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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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EDRi responds to data protection consultation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi Stellungnahme zum Konsultationsverfahren zur Datenschutz-Richtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2549] Building on the analysis produced for the European Commission’s initial data protection consultation in 2009, European Digital Rights has submitted its second round of comments on the review of the 1995 Data Protection Directive. One of EDRi’s primary concerns with […]
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EC’s leak describes blocking as "challenging", "costly" and ineffective
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Durchgesickertes Kommissionspapier bezeichnet Netzsperren als “schwierig”, “kostspielig” und unwirksam | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2550] A leaked draft of the European Commission’s (EC) Green Paper on gambling provides some valuable insights into the Commission’s views on web blocking. Firstly, contrary to Commissioner Malmström’s repeated promises to the contrary, the leak shows that […]
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EU institutions want clarifications form Hungary on its media legislation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU Institutionen fordern von Ungarn Klarstellungen zum Mediengesetz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2551] The Hungarian EU Presidency was met on 19 January 2011 with opposition and criticism due to the controversial media legislation Hungary has recently introduced. Some MEPs displayed white banners that read “censored”. Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Prime-Minister started […]
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European Commission concerned over illegal eavesdropping in Bulgaria
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission besorgt über illegale Abhöraktionen in Bulgarien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2552] Based on a request for access to public information, Dnevnik daily newspaper has been able to access and publish information showing that a third of the wiretaps in Bulgaria have no proper legal coverage, being performed without an […]
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Romanian NGOs demand stopping data retention in Europe
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänische NGOs fordern einen Stopp der Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Europa | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2553] In an open letter sent to the European institutions, several Romanian NGOs, including EDRi-member APTI Romania, demanded stopping data retention in Europe, following the decisions of the Constitutional Courts in Romania and Germany. The letter asks the […]
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Spain: Right to be forgotten and Google
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Recht auf Vergessen und Google | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2554] The Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) has recently been focusing on a privacy-related campaign against major Internet intermediaries, accusing them to “have crossed the red line” in regard to protection of personal data on the Internet. Facebook, Google or Myspace […]
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Sarkozy wants a "civilised" Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Sarkozy wünscht sich ein “zivilisiertes” Internet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2555] With France at the Presidency of the G20 group in 2011, Nicolas Sarkozy has recently announced the intention to convene a G20 meeting to discuss Internet and copyright issues, before the full G20 summit of heads of state and government […]
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ENDitorial: EDRi publishes study on self-regulation and censorship
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: EDRi veröffentlicht Studie über Selbst-Regulierung und Zensur | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2556] European Digital Rights has published a study on the scale of measures being undertaken to outsource policing activities to private companies in the Internet environment and its significance for fundamental rights, transparency and openness on the Internet. Internet […]
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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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