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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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Results e-society conference in Macedonia
The international conference “e-Society.Mk” took place in Macedonia in October and November 2005, with the goal of raising awareness and sharing knowledge of decision makers about important information society issues with the general public. It was organised by Foundation Metamorphosis and supported by OSCE Mission in Skopje and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the […]
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Advocate General European Court rejects PNR deal
On 22 November 2005 the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has advised to annul the EU-US agreement on the transfer of passenger data. The AG does not answer the privacy-questions raised by the European Parliament, but finds the agreement unacceptable under the subsidiarity rule of the European Union. Only the member states […]
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Cryptography almost banned in the Czech Republic
The Czech Lower House recently approved of a law introducing a new Penal Code, including a ratification of the Cybercrime convention. The original version, prepared by the Ministry of Justice, contained a provision that would criminalise hacking and cracking IT systems, but due to misguided and very unclear wording it also criminalised legitimate activities such […]
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Petition closed
The EDRI and XS4ALL petition against data retention is closed and has been offered to Jean Marie Cavada, the chairman of the Europarliament committee on civil liberties and Alexander Alvaro, the Europarl rapporteur on data retention. The petition has attracted over 58.000 signatures, of which over 21.000 from the Netherlands (where the campaign was launched), […]
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Urgent call for support for EDRI-gram
European Digital Rights needs your help in upholding digital rights in the EU. Without any donations, EDRI is unable to continue producing EDRI-gram in 2006. In that case number 3.24 (appearing on Monday 5 December) might be the last edition. If you wish to help us promote digital rights, please consider making a private donation, […]
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Panel on freedom of expression
Together with the internet blogging project Global Voices online, the Dutch NGO Hivos organised a two day program on 17 and 18 November on freedom of expression. On the first day two panels and two lectures were scheduled, the second day was devoted to a workshop on secure communication tools for NGOs. It was only […]
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Panel on privacy and security
The US digital rights organisation EPIC organised a panel with a preview of their annual privacy and human rights report, with 7 panellists from all continents, from China to Argentina, and from Israel to the Arab Human Rights Watch. Speaker Alberto Escudero-Pascual from Sweden/Spain focussed on the RFID badges given to every participant. Some participants […]
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Panel on WIPO and intellectual property
On 16 November IPJustice organised a panel on intellectual property and WIPO, chaired by Robin Gross. Philip Petit of WIPO spoke about the history of WIPO, its relation to other organisations like WTO and its role in various treaties. He also welcomed NGOs participation in WIPO. According to him WIPO’s mission is promoting IPR in […]
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P2P, filesharing and digital rights
IPJustice organised another panel on P2P, filesharing and digital rights on 17 November 2005, with Robin Gross as moderator. The first speaker was the Canadian law professor Michael Geist, also editor of the excellent daily newsletter BNA’s Internet Law News. He started by telling that a few months ago IFPI had sued 2.200 people in […]
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Forum on ubiquitous computing
As a side-event to the World Summit on the Information Society the Institute for Information Industry and AFACT organised a Forum on the Advancement of e-Trade & Ubiquitous Society in the Africa Hotel in Tunis. Following the welcome address by Dr. FC Lin, Chairman of the Institute for Information Industry, and the opening remarks of […]
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Unesco round table
In the UNESCO high-level round table ‘Shaping the Future through Knowledge’ on Thursday 18 November 2005 director-general Koïchiro Matsuura presented the four main pillars of knowledge societies: respect for human rights, especially for freedom of speech, universal access to information, respect for cultural and linguistic diversity and quality education for all. Those pillars have been […]
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Recommended reading: 3 books
During the WSIS Summit a number of new books were presented and discussed during parallel events. Among these are: Word Matters, a four language “dictionary” offering multicultural perspectives on information society concepts, in French, English, Portuguese and Spanish. “Technology is never neutral: it carries social, economic and cultural consequences. New information and communication technologies are […]
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