October 24, 2007

Sign up EDRi Statement on CoE Recommendation – Campaign update

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 31 international and national organisations from different countries have already signed EDRI statement on a new Recommendation from the Council of Europe (CoE) failing to uphold freedom of expression in the online environment. As other related instruments are currently in preparation by the CoE, EDRI calls for […]

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December 14, 2016 · Blogs

Council debates encryption and other closed-door matters

In July 2016, Justice Ministers in the European Union met to discuss the “issue” of encryption in the context of the fight against crime and terrorism. In August, Bernard Cazeneuve and Thomas de Maiziere, the French and German ministers of interior, announced that because more people are using encryption, governments must develop a coordinated response. […]

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November 5, 2008

First PrivacyOS Conference: different privacy approaches in synergy

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first Open Space conference of the PrivacyOS project was held in Strasbourg on 13-15 October 2008, in the European Parliament premises. PrivacyOS is a project funded under the European Commission’s ICT Policy Support Programme, started on 1 June 2008 for a total duration of 24 months. […]

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May 5, 2010

EDRi and partners launch copyright declaration

EDRi, as part of a broad based coalition of European groups, representing consumers, creators, libraries, civil society and technology companies today released Copyright for Creativity, a declaration calling for a European copyright law truly adapted to the Internet age. Copyright for Creativity calls for a copyright regime fostering digital creativity, innovation, education, and access to […]

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October 24, 2007

Fingerprints in passports: the German population in a risky experiment

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 1 November 2007, registration offices throughout Germany will begin collecting fingerprints from all citizens wishing to travel. Two years after the storage of a facial image on an RFID chip has been introduced, the project of full biometric registration of the whole population continues. Germany’s Chaos […]

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November 8, 2006

ENDitorial : IGF – UN innovation or just another conference ?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) From 30 October to 2 November approximately 1500 people gathered in Athens, Greece for the first global internet governance forum (IGF). The IGF is one of the outcomes of the Tunis Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005, with the aim of creating a new global […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

Ukrainian online editor beaten up for critical articles

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ukraine: Online-Redakteur wegen kritischer Artikel angegriffen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_Ukraine_Online-Redakteur_wegen_kritischer_Artikel_angegriffen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] On 5 March 2013, Taras Chornoivan, chief editor for the Ukrainian news website Tarasova Pravd, ended up in hospital with serious injuries after having been attacked and beaten by three unidentified men. According to Chornoivan’s declarations, the attack was probably […]

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October 9, 2013 · Blogs

UK surveillance activities have been challenged at the ECtHR

Following Edward Snowden’s revelations, EDRi-member Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch and English PEN, together with German internet "hacktivist" and academic Constanze Kurz, have launched a legal challenge to the UK’s internet surveillance activities before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), on behalf in all Internet users in UK and US. The challengers consider […]

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October 9, 2013 · Blogs

Has Switzerland Become A Center Of Spy Technology Exports?

On 26 September 2013, Privacy International sent a letter to Ueli Maurer, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence showing concern regarding the many companies asking for licenses to export surveillance technology from Switzerland. Some media reports revealed in August 2013 that companies such as Gamma International (well known for the notorious malware soft […]

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April 24, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

What the YouTube and Facebook statistics aren’t telling us

After the recent attack against a mosque in New Zealand, the large social media platforms published figures on their efforts to limit the spread of the video of the attack. What do those figures tell us?

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January 11, 2017 · Blogs

The hacking law with its own backdoor

In the past few years, Dutch EDRi member Bits of Freedom has put a lot of effort into trying to stop the Dutch hacking proposal. The proposal would grant Dutch law enforcement agencies the authority to remotely access electronic devices. In December 2016, the law was passed in Dutch Parliament. Sadly, without the improvements that […]

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November 7, 2007

EDRI supports PI's comments on Google-Doubleclick merger

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) European Digital Rights Initiative (EDRI) is supporting the letter Privacy International (PI) sent on 5 November 2007 asking the head of the European Commission DG Competition, Commissioner Kroes, to take the merger of Google-Doubleclick to the next phase. PI argues that the merger could have serious implications […]

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