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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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Concerns over the proposed Communication Bill in UK
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Geplantes britisches Telekommunikationsgesetz wirft Fragen auf | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Geplantes_britisches_Telekommunikationsgesetz_wirft_Fragen_auf?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] Some of the bills presented on 9 May 2012 in the Queen’s Speech, in which the Queen reads the government’s legislative agenda for the next parliamentary period in front of both Houses of Parliament, raise freedom of expression concerns. HM […]
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Electronic identities all over the EU?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Elektronische Identitäten für alle EU-Bürger? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Elektronische_Identitaeten_fuer_alle_EU-Buerger?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] The European Commission (EC) plans to have harmonised e-signatures, e-identities and electronic authentication services (eIAS) across EU member states. On 2 May 2012, the EC published a strategy document for the setting up of children online protection systems, which also mentions […]
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Amesys – Complicity in torture: surveillance tech export control needed
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Amesys’ Mittäterschaft bei Folterungen: Kontrolle des Exports von Überwachungstechnologien gefordert | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Amesys_Mittaeterschaft_bei_Folterungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] The Paris Court Prosecutor decided on 21 May 2012 to probe the Amesys company, a BULL’s subsidiary, over complicity of torture in Libya under Kadhafi. The investigation, which follows a criminal complaint jointly filed by the […]
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Finland: Open WiFi owners are not liable for copyright infringement|
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnland: Betreiber offener W-Lans haften nicht für Urheberrechtsverstöße | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Finnland_Betreiber_offener_W-Lans_haften_nicht_fuer_Urheberrechtsverstoesse?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] On 14 May 2012, a District Finish Court decided on the condition of open WiFi owners in respect to their liability for online copyright infringements. In a two-year long case brought to court by the anti-piracy group CIAPC […]
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ENDitorial: Online child protection should not come hand-in-hand with censorship
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Schutz von Kindern im Internet sollte nicht mit Zensur einhergehen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_ENDitorial_Schutz_von_Kindern_im_Internet_sollte_nicht_mit_Zensur_einhergehen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] Earlier this month, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced that his government would be considering default filtering of ‘adult content’ on the internet. The announcement came shortly after the release of a report by […]
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Netherlands – first country in Europe with net neutrality
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande schreiben als erstes Land Netzneutralität vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Niederlande_schreiben_als_erstes_Land_Netzneutralitaet_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] On 8 May 2012, The Netherlands adopted crucial legislation to safeguard an open and secure internet. It is the first country in Europe to implement net neutrality into its national law. In addition, it adopted provisions protecting users against […]
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France: Google sent again to court for its search suggestion service
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Google neuerlich wegen Suggest-Funktion vor Gericht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Frankreich_Google_neuerlich_wegen_Suggest-Funktion_vor_Gericht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] Four French associations have decided to take Google to court for its automatic suggestion of the word “Jew” when searching for the names of several French personalities. Union des étudiants juifs de France (UEJF – union of Jew students […]
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Concerns regarding plans for a new EU United Patent Court
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Skepsis in Sachen EU-Patentgericht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Skepsis_in_Sachen_EU-Patentgericht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] The EU ministers have recently put up plans to create a United Patent Court (UPC), a framework that will allow inventors to gain cost-effective unilateral patent protection across the EU. Within this framework, the inventors would only have to apply once in […]
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UK High Court orders ISPs to block The Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britischer High Court entscheidet, ISPs müssen The Pirate Bay sperren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Britischer_High_Court_entscheidet_ISPs_muessen_The_Pirate_Bay_sperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] The UK High Court has recently decided that The Pirate Bay (TPB) must be blocked by 5 UK internet service providers. No technical details were given in the ruling as, according to Mr Justice Arnold, the […]
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Portugal: Suing users for copyright infringement does not work
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Portugal: Klagen gegen Urheberrechtsverletzer sind zwecklos | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Portugal_Klagen_gegen_Urheberrechtsverletzer_sind_zwecklos?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] In a six-year long case brought by the Portuguese Phonographic Association (Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa -AFP), the Lisbon Criminal Court has recently given a ruling condemning a young men to a 2 month suspended jail sentence and a 880 euro fine. […]
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Slovakia: Mandatory e-forms work only on software from one vendor
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Slowakei: Verpflichtende Web-Lösung funktioniert nur mit Software eines einzigen Herstellers | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Slowakei_Verpflichtende_Web-Loesung_funktioniert_nur_mit_Software_eines_einzigen_Herstellers?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] In Slovakia, a law introduced to reduce red tape has led to injustice. The state has mandated electronic means as the only way of fulfilling certain statutory obligations. However the dedicated web solution excludes some citizens […]
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ENDitorial: ACTA is not dead
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: ACTA ist noch nicht am Ende | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] Next week, the European Parliament’s Development Committee (DEVE), the first of the five Committees responsible for providing opinions on the proposed ACTA agreement will vote on its draft recommendation. As of today, it appears more likely than not that […]
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