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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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Web blocking discussions in European Parliament reach critical stage
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Internetsperren: Diskussion im EP erreicht ihre entscheidende Phase | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2503] The European Parliament is currently at a crucial stage in the discussions on the European Commission’s proposals on web blocking. The MEP in charge, Roberta Angelilli, has presented her draft report, other parliamentarians have until 20 January to […]
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EU Commissioner criticises US for the data protection negotiations
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verhandlungen zum Datenschutz: EU-Kommissarin kritisiert USA | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2502] Following a meeting she had in December 2010 with US attorney general Eric Holder and Interior Minister Janet Napolitano, the EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding expressed her concern on what she believed to be a lack of interest of the […]
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IPR Enforcement Plan: Blocking, filtering and monitoring via injunction
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Durchsetzungsrichtlinie bei IPR: Sperren, Filtern und Überwachen mittels Verfügung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2501] Just before Christmas, the European Commission published its report on the application of the IPR Enforcement Directive. The text, while written in fairly neutral terms, does subtly show the Commission’s plans for the enforcement of intellectual property […]
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New media law in Hungary allows Internet censorship
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das neue ungarische Mediengesetz ermöglicht Zensur | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2500] On 1 January 2011, a new Hungarian media law entered into force, giving the government the power to control the Internet, endangering the freedom of speech and journalism in general. As Hungary took over the EU Presidency on 6 January […]
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Polish Supreme Court: All electronic press must be registered
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Polnischer Oberster Gerichtshof: Elektronische Presse muss registriert werden | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2499] On 15 December 2010, in a cassation proceeding, the Polish Supreme Court decided that all electronic press in Poland must be registered. This decision goes along the line traced by its 2007 decision of the same substance, followed […]
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French law Loppsi 2 adopted by the General Assembly
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische Nationalversammlung: Loppsi 2-Gesetz angenommen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2498] The so-called Loppsi 2 law (loi d’orientation et de programmation pour la performance de la sécurité intérieure – law on guidelines and programming for the performance of internal security) was approved by the French General Assembly in its second reading on […]
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RapidShare wins another alleged copyright infringement case
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [RapidShare gewinnt einen weiteren Fall angeblicher Urheberrechtsverletzung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2497] RapidShare, the Swiss based file-hosting service, won the appeal against the computer game distributor Atari Europe. In March 2010, Düsseldorf Regional Court ruled that the company had not taken sufficient measures to hinder the distribution of the computer game […]
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ENDitorial: EDRi's data retention workshop at CCC
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: EDRi-Workshop zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung auf dem CCC | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2496] Three EDRi members,Netzwerk Neue Medien (Ralf Bendrath), Bits of Freedom (Axel Arnbak) and Panoptykon Foundation (Katarzyna Szymielewicz), together with one observer Patrick Breyer from AK Vorrat, gave a talk on data retention and hosted a workshop for activists during […]
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Intro
This issue of EDRi-gram is also available in: German http://www.unwatched.org/node/2461 French http://www.iris.sgdg.org/info-debat/bonus-edrigram.html Danish http://itpol.dk/edri/bonus2010 Macedonian http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/en/news/edri-gram/1837-bonus-izdanie-na-edri-gram Albanian http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/sq/lajme/edri/1837-bonus-izdanie-na-edri-gram This special BONUS EDRi-gram has been prepared by EDRi members and observers as a present for all EDRi-gram subscribers and EDRi’s website visitors. It contains information regarding the association European Digital Rights (EDRi), its Brussels Office and […]
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EDRi – The European organisation for digital rights
You’ve been a subscriber of EDRi-gram for some time, but we have recently realised that we’ve never given you an overview about who we are and what we do. Of course, you may check the details on the website, but an overall picture never hurts. European Digital Rights, EDRi, is a European not for profit, […]
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A snapshot of the EDRi's Brussels Office
The EDRi Brussels office is the main link between the association and the political institutions of the European Union – the European Parliament, European Commission and the Council of the European Union. As an office representing 29 organisations from 18 countries, EDRi Brussels must follow the development of legislative and non-legislative initiatives in the institutions […]
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Eight years of EDRi-gram
The first newsletter of EDRi-gram was published on 29 January 2003. Then we were talking about the EC copyright directive, data retention, software patents or governmental censorship on websites in Germany. The Whistleblowers were the Time’s Person of the Year announced in December 2002. The number of Internet users was approx 600 million in January […]
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