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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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Four strikes against web blocking in Brussels
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Brüssel: “Four Strikes” gegen Netzsperren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Bruessel_Four_Strikes_gegen_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Last week, the European Parliament took its final vote on the proposed Directive on Child Sexual Exploitation. Parliamentarians voted for a compromise text which rejected the European Commission’s proposal to make web blocking mandatory across the EU. The final text creates […]
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The Russian Government plans to control the online media
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russische Regierung will Kontrolle über Online-Medien übernehmen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Russische_Regierung_plant_Online-Medien_zu_kontrollieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal supervisory agency for communications, information technology and mass media, is presently testing a search software to trace “extremist” content on the Internet, planning to start using it in December 2011. The software will check text, audio […]
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EU-Australia agreement on travel data transfers adopted by EP
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP: Fluggastdaten-Abkommen mit Australien beschlossen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_EP_Fluggastdaten_Abkommen_mit_Australien_beschlossen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] As expected, the European Parliament (EP) gave its consent to the agreement on Passenger Name Records with Australia (yes 463, no 96, abstentions 11) on 27 October 2011. It had already been signed by the Australian Ambassador, Brendan Nelson, and Ambassador […]
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Finnish ISP ordered to block The Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnischer Provider soll “The Pirate Bay” sperren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Finnischer_Provider_soll_The_Pirate_Bay_sperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Hot on the heels of a Belgian court decision obligating two ISPs to block the Pirate Bay, the Helsinki District Court ruled on 26 October 2011 that the large Finnish ISP Elisa must block access to The Pirate Bay […]
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Ukraine draft law on decency threatens freedom of speech
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ukraine: Gesetz zum Schutz der öffentlichen Ordnung bedroht Redefreiheit | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Ukraine_Gesetz_zum_Schutz_der_oeffentlichen_Ordnung_bedroht_Redefreiheit?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] The Ukrainian Parliament approved on 18 October 2011, in first reading, a draft law that proposes amendments to the present law on the Protection of Public Decency Law, which puts freedom of speech at risk. The draft […]
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Vote on Net neutrality in the European Parliament
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Abstimmung zur Netzneutralität im Europäischen Parlament | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Abstimmung_zur_Netzneutralitaet_im_Europaeischen_Parlament?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] The industry committee (ITRE) of the European Parliament unanimously adopted the resolution on the open Internet and net neutrality on 20 October 2011. All compromise amendments as well as amendments 7, 8, 45, 46, 47, 56, 57 (from the full […]
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Austrian Big Brother Awards 2011
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Österreichische Big Brother Awards 2011 | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Oesterreichische_Big_Brother_Awards_2011?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] The 13th consecutive Austrian Big Brother Awards were held in Vienna’s Rabenhof Theatre on 25 October 2011. Entrance had to be closed an hour before starting, the theatre was already packed then. 350+ people watched the show inside, many more saw […]
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Higher numbers of content removal requests from governments to Google
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google: Deutlich mehr Löschanfragen von Regierungen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Google_Deutlich_mehr_Loeschanfragen_von_Regierungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Macedonian: [Сè поголем број владини барања за отстранување содржини од Google | Сè поголем број владини барања за отстранување содржини од Google] A Transparency Report issued by Google shows an increasing level of government requests of private data and content […]
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The European Commission encourages the digitisation of culture
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission fördert Digitalisierung des Kulturerbes | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Europaeische_Kommission_foerdert_Digitalisierung_des_Kulturerbes?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] An EC Recommendation issued on 28 October 2011 is urging Member States to intensify their efforts and involve the private sector to help in digitising cultural material in order to improve the exposure and stocks of Europe’s digital library Europeana. […]
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Phorm gets back on the European stage
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Phorm zurück auf dem europäischen Parkett | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_Phorm_zurueck_auf_dem_europaeischen_Parkett?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] After its implementation in UK failed, Phorm wants a fresh start by placing its foot in the European market through a partnership deal with Romtelecom in Romania. With no public debate before the launch at the end of September, Romtelecom […]
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EDPS's Opinion on net neutrality & privacy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Stellungnahme des EDSB zu Netzneutralität und Datenschutz | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_Stellungnahme_des_EDSB_zu_Netzneutralitaet_und_Datenschutz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an opinion on 7 October 2011 on the European Commission Communication on the open internet and net neutrality in Europe, stressing the necessity of respecting the fundamental right to privacy […]
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European Parliament legal service confirms: ACTA may or may not be legal
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Juristischer Dienst des EP bestätigt: ACTA könnte rechtmäßig sein. Oder auch nicht. | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_Juristischer_Dienst_des_EP_bestaetigt_ACTA_koennte_rechtmaessig_sein_oder_auch_nicht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] Several weeks ago, the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament asked for an opinion from the Parliament’s internal legal service regarding ACTA’s legality and whether or not documents must be made public. At […]
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