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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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US gains new advantages in the EU-USA PNR agreement
In some recently published documents, Statewatch revealed that very soon after the EU-USA agreement on PNR (passenger name record) was signed on 28 June 2007, the US government announced some changes in its Privacy Act that give exemptions from responding to request for personal information held to DHS (Department of Homeland Security) and ATS (Automated […]
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US moves for "state secrets" privilege in the SWIFT case
The US Government has announced its intention to use the so called “state secrets” privilege legal tool in order to stop the lawsuit against SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) that has secretly disclosed millions of private financial records to CIA. According to the Justice Department’ s statement during the recent court filings, the […]
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Lukashenko wants no opposition on the Internet
Belarus president Lukashenko claimed in a recent interview that on the Internet there was too much opposition to his views. As a response some groups of the Belarusian Internet community prepared a customized version of the Internet for their president. Internet-community “Third Way” prepared a birthday present for Belarusian acting president A. Lukashenko – the […]
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EU asks the customers' opinion on the DoubleClick -Google affair
As Google plans to buy out U.S. web advertising supplier DoubleClick, the European Commission has already sent questionnaires to Google customers on the matter, even before Google has actually filed to the European Union’s top antitrust regulator for the purchase. This is considered a rather unusual step as although the European Commission has frequently sent […]
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Reactions on the ISO voting procedures
The recent vote on the OOXML draft standard revealed a number of problems with the ISO procedures, at national as well as international level. The national procedures have been often accused of being influenced by Microsoft, especially in Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the US. Protests about Microsoft exerting improper influence on the […]
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WordPress.com blocked in Turkey
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Turkey blocked the access to all the blogs hosted at wordpress.com on 17 August 2007, after a Turkish court decided on this action by agreing with a law firm hired by Adnan Oktar, that claimed that several blogs on the wordpress platform were publishing allegedly defamatory and […]
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US law threatens non-US citizens' privacy rights
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act proposed by the US Administration was passed by the US Congress on 4 August 2007 allowing US intelligence services to intercept electronic communications between US, but also non-US citizens, if the communication passes across US-based networks, without needing a court order. A […]
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Allofmp3.com director acquitted by Moscow Court
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Denis Kvasov, head of Mediaservices, owner of music website Allofmp3.com was acquitted by a Moscow court after having been brought to trial by entertainment companies EMI Group Plc, NBC Universal and Time Warner Inc. for copyright offences. On 15 August 2007, district judge Yekaterina Sharapova ruled that […]
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Operation Pedopriest: Italian censorship on videogames?
In the past weeks a small online videogame has been the center of much controversy in Italy, with center-right MPs explicitly asking governmental intervention in its removal, questioning once again the limits of freedom of expression in the country. Everything started when Molleindustria, a group of “artists, designers and programmers that aims at starting a […]
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DRM-free music is supported by consumers
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new survey regarding music online conducted by Entertainment Media Research in association with the law firm Olswang showed that the DRM (Digital Rights Management) related problems are more present in UK consumers’ opinion than the music industry initially thought. The survey was made on more than […]
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French police investigated teenager for unofficial translation
A French high school student was arrested and interrogated by the police for having posted online his translation of the first three chapters of the latest Harry Potter volume, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, only a few days after the official launching of the English version in July 2007. He was however immediately released […]
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Enough Internet voting trials says the UK Electoral Commission
On 2 August 2007, the Electoral Commission, independent body set up by the UK Parliament, recommended in its evaluation on the pilot schemes used in May 2007 elections to end electronic voting trials until the establishment of a strategy by the UK Government to modernise the electoral system and make it more secure. The Electoral […]
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