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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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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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EDRi speech to European Commission Data Retention Conference
On 3 December, the European Commission organised a one-day conference on the Data Retention Directive, bringing together police forces, national ministries, data protection authorities and civil society. European Digital Rights (Axel Arnbak from Dutch member Bits of Freedom) gave one of the speeches which opened the event. The script can be downloaded from: http://www.edri.org/files/Data_Retention_Conference_031210final.pdf The […]
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Internet blocking – Speech to ECTA workshop – 30 November
On 30 November, EDRi made a speech to the “Net freedoms, Secure Internet, IPR, Piracy & Blocking” workshop of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association 2010 Conference. Other speakers included Cesar Alonso Iriarte from the European Commission (desk officer responsible for the Child Exploitation Directive), Olivia Regnier (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), Innocenzo Genna (European […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 8.23, 1 December 2010
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Internet blocking – key decisions to be made by 3 February 2011
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren – Wichtige Vorentscheidung fällt am 3. Februar 2011 | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2389] The legislative process on Internet blocking is about to move from almost standstill to almost completed between now and the beginning of February. In the Council of Ministers, an informal agreement is planned for the Justice Council […]
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Data protection authorities call for a strict EU-US privacy agreement
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [WP29 fordert strenges EU-US Datenschutz-Abkommen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2390] As the European Commission prepares to conclude a deal with the US on the protection of personal data exchanged in police and criminal justice cooperation matters, the European privacy watchdogs call for a strict and clear privacy agreement. Article 29 Data […]
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The Pirate Bay founders lost their appeal in the Swedish Appeals Court
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [The Pirate Bay Gründer verlieren im Berufungsverfahren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2394] Peter Sunde, Carl Lundström and Fredrik Neij, who, in April 2009, were found guilty of copyright infringement through their file-sharing website, The Pirate Bay (TPB), have recently lost their appeal in Svea Court of Appeal. Although the court has […]
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ICO started applying fines for Data Protection Act breaches
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ICO verhängt erste Strafen für Datenschutz-Verstöße | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2395] After having received increased powers in April 2010, the UK Data protection authority (Information Commissioner Office – ICO) has recently used these powers to fine an organisation and a local authority for having breached the Data Protection Act. Hertfordshire County […]
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Azeri bloggers released from prison
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Azeri Blogger freigelassen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2396] After a long and continuous pressure from several civil society groups and European international organisations such as the European Parliament, the Presidency of the European Union, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe […]
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Ireland: reshaping the law for the digital economy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Neugestaltung des Gesetzes über die digitale Wirtschaft | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2397] EDRi-member Digital Rights Ireland, Google and the Institute of International and European Affairs co-sponsored an event in Dublin on 19 November 2010 which presented suggestions for the reform of Irish law to promote digital innovation. Speakers were Niall […]
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Lack of net neutrality and open standards threaten the web
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mangel an Netzneutralität und Open Standards gefährdet das Netz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2398] “The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity-and even our liberty. Like democracy itself, it needs defending.” This is the subtitle of a recent article of Tim Berners-Lee published in […]
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ENDItorial: EC Internal Security Strategy – My dog is a cat
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: EU-Strategie der Inneren Sicherheit – Mein Hund ist eine Katze | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2399] The European Commission (EC) recently published its “Internal Security Strategy” – a wide-ranging security programme covering international crime networks, radicalisation, cybersecurity, border management and crisis/disaster management. One almost amusing element is how it included “piracy” […]
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