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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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Source code review of Irish voting machines
Six months after cancelling the use of electronic voting machines for the European elections Ireland has reached a deal with the Dutch manufacturer of the machines. The Irish government will hire a private firm, acceptable to both sides, to review the complete source code of the voting machines. Nedap, the Dutch company that manufactured the […]
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NGOs criticise corporate influence in the EU
More than 50 NGOs, brought together by the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), have urged the EU Commission to cut down the disproportionate corporate influence on Brussels policy making. In an open letter to designated Commission President José Manuel Barroso, the NGOs claim 15.000 Brussels lobbyists, “assisted by an army of public affairs consultants, today play […]
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Privacy International condemns compulsory ID in NL
Privacy International has expressed grave concern about new Dutch legislation for extended compulsory identification. From 1 January 2005 every Dutchman (and tourist) 14 years and older will have to wear ID, and can be fined up to 2.250 euro for not immediately showing ID when asked to do so by any police official, or related […]
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Armenian group demands take down website Turkish consulate
On 15 November 2004 a Paris court (Tribunal de Grand Instance) is scheduled to decide about a request from an Armenian group to take-down part of the website of the Turkish consulate in France. The Armenian group, the Comité de défense de la cause arménienne, CDCA, accuses the Turkish consul of spreading ‘denial propaganda’, denying […]
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Call for participation: consultation on fundamental rights
The European Commission has opened a consultation on the establishment of an EU Fundamental Rights Agency. This consultation follows the decision taken by the European Council in December 2003 to extend the mandate of the European Union Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, based in Vienna, to become a Fundamental Rights Agency. The consultation addresses […]
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Recommended reading: internet filtering
The OpenNet Initiative has published a report on the diversity of filtering programs and their impact on international law, communications, and policy. The initiative is an ongoing research partnership by the Advanced Network Research Group of the University of Cambridge, the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, and the Berkman Center to monitor international […]
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Response to EU consultation on review of copyright law
Joint response by European Digital Rights , the Foundation for Information Policy Research and Vereniging Open-source Nederland to the EU Commission consultation on the review of the EU ”acquis communautaire” in the field of copyright and related rights, endorsed by 19 more organisations. This response is also available in Italian http://people.miu-ft.org/~sama/edri.copyright/ !Endorsing organisations: A.B.U.S.E. – […]
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EDRI answer to consultation on EU copyright legislation
In October 2004 the European Commission organised a consultation on the review of EU legislation on copyright and related rights. EDRI sent in an evaluation, together with FIPR (UK) and VOSN (NL). The paper is available at: http://www.edri.org/docs/edri_copyright_consultation.pdf In the paper, EDRI argues for higher standards of user rights. The response was endorsed by twenty […]
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copyright
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European Commission infringes EDRI's Intellectual Property Rights
The European Commission, otherwise known as being in favour of taking rigorous action against infringers of Intellectual Property Rights, is an infringer itself. On its e-Government news site, the Brussels executive body published, on October 14, an Article about a biometrics hearing at the European Parliament that is almost entirely made up by snippets from […]
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Response to EU consultation on review of copyright law
Joint response by European Digital Rights , the Foundation for Information Policy Research and Vereniging Open-source Nederland to the EU Commission consultation on the review of the EU ”acquis communautaire” in the field of copyright and related rights. If your organisation wishes to endorse this response, please write an e-mail indicating the organisation’s name, your […]
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Biometrics
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