February 7, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online

European Parliament – fighting terrorism with closed-door secrecy

The European Parliament’s Special Committee on Terrorism (TERR) was established on 6 July 2017, for a renewable twelve-month mandate. The Committee was created with the ambitious aim of addressing ostensible practical and legislative deficiencies in the fight against terrorism across the European Union (EU) and with international actors.

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April 6, 2011 · Blogs

German Internet blocking law to be withdrawn

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsches Netzsperren-Gesetz wird aufgehoben | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_Deutsche_Netzsperren_werden_aufgehoben] On 5 April 2011, Germany’s governing conservative and liberal parties agreed in a coalition committee meeting that the disputed law on Internet blocking of child abuse material (Zugangserschwerungsgesetz, ZugErschwG, “Access Impediment Act”) will be dropped. The law had been enacted by the […]

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April 6, 2011

Website blocking and suspension discussions in the UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Diskussion um Netzsperren im Vereinigten Königreich | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_Diskussion_um_Netzsperren_im_Vereinigten_Koenigreich] UK Minister Ed Vaizey is involved in discussions for private blocking schemes to prevent access to copyright infringing websites. This follows the delays in implementing the Digital Economy Act. It is believed by the EDRi-member Open Rights Group and others […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

EDRi at its 10th anniversary

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi’s zehnter Geburtstag | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_EDRis_zehnter_Geburtstag?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] EDRi celebrated the 10th anniversary with its friends and supporters on 2 March 2013 with music from DJ MEP Ehrenhauser & friends and DJs pEtEr Withoutfield, Tasmo & Cpt Pudding /Blogrebellen with Creative Commons sound only. On the 4th of March 2013, EDRi […]

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November 19, 2008

Data breach notification – different opinions in EU bodies ?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The amendments adopted on 24 September 2008 by the European Parliament (EP) on the ePrivacy Directive includ the obligation of information society services providers to notify personal date related security breaches to the national authorities. However, a recent proposal of the European Commission seems to put the […]

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November 21, 2005

Tunisian government blocks citizens counter summit

While the Tunisian authorities did all they could to prevent civil society events outside the Kram exhibition centre, on Wednesday 16 November civil society activists succeeded in getting the upper hand against state repression. A press conference to announce the cancellation of the Citizens Summit transformed into a major human rights event. When civil society […]

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November 7, 2007

EU pushes for an international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A recent statement from the European Commission reveals that it has started negotiations with US, Japan, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand to create an international treaty on counterfeiting – Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), despite the absence of any independent data on the topic. The European Commission […]

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April 20, 2011

Dutch government announces measures against downloading

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Regierung kündigt Maßnahmen gegen illegale Downloads an | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.8_Niederlande_Regierung_Ma%C3%9Fnahmen_gegen_illegale_Downloads] On 11 April 2011, the Dutch government published its copyright policy plans for the coming years. The plans include restricting the currently existing private copying exception and the possibility to block access to websites facilitating copyright infringement. EDRi-member […]

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November 21, 2007

UK government loses personal data on 25 million citizens

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had had to apologise to Parliament after two computer discs containing the personal data of 25 million citizens were lost in the post. The disks contained the database on child benefit – a welfare payment made to the families of all children […]

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June 3, 2009

WIPO: Visually impaired treaty proposal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [WIPO: Antrag auf ein Abkommen für Sehbehinderte | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1418] The WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) met from 25 to 29 May in Geneva. This time, the main points on the agenda were the survey on limitations and exceptions and the visually impaired treaty proposal […]

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March 27, 2013 · Blogs

Is Facebook applying censorship?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Betreibt Facebook Zensur? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.6_Betreibt_Facebook_Zensur?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130327] On 18 March 2013, the German radio presenter Jürgen Domian accused Facebook of censorship after some of his posts in which he had made some remarks about the new Pope, were deleted without warning by the social network. Domian said he believed Facebook […]

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December 6, 2006

Google accused in Italy over shock video

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A recent shock video published at the end of November on YouTube, the free video hosting service now owned by Google, has triggered extensive reactions in Italy. The video was showing a group of four Italian teenagers attacking a 17-year-old disabled boy in a classroom in Turin. […]

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