January 26, 2011 · Blogs

EC’s leak describes blocking as "challenging", "costly" and ineffective

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Durchgesickertes Kommissionspapier bezeichnet Netzsperren als “schwierig”, “kostspielig” und unwirksam | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2550] A leaked draft of the European Commission’s (EC) Green Paper on gambling provides some valuable insights into the Commission’s views on web blocking. Firstly, contrary to Commissioner Malmström’s repeated promises to the contrary, the leak shows that […]

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March 25, 2009

Telecom Package in second reading – dangerous amendments

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das Telekompaket in der zweiten Lesung – gefährliche Zusätze | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1342] Several alarming amendments to the Telecom Package second reading in the European Parliament are to be voted on 31 March 2009 by ITRE/IMCO committee. The amendments are meant to give additional control to the entertainment industry, telecoms […]

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May 6, 2009

WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property: Third meeting

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das WIPO-Komitee für Entwicklung und Geistiges Eigentum: das dritte Treffen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1393] The central issues in the third meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) seemed to be the creation of centralized databases to collect traditional cultural expressions, traditional knowledge, […]

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March 9, 2011 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Net child abuse: Member States fiercely defend their right to do nothing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Kindesmissbrauch im Internet – Mitgliedsstaaten verteidigen verbissen ihr Recht auf Untätigkeit | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_ENDitorial_Mitgliedsstaaten_verteidigen_ihr_Recht_auf_Untaetigkeit] The first Council Working Group meeting on the proposed European Directive on Child Exploitation produced near unanimity among the Member States that their right to do nothing must be defended. As a result, the […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Porn, Parliament, Posturing, Politics and Privatised Policing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Porno, Parlament, Gepose, Politik und privatisierte Rechtsdurchsetzung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] There was a lot of noise surrounding the proposed “porn ban” that was voted on this week (on 12 March 2013) in the European Parliament. The draft Resolution, adopted by the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee (FEMM), […]

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May 6, 2009

The Pirate Bay asks for retrial claiming conflict of interest

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [The Pirate Bay fordert die Wiederaufnahme des Prozesses aufgrund eines Interessenskonflikts | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1388] Macedonian: [Pirate Bay бара повторно судење тврдејќи… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1448/4/lang,mk/] According to Sweden’s national radio station, Thomas Norström, the judge in The Pirate Bay trial was a member of pro-copyright groups just like several of the […]

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April 6, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Digital rights in trade agreements | Privacy and confidentiality

“Privacy Shield 2.0”? – First Reaction by Max Schrems

On March 25 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Biden have announced an "agreement in principle" on a new EU-US data sharing system.

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February 9, 2011 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Internet blocking and damage to child protection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Netzsperren und der Schaden für den Kinderschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/20110211_Netzsperren_Schaden_f%C3%BCr_Kinderschutz] The child protection industry has been campaigning for years for the introduction of EU-wide mandatory blocking of websites accused of being illegal by the police, by independent authorities, etc. This is as a result of a very laudable […]

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October 24, 2007 · Blogs

New Italian draft law – to disguise state censorship

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As it already happened six years ago with the infamous law 62/2001, a new law draft on the “re-arrangement of publishing”, prepared by the Italian government on 3 August 2007 and now entering parliament procedure, clearly intends to enforce bureaucratic and financial burdens, as well as sanctions, […]

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July 28, 2010

EDRi responds to European Commission consultation on creative industries

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi im Konsultationsverfahren zur Kreativindustrie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2093] European Digital Rights has responded to the consultation organised by DG Culture of the European Commission on unlocking the potential of the cultural and creative industries. The consultation defines its subject matter very widely and also covers both the online and […]

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June 4, 2014 · Blogs

Turkey: Highest court rules YouTube ban violates freedom of speech

Turkey’s highest court ruled on 29 May 2014 that access to video-sharing site YouTube has to be restored. A brief decision published on the court’s website stated that the block was unconstitutional and violated individual rights and freedom of expression. On 3 June the access to the site was finally restored. Until now Prime Minister Recep […]

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