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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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Big Brother Awards 2007 – Austria and Switzerland
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Big Brother Awards ceremonies in Austria and Switzerland took place in the past weeks in Viena, on the 25 October 2007 and in St Gall, on the 9 November 2007, respectively. The Swiss ceremony of the 8th edition of Big Brother Awards was organised by the […]
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UK govt asks Internet companies to assist in fighting online terrorism
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, made a statement on 14 November 2007 announcing, among other security measures, the intention to ask Internet companies to assist the government in its fight against online terrorist propaganda by finding ways to stop such content. The Prime Minister stated the Home […]
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PirateBay wants a new software standard to replace BitTorrent
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Pirate Bay, the famous torrent Swedish website, may affect BitTorrent programme by developing a new software standard for Internet downloads. According to Peter Sunde, Pirate Bay’s co-founder, the site might have a new, more open alternative of file-sharing software at the beginning of next year. In […]
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ENDitorial: CoE – Content Regulation: Break On Through; IPR: It's Tricky
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The 8th meeting of the Council of Europe (CoE) group of specialists on Human Rights in the Information Society (MC-S-IS) was held in Strasbourg on 29-30 October 2007. It was mainly dedicated to discussing draft documents on technical measures and their impact on human rights and particularly […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.21, 7 November 2007
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EDRI supports PI's comments on Google-Doubleclick merger
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) European Digital Rights Initiative (EDRI) is supporting the letter Privacy International (PI) sent on 5 November 2007 asking the head of the European Commission DG Competition, Commissioner Kroes, to take the merger of Google-Doubleclick to the next phase. PI argues that the merger could have serious implications […]
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EU pushes for an international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A recent statement from the European Commission reveals that it has started negotiations with US, Japan, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand to create an international treaty on counterfeiting – Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), despite the absence of any independent data on the topic. The European Commission […]
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EC plans to profile all passengers in and out EU
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission(EC) put forward on 6 November 2007 a PNR plan that is almost similar to the EU-USA PNR (Passenger Name Records) agreement. The EU PNR plan is part of a new package of proposals “aimed at improving the EU’s capabilities in the fight against terrorism.” […]
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Putin wants control of Russian Internet
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As the Internet use in Russia increases spectacularly, having tripled in the last three years, Putin’ governance concentrates its efforts on getting control over the Russian Internet after having already gained much control over the traditional mass media. Putin’s allies and supporters have created blogs and news […]
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Whois privacy problems not solved by ICANN
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) ICANN meeting that took place last week (29 October – 2 November 2007) in Los Angeles was expected to decide on the WHOIS database privacy problems. But unfortunately the decision taken was just to make further studies on the matter, despite the already seven years of discussions […]
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Government attempts of increased level of surveillance in Czech Republic
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Czech Interior Ministry introduced in October 2007 a new National Action Plan to Combat Terrorism that would increase the access of the police and intelligence authorities to personal data, under the pretext of the protection against terrorism. The Czech Ministry of Interior has introduced a similar […]
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Open Document Format gains more support
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first international workshop of Open Document Format (ODF) public sector users took place in Berlin on 29-30 October 2007, hosted by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. The position of the German Foreign Office, as host of the event, was made very clear. […]
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