September 26, 2007

Turkey blocks again YouTube

A Turkish court from the eastern city of Sivas decided on 18 September 2007 to order the ISPs to block the access to YouTube, considering that one of the video hosted there insulted Turkey’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish army. Anatolia news agency reported […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

Hadopi wants to turn to privatised enforcement measures

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hadopi für eine Privatisierung der Rechtsdurchsetzung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_Hadopi_fuer_eine_Privatisierung_der_Rechtsdurchsetzung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] The French anti-piracy authority Hadopi has produced a new report on how to fight illegal streaming and downloading of copyrighted material. This is probably an attempt of ensuring its future as, since its installation in 2009, the authority has not […]

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November 7, 2007

EC plans to profile all passengers in and out EU

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission(EC) put forward on 6 November 2007 a PNR plan that is almost similar to the EU-USA PNR (Passenger Name Records) agreement. The EU PNR plan is part of a new package of proposals “aimed at improving the EU’s capabilities in the fight against terrorism.” […]

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November 19, 2008

Google executives facing trial on video posted on YouTube

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Four former and present Google executives, including Senior Vice President David Drummond are waiting for the confirmation of the order issued by an Italian prosecutor to stand trial for a video on a young man with Down syndrome posted on YouTube in November 2006. The case caused […]

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November 6, 2013 · Blogs

NSA’s Long Data Collection Arm Reaches Everybody

The new revelations from Snowden show that NSA seems to spy on everybody, allies or enemies alike, collecting data form everywhere and everyone, in order to get a “diplomatic advantage” over allies such as France and Germany or an “economic advantage” over countries such as Japan or Brazil. Or even more? NY Times explains that […]

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May 19, 2010

ENDitorial: Malmström seeks to distance from blocking as criticism grows

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Nach wachsender Kritik versucht sich Malmström von Neztsperren zu distanzieren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1939] Over the last two weeks, Commissioner Malmström has made several determined efforts to distance herself from Internet blocking and related policies supported by her and her services. In June of last year, DG Justice, Freedom […]

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July 1, 2009

Rapidshare forced by the court to filter more than 5000 tracks

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gericht zwingt Rapidshare, über 5000 Tracks zu filtern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1450] The file-sharing site Rapidshare.de has recently lost another case to the German copyright society GEMA, being ordered by the Regional Court in Hamburg to “proactively filter” more than 5000 tracks from GEMA’s catalogue. In January 2008, another regional […]

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April 24, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: MEPs propose web blocking yet again

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Abgeordnete schlagen schon wieder einmal Netzsperren vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.8_ENDitorial_Abgeordnete_schlagen_schon_wieder_einmal_Netzsperren_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130424] It seems that some Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) simply think that Internet gambling & web blocking must be added to all relevant documents. There have been blocking proposals under discussion at least three times in three […]

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July 15, 2009

Azeri online activists framed for hooliganism and put in prison

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Azeri Online-Aktivisten wird Hooligmanismus angehängt – Haftstrafen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1464] Two young Azeri bloggers – Emin Abdullayev (Milli), one of the founders of AN Network, a grass roots youth movement and Adnan Hajizada, a video-blogger from OL! Youth Movement – have been arrested by the police after they have […]

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June 1, 2011

G8 and e-G8 Summit on Internet freedom

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [G8- und eG8-Gipfel zur Internetfreiheit | http://bit.ly/lzyYbk] The results of the 37th edition of the G8 Forum that took place in Deauville, France on 26-27 May 2011 and of the e-G8 meeting on Internet issues organised by the French Presidency immediately before, are sending a mixed message, on […]

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May 8, 2013 · Blogs

Launch of Nakedcitizens.eu

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Privatsphäre-Kampagne Nakedcitizens.eu | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_Privatsphaere-Kampagne_Nakedcitizens?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] On 25 April 2013, a coalition of international digital human rights groups launched a campaign to warn that current European Parliament proposals could strip citizens of their privacy rights. Unprecedented lobbying efforts, mainly led by corporations, have contributed to these developments. The final vote […]

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July 29, 2009

Hadopi 2's final vote is postponed till 15 September

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Endabstimmung über Hadopi 2 auf den 15. September verschoben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1479] The French deputies had only a few days before the summer vacation to debate the new text of the three strikes law (called Hadopi 2) that was adopted by the Senate on 8 July 2009. As the […]

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