult sites
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung plant automatisierte Netzfilter für Erwachsenenangebote | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Britische_Regierung_plant_automatisierte_Netzfilter_fuer_Erwachsenenangebote?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The UK officials intend to force Internet users to filter out pornography websites starting with the setting out of their accounts. “I want to fully explore every option that might help make children safer – including whether internet filters […]
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ENDitorial: Microsoft's vision for regulation of communication by private companies
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Microsofts Vision einer Kommunikationsregulierung durch private Konzerne | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] Microsoft is in charge of the “notice and takedown” workstream of the European Commission-funded and inspired “CEO coalition”. It is therefore interesting to take a look at what the world will look like if Microsoft and similar companies […]
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Current EU consultations of importance to digital rights
The European Commission frequently organises consultations, which are open not only to industry but also civil society and individual citizens. These are valuable opportunities to shape policy in a positive way from the outset rather than needing to take to the streets when the wrong policy is developed based on bad analysis. There are currently […]
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Marielle Gallo MEP condemns the “soft-terrorism” of the anti-ACTA campaign
This interview was translated and republished with the kind permission of PCinpact. We have added our comments on some of the misinformation in Ms Gallo’s statements. See notes 1-6 at the end of the article. Marielle Gallo, who is a member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament in Brussels, proposed a draft […]
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MEP Gallo's defence of her PC Inpact article
Following the criticism she received regarding her recent PC Inpact interview, Marielle Gallo published a letter on her website. As we published our translation of the interview, we felt it was fair to also publish her defence. We have included some notes and clarifications in the translation. “Many of you replied to the interview in […]
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Commission and industry attacks on Parliament hit a new low
For the past few months, the European Commission and industry lobbyists have tried to pressure the European Parliament into abdicating responsibility for ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Instead, the Parliament has given the proposal an inordinate amount of attention, with five different committees devoting huge amounts of time and resources to the proposal. Five different […]
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