December 5, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Cross border access to data | Surveillance and data retention

EDRi members in joint protest against “surveillance zone” in Saxony

A new proposal for a surveillance law in the German state of Saxony is threatening to lead to abhorrent consequences on a stretch of Germany’s international border.

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April 22, 2009

Dutch Government on data retention

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die Niederländische Regierung und die Vorratsdatenspeicherung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1377] The answers of the Dutch Government to the additional set of questions sent by the Dutch Senate about the implementation of the Data Retention Directive reveal some interesting opinions. At the end of 2008 the Dutch Senate held a hearing […]

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July 31, 2013 · Blogs

Ireland: champion in requesting retained traffic data

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Führend bei der Abfrage von Vorratsdaten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_Irland_Fuehrend_bei_der_Abfrage_von_Vorratsdaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731] During the ECJ hearing on 9 July 2013 considering the legality of the European Data Retention Directive, it has come out that the Irish authorities are champions in requesting people’s data stored on phone or Internet, having made several […]

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November 2, 2016 · Blogs

FAQ: EU Code of Conduct on illegal hate speech

On 31 May 2016, the European Commission signed a “Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online” with four US online companies. This initiative came as a response to what is generally seen as a significant increase in extreme hate speech and a growth in violence against minorities.

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May 19, 2010

Belgium: Win your privacy!

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Erlangen Sie ihre Privatsphäre zurück! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1938] Retaining telecommunications data, the new law on the Special Intelligence Methods, the use of passenger data from airlines by judicial authorities and the police, and the ubiquity of cameras are but a few examples of measures that violate our right […]

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October 23, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Cross border access to data | Disinformation and electoral interference | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

EU Commissioners candidates spoke: State of play for digital rights

On 1 November 2019, the new College of European Commissioners – comprising 27 representatives (one from each EU Member State), rather than the usual 28, thanks to Brexit – are scheduled to take their seats for the next five years, led by incoming President-elect, Ursula von der Leyen.

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December 14, 2011

Austria: Petition against Data Retention Directive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Österreichische Bürger_inneninitiative gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Oesterreichische_Buerger_inneninitiative_gegen_die_Vorratsdatenspeicherung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] Today, 14 December 2011, the Austrian Arbeitskreis Vorratsdaten (Working Group against Data Retention Austria – AKVorrat.at) handed over a petition to the Austrian Parliament, asking for the government to be obliged to engage against the Data Retention Directive at the EU […]

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May 20, 2019 · Open letters | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

NGOs call to ensure fundamental rights in copyright implementation

Today, on 20 May 2019, EDRi and 41 other organisations sent an open letter to the European Commission.

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March 24, 2010

UK is one step closer to blocking access to Internet

Article corrected on 31.03.2010 This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB macht einen Schritt auf die Unterbindung von Internetzugängen zu | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1793] The most controversial Digital Economy Bill has advanced one more step having been passed by the British House of Lords on 15 March 2010. The bill allows for the “temporary suspension” of […]

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March 7, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Data retention “reflection process”: Council working documents

A number of “working documents” discussed as part of the Council of the EU's “reflection process” on the mandatory retention of telecommunications data have been released following an access to documents request submitted to the Council by EDRi member Statewatch.

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April 5, 2017 · Blogs

Reckless social media law threatens freedom of expression in Germany

At the end of March 2017, with Federal elections on the horizon, the German Justice Minister Heiko Maas proposed a law on ill-defined “social networks”. Minister Maas has proposed the law which places a variety of obligations on the companies, in the apparent hope that this will lead profit-motivated companies to take over private censorship […]

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July 12, 2016 · Blogs

UEFA: 1, Right to remix: 0 – Viral video gets blocked

The idea was so simple and yet so genius. After the dramatic Euro 2016 quarter finals between Italy and Germany, the web-artist Kurt Prödel had a wonderful idea: he created a 14-second video, which showed all penalties by the German team simultaneously. In the video, all players are running simultaneously towards the Italian goalkeeper who, […]

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