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June 19, 2016 · Blogs

Terrorism and internet blocking – is this the most ridiculous amendment ever?

After months of closed-door, secret negotiations, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee will vote tomorrow, on 21 June, on the planned Directive “on combating terrorism”. Although internet blocking was not part of the initial proposal and appears to fall outside the purpose of the Directive (harmonisation of criminal law), the committee will vote on a […]

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June 29, 2016 · Blogs

Poland adopted a controversial anti-terrorism law

On 22 June, the Polish president signed a new anti-terrorism law. The law contains measures that are inconsistent with the Polish Constitution and with the European Convention on Human Rights. The list of controversies is long: foreigners’ phone calls can be wire-tapped without a court order, and police can collect their fingerprints, biometric photos and […]

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July 27, 2016 · Blogs

Massive lobby against personal communications security has started

Since 2002, European citizens’ freedom of communication, the security of our communications devices, and the protection of our personal data in the online world have been safeguarded by the so-called e-Privacy Directive. This Directive is now up for renewal. Unsurprisingly, after the big online companies launched probably the biggest ever lobbying campaign to undermine the […]

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July 27, 2016 · Blogs

German surveillance laws: placebos, poison, and also bad sport

The German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in favour of two contentious surveillance laws in July 2016. These are not only disappointing with regard to their content but also as cases of dubious parliamentary procedure. Those observing international politics may be familiar with the phrase “burying bad news”. The phrase gained notoriety through leaked emails from […]

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August 31, 2016 · Blogs

Towards a corporate copyright reform in the EU?

On 24 August, Statewatch leaked the draft Impact Assessment (IA) of the European Commission (EC) on the copyright reform. Impact Assessments are an essential part in the decision making process. They are where the EC analyses the different options available when considering a policy initiative. Ahead of the official presentation of the final IA in […]

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September 7, 2016 · Blogs

What digital rights are at imminent risk? All of them.

Our civil rights in the digital environment are based on our rights to protect our personal security and data, our right to communicate freely, and our right for any restrictions to be necessary, predictable and proportionate. Every one of these rights is now under imminent threat.

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September 21, 2016 · Blogs

Joint Referral Platform: no proof of diligent approach to terrorism

On 28 April 2016, EDRi asked the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission (DG Home) to release more information about a new initiative announced in April 2016, the Joint Referral Platform. What we knew already (or thought we knew) The existence of the Joint Referral Platform was disclosed on 20 April […]

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October 5, 2016 · Blogs

The curious tale of the French prime minister, PNR and peculiar patterns

On 8 September, Paolo Mengozzi, advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), indicated that the EU cannot ratify the draft EU-Canada Passenger Name Records (PNR) agreement because several of its provisions do not respect the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Representatives of civil society, including our organisations European Digital Rights and […]

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October 19, 2016 · Blogs

Censorship in Italy: Child protection is the excuse again

One of the recurrent attempts to control the internet is the excuse of “child protection”. Italy has moved a step to this direction, and is going to release a new law against “cyberbullying” that confirms this new trend. This new project follows the same well-worn, failed approach.

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December 14, 2016 · Blogs

ENDitorial: What do two copywrongs make? Definitely not a copyright

Anyone who turns up in Brussels these days and tries to follow discussions around the proposal for “ancillary copyright” (aka “link tax”) in the Copyright Directive must be truly baffled.

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January 11, 2017 · Blogs

2017 – another extremely challenging year for digital rights

The agenda of the year 2016 for the protection of digital rights was filled with challenges, and it looks like 2017 is not going to be any easier.

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January 25, 2017 · Blogs

e-Privacy Regulation: Good intentions but a lot of work to do

On 10 January 2017, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications, ePR) to replace the 2002 e-Privacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC, ePD). EU legislation on data protection is divided between general legislation (the 1995 Directive, soon to be replaced by the General Data Protection Regulation) and […]

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