April 21, 2010

EU bank data transfer on the table of the EU institutions

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Transfer von EU-Bankdaten auf Agenda der EU-Institutionen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1870] The airline problems in Europe that have affected also many MEPs, have postponed a series of voting sessions scheduled for this week in Strasbourg, including the votes on PNR and SWIFT resolutions. The US Administration declared that it hoped […]

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November 19, 2014 · Blogs

UN calls for balance between privacy and security

In a special discussion at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Flavia Pansieri, the United Nations (UN) Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed her concern about increasing mass surveillance programs conducted by states and private corporations. Ms. Pansieri highlighted the importance of demonstrating that interferences with an individual’s right to privacy are both necessary […]

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April 21, 2010

Asociación de Internautas goes to EC against court decision

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Asociación de Internautas wendet sich wegen Gerichtsurteil an Europäische Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1873] Asociación de Internautas (the Spanish Association of Internet Users – AI) has recently denounced to the European Commission (EC) the Spanish Supreme Court decision in the case introduced by SGAE (the General Society of Authors and […]

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May 5, 2010

Commissioner Malmström launches censorship arms race

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Malmström führt Zensur-Wettrüsten ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1901] Commissioner Malmström has been explaining to the European Parliament and to the press that her Internet blocking proposals are “only” about child abuse websites and “only” the kind of blocking that is in place in countries such as Sweden. At the […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

France slowly advances towards net neutrality?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Macht Frankreich Fortschritte in Richtung Netzneutralität? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_Macht_Frankreich_Fortschritte_in_Richtung_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] During an intergovernmental seminar on digital policy on 28 February 2013, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced the preparation for 2014 of a law “on the protection of digital rights and freedoms” which seemed to bring some improvements in online […]

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March 14, 2012 · Blogs

Google and Facebook blocked by the Danish child pornography filter

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänischer Kinderpornographiefilter sperrt Google und Facebook | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Daenischer_Kinderpornographiefilter_sperrt_Google_und_Facebook] In the morning of 1 March 2012, about 8000 websites, including Google and Facebook, were blocked by the Danish child pornography (CP) filter. When the customers of the affected ISPs, Siminn Denmark and Tele Greenland, made Google searches or accessed […]

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April 11, 2012

9 June 2012 – European Action Day Against ACTA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [9. Juni 2012: Europäischer Aktionstag gegen ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_9_Juni_2012_Europaeischer_Aktionstag_gegen_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] On 9 June, there will be another day of action which will give protesters the opportunity to gather across Europe to voice their opposition to the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Civil society protests erupted in February 2012 to […]

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April 11, 2012

Spanish Sinde law brings about the first website take down requests

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Erste Sperrverfügungen nach dem spanischen Sinde-Gesetz stehen an | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Erste_Sperrverfuegungen_nach_dem_spanischen_Sinde-Gesetz_stehen_an?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] The Spanish Minister of Culture has stated that in only one month since the Spanish anti-piracy law (known as Sinde Law) has been passed, the Commission for Intellectual Property (CIP) has received more than 300 complaints against websites […]

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July 1, 2009

Judge unbiased, no retrial for The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Richter nicht voreingenommen, keine Wiederaufnahme des Prozesses für The Pirate Bay | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1451] On 25 June 2009, Sweden’s Court of Appeal ruled that judge Norström in The Pirate Bay (TPB) case was not biased as the lawyers representing TPB founders had claimed. Therefore there will be no retrial […]

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April 24, 2013 · Blogs

Turkish pianist sentenced for comments on Twitter

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Meinungsfreiheit: Türkischer Pianist wegen Twitter-Kommentaren verurteilt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.8_Meinungsfreiheit_Tuerkischer_Pianist_wegen_Twitter-Kommentaren_verurteilt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130424] On 15 April 2013, the Criminal Court of Justice of Istanbul gave Turkish pianist Fazil Say a 10 month suspended jail sentence over comments on Twitter, deciding he was guilty of violating an article of the Turkish Criminal Code that […]

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May 18, 2011

Google found guilty in Belgium for newspapers' copyright infringement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Google verliert Klage wegen Urheberrechtsverletzung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Belgien_Google_verliert_Klage_wegen_Urheberrechtsverletzung] Google lost its appeal in front of the Belgian appeals court which upheld an earlier ruling, having found the company guilty of infringing the copyright of newspapers, in the case introduced in 2006 by Copiepresse. In 2006, Copiepress, an agency […]

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April 25, 2012

Spain: Draft law criminalising online organisation of public protests

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Gesetzesvorstoß zur Kriminalisierung von Protestaufrufen im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Spanien_Gesetzesvorstoss_zur_Kriminalisierung_von_Protestaufrufen_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] The Spanish Government intends to pass a reform of the Penal Code that would criminalise the organisation of street protests that “seriously disturb the public peace”, by any kind of media including online social networks such as Facebook. […]

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