December 16, 2015 · Blogs

Data protection package concluded – 1420 days after being launched

On 15 December 2015, three years and ten months after the package was launched, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Directive on Data Protection in Police and Justice matters were finally completed. The reform package was launched in order to enhance data protection rights and improve their enforcement. Up until now, data protection in […]

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April 6, 2011

Big Brother Awards Germany 2011

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Big Brother Awards Deutschland 2011 | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_Big_Brother_Awards_Deutschland_2011] The eleventh German Big Brother Awards were bestowed on Friday 1 April 2011 in Bielefeld, Germany. Organized by EDRi member FoeBuD, the ceremony featured eight negative awards in various categories. In the “Communication” category, Facebook was one winner for “systematically poking […]

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November 8, 2006

ENDitorial : IGF – UN innovation or just another conference ?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) From 30 October to 2 November approximately 1500 people gathered in Athens, Greece for the first global internet governance forum (IGF). The IGF is one of the outcomes of the Tunis Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005, with the aim of creating a new global […]

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May 5, 2010

EDRi and partners launch Copyright for Creativity declaration

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi und Partner veröffentlichen „Copyright for Creativity“-Deklaration | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1903] EDRi, as part of a broad based coalition of European groups, representing consumers, creators, libraries, civil society and technology companies today released Copyright for Creativity, a declaration calling for a European copyright law truly adapted to the Internet age. […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

Ukrainian online editor beaten up for critical articles

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ukraine: Online-Redakteur wegen kritischer Artikel angegriffen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_Ukraine_Online-Redakteur_wegen_kritischer_Artikel_angegriffen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] On 5 March 2013, Taras Chornoivan, chief editor for the Ukrainian news website Tarasova Pravd, ended up in hospital with serious injuries after having been attacked and beaten by three unidentified men. According to Chornoivan’s declarations, the attack was probably […]

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October 9, 2013 · Blogs

UK surveillance activities have been challenged at the ECtHR

Following Edward Snowden’s revelations, EDRi-member Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch and English PEN, together with German internet "hacktivist" and academic Constanze Kurz, have launched a legal challenge to the UK’s internet surveillance activities before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), on behalf in all Internet users in UK and US. The challengers consider […]

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May 5, 2010

Dutch enforcement organisation requests blocking The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländische Urheberrechtsorganisation fordert Sperre von The Pirate Bay | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1904] The Dutch copyright enforcement organisation Brein has requested Dutch internet provider Ziggo to block access to The Pirate Bay. The request concerns the blocking of access of Ziggo’s subscribers to the website, which is hosted outside of The […]

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October 9, 2013 · Blogs

Has Switzerland Become A Center Of Spy Technology Exports?

On 26 September 2013, Privacy International sent a letter to Ueli Maurer, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence showing concern regarding the many companies asking for licenses to export surveillance technology from Switzerland. Some media reports revealed in August 2013 that companies such as Gamma International (well known for the notorious malware soft […]

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December 3, 2014 · Blogs

EU-Canada agreement on PNR referred to the CJEU: What’s next?

On 25 November the European Parliament voted, by 383 votes to 271, in favour of a resolution to refer the EU-Canada agreement on Passenger Name Records (PNR) to the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The CJEU will now decide on the compliance of the agreement with EU law, in particular the Charter of Fundamental Rights. […]

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April 24, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

What the YouTube and Facebook statistics aren’t telling us

After the recent attack against a mosque in New Zealand, the large social media platforms published figures on their efforts to limit the spread of the video of the attack. What do those figures tell us?

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December 3, 2014 · Blogs

Two steps forward and two steps back on net neutrality

The last few weeks have generated a lot of noise but little progress on net neutrality. A few weeks ago, the European Parliament had a strong position on the subject, having adopted its first reading of the Telecoms Single Market Regulation in April, while the Council, despite the best efforts of the Italian presidency-in-office had […]

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January 11, 2017 · Blogs

The hacking law with its own backdoor

In the past few years, Dutch EDRi member Bits of Freedom has put a lot of effort into trying to stop the Dutch hacking proposal. The proposal would grant Dutch law enforcement agencies the authority to remotely access electronic devices. In December 2016, the law was passed in Dutch Parliament. Sadly, without the improvements that […]

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