June 3, 2015 · Blogs

Startups for Net Neutrality

The future of our open Internet is at risk. Current EU developments creating the risk of allowing large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to make the internet less open and less free. “Startups for Net Neutrality” believes that the beauty of the Internet is that everybody with a laptop and an Internet connection can change the […]

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June 15, 2016 · Blogs

OECD Civil Society Forum: Towards a fair digital economy

The Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC) is launching the Civil Society Forum to be held on 21 June 2016 in the context of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2016 Ministerial Meeting on the digital economy. The Civil Society Forum has the purpose of engaging the OECD, its member countries, and […]

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July 12, 2017 · Blogs

Dissent in the privacy movement: whistleblowing, art and protest

This is the first blogpost of a series, originally published by EDRi member Bits of Freedom, that explains how the activists of a Berlin-based privacy movement operate, organise, and express dissent. The series is inspired by a thesis by Loes Derks van de Ven, which describes the privacy movement as she encountered it from 2013 to […]

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October 22, 2003

'Mandatory data retention is unlawful'

A legal opinion commissioned by EDRI-member Privacy International and provided by the law firm Covington & Burling concludes that mandatory data retention plans in the EU are unlawful. The opinion, which relates to an EU framework directive on the retention of communications data, has profound ramifications for ten EU states that have implemented, or are […]

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April 25, 2007

Complaints on lack of access to European Commission documents

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Statewatch has made two complaints to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission, one for having failed to keep a proper public record of documents and the other for having failed in 2006 to issue its annual report on access to documents for 2005. The group considers […]

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September 11, 2013 · Blogs

EDRi and FREE want an end to lawless surveillance

Civil society groups European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the Fundamental Rights European Experts Group (FREE) have demanded an end to lawless spying on individuals around the globe. At a meeting with the Chair of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee today, the two groups handed over a document containing detailed analysis of the current European […]

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June 15, 2016 · Blogs

CoE study: Blocking content has to respect fundamental rights

Several European countries lack clear legal provisions and transparent procedures when it comes to blocking and removal of online content. A comparative study published by the Council of Europe stresses that any restriction on the right to freedom of expression must be provided for by law, be proportionate and follow legitimate objectives. Blocking should only […]

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September 11, 2013 · Blogs

PACE: Resolution on massive eavesdropping in Europe

On 29 August 2013, EDRi signed together with other international and national human rights and freedom of expression organisations (ARTICLE 19, Reporters Without Borders, Privacy International, Vrijschrift, Open Rights Group, INDEX, English PEN and Access Now) a petition to strongly urge the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to support the Resolution, Massive […]

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May 9, 2007

European Commission supports Privacy Enhancing Technologies

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Commissioner Franco Frattini, who is responsible for the legislation concerning co-operation between European police as well as data protection of European police, has shown public support for privacy enhancing technologies (PETs). Frattini’s position is surprising taking into consideration its open support for other privacy-invasive projects such as […]

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October 22, 2003

Report of WSIS prepcom 3

From 15 to 26 September 2003 governments and civil society assembled in Geneva for the third preparatory conference for the World Summit on the Information Society. The two weeks ended with many key issues still unresolved, and with a last-minute proposal to reconvene for an extra session from 10 to 14 November. EDRI members IRIS […]

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July 26, 2017 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Draconian anti-terrorism measures instil terror

We are becoming more and more scared. Images of terror attacks influence our daily decisions. A friend of mine gets nervous when he has to travel past an airport by train, and another friend surprised me by telling me that this year he stayed home during gay pride. Several people have told me of times […]

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September 10, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Censorship Machines or citizens? EU Parliament decides on Wednesday

The best option for dealing with a bad proposal is to delete it, so this is what MEPs should be asked to vote for.

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