November 20, 2013 · Blogs

Microsoft And Skype May Continue To Send Europeans’ Data To US

On 18 November 2013, Luxembourg’s Data Protection Authority (National Commission for Data Protection – CNPD) decided that Microsoft and Skype subsidiaries in Luxembourg have not broken EU privacy law by sending Europeans’ data to the US, although we all know where this data goes. As a response to a complain filed by Europe v Facebook […]

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January 27, 2016 · Blogs

Academics under attack in Turkey

1128 academics from Turkish universities signed an open letter urging the government to stop using curfews to facilitate the violence ongoing for weeks in Kurdish towns. The number of local signatories increased to 2212 by 20 January 2016, including 30 Nobel Prize winners. Moreover, the letter heading “We Will Not Be A Party To This […]

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May 22, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Platform regulation

Hey Google, where does the path lead?

If you do not know the directions to a certain place, you use a digital device to find your way. With our noses glued to the screen, we blindly follow the instructions of Google Maps, or its competitor. But do you know which way you are being led?

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December 17, 2008

Romanian Authority asks ISPs to block 40 pornographic websites

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Romanian Authority for Communication (ANC) requested ISPs last week to block the access to 40 websites hosted in Romania, considering they don’t meet the criteria imposed by article 7 of Law no.196/2003 on preventing and fighting pornography. Article 7 of the law states that “the natural […]

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April 11, 2012

Hadopi report says nothing about decreases in sales

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hadopi: Bericht verschweigt Rückgang bei den Verkaufszahlen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Hadopi_Bericht_verschweigt_Rueckgang_bei_den_Verkaufszahlen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] Although French Hadopi authority has issued its new report to show how effective the three-strikes law was in 2010 cutting Internet piracy to half, the reality is that the system has brought no increase in the revenues for the […]

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April 10, 2013 · Blogs

Swedish police to increase its fight against file-sharing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schwedische Polizei will härter gegen File-Sharer vorgehen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Schwedische_Polizei_will_haerter_gegen_File-Sharer_vorgehen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] In a recent report, Sweden’s National Police Board proposes measures meant to increase its performance in fighting copyright infringements, as a result of meetings with entertainment company rightsholders. The changes proposed include the creation of a team focused on […]

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February 8, 2017 · Blogs

Belgium agrees on passenger controls of international rail traffic

Belgium, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom have agreed on new checks of passengers’ identities on international trains. The agreement was reached on 26 January 2017 in an informal meeting between the Ministers of the Interior and Ministers of Justice in Malta. The Belgian Minister of the Interior and Security Jan Jambon announced the […]

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May 18, 2011

Belgium Senate deletes the repressive part of the three strikes draft law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgischer Senat streicht repressive Teile des 3-Strikes-Entwurfs | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Belgischer_Senat_streicht_repressive_Teile_des_3-Strikes-Entwurfs] The Belgium version of the French Hadopi three strikes law was significantly changed by the Commission of Finance and Economical Affairs (COMFINECO) of the Belgium Senate during a hearing organised on 11 May 2011 on copyright and Internet. The […]

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May 18, 2011

CoE refuses to start investigation on biometrics

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europarat lehnt Biometrie-Untersuchung ab | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Europarat_lehnt_Biometrie-Untersuchung_ab] In an answer to the 31 March 2011 petition calling the Council of Europe (CoE) to start an in-depth survey under Article 52 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary General of the CoE refused to start an […]

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January 28, 2015 · Blogs

NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney wins Sam Adams Award

Former technical director of the NSA turned whistleblower William “Bill” Binney, received the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence on 22 January in a ceremony organised in Berlin, Germany. Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) is a movement of former colleagues of a CIA intelligence analyst Sam Adams. SAAII grants its annual […]

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December 20, 2006

Violent video games – a hot topic on the European agenda

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Starting from a violent video game seen in Italy by Commissioner Frattini, a new hot topic has started to be heavily discussed by European Union bodies and Member States. Although the self-regulation measures are already in place for some years, a new approach is pushed by the […]

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January 18, 2006

Data Retention Directive: reactions related to the costs involved

After the European Parliament adopted the data retention directive, in many countries the debate only began about the costs. The European Parliament decided to delete the article that demanded cost reimbursement for all additional costs of retention, storage and transmission of data. In the draft directive adopted by the Civil Liberties Committee, Members had initially […]

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