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December 18, 2013 · Blogs

France: Real-time interception of e-communications by security forces

The “loi de programmation militaire (LPM)”, the “military programming law”, was adopted on 10 December 2013 by the French Senate after having been approved in first reading by the Parliament. This law enables the French secret services to intercept any electronic communication, under the direct authorisation of Prime Minister or the President. All is not […]

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February 24, 2016 · Blogs

Data Protection Lobbyotomy Part 1: Influencing the Dutch government

The new European data protection regulation is the most lobbied piece of legislation in Europe because the subject is very important and touches upon almost every aspect of our daily lives. Therefore, Bits of Freedom used the Dutch freedom of information act to ask the government to publicise all the lobby documents they received on […]

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December 9, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Looking back at digital rights in the era of a surveillance pandemic

2020 started as a year to build momentum to tackle various digital rights issues, including mass surveillance and freedom of expression online. Needless to say, the global pandemic disrupted not only these efforts but also our health, personal relations, basic survival needs and ways to organise around human rights. After 9 months of living and working in a pandemic, we look back at what we achieved and the ways forward from here.

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March 9, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Publications | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Booklet: Surveillance-based advertising: An industry broken by design and by default

Most online advertising today relies on huge amounts of personal data extracted from people without their knowledge. EDRi’s new guide book “Targeted Online” sheds light on this opaque data industry and explores how EU law should regulate it. This is the first blog post in a new series dedicated to the EU’s proposed Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.

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June 30, 2010

ACTA – new criminal sanctions for non-commercial copyright uses?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ACTA – Neue Sanktionen für die nicht-gewerbliche Nutzung von Urheberrechten? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2033] A new round of negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is in progress until 1 July 2010 at Luzern, Switzerland between 11 parties including the EU. A document leaked from the EU Presidency dated 7 […]

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June 30, 2010

Iceland – first steps for a new media haven

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Island: Erste Schritte zu einem neuen Medienhafen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2037] Iceland’s Parliament has recently accepted a proposal by Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI) asking the Icelandic Government to find “ways to strengthen freedoms of expression and information freedom in Iceland, (and provide) strong protections for sources and whistleblowers.” The […]

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January 15, 2014 · Blogs

European Commission wants to know if web browsing should be illegal

The European Commission has launched a consultation on the future of European copyright policy. The responses provided to the questionnaire must be submitted by 5 February 2014 and will be used as a justification for future proposals from the Commission – if citizens do not have their say, the results will be a weakening of […]

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February 1, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

Phone unlocking vs biometric mass surveillance: what’s the difference?

Facial recognition is one of the most hotly-debated topics in the European Union’s (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act. Lawmakers are more aware than ever of the risks posed by automated surveillance systems which pervasively track our faces – as well as our bodies and movements - across time and place. This can amount to biometric mass surveillance (BMS), which undermines our anonymity and freedom, and weaponises our faces and bodies against us. The article explores the types of biometric technology and their implications.

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March 4, 2024 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

#PrivacyCamp24: Event summary

On January 24, 2024, we brought together policymakers, activists, human rights defenders, and academics from all over Europe for Privacy Camp 2024. We came together to explore the theme ‘Revealing, Rethinking, and Changing Systems’.

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November 20, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

A privately managed public space?

Our “public spaces” online where we meet each other, organise, or speak about social issues, are often controlled and dominated by private companies (platforms like Facebook and YouTube). Pushing platforms to decide which opinions we are allowed to express and which not is not going to solve major problems in our society. The EU rules […]

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November 16, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

The DSA fails to reign in the most harmful digital platform businesses – but it is still useful

The Digital Services Act (DSA) adopted by the European Parliament on 5 July 2022 was lauded by some as creating a “constitution for the internet” and a European response to the “digital wild west” created by Silicon Valley. But the DSA is far from perfect and much will depend on how well the new regulation is going to be implemented and enforced.

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February 2, 2022 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

Framing the future of the internet

The European Parliament has just voted on the Digital Services Act, crucial for internet regulation.

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