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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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Interview with Sergei Smirnov, Human Rights Online Russia
“Do what you must do and let come what may. Due to circumstances like the Putin presidency you can hope and you can make plans, more or less realistic, and work to get closer to your aim and to help people,” that’s the more or less stoic attitude that characterises Sergei Smirnov from the Russian […]
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New data protection authority in Romania
Romania has adopted a new law to establish a data protection authority. In the last EU access progress report, Romania was severely criticised for failing to enforce privacy rules. “However, progress in implementing personal data protection rules has only been limited. There are grounds for concern regarding the enforcement of these rules: enforcement activities are […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 3.9, 4 May 2005
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‘-note about the next EDRI-gram-
The next EDRI-gram will appear on Monday 23 May, with a special report on the UNESCO conference in St. Petersburg ‘between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society’ and an interview with Sergei Smirnov from Human Rights Moscow about political developments in Russia with regards to digital rights. EDRI-gram 3.11 will appear […]
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Industry and civil society agree against data retention
The rapporteur for the European Parliament on telecommunication data retention, Alexander Alvaro, has organised on 3 May a round table discussion with the title ‘How does the internet work and how does data retention effect industry and society’. A broad cross section of civil society and industry representatives criticised the current Council framework proposal on […]
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NGOs against international surveillance and policy laundering
On 20 April 2005 the civil liberties group Statewatch, together with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and two other NGOs launched the Campaign Against Mass Surveillance (ICAMS), calling on all national governments and intergovernmental organisations to turn away from antiterrorism efforts that are oriented around mass surveillance. The campaign started with an in-depth report […]
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EP takes position on softpats for second reading
Rapporteur Michel Rocard (French socialist, PSE) is preparing the European Parliament for the second reading of the controversial directive on software patents. On 21 April his working document was discussed in the EuroParl Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and on 29 April he filed a long list of amendments on the document produced by the […]
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Strong protest Dutch libraries against access to data
The public and academic libraries in the Netherlands have united in strong protest against a proposed new law that will give the police extraordinary new access powers to data about readers. The law is now with the Senate and the committee on legal affairs is waiting for answers from the minister after a first critical […]
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French court forbids DVD copy protection
On 22 April 2005, a Paris appeal court has outlawed the use of a copy protection mechanism on a DVD. The case was launched by the French consumer union UFC-Que Choisir early in 2004, on behalf of a customer who had unsuccessfully tried to copy a DVD of David Lynch’s film Mulholland Drive. She tried […]
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Report on journalism, civil liberties and the war on terror
The international federation of journalists (IFJ) and the UK civil liberties group Statewatch have launched a new report on 3 May 2005, World Press Freedom Day. The report examines how democratic states sacrifice civil liberties and free expression in the name of security and concludes: “The war on terrorism amounts to a devastating challenge to […]
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Danish debate about privacy in municipal administrations
A recent bill proposing a comprehensive structural reform of the Danish municipal system has initiated a heated debate about the protection of personal data, the rule of law and citizens access to information. “How can digital administration empower marginalised groups of the Danish society?”, “How to ensure that the administration will be more transparent for […]
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Italian prosecutor demands take down Indymedia Italy
The public prosecutor’s office of Rome has requested the relevant judicial authorities to allow the seizure of Indymedia Italy’s website, on the ground of violation of the Italian penal law on ‘vilipendio della religione cattolica’ (‘insult to the catholic religion’) and ‘vilipendio della figura del Papa’ (‘insult to the Pope’s figure’). What happened? Someone, using […]
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