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March 1, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online

Internet restrictions in Turkey violate fundamental rights

After the major earthquake that took place in Turkey on 6 February, covering 10 provinces and a population of approximately 15 million, bandwidth restriction for social media platforms such as Twitter and Tiktok was implemented. Whenever the current government was criticised for not meeting its obligations, throttling was used as an option to filter and prevent the flow of information.

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March 24, 2010

UK is one step closer to blocking access to Internet

Article corrected on 31.03.2010 This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB macht einen Schritt auf die Unterbindung von Internetzugängen zu | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1793] The most controversial Digital Economy Bill has advanced one more step having been passed by the British House of Lords on 15 March 2010. The bill allows for the “temporary suspension” of […]

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August 4, 2004

Opinion European Court of Justice: perpetual rights for databases

On 8 June 2004, the European Court of Justice issued an opinion on four (similar) cases regarding the database directive ‘sui generis’ right. The opinion seems to grant perpetual protection to databases, and confirms grave public concerns about the impact of the directive on the use and re-use of online information. Though the opinion of […]

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February 2, 2022 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Transparency

Orwell’s Wallet: European electronic identity system leads us straight into surveillance capitalism

In June 2021 the European Commission launched a reform of the 2014 eIDAS Regulation to overhaul Europe’s framework for electronic identity (eID) systems. This ambitious reform tries to create a counterbalance to the widespread login systems of Google, Facebook and Apple, as well as to provide widely-adopted eID systems for eGovernment and eCommerce applications to the population.

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November 18, 2015 · Blogs

EU and US NGOs propose privacy reforms post Schrems

On 12 November 2015, leading human rights and consumer organisations issued a letter to urge the US and the EU to protect the fundamental right to privacy. After the Schrems ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in October 2015, the parties are now attempting to negotiate a revised Safe Harbor […]

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September 27, 2006

Italian authorities messed up by the wiretapping scandal

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Italian wiretapping scandal has continued since this summer, showing that Telecom Italia internal security service has tapped phone calls from their own employees, business partners, competition, but also from political and football circles. The wiretapped phone calls database was apparently used to blackmail various people. According […]

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November 2, 2016 · Blogs

From Warsaw to London: United to #fixcopyright

At the end of October 2016 two major events related to internet freedoms took place: Copycamp and MozFest. EDRi participated in both conferences, engaging with activists to build the resistance against attacks on our digital freedoms.

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February 27, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online

Call for whistleblowing is not a crime: The case of a peace activist

The peace activist Hermann Theisen has been convicted by several lower courts for calling on employees of weapons manufacturers to expose illegal activities of their employers. EDRi observer Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF, Society for Civil Rights) supports him in his appeal procedures to get German courts to recognise that neither whistleblowing in the public interest […]

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August 18, 2021 · Blogs | Campaigns | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Inclusive technologies

Romani rights and biometric mass surveillance

The rights of Romani people should be an important topic for anyone that cares about digital rights. In this blog, hear from experts in Roma, Sinti and digital rights about why facial recognition is an important issue (and what the rest of the digital rights community can learn), and check out the Reclaim Your Face campaign’s first ever resource in the Sinti language!

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October 8, 2008

Sarkozy snubbed by Barroso in the three strikes approach

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Barroso, President of the European Commission has refused French President Sarkozy’s request to withdraw Amendment 138 included in the Telecoms Package recently voted by the European Parliament. Amendment 138 which basically reinstates the legal issue of the freedom to communicate of Internet users, reaffirming that only threats […]

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October 8, 2014 · Blogs

Finland: Complaints about the copyright law drafting procedure

An update to the copyright law is being prepared in the Copyright Commission of the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. To affect the outcome of the preparations, and help correcting excessive interpretations of the current copyright laws, a citizens’ initiative “Common Sense For Copyright” was launched by the Open Ministry, a non-profit organisation […]

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February 27, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

ApTI submits complaint on Romanian GDPR implementation

In November 2018, the RISE Project case showed that the Romanian Data Protection Authority (ANSPDCP or Romanian DPA) was unprepared to respond to cases that involve both the right to freedom of expression and the right to privacy. RISE Project’s investigative journalism story #TeleormanLeaks was an important signal that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]

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