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March 26, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

The Need for a Council of Europe Recommendation on Combatting SLAPPs

104 civil society organisations call on the Council of Europe (CoE) to act urgently on the growing threat of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).

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November 23, 2006

ENDitorial : E-society in SE Europe

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) More then 350 participants from 10 different countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Czech Republic and Ireland) participated at the second International E-Society.Mk Conference organized by Metamorphosis Foundation in Skopje from 15-17 November 2006. The focus of the conference was regional approach […]

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December 3, 2008

Ireland proposes to legalise covert surveillance

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Irish Government has approved the outline of a Bill which, if passed by Parliament, will permit police to break into private property to plant covert audio bugs and video cameras. The Covert Surveillance Bill is intended to legitimise what is already believed to be existing practice, […]

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January 25, 2017 · Blogs

Germany: Fighting the anti-whistleblower provision

EDRi observer Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte’s (GFF) most recent Constitutional Court case in Germany concerns an anti-whistleblowing provision threatening the freedom of the press. Part-time journalists and bloggers, as well as the legal or IT experts on which journalists rely, now risk a prison sentence of up to three years for handling “leaked” data.

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January 20, 2022 · Blogs | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

European Parliament approves rights-respecting DSA & proposes ban on use of sensitive personal data for online ads

Today's upcoming vote by the European Parliament's (EP) on the Digital Services Act (DSA) is expected to be a good step forward in protecting people’s rights on the internet, including freedom of expression and information, right to safety and the right to privacy, which EDRi has strongly and consistently advocated for.

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January 31, 2024 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Irish Media Regulator must address dangerous age verification in its new online safety code

On 30 January 2024, EDRi submitted its comments on the Irish Media Regulator’s (Coimisiún na Meán) new Online Safety Code in a public consultation, highlighting significant concerns about age verification.

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May 4, 2011

Copyright complaint leads to public domain music library takedown

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrechtsbeschwerde: Musikbibliothek offline | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.9_Urheberrechtsbeschwerde_Musikbibliothek_offline] International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), the largest public domain music library on the Internet, has been recently taken offline following a complaint from the UK’s Music Publishers Association which convinced registrar GoDaddy to takedown their website. The action was brought over a […]

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April 10, 2013 · Blogs

DMCA take down requests to DMCA take down requests

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google soll Löschanträge löschen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Google_soll_Loeschantraege_loeschen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] Google has recently refused to comply with the take down requests sent by several copyright holders asking for the taking down of their own take down requests (under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act – DMCA) which have now reached almost 20 […]

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April 11, 2012

UK: Home Office plans new surveillance measures

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [UK: Innenministerium plant neue Überwachungsmaßnahmen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_UK_Innenministerium_plant_neue_Ueberwachungsmassnahmen] The Communication Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP) proposed by UK coalition, meant to extend the police’s access to individuals’ email and social media traffic data, is facing strong criticism from the opposition and civil liberties campaigners. CCDP is likely to be part […]

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May 22, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

ePrivacy: Private data retention through the back door

Blanket data retention has been prohibited in several court decisions by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG). In spite of this, some of the EU Member States want to reintroduce it for the use by law enforcement authorities – through a back door in the ePrivacy Regulation.

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December 17, 2008

Wikipedia filtered by UK ISPs for cover album picture

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Wikipedia administrators found on 5 December 2008 that six British ISPs were filtering the access to their site, after Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) had put the online encyclopedia on a child-pornography blacklist for its article on Virgin Killer, the record album of the German band the Scorpions. […]

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January 27, 2016 · Blogs

Academics under attack in Turkey

1128 academics from Turkish universities signed an open letter urging the government to stop using curfews to facilitate the violence ongoing for weeks in Kurdish towns. The number of local signatories increased to 2212 by 20 January 2016, including 30 Nobel Prize winners. Moreover, the letter heading “We Will Not Be A Party To This […]

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