July 2, 2003

2 million DNA-profiles in UK police database

On the 100th anniversary of George Orwell, a UK police database with DNA-profiles of suspects reached the number of 2 million. According to an article in the English daily The Guardian, Home Secretary (minister of internal affairs) David Blunkett said the five-year-old database was well on the way to its target of holding 3 million […]

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February 15, 2006

Civil Rights and Consumer Protection in ICANN's policies

In a public call to action released on 13 February 2006, Annette Muehlberg, European member of At-large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and co-chair network new media asked for public support in building up a regional structure to represent individual’s interests and concerns. The petition with the title “Help to strengthen Civil Rights and Consumer Protection in […]

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June 20, 2012

Austria: Data retention petition ignored by the Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Österreich: Parlament ignoriert Bürgerinitiative zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Oesterreich_Parlament_ignoriert_Buergerinitiative_zur_Vorratsdatenspeicherung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620] The Austrian Working Group on Data Retention counters the lack of responsiveness to citizens’ political participation with even more participation. Albeit gaining support of over 100 000 citizens, the Austrian citizens’ petition against data retention has been deferred to the […]

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April 19, 2017 · Blogs

German Social Media law – sharp criticism from leading legal expert

Professor Wolfgang Schulz, one of Europe’s preeminent legal experts, has prepared a short critique of Germany’s so-called “Act improving Law Enforcement on Social Networks”, also known under the abbreviation NetzDG.

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February 14, 2007

French Court decides on the sequel of Les Miserables

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The French Cour de Cassation (the highest Appeal Court in France) has taken a decision regarding a sequel of the famous French book Les Miserables, that was contested by one of the descendants of Victor Hugo. The Court has refused to ban the appearance of the sequel […]

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July 19, 2003

French consumer unions fight CD copy protection

In a first result of legal procedures against record companies instituted by two French consumer unions, EMI Music France is condemned for deception. Within a month, they must print the following warning on copy protected CD’s: ‘Attention, this CD cannot be read by all players or car-radio’s.’ Late in May, the 2 unions started legal […]

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March 1, 2006

Recommendations – Conference "Where to go from Tunis?"

On 21-22 February the Danish network on WSIS and the WFUNA Task Force on WSIS hosted the international conference “Where to go from Tunis” in Copenhagen. The conference was aimed at following up on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which concluded on 18 November 2005 with an agreement among world leaders on […]

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July 13, 2011 · Blogs

Internet blocking stopped in Italy (for now)

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren in Italien gestoppt – vorerst! | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Netzsperren_in_Italien_gestoppt_vorerst?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] After the reaction of several civil liberties activists, including Reporters Without Borders, the Italian telecommunication agency AGCOM decided to review its plans to pass a resolution giving it the power to block websites and remove online content allegedly violating copyright, […]

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March 1, 2006

New Italian IT legislation limits civil rights

The Italian parliament has caused controversy by two new legislative acts. A newly adopted law against child abuse gives overly broad powers to the police, while a proposed new law on the protection of intellectual property gives too much leeway to organisations for collective rights management. On 23 January 2006 the Italian Parliament approved a […]

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February 26, 2014 · Blogs

Remember: Giancarlo Livraghi

Giancarlo Livraghi, the first president and founding member of EDRi member ALCEI Italy, passed away last Saturday. An active advocate of net freedom and culture, Giancarlo was also contributor to EDRi-gram on various ENDitorials trying to explain for our readership the Italian intricacies of Internet politics. His texts and thoughts are accurate even today, several […]

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March 1, 2006

New biometric passports in Slovenia

Slovenia is joining the list of Visa Waiver Program countries whose citizens will be able to acquire new biometric passports before October 2006, as required by the United States. Currently there are 27 countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program, including Slovenia, whose citizens can enter the territory of the United States without Visa. The […]

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June 19, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: #ResistSocialMedia in Turkey

The wave of resistance that started at Gezi Park on the 29 May 2013 in Istanbul and has since spread all over Turkey once again revealed a deep connection between real time communication on social media and social movements. Throughout the protests, social media platforms have become the primary news source in this environment where […]

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