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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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German police accused of using a Trojan backdoor for interceptions
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Polizei soll Trojaner für Online-Durchsuchungen eingesetzt haben | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_Deutsche_Polizei_soll_Trojaner_fuer_Online_Durchsuchungen_eingesetzt_haben?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=2011102] According to EDRi-member Chaos Computer Club (CCC), the German government has been using a backdoor Trojan, a spyware that can retrieve private data, and also offers a remote control for uploading and executing other arbitrary programs. CCC has […]
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Berlusconi's wiretapping law threatens online publishers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Berlusconis Abhörgesetz bedroht Online-Medien | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_Berlusconis_Abhoergesetz_bedroht_Online-Medien?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] The Italian Parliament has resumed discussions on the very criticised governmental bill that would limit the publication of wiretaps in the news media, forcing at the same time websites to automatically publish corrections at request. But on 12 October 2011 the decision […]
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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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ENDitorial: Belgian music industry acts to undermine copyright law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Belgische Musikindustrie versucht Urheberrecht zu untergraben | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_ENDitorial_Belgische_Musikindustrie_versucht_Urheberrecht_zu_untergraben?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] We have all heard the music industry make claims about the vast amount of “piracy” going on, such as the estimation that from 2008 to 2015, the music industry was going to lose an amount equivalent to the combined […]
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EDRi organises European activist workshop on PNR
EDRi and nopnr.org are pleased to invite you to a public workshop on the transfer, storage and processing of passenger name records (PNR) with a keynote speech by travel expert and human rights advocate Mr Edward Hasbrouck on Monday, 17 October 7pm @EDRi’s offices Rue Montoyer 39 8th floor 1000 Brussels The keynote speech will […]
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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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