July 22, 2019 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Equal access to the internet | Platform regulation

Von der Leyen: An ambitious agenda for digital rights

On 16 July 2019, the European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission with 383 votes, which is only nine votes above the minimum needed. Parts of the Socialists, Liberals, and Greens initially had doubts regarding the candidate. However, her speech in the Plenary before the vote and the agenda […]

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September 12, 2012

Spanish website gets back seized domain names. After 18 months.

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Webseite bekommt beschlagnahmte Domain zurück. Nach 18 Monaten. | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_Spanische_Webseite_bekommt_beschlagnahmte_Domain_zurueck?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] After one year and a half battle with the US authorities, the sports streaming and download Spanish site Rojadirecta has succeeded in winning back its domain names, after the authorities dropped the lawsuit against it on 29 […]

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ATLR und die große Abrechnung – German

ATLR und die große Abrechnung - German

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March 2, 2011 · Blogs

GŁOSOWANIE WSTĘPNE W SPRAWIE RAPORTU ANGELILLI

PDF version: http://www.edri.org/files/compromise_en.pdf Parliament text: http://www.edri.org/files/libe_vote.pdf GŁOSOWANIE WSTĘPNE W SPRAWIE RAPORTU ANGELILLI Podsumowanie kompromisowego rozwiązania przyjętego przez Parlament w sprawie blokowania treści internetowych Piszemy, aby wyrazić nasze uznanie dla pracy wszystkich europosłów, którzy aktywnie uczestniczyli w obradach Komitetu ds Wolności Obywatelskich, Sprawiedliwości i Spraw Wewnętrznych i wstępnym głosowaniu w sprawie raportu Angelilli o wykorzystywaniu dzieci, […]

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October 5, 2023 · Document pools | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

CSA Regulation Document Pool

This document pool contains updates and resources on the EU's proposed 'Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse' (CSA Regulation)

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January 16, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Questions on the draft Directive on Cybersecurity Strategy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Fragen zum Entwurf für eine Strategie und eine Richtlinie zur Cybersicherheit | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_ENDitorial_Fragen_zum_Entwurf_fuer_eine_Strategie_und_eine_Richtlinie_zur_Cybersicherheit?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] A draft of the already announced EU Directive on Cybersecurity Strategy that is circulation in Brussels seems to be totally misguided, in EDRi’s opinion. The Commission seeks to put ENISA at the heart of […]

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August 29, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Is this the most criticised draft EU law of all time?

An unprecedentedly broad range of stakeholders have raised concerns that despite its important aims, the measures proposed in the draft EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation are fundamentally incompatible with human rights.

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December 2, 2009

Civil liberties groups ask EU to repeal data retention directive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bürgerrechtsgruppen fordern die Widerrufung der Richtlinie zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung von der EU| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1606] Civil liberties groups European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat) are calling on the European Union to repeal the 2006 directive on the data retention of electronic communications. In […]

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December 14, 2011 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection

Support EDRi!

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Unterstützen Sie EDRi | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Unterstuetzen_Sie_EDRi?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] Increasingly, your digital freedom is under threat. And unfortunately, mostly as a result of European rules. Europe agreed to transfer your travel data wholesale to the US. Europe obliged your telephone provider to store your location, sometimes for up to two years. And […]

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June 12, 2013 · Blogs

The Data Protection Archive

This archive gathers all documents and material produced by EDRi on the Data Protection Regulation and Directive. Index: Full position paper Comments on draft reports and amendments Campaign material Websites Articles 2011 Articles 2012 Articles 2013   Full position paper Position on the Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of […]

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May 23, 2012

Concerns over the proposed Communication Bill in UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Geplantes britisches Telekommunikationsgesetz wirft Fragen auf | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Geplantes_britisches_Telekommunikationsgesetz_wirft_Fragen_auf?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] Some of the bills presented on 9 May 2012 in the Queen’s Speech, in which the Queen reads the government’s legislative agenda for the next parliamentary period in front of both Houses of Parliament, raise freedom of expression concerns. HM […]

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March 10, 2016 · Document pools

EU Internet Forum against terrorist content and hate speech online: Document pool

Since last year, we have been reporting on the “EU Internet Forum” set up by the European Commission to fight terrorism and hate speech online. In reality, the IT-Forum gathers two initiatives: one run by the Home Affairs Directorate General of the European Commission, on “terrorism”; and one run by the Justice and Consumers Directorate […]

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