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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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Data retention – time for evidence-based decision making
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vorratsdatenspeicherung – Zeit für evidenzbasierte Entscheidungen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2031] In June 2010 the European Parliament adopted a farcical “written declaration” ostensibly on the creation of an “early warning system” to fight pedophiles. Funded by unknown sources, the MEPs in charge (Zaborska from the Czech Republic and Motti from Italy) […]
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Same privacy concerns for the new SWIFT treaty
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neues SWIFT-Abkommen: wieder die selben Privatsphäre-Bedenken | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2032] The agreement between the EU and USA on the transfer of bank data through SWIFT was signed on 28 June 2010 after the Spanish Presidency of the Council of Ministers has accepted some of the changes on the text proposed […]
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ACTA – new criminal sanctions for non-commercial copyright uses?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ACTA – Neue Sanktionen für die nicht-gewerbliche Nutzung von Urheberrechten? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2033] A new round of negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is in progress until 1 July 2010 at Luzern, Switzerland between 11 parties including the EU. A document leaked from the EU Presidency dated 7 […]
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EP calls for a clear legal framework for the Internet of Things
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europa-Parlament für klaren gesetzlichen Rahmen für das Internet der Dinge | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2034] In a resolution on the Internet of Things, adopted on 15 June 2010, the European Parliament (EP) welcomes the communication of the Commission on the topic and in principle endorses the broad outlines of the action […]
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Article 29 WP issues opinion on cookies in the new ePrivacy Directive
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Artikel 29 Datenschutzgruppe zu Cookies in der neuen ePrivacy-Richtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2035] The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (WP) representing the European data protection authorities published on 24 June an opinion clarifying the application of the data protection rules in online behavioural advertising, with a focus on the […]
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Increased pressure on Turkey to stop Internet blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren: Zunehmender Druck auf die Türkei | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2036] As Turkey continues its ban on Google’s YouTube and other services, it attracts more and more criticism. After Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul himself has taken position against its own government in this matter, it is now OSCE turn to react. […]
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Iceland – first steps for a new media haven
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Island: Erste Schritte zu einem neuen Medienhafen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2037] Iceland’s Parliament has recently accepted a proposal by Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI) asking the Icelandic Government to find “ways to strengthen freedoms of expression and information freedom in Iceland, (and provide) strong protections for sources and whistleblowers.” The […]
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ENDitorial: Council of Europe draft Recommendation on Profiling
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Empfehlung des Europarats zu Profiling | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2038] Approximately in parallel to the work of the EU’s Article 29 Committee on cookies, the Council of Europe has been preparing a wider Recommendation on profiling. The document has been discussed for over a year, with a consultation on an […]
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Macedonia: Civil society calls for the respect of privacy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mazedonien: Zivilgesellschaft fordert Respekt vor Privatsphäre | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2002] On 11 June 2010, fifteen Macedonian civil society organizations reacted to the threats to privacy and democracy contained in the Draft Law amending the Law on Electronic Communications, calling for the withdrawal of the text from parliamentary procedure. The call […]
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Copyright and cultural diversity
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrecht und kulturelle Vielfalt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2003] The conclusions of a study commissioned by the Culture and Education Committee (CULT), summarising the state of implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (ratified by the European Community in 2007) has been […]
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MEPs debating Human Rights for Internet users
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Abgeordnete diskutieren Menschenrechte für Internetuser | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2004] On 2 June 2010, the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament (DROI) hosted a parliamentary hearing on the human rights implications of new information technologies and communications networks. Finnish Green MEP Heidi Hautala, the Chair of the Human Rights […]
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French journalist facing jail for online releasing of a clip on Sarkozy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französischer Journalist wegen Sarkozy-Video vor Gericht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2005] A French journalist may go to jail for having leaked on the Internet an embarrassing off-air video with the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Augustin Scalbert of Rue89, brought to court by the National TV company France 3, was charged with […]
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