April 7, 2010 · Blogs

Defining the open standards in the EU Digital Agenda

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Definition der Open Standards in der Digital Agenda der EU | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1834] Several French NGOs such as APRIL (the Association for the promotion and defence of free software)and the consumer group UFC-Que Choisir have recently voiced their worries related to the wording on open standards in the Digital […]

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March 12, 2014 · Blogs

Internet censorship and surveillance in Turkey

The Turkish government recently passed a new law that will deepen the existing censorship and surveillance on the Internet. The new law is an amendment to Law #5651, an article of which has been previously condemned by European Court of Human Rights (Ahmet Yildirim vs. Turkish Government case where the Court ruled that Turkey had […]

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May 4, 2011

The curious case of Internet filtering in Ireland

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Der seltsame Fall der Internetfilterung in Irland | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.9_Internetfilter_in_Irland] One of the most important developments for freedom of expression online has been the growth of internet filtering systems, which have rapidly been adopted by national governments as the “solution” to various forms of internet wrongdoing. Ireland is no […]

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May 18, 2011

EU and China adopt harmonised approach to censorship

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU und China harmonisieren ihre Zensurmaßnahmen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_EU_und_China_harmonisieren_ihre_Zensurmassnahmen] The European Union and China appear to have agreed to share their preferred approaches to censorship, producing a model that is a perfect mix between current EU and Chinese policies. On 20 April 2011, at an event in the European […]

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June 4, 2014 · Blogs

Google takes the first steps to comply with European Court ruling

The noise, misunderstandings and confusion about the alleged “right to be forgotten” has increased in amplitude since the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its ruling on the so-called “Google case”. Like a politician’s use of statistics, the phrase  “right to be forgotten” has been used by critics of privacy law like […]

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December 3, 2014 · Blogs

Danish court orders a UK company to block Danish IP addresses

In Denmark, and in most other EU member states, furniture design is protected by copyright for 70 years from the death of the designer. However, a few member states have shorter protections for furniture. In the United Kingdom, for example, Article 52 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act of 1988 limited the protection for […]

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January 28, 2009 · Blogs

Macedonia: Privacy Developments in 2008

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Even though the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia and the Law on Personal Data Protection (LPDP), the Criminal Code, Law on Organization and Operation of State Administrative Bodies and other laws recognize and protect the rights of privacy, data protection and secrecy of communications, the implementation […]

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October 6, 2010 · Blogs

Hearing on Internet Blocking in the European Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hearing zu Netzsperren im Europäischen Parlament | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2243] The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee held a hearing on the Child Exploitation Directive on 28 and 29 September, chaired by the Parliament’s Rapporteur, Roberta Angelilli (EPP, Italy). The event was opened by the MEP responsible for the dossier, Ms […]

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December 16, 2009

Spain discusses shutting down websites without court order

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien berät über die Schließung von Webseiten ohne richterliche Verfügungen| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1628] Despite the recent statements of Spanish culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde and the warnings received from Commissioner Reding, the Spanish Government announced at the beginning of December 2009 a proposal that may lead to shutting down websites that […]

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April 8, 2009

Extended copyright term for sound recordings pushed back

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verlängerte Urheberrechtsfrist für Tonaufnahmen abgelehnt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1358] The proposal for the extension of the copyright terms for sound recordings was rejected on 27 March 2009 by COREPER, which has the task to negotiate a consensus before the EU Council of Ministers takes votes. To the great disappointment of […]

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April 22, 2009

German Government forces ISPs to put web filters

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Regierung verpflichtet ISPs zur Einführung von Webfiltern|http://www.unwatched.org/node/1372] Macedonian: [Германската влада ги принудува интернет | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1430/4/lang,mk/] The German Government, through Germany’s family minister Ursula von der Leyen as well as the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Jörg Ziercke, signed on 17 April 2009 “voluntary” contracts […]

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April 21, 2010

UK Digital Economy Bill voted by the Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Parlament stimmt für Digital Economy Bill | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1867] In a hasty meeting that lasted only two hours and a half, the UK Parliament, with an overwhelming majority (189 votes to 47), passed on 8 April 2010 the Digital Economy Bill, in third reading, without a real debate, […]

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