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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 and 37 NGOs send letter to European Commission on data retention
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vorratsdaten: Offener Brief von EDRi und 37 NGOs an EU-Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Vorratsdaten_Offener_Brief_von_EDRi_und_37_NGOs_an_EU-Kommission?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] On 26 September 2011, European Digital Rights and 37 other NGOs from 14 countries sent a letter to Commissioners Malmström, Kroes and Reding on the review of the Data Retention Directive. The purpose of the letter […]
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European Digital Rights discusses cybercrime in LIBE Committee
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Computerkriminalität: EDRi referiert im Innenausschuss des EP | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Computerkriminalitaet_EDRi_referiert_im_Innenausschuss_des_EP?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] On 4 October 2011, European Digital Rights, as well as EDRi Member Chaos Computer Club (Germany), made presentations to the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) of the European Parliament on the new draft Directive on Attacks Against Computer Systems. The […]
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Belgian court: Two ISPs must block access to The Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Zwei Provider müssen Zugang zu The Pirate Bay sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Belgien_Zwei_Provider_muessen_Zugang_zu_The_Pirate_Bay_sperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] In the case introduced in 2010 by the Belgian Anti-Piracy Foundation (BAF) against two ISPs, Belgacom and Telenet, the Belgian Court of Appeal of Antwerp decided on 26 September 2011 the two providers had to block […]
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German politician caught in its own two-strike model trap
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutscher Politiker tappt in eigene 2-Strikes-Falle | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Deutscher_Politiker_tappt_in_eigene_2-Strikes-Falle?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] Siegfried Kauder, Chairman of the Legal Committee of the German Parliament, who has recently announced a plan to introduce a two strike model for persistent allegedly illegal downloaders, was found himself to infringe copyright. The system proposed by Kauder includes […]
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Investigative journalism website under scrutiny by the Hungarian police
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ungarische Polizei leitet Untersuchungen gegen investigativen Journalismus ein | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Ungarische_Polizei_leitet_Untersuchungen_gegen_investigativen_Journalismus_ein?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] The Hungarian police has put under investigation Tamás Bodoky, editor-in-chief of the recently launched Atlatszo.hu, a watchdog NGO and online magazine for investigative journalism. The justification of the police investigation was that Bodoky hadn’t revealed its informants, which […]
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French Internet users on the verge of being disconnected
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französischen Internet-Usern drohen Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Franzoesischen_Interne_Usern_drohen_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] The French authority in charge with fighting copyright infringement, Hadopi, presented on 29 September 2011 its first activity report covering 18 months, beginning of 2010 until June 2011. According to the report, since the beginning of its activity, the first warning stage […]
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ENDitorial: Countries start signing ACTA, preparatory docs still secret
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Partner unterzeichnen ACTA, zahlreiche Dokumente noch immer geheim | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_ENDitorial_Partner_unterzeichnen_ACTA_zahlreiche_Dokumente_noch_immer_geheim?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] Last weekend, some of the EU’s ACTA “partners” started the process of acceding to the Agreement (US, Canada, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Morocco). Due to the controversial nature of the Agreement, this is happening in […]
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Parliament responds to EDRi's ACTA document request
The European Parliament has finally responded to our request for documents in relation to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Access to documents is very important since much of the wording of the agreement is very unclear. In such cases, preparatory documents are used to discover the intentions of the negotiators. Without access to those documents […]
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The slide from self-regulation to corporate censorship
Self-regulation has traditionally been used in the Internet sector to permit companies in the fast-moving technology world to manage their networks efficiently in a way which gives flexible protection to their networks and protects consumers from problems like spam. Now, increasing coercion of Internet intermediaries to police and punish their own consumers is being implemented […]
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Freedom not Fear: High time for European (digital) civil rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Freiheit statt Angst: Hochsaison für (digitale) Bürgerrechte in Europa | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Freiheit_statt_Angst_Hochsaison_fuer_digitale_Buergerrechte_in_Europa?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] European policy making has long been blind to the digital environment, ignoring the potentials of the Internet and the positive impact of the free flow of information in society. Over the last 10 years, an increasing number […]
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UK government wants search engines to fight copyright infringement
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung fordert von Suchmaschinen Unterstützung im Kampf gegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Britische_Regierung_fordert_von_Suchmaschinen_Unterstuetzung_im_Kampf_gegen_Urheberrechtsverletzungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] During his speech at the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention on 14 September 2011, UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt called on search engines and ISPs to bar links to websites which, allegedly, distributed material unlawfully, on […]
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Italian draft law suggests a "one strike" law for copyright infringement
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien plant One-Strike-Gesetz gegen Copyright-Verstöße | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Italien_plant_One_Strike_Gesetz_gegen_Copyright_Verstoesse?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] A group of the Italian parliamentarians has recently introduced a draft law which could basically block the freedom of expression and access to information in Italy. The draft law, which includes two articles, stipulates that an Internet user may be banned […]
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