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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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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January 13, 2016 · Blogs

Swedish border control becomes a privacy nightmare for travellers

European citizens are finding that their freedom of travel is being curtailed as more and more Schengen countries introduce temporary border controls in response to the flow of refugees from the Middle East war and conflict zones. Moreover, Sweden and Denmark have passed national legislations which gives train, bus and ship operators the responsibility of […]

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March 14, 2012

Winners of the Dutch Big Brother Awards announced

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [„Gewinner“ der holländischen Big Brother Awards | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Gewinner_der_hollaendischen_Big_Brother_Awards_bekanntgegeben] The heavyweight Dutch privacy-infringers of the past year were announced during the ceremony of the Big Brother Awards 2011. The jury selected three winners out of a total of nine nominees: Facebook, Edith Schippers (the Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare […]

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November 21, 2005

RSF report: 15 enemies of the internet

On 17 November 2005 Reporters without Borders (RSF) released a new report during the WSIS on the 15 enemies of the Internet, and 15 countries to watch. RSF writes: “The 15 ‘enemies’ are the countries that crack down hardest on the Internet, censoring independent news sites and opposition publications, monitoring the Web to stifle dissident […]

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March 27, 2013 · Blogs

Civil society wants no intellectual property provisions in TAFTA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Zivilgesellschaft gegen Urheberrechtsbestimmungen in TAFTA | /EDRigram_11.6_Zivilgesellschaft_gegen_Urheberrechtsbestimmungen_in_TAFTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130327] More than 45 civil society organisations from US and Europe, including EDRi, ask that the proposed EU-US trade agreement called Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) should exclude any provisions related to patents, copyright, trademarks, or other forms of so-called “intellectual property”. […]

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October 23, 2013 · Blogs

ECtHR: Internet News Portal Liable For The Offensive Online Comments

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on 10 October 2013 in the case Delfi AS vs. Estonia that an Internet news portal was liable for the offensive comments that were posted by the readers underneath its online articles. The Court held that the finding of liability by the Estonian courts was a justified […]

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May 8, 2019 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Platform regulation | Transparency

Facebook’s commitments on ToS: Much ado about nothing?

On 9 April 2019, the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission (DG JUST), together with the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network, cheered at the new Facebook commitments to amend its Terms of Services (ToS). The amendments should address the concerns already raised by national competition authorities about the current ToS. They should […]

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November 22, 2006 · Blogs

Italian Minister of Justice proposes an authority for violent videogames

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) According to the Italian national newspaper La Repubblica, the Italian Minister of Justice, Mr. Clemente Mastella, has recently claimed that it would be advisable to create an “authority” that would “decide on acceptable standards related to the modalities of sale” of videogames, so that it might be […]

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