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December 17, 2015 · Blogs

EU Data Protection Package – Lacking ambition but saving the basics

Statement of European Digital Rights (EDRi), Bits of Freedom, Digitale Gesellschaft e.V, Open Rights Group (ORG),  Digital Rights Ireland and Privacy International following the vote of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on the Data Protection In January 2012, the European Commission, following extensive consultations, published a draft Regulation and a Directive to create a […]

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February 4, 2016 · Blogs

Press release: TiSA negotiations: the European Parliament’s strong position

On 3 February 2016, the European Parliament gave its opinion to the European Commission on what to do and what not to do with regard to the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). The European Commission is in charge of conducting the negotiations on behalf of the European Union. At the end of the negotiation process, […]

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October 19, 2016 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Commissioner defends nuclear attack on internet freedom

The European Commission launched its proposal for a Copyright Directive in September 2016. The legislation includes new rules on filtering of uploads to the internet, text and data mining and the so-called “link tax”.

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July 11, 2017 · Blogs

Latest copyright votes: Filtering, blocking & half-baked compromises

On 11 July, two Committees in the European Parliament voted on their Opinions on European Commission’s proposal for a Copyright Directive: the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). CULT decided to abandon all reason and propose measures that contradict existing law on monitoring of online content. […]

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July 26, 2017 · Blogs

Copyright Directive discussed in Romania

On 23 June 2017, EDRi member Asociația pentru Tehnologie și Internet (ApTI) along with The National Association of Librarians and Public Libraries of Romania (ANBPR) and the Center for Independent Journalism (CJI) organised a meeting on the topic of the proposed EU Copyright Directive. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Victor Negrescu took part in […]

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April 18, 2018 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Alternatives to dominant digital services

Internet protocols and human rights

Recently, a lot of thought has been devoted to the issue of human rights and internet protocols.

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April 18, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Privacy at ICANN: WHOIS winning?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has struggled over the publication of the name, address, phone number, and email address of domain name registrants since its inception in 1998. That registry is called WHOIS.

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May 16, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

ENDitorial: Can design save us from content moderation?

Our communication platforms are polluted with racism, incitement to hate, terrorist propaganda and Twitter-bot armies.

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October 10, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Freedom of expression online

What’s next for Europe’s internet censorship plan?

Existing copyright filters (like YouTube's ContentID system) are set up to block people who attract too many copyright complaints, but what about people who make false copyright claims? The platforms must be allowed to terminate access to the copyright filter system for those who repeatedly make false or inaccurate claims about which copyright works are theirs.

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November 21, 2018 · Blogs | On the ground | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation

Whom do we trust with the collective good?

Wittingly and unwittingly, we increasingly leave the care of society to tech companies. This trend will prove detrimental to us.

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September 30, 2020 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Statewatch

Statewatch undertakes and encourages the publication of critical research and investigative journalism in the fields of the state, justice and home affairs, civil liberties, accountability and openness.

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January 23, 2023 · Blogs | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

Remote biometric identification: a technical & legal guide

Lawmakers are more aware than ever of the risks posed by automated surveillance systems which track our faces, bodies and movements across time and place. In the EU's AI Act, facial and other biometric systems which can identify people at scale are referred to as 'Remote Biometric Identification', or RBI. But what exactly is RBI, and how can you tell the difference between an acceptable and unacceptable use of a biometric system?

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