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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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Recommended Action: Support EDRi!
Do you believe in Internet freedom? In digital civil rights? In human rights in the Internet environment? Then we need your support! Not only because we believe in the same ideas, but because we actively look to promote and respect them. See how we did it in the past 2 years in our report. http://www.edri.org/files/EDRi-yearly-reports-2009-2010.pdf […]
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Stop(ped) web blocking
Earlier versions of this article are also available in: Deutsch: [Stoppt Internetsperren! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2509] Français: [Non au filtrage du Net! | http://vasistas.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/appel-contre-le-filtrage-du-net-en-europe/] Nederlands: [Help mee en stop het Europese internetfilter! | https://www.bof.nl/2011/02/10/laatste-loodjes-help-mee-en-stop-het-europese-internetfilter/] ————- On Monday evening, 14 February 2011, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament held its first crucial vote on whether mandatory […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 8.24, 15 December 2010
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Rule of law in the hands of private companies.Wikileaks is just the start.
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das Prinzip der Rechtsstaatlichkeit in den Händen der Privatwirtschaft: WikiLeaks ist erst der Anfang | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2437] Private-sector attempts to undermine and attack the ability of WikiLeaks to function on the Internet have attracted much attention. Their domain name (wikileaks.org) was was taken out of service by EveryDNS, their […]
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Data Retention Directive evaluation: expect the unexpected?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Evaluierung der Vorratsdatenspeicherung: Das Unerwartete erwarten? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2438] The evaluation of the controversial Data Retention Directive takes an unexpected turn, for the worse. At a crucial one-day conference in Brussels on 3 December 2010, aimed at gathering input for the evaluation, long-term critic of the Directive Commissioner Malmström […]
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Commission finds solution on notice and takedown and it seeks the problem
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommission findet Lösung für Notice and Takedown und sucht nun das Problem | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2439] On 15 December 2010, the European Commission held its third meeting on “public private cooperation to counter the dissemination of illegal content in the European Union.” The first meeting took place in November 2009 […]
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ECJ to discuss the case of eBay & trademark infringement
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EuGH behandelt Rechtssache eBay & Markenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2440] In the case introduced by L’Oreal against auction site eBay and referred by the High Court of Justice (England and Wales) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the Advocate General, Niilo Jaaskinen, published on 9 December 2010 its opinion […]
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Council text on web blocking – breaking the law to fight crime
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ratstext zu Netzsperren – Rechtsbruch für den Kampf gegen das Verbrechen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2441] The Council of Justice Ministers adopted a text on web blocking at its recent meeting in Brussels on 2-3 December 2010. The Belgian Presidency, for domestic reasons, felt obliged to adopt a text during its […]
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French law Loppsi 2 under debate again
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Debatte über französisches Loppsi 2 Gesetz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2442] The so-called Loppsi 2 draft 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) is being discussed these days in the French General […]
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Privacy Platform Meeting
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Privacy Platform Meeting | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2443] On 1 December 2010, the Privacy Platform held a meeting on the Commission’s recent Communication on updating the Data Protection Directive. Hosted by Sophie in’t Veld MEP, the panel consisted of: Martin Selmayr, Head of Commissioner Reding’s cabinet (who spoke in her absence […]
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Sweden's high court sends IP-data protection conflict to the ECJ
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Oberster Schwedischer Gerichtshof verweist Streit um Schutz von IP-Adressen an den EuGH | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2444] The Swedish ISP TeliaSonera has recently received a decision at the Swedish Supreme Court that questions a 2009 court decision forcing it to hand over the identity of SweTorrents BitTorrent site operator. In 2009, […]
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ENDitorial: WIPO SCCR 21 session
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: WIPO SCCR 21 Meeting | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2445] The present text is a report from the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 21st meeting in Geneva, Switzerland (SCCR 21). In this report, the debate on the Broadcasting Organizations’ protection (except for the NGO statements) is not included due […]
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