March 11, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Disinformation and electoral interference | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online

Who should decide what we see online?

Online platforms rank and moderate content without letting us know how and why they do it. There is a pressing need for transparency of the practices and policies of these online platforms.

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September 20, 2016 · Blogs

Privacy Training Center empowers you to protect your online freedom

New non-profit organisation offers privacy workshops for everyone Most people know that surfing the internet has serious privacy implications. What many don’t know is how to protect themselves, their family, colleagues and friends. Meet the Privacy Training Center in Brussels the new not-for-profit training organisation. The PTC aims to fill the knowledge gap by providing […]

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January 23, 2019 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

EDRi’s Kirsten Fiedler wins Privacy Award

On 22 January, Kirsten Fiedler, current Senior Policy and Campaigns Manager and former Managing Director of European Digital Rights, received the distinguished Felipe Rodriguez Award in celebration of her remarkable contribution to our right to privacy in the digital age. Why should we defend digital rights and freedoms when there are really pressing and often […]

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February 26, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Copyright stakeholder dialogues: Compromise, frustration, dead end?

The second phase of the stakeholder dialogues on Article 17 of the Copyright Directive finished in December 2019. The two meetings of the third phase, focusing on the provisions of Article 17, were held on 16 January and 10 February 2020.

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August 1, 2007 · Blogs

Recommanded Reading

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Implications of Internet regulation on media freedom in the OSCE region are the focus of a report presented by Miklos Haraszti, the Organization’s Representative on Freedom of the Media. The publication offers case studies from different parts of the OSCE region on how governments, civil society and […]

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August 27, 2008

Call for worldwide protests against surveillance

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Civil rights organizations call for protests against the constant increase of surveillance conducted by governments and enterprises. A rally under the motto “Freedom not Fear” will be held in Berlin on 11 October 2008. The organizers agree that it is high time to take to the streets […]

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February 25, 2009

ENDitorial: Privacy in the Czech Republic – nothing to celebrate

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Privatsphäre in der Tschechischen Republik – kein Grund zum Feiern … | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1312] For the third time the Council of Europe has proclaimed 28 January the European Data Protection Day. EDRi-member Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe) reminds that the safety of Czech citizens´ personal data is still seriously endangered. […]

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August 27, 2014 · Blogs

Internet Ungovernance Forum – civil society counterbalance to IGF

The ninth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held on 2-5 September 2014 in Istanbul, with the theme “Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet Governance”. Although civil society and activists who are fighting for a free Internet are reassembled in the IGF meetings, governments and corporations have a much larger representation. As an attempt to […]

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June 16, 2004

Bulgarian complaint against Microsoft

Bulgarian members of Parliament and Internet Society Bulgaria have filed a case with the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission against both Microsoft Bulgaria and Microsoft USA. The members of the Bulgarian Parliament Ivan Ivanov and Stoicho Katsarov and the Internet Society Bulgaria signed a letter to the Competition Protection Commission with four points questioning Microsoft practices […]

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August 30, 2006

Travellers privacy and European Union

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The event “Travellers privacy and EU” was organised on 3 August 2006 by Prague based NGO Iuridicum Remedium and it brought together Czech and European stakeholders across the spectrum working on technological developments that affect the movement of people across borders. Speakers came from Data protection agencies […]

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October 15, 2015 · Blogs

Belgian Big Brother Awards 2015 go to surveillance measures in schools and privacy-invasive apps

On 15 October, the Big Brother Awards 2015 took place in Brussels. The Awards are presented annually to “reward” the leading privacy violators.

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September 10, 2014 · Blogs

Germany exports surveillance technologies to human rights violators

From Mexico to Mozambique to Pakistan and beyond, there is now ample evidence that governments across the globe are using mass surveillance technologies to spy on their citizens. Who makes these technologies? And who benefits from their sales? Germany is a major exporter of these technologies and , at the same time as digital communications […]

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