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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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Privatised online enforcement series: B. Is "self-regulation" worse than useless?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Serie: Privatisierung der Online Strafverfolgung – Teil B | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_Privatisierung_der_Online_Strafverfolgung_Ist_die_Selbst-Regulierung_mehr_als_nutzlos] Much of the policy with regard to “self-regulation” in the context of illegal online content is developed on the basis that anything that industry can do to help fight crime is automatically a good thing. The assumption is […]
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ENDitorial: Data retention: Is the EC trying to dig itself out of a hole?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Vorratsdaten – Versucht sich die Kommission selbst aus dem Sumpf zu ziehen? | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_Vorratsdaten_Versucht_sich_die_Kommission_selbst_aus_dem_Sumpf_zu_ziehen] The Data Retention Directive was adopted in 2006 in very controversial circumstances. Article 15 of the Directive placed a clear obligation on the European Commission (EC), to submit “no later than 15 September […]
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Czech Constitutional Court rejects data retention law
The Czech Constitutional Court decided today, 31 March 2011, that the national implementation of the data retention directive is unconstitutional, in a complaint drafted by EDRi-member Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe). See below the full press release from IuRe and Translation in English of the decision Constitutional Court: Spying on Communication Declared Unconstitutional An ongoing campaign by […]
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The Privacy Platform Meeting: Reding outlines the way forward
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Privacy Platform Meeting: Kommissarin Reding skizziert den Weg | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Privacy_Platform_Meeting] On 16 March 2011, Sophie In’t Veld’s Privacy Platform met in the European Parliament to discuss the state of play for the review of the data protection directive. The cross-party meeting was co-chaired by EU Parliament members from […]
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French ISPs explain why blocking is wrong
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische ISPs erklären was an Netzsperren falsch ist | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Frankreich_ISPs_erklaeren_was_an_Netzsperren_falsch_ist] The French ISPs are being brought to court by ARJEL (the French online gambling regulation authority) in its attempt to obtain the blocking of access to the foreign online betting site 5Dimes. On 17 March 2011, the court […]
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Belgian political parties suspend plans for IPR enforcement measures
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien gibt Pläne zur Durchsetzung geistiger Eigentumsrechte auf | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Belgien_gibt_Plaene_zur_Durchsetzung_geistiger_Eigentumsrechte_auf] Following a reported flood of calls and e-mails to the parliamentarians involved, a campaign by the digital rights group Belgian Net Users’ Rights Protection Association (NURPA) and a series of meetings between the Belgian political parties and ISPA […]
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Net Neutrality debate kicks off in UK as ISPs propose transparency code
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzneutralität: Britische ISPs empfehlen Transparenzkodex | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Netzneutralitaetsdebatte_im_Vereinigten_K%C3%B6nigreich] Minister Ed Vaizey met with Internet service providers, Internet platforms and citizen groups including the EDRi-member Open Rights Group on 16 March 2011 to discuss network discrimination. The positive outcome is that Tim Berners-Lee, who was at the meeting, will work […]
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Ireland: Police seek internet blocking from ISPs
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Polizei fordert Netzsperren von den ISPs | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Irische_Polizei_fordert_Netzsperren] A leaked letter from the Irish police force to ISPs has revealed demands that Irish ISPs should implement internet blocking. The letter – dated December 2010 but made publicly available only now – shows that Irish police have requested […]
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Using new Internet tools to identify dissidents in Azerbaijan
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aserbaidschan: Dissidenten mit neuen Internet-Tools ausgeforscht | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Aserbaidschan_Internet-Tools_zur_Identifizierung_von_Dissidenten] As freedom activists have increased their activity on Facebook, the Azeri government has also increased its attention and surveillance of social networks. According to Azadliq newspaper, for instance, in June 2010, pro-government youth were encouraged to join Facebook with the […]
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Romania: draft legislation proposing website blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänien: Gesetzesentwurf über Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Netzsperren_in_Rumaenien] Some ministries in the Romanian government seem to ignore or not even consider the arguments against Internet blocking, as they are proposing new legislation meant to allow enforcement authorities to impose blocking obligations on Internet service providers. One draft law initiated by […]
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Loppsi 2 bill passes the French Constitutional Council test
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Loppsi 2 besteht Prüfung im Französischen Verfassungsrat | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Frankreich_Verfassungsrat_prueft_Loppsi2] On 10 March 2011, the French Constitutional Council issued its decision on the LOPPSI 2 law considering 13 of its articles as unconstitutional but ruling that the controversial article 4, allowing the censoring of the Internet under the pretext […]
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Dutch court rules that WiFi hacking is legal
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Hacken von WLAN-Verbindungen nicht rechtswidrig | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Niederlande_Hacken_von_WLAN-Routern_nicht_rechtswidrig] A Dutch court in The Hague has recently ruled that by-passing an encrypted router and using its WiFi connection does not infringe Dutch law. The decision of the court comes in relation to the case of a young man having […]
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