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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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Commissioner Malmström launches censorship arms race
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Malmström führt Zensur-Wettrüsten ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1901] Commissioner Malmström has been explaining to the European Parliament and to the press that her Internet blocking proposals are “only” about child abuse websites and “only” the kind of blocking that is in place in countries such as Sweden. At the […]
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EuroDIG 2010: where are we going ?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EuroDIG 2010: Wie geht es weiter? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1902] Between the 29-30 April 2010, Madrid was the host of the third European Dialogue of Internet Governance (EuroDIG), an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to Internet Governance between stakeholders from all […]
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EDRi and partners launch Copyright for Creativity declaration
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi und Partner veröffentlichen „Copyright for Creativity“-Deklaration | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1903] EDRi, as part of a broad based coalition of European groups, representing consumers, creators, libraries, civil society and technology companies today released Copyright for Creativity, a declaration calling for a European copyright law truly adapted to the Internet age. […]
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Dutch enforcement organisation requests blocking The Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländische Urheberrechtsorganisation fordert Sperre von The Pirate Bay | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1904] The Dutch copyright enforcement organisation Brein has requested Dutch internet provider Ziggo to block access to The Pirate Bay. The request concerns the blocking of access of Ziggo’s subscribers to the website, which is hosted outside of The […]
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UK and Germany question the data collected by Google Street View
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland und Großbritannien stellen Datensammlung durch Google Street View in Frage | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1905] As Google’s Street View service continue to be a controversial topic especially in Europe, Google has tried to clarify some issues about the data collected by means of its cars and the way it is […]
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EDPS urges the updating of the EU legal framework for data protection
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDPS drängt auf Überarbeitung der EU-Rahmenbedingungen für Datenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1906] During his speech on 27 April 2010 at the European Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners’ Conference in Prague, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx asked the European Commission to continue its efforts in updating the present […]
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German court decides Google's image search does not infringe copyright
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google Image Suche verletzt laut BGH keine Urheberrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1907] On 29 April 2010, the German Federal Supreme Court ruled that Google’s image search did not infringe copyright. The ruling comes in a case filed by an artist because, at the introduction of her name, Google’s search engine […]
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List of actions for the implementation of Stockholm Programme
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aktionsplan für die Umsetzung des Stockholm-Programms | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1908] The European Commission published on 20 April 2010 its plan of actions for the implementation of the Stockholm Programme, the framework for EU actions on citizenship, justice, security, asylum and immigration policies for the period 2010-2014, which includes 170 initiatives. […]
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Under surveillance
Thinking you are above reproach is not enough to stop your personal data from being used against you (by authorities, employers) and/or without your authorization (profiling, marketing). This is comics on privacy.
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(D') Evolution Summit 2010 and the Granada Declaration
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [(D’) Evolution Summit 2010 und die Granada Deklaration | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1871] On 31 March 2010, on the eve of the Easter break, the summit of the Ministers of Culture from the 27 European Union countries, and their meeting with the Forum of Cultural Industries, came to an end in […]
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Italian minister in favour of file-sharing
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italienischer Minister als File-Sharer | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1872] The Italian Minister of Internal Affairs Roberto Maroni has recently expressed his disapproval of three-striles solutions for file-sharers and admitted he was one of the people that downloaded music from the Internet, free of charge. He had already made a similar statement […]
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Asociación de Internautas goes to EC against court decision
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Asociación de Internautas wendet sich wegen Gerichtsurteil an Europäische Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1873] Asociación de Internautas (the Spanish Association of Internet Users – AI) has recently denounced to the European Commission (EC) the Spanish Supreme Court decision in the case introduced by SGAE (the General Society of Authors and […]
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