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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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Turkey adds popular blogging platform to blocking list
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Türkei setzt beliebte Blogger-Plattform auf die Sperrliste | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Netzsperren_in_der_Tuerkei] Although they lifted the ban against Google’s YouTube at the end of 2010 and despite the strong criticism and pending cases at the European Court of Human Rights, Turkish authorities continue to block access to websites. Recently, following the […]
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SWIFT agreement implementation not respecting data protection safeguards
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Umsetzung des SWIFT-Abkommens missachtet den Datenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Implentierung_des_SWIFT-Abkommens] The “top secret” status of the implementation of the SWIFT/TFTP Agreement has irked MEPs such as Dutch member Sophie In’t Veld, who has warned the Commission and Member States that they may block other transatlantic data deals in the future. […]
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French decree establishes what data must be retained by hosting providers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische Verordnung legt fest, was Hosting-Provider auf Vorrat speichern müssen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Frankreich_Dekret_zu_Date_die_gespeichert_werden_sollen] The French Government published on 1 March 2011 the decree establishing the data that must be retained, at the transmission or modification of online content, by the hosting companies, including video sharing and blog hosting services. […]
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Dutch Internet providers abandon "ineffective" web blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländische Internetprovider verzichten auf “unwirksame” Websperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Niederlande_Provider_verzichten_auf_Netzsperren] In 2010, the largest Dutch internet providers were taking steps to implement the blocking of blacklists provided by the Dutch Child Abuse hotline. EDRi has always insisted that the blocking of websites with images of sexual child abuse is a […]
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Four strikes law returns to Belgium
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Four-Strikes kommen zurück | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Four_Strikes_Gesetz_in_Belgien] After the proposition of a Belgian version of the French three strikes law was left aside due to the withdrawal from the political life of the deputy that proposed it in 2010, a new proposal was tabled on 27 January 2011 by […]
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Sustainable Models for Creativity in the Digital Age
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Nachhaltige Modelle für Kreative im Digitalen Zeitalter | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Nachhaltige_Modelle_fuer_Kreative_im_digitalen_Zeitalter] Each year, the Free Culture Forum (FCF) brings together key organisations and active voices in the sphere of free/libre culture. It responds to the need for an international arena to facilitate the coordination of a global framework for action […]
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Portuguese Government uses "honeypots" to deter copyright infringers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Portugiesische Regierung nutzt “Honeypots” zur Abschreckung von Urheberrechtsverletzern | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Portugiesische_Regierung_nutzt_Honeypots] In an attempt to scare alleged illegal downloaders, the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, through the General Inspection of Cultural Activities (IGAC), in collaboration with the Portuguese Phonographic Association (AFP), has decided to start using a so-called “honeypot”. “Honeypots” […]
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ENDitorial: Net child abuse: Member States fiercely defend their right to do nothing
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Kindesmissbrauch im Internet – Mitgliedsstaaten verteidigen verbissen ihr Recht auf Untätigkeit | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_ENDitorial_Mitgliedsstaaten_verteidigen_ihr_Recht_auf_Untaetigkeit] The first Council Working Group meeting on the proposed European Directive on Child Exploitation produced near unanimity among the Member States that their right to do nothing must be defended. As a result, the […]
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Final call for petition on government use of citizens' biometrics
This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Последен повик за петиција за владина.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/mk/vesti/edri/1894-posleden-povik-za-peticija-za-vladinata-upotreba-na-biometriski-podatoci-na-gragjanite] Deutsch: [Petition gegen die Nutzung biometrischer Daten durch den Staat | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Petition_gegen_Nutzung_biometrischer_Daten] By means of a petition, the international Alliance ‘Hands off biometrics’ will urge the Council of Europe to start an investigation on the collection and storage of biometric […]
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Four Big Brother Awards for heavyweight Dutch privacy violations
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vier Big Brother Awards für grobe Verstöße gegen den niederländischen Datenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Big_Brother_Awards_Niederlande] The biggest Dutch privacy violations of 2010 have been awarded a Big Brother Award on 9 March 2011 in Amsterdam. At the ceremonies, organized by EDRi-member Bits of Freedom, an independent jury selected four ‘lucky’ […]
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Vot orientativ asupra Raportului Angelilli
PDF version: http://www.edri.org/files/compromise_ro.pdf Parliament text: http://www.edri.org/files/libe_vote.pdf Vot orientativ asupra Raportului Angelilli Rezumat al poziţiei de compromis asupra blocării site-urilor web, adoptată în cadrul Parlamentului European În data de 14 februarie, Comisia pentru libertăţi civile din Parlamentul European a adoptat un text de compromis ca răspuns faţă de propunerea Comisiei Europene privind blocarea de site-uri web […]
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VOTO DI ORIENTAMENTO SUL RAPPORTO ANGELILLI
PDF version: http://www.edri.org/files/compromise_it.pdf Parliament text: http://www.edri.org/files/libe_vote.pdf VOTO DI ORIENTAMENTO SUL RAPPORTO ANGELILLI Sommario del Compromesso sul blocco dei siti web Il 14 febbraio, la Commissione LIBE del Parlamento Europeo ha adottato un testo di compromesso in risposta alla proposta della Commissione Europea relativa al blocco di internet (articolo 21, considerando 13). Guidato dalla leadership del […]
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