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November 2, 2011

The Russian Government plans to control the online media

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russische Regierung will Kontrolle über Online-Medien übernehmen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Russische_Regierung_plant_Online-Medien_zu_kontrollieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal supervisory agency for communications, information technology and mass media, is presently testing a search software to trace “extremist” content on the Internet, planning to start using it in December 2011. The software will check text, audio […]

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November 30, 2011

Italian Police blocks sites that had banners to alleged illegal websites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italienische Polizei sperrt Seiten mit Bannerwerbung für mutmaßlich illegale Inhalte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.23_Italienische_Polizei_sperrt_Seiten_mit_Bannerwerbung_fuer_mutmasslich_illegale_Inhalte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111130] The Italian cybercrime police, Guardia di Finanza Agropoli, has recently DNS blocked a series of websites that were offering links to content indexed on BitTorrent, cyberlockers and eDonkey networks. Five of the blocked sites belonged to […]

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December 14, 2011

Brief overview of the leaked EU Data Protection Regulation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ein Überblick über die geleakte EU-Datenschutzverordnung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Ein_Ueberblick_ueber_die_geleakte_EU-Datenschutzverordnung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] Last week, Europe was able to get a first glance at the “General Data Protection Regulation” thanks to a leak by Statewatch. It is due to be officially published on 25 January 2012 and will repeal the outdated Data Protection […]

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January 18, 2012

Belarus strongly censors the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Weißrussland übt starke Internetzensur aus | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Weissrussland_uebt_starke_Internetzensur_aus?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] — Article corrected on 23.01.2012—- 6 January 2012 saw the application of the Belarusian law imposing even more restrictions on online free expression in a country that is already viewed as a dictatorship. Thus, a new law is enacting the sanctions […]

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February 1, 2012

The Lobby on ACTA is reaching a new level

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Lobbyarbeit für ACTA erreicht neue Dimensionen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Lobbyarbeit_fuer_ACTA_erreicht_neue_Dimensionen] When the Commission calls for ACTA support, the chosen ones in industry happily follow. Going back a few months, in November 2011, at an International Fragrance Association event, Pedro Velasco Martins from the European Commission (DG Trade, Deputy Head of […]

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February 15, 2012

RFID – a dangerous fashion trend highlighted on German streets by FoeBuD

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [RFID – FoeBuD entdeckt gefährlichen Modetrend auf Deutschlands Straßen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_RFID_FoeBuD_entdeckt_gefaehrlichen_Modetrend_auf_Deutschlands_Strassen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] On 11 January 2012, EDRi member FoeBuD staged an event on a shopping street in Bielefeld, Germany, to raise awareness about RFID tags (“spy chips”) in clothing. FoeBuD played an important role in putting this issue on […]

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February 23, 2012

FAQ on referral of ACTA to European Court of Justice

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Häufig gestellte Fragen zur Vorlage des ACTA-Abkommens beim Europäischen Gerichtshof| https://www.unwatched.org/20120224_FAQ_zu_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120224] Following the recent decision of the European Commission to refer the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to the European Court of Justice, Access and EDRi have prepared this short FAQ to explain this process. 1 – How […]

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February 29, 2012

UK: Home Office spy plan

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Überwachungspläne des britischen Innenministeriums | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.4_Ueberwachungsplaene_des_britischen_Innenministeriums?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120229] The UK Government plans to store details on all phone calls or online communications for a year in databases that will be available to security services, under the pretext of anti-terrorism fight. Landline and mobile phone companies and broadband providers will be […]

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March 12, 2012 · Blogs

World Day Against Cyber-Censorship

Lire cet article en français Support of a single Internet without restrictions and accessible to all is the message of this year’s world day against cyber-censorship. For the fourth time, Reporters without Borders (RSF) has published a report listing the worst violators of online free speech worldwide. In the following, we want to focus on […]

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March 14, 2012

First vote in the EP on PNR Agreement with the USA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Erste Abstimmung im EU-Parlament über PNR-Abkommen mit den USA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Erste_Abstimmung_im_EU-Parlament_ueber_PNR-Abkommen_mit_den_USA] The latest chapter in the collection and processing of passenger data to cover all flights arriving in and departing from the US was opened when, in 2011, the European Commission tabled a renegotiated proposal for an air […]

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March 14, 2012

ACTA debates in Europe

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europa diskutiert ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Europa_diskutiert_ACTA] Several debates on ACTA are going around in several European countries these days. We would present in this article two events where EDRi participated in the past week in Brussles and Helsinki. A Policy Forum on ACTA was organized in Brussels on 6 […]

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June 6, 2012

EDRi’s response to the consultation on private copying levies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi-Stellungnahme zur Konsultation über Abgaben auf Privatkopien | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.11_EDRi-Stellungnahme_zur_Konsultation_ueber_Abgaben_auf_Privatkopien?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120606] In November 2011, the European Commissioner Michel Barnier appointed Mr Antonio Vitorino – former EU Commissioner – as mediator in the dialogue on private copying levies. A public consultation was (quite discreetly) launched by Mr Vitorino in April 2012. […]

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