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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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France and Denmark may filter online gambling websites
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich/Dänemark: Sperren für Glücksspielseiten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1704] An amendment to the draft law on the opening of the market of online gambling was introduced to the French Senate Commission for culture and communication, in order to give the administration the power to apply filters to gambling sites without a […]
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The winners of the Big Brother Awards Netherlands 2009
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Big Brother Awards 2009 | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1705] The winners of the Big Brother Awards Netherlands 2009 were announced on 5 February 2010 in Amsterdam. In the category “Government”, the prize was awarded to the creation of a fingerprint database of all Dutch citizens, to be accessed by the […]
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ENDitorial: Undead WIPO treaty resurrected in Council of Europe
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europarat belebt untotes WIPO Abkommen wieder | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1706] On January 28 and 29, the Council of Europe held a consultation meeting on the launch of work on a new international instrument that would create neighbouring rights for broadcasting organisations. The purpose of this initiative is to take […]
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Winner ECSPDA 28 January 2010: FakeFriends.me
AND THE WINNER IS… PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English) AEDH (European Association for the Defense of Human rights) and EDRI (European Digital Rights) are pleased to announce that the winner of the first edition of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award (ECSDPA) is “PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English). Launched in […]
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AEDH-EDRI EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY DATA PROTECTION AWARD 2010: THE WINNER IS PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English)
AEDH (European Association for the Defense of Human rights) and EDRI (European Digital Rights) are pleased to announce that the winner of the first edition of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award (ECSDPA) is PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English). Launched in July 2009, Per.sonn.es (in French) / Fakefriends.me (in English), is an […]
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The Public Domain Manifesto
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das Public-Domain-Manifest | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1675] A new public manifest called the Public Domain Manifesto was launched on 25 January 2010, as a document developed within COMMUNIA, the European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain, during the last two years. According to the network, The Public Domain ensures that […]
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OSCE asks Turkey to change the laws allowing Internet blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [OSZE fordert die Türkei auf Gesetze für Internetsperren zu ändern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1676] OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Media Freedom representative Miklos Haraszti asked the Turkish Government on 18 January to change their Internet law in order to observe OSCE commitments and other international standards protecting […]
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Bank data deal under heavy fire from EU Parliamentarians
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bankdatenabkommen unter schwerem Beschuss der EU-Abgeordneten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1677] The debate on the bank data (“SWIFT”) agreement in the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs yesterday and today showed a clear conflict between parliamentarians on the one side and the EU Council as well as […]
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Commissioner Kroes on net neutrality
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Kroes über Netzneutralität | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1678] On 14 January 2010, Neelie Kroes, the former Competition commissioner, had her interview in front of the Internal Market and Industries committees of the European Parliament (EP) as designated for the position of digital agenda commissioner. Answering to the various questions of […]
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Italy wants a licence for uploading videos on the Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien wünscht eine Lizenz für das Hochladen von Videos ins Internet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1679] The Italian Government intends to introduce a new decree that would require people who upload videos onto the Internet to get authorization from the Communications Ministry just like television broadcasters. Article 4 of the respective […]
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LOPPSI 2 French law – to block or not to block websites
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches LOPPSI 2 Gesetz – Internet sperren oder nicht sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1680] The members of the Law Commission of the French National Assembly have issued their first amendments to LOPPSI 2 draft law that is to be discussed in the Assembly starting with 9 February 2010. If adopted […]
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EP Culture Committee – Draft Internet Governance Opinion published
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kulturausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments – Gutachtenentwurf zu Internet Governance veröffentlicht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1681] The European Parliament (EP) has started its deliberations on a non-binding report on “Internet governance, the next steps”, following the Commission’s Communication on this topic in 2009. The draft Opinion of the European Parliament’s Culture Committee […]
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