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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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Voluntary agreements on blocking are interfering with human rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Freiwillige Sperrabkommen beeinträchtigen die Menschenrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Freiwillige_Sperrabkommen_beeintraechtigen_die_Menschenrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] Following the agreement of the EU institutions on a web blocking compromise text which fails to adequately address the lawless blocking which is undertaken in several EU countries, a careful reading of recent research on the legality of this approach is […]
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Belgium: Francophone press goes out and back in Google Search
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Google sperrt und entsperrt französischsprachige Zeitungen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Google_sperrt_und_entsperrt_franzoesischsprachige_Zeitungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] As a result of Google’s conflict with Copiepresse, the search engine announced on 15 July 2011 that it would not index titles from the Belgium francophone press. Google stated that in doing so, it only complied with the decision […]
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Britain: Government reneges on DNA privacy promise
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung bricht ihr Versprechen DNA-Daten zu löschen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Britische_Regierung_bricht_ihr_Versprechen_DNA-Daten_zu_loeschen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] In Britain, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has announced that it will not delete the DNA records of suspects who were arrested but subsequently acquitted or never charged. It had promised to delete them following the Marper judgement, […]
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ENDitorial: Phone hacking and self regulation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Abhörskandale und Selbstregulierung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_ENDitorial_Abhoerskandale_und_Selbstregulierung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] The self-regulatory authority for the British press, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), has itself become one of the victims of the “phone hacking” scandal, as self-regulation failed to not alone prevent but even identify problems now believed to be endemic among UK […]
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Criteria for EDRi-membership
!!! Criteria for admission of EDRi members Background: European Digital Rights – EDRi –is a membership organisation. More and more organisations are taking an interest in digital rights and apply to become members of EDRi. This document sets out the basis on which new applicants will be considered. More information on the application procedure can […]
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Legal victory for trademark litigants over intermediary liability
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Markenschutz-Verfechter erringen juristischen Sieg in Sachen Providerhaftung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Markenschutz_Verfechter_erringen_juristischen_Sieg_in_Sachen_Providerhaftung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] On 12 July 2011, the European Court of Justice ruled on the liability of online marketplaces for trademark infringements by users and the scope of the hosting safe harbour of the E-Commerce Directive. The case results from legal proceedings […]
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Implementing a flawed data retention directive?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Müssen wir eine unkorrekte Vorratsdaten-Richtlinie umsetzen? | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Muessen_wir_eine_unkorrekte_Vorratsdaten_Richtlinie_umsetzen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] While the future of data retention seems unclear, in Germany conservative MPs are pressing the Justice Ministry to bring the legislation in line with the current text of the directive, while liberals and greens tend towards a restriction of the […]
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OSCE: Access to the Internet should be a human right
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [OSZE: Netzzugang als Menschenrecht | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_OSZE_Netzzugang_als_Menschenrecht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] According to a report issued by the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) on 8 July 2011, the Internet should remain free and access to the Internet should be considered a human right. The report, based on data received from […]
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Internet blocking stopped in Italy (for now)
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren in Italien gestoppt – vorerst! | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Netzsperren_in_Italien_gestoppt_vorerst?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] After the reaction of several civil liberties activists, including Reporters Without Borders, the Italian telecommunication agency AGCOM decided to review its plans to pass a resolution giving it the power to block websites and remove online content allegedly violating copyright, […]
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Dutch Senate "disappointed" with Data Retention Directive evaluation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländischer Senat “enttäuscht” über Evaluierung der VDS-Richtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Niederl%C3%A4ndischer_Senat_enttaeuscht_ueber_Evaluierung_der_VDS_Richtlinie?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] The same week the Dutch Senate approved a long-anticipated shortening of mandatory retention periods for internet data to six months, it published its correspondence with the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice on the Data Retention Directive evaluation by […]
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Perspectives of Internet blocking in UK following US model
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schöne Aussichten für britische Netzsperren nach amerikanischem Vorbild | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Schoene_Aussichten_fuer_britische_Netzperren_nach_amerikanischem_Vorbild?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] During his speech at the Intellect Consumer Electronics conference on 5 July 2011, UK culture minister Ed Vaizey announced that a movement in the States for a voluntary filtering by ISPs would probably bring up changes in UK […]
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EP Hearing "Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age"
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hearing im EU-Parlament: “Urheberrecht und Geistiges Eigentum im Digitalen Zeitalter” | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_EP_Urheberrecht_und_Geistiges_Eigentum_im_digitalen_Zeitalter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] The Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament held a hearing on Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age” in the European Parliament (EP) on 29 and 30 June 2011. The event was organised […]
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