June 30, 2016 · Blogs

Copyfail #6: The “Google tax”- not a tax and Google doesn’t pay

This article is the sixth in the series presenting Copyfails. The EU is reforming its copyright rules. We want to introduce you to the main failures of the current copyright system, with suggestions on how to fix them. You can find all the Copyfails here. How has it failed? Germany and Spain introduced in their […]

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September 5, 2017 · Blogs

Six states raise concerns about legality of Copyright Directive

According to a new leak, a number of EU Member States share our serious concerns about the proposal for mass surveillance and censorship of uploads to the internet in Europe, included in the European Commission’s proposal for a new copyright Directive. Those Member States seem unwilling to build a censorship machine forcing EU countries to […]

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May 23, 2007

The Italian Big Brother Awards for 2007

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 19 May 2007, the two-day e-Privacy Conference in Florence hosted the Big Brother Awards Italy. The candidates for the awards were selected by a jury made of seven members. The people’s choice price “The People’s lament” was won by far by Telecom Italia especially for the […]

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May 15, 2014 · Blogs

European Action Day #WePromiseEU

Presse release – Today, a coalition of 36 civil rights organisations from all over Europe invites everyone to participate in a EU-wide action day to demand that the next European Parliament defends digital civil and human rights. The European Parliament is taking more and more decisions that have a direct impact on our rights and […]

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September 20, 2017 · Blogs | Position papers | Publications | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

EDRi delivers paper on encryption workarounds and human rights

On 12 September, EDRi published the position paper “Encryption Workarounds: a digital rights perspective”. It was published in response to the European Commission’s expert consultation exercise around the Encryption Workarounds paper by Orin Kerr and Bruce Schneier.

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June 21, 2006

EU proposes accessibility standards in public procurement

In a ministerial meeting that took place in Riga on 12 June 2006, ministers from European countries have signed a declaration to diminish the gap in Internet usage for groups at risk of exclusion, but also to increase broadband coverage. The Riga Ministerial Declaration was signed by ministers of 34 European countries from EU Member […]

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September 28, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Commission’s position on tackling illegal content online is contradictory and dangerous for free speech

Today, on 28 September, the European Commission published its long-awaited Communication “Tackling Illegal Content Online”. This follows a leaked copy we previously analysed. The document puts virtually all its focus on internet companies monitoring online communications, in order to remove content that they decide might be illegal. It presents few safeguards for free speech, and […]

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October 5, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Dear MEPs: We need you to protect our privacy online!

They’re hip, they’re slick and they follow you everywhere. They know you like new shoes, playing tennis and tweeting at odd hours of the morning. Do you know what that says about your health, your relationships and your spending power? No? Well, the online companies do. They follow you everywhere you go online, they have […]

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February 11, 2009

EU Commissioner: No to an Internet freedom law and Yes to net neutrality

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The intentions of some European Parliament members (MEPs) to introduce in EU a similar law with the Global Online Freedom Act proposed by the US Congress in January 2007, was considered unnecessary and a too “hard law” by Commissioner Viviane Reding. The US bill is meant to […]

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March 11, 2004

New EU-plans to promote broadband access

The European Telecom ministers have welcomed new action plans from the Commission to promote broadband access in Europe. The Commission calls on Member States who have not yet put in place a national broadband strategy to do so without delay, with a focus on delivering broadband in under-served areas via a variety of platforms. This […]

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April 22, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Inclusive technologies | Transparency

EU: New “ad-hoc working group” on vaccine passports starts work – in secret

EDRi's member Statewatch shares that discussions amongst EU member states on how to approach plans for digital vaccination certificates are taking place in a new "ad-hoc working group", a format that is not likely to foster transparency - particularly given that the group has said it will not be keeping "minutes as such".

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December 6, 2012 · Blogs

Q&A on WCIT : Ask the European Commission

Over the next two weeks, EDRi will participate in two video conferences, on the 7 December and 12 December, organised by the European Commission in order to get live feedback from the ITU’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The video conferences are an opportunity to get answers on the discussions taking place […]

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