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October 5, 2016 · Blogs

The GS Media case: An attack on the world wide web

The cliché goes that “hard cases make for bad law”. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgment in GS Media case (C‑160/15) is one of the real-life examples of this. It is not easy to sympathise with the losing party, GS Media, who exploits a provocative blog with the name “GeenStijl” (which […]

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March 10, 2010

French Constitutional Court: No to police access to private space CCTV

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches Verfassungsgericht: Nein zu Polizeizugriff auf CCTV im privaten Bereich | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1759] On 25 February 2010, the French Constitutional Council gave its decision on the appeal made by a group of more than 60 senators and 60 deputies against the law reinforcing the fight against gang violence and […]

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September 13, 2006

EU Green paper on surveillance technology

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission (EC) has adopted a green paper on surveillance technology used by the civil society in the fight against terrorism, that will be open for public consultation until the end of this year. The green paper, resulted from a public conference (Public-Private Security Dialogue: Detection […]

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September 10, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Surveillance and data retention

Digital Services Act: what we learned about tackling the power of digital platforms

A year into EDRi’s policy and advocacy efforts to improve the DSA, we take stock of our efforts in mapping challenges and successes in enabling positive change.

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October 24, 2024 · Blogs | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EDRi and members take EU decision-makers through 20 years of digital policy

This September, EDRi, Access Now and ARTICLE 19 took Parliamentarians through a rollercoaster ride of all things digital policy in the European Union. From the early internet and initial experiments in platform regulation, through more recent regulatory innovations, and finally to questions of security and surveillance, we shared a digital rights perspective of the good, the bad and the ugly of digital policy in the EU.

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June 8, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

DSA should promote open and fair digital environment, not undermine the rule of law

The Rapporteur of the European Parliament Committee leading one of the most important legal initiatives to regulate platforms has spoken. The Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee's draft report on the Digital Services Act (DSA) turns online platforms into judge, jury and executioner when it comes to removing online content. This follows the same logic as the Copyright Guidelines that were presented last week. It also gives vast powers to the European Commission and national governments to suppress opposing voices.

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May 5, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

Companies are now allowed to scan your private communications

“Any restrictions on children’s right to freedom of expression in the digital environment, such as filters, including safety measures, should be lawful, necessary and proportionate”and any digital surveillance of children “should respect the child’s right to privacy and should not be conducted routinely, indiscriminately” nor “should it take place without the right to object to such surveillance”.

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October 10, 2007

EDRI Campaign on CoE Recommendation Failing to Uphold Freedom of Expression

On October 10, 2007, EDRI issued a statement to express its serious concerns over a new Council of Europe Recommendation on ‘promoting freedom of expression and information in the new information and communications environment’. As other related instruments are currently in preparation by the CoE, EDRI calls for NGOs and groups from all over the […]

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October 22, 2008

International Action Day "Freedom not Fear" – 11.10.2008

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first worldwide protests against surveillance measures such as the collection of all telecommunications data, the surveillance of air travellers and the biometric registration of citizens were held on 11 October 2008 under the motto “Freedom not Fear – Stop the surveillance mania!”. In at least 15 […]

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October 22, 2008

Freedom not Fear Prague: Do It Yourself Carnival burst in the city center

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 11 October 2008 Prague hosted the DIY Carnival which marched through the city centre in the name of the worldwide initiative “Freedom not Fear”. Starting with a concert of several music groups on the river island Stvanice, more than 1000 people wearing masks outnumbered crowds of […]

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April 19, 2010

Translations of Delete, don’t block – published in The Guardian

The article Delete, don’t block published in The Guardian on 30 March 2010 by Joe McNamee, EDRi’s Advocacy Coordinator has been translated also in several languages – Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Spanish Original Article in English http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/220161-delete-don-t-block Czech http://www.presseurop.eu/cs/content/article/220451-neblokovat-mazat Dutch http://www.presseurop.eu/nl/content/article/220601-blokkeren-van-websites-heeft-geen-enkele-zin French http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/220501-bloquer-les-sites-pedophiles-une-tache-insensee German http://www.presseurop.eu/de/content/article/220691-loeschen-nicht-sperren Italian http://www.presseurop.eu/it/content/article/220641-bloccare-i-siti-pedofili-una-fatica-inutile Polish http://www.presseurop.eu/pl/content/article/220701-usuwac-nie-blokowac Romanian http://www.presseurop.eu/ro/content/article/220411-sterge-nu-bloca […]

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October 25, 2006

Illegal video surveillance in Austria

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During Infolaw legal forum on 17 October, Margot Artner, a Viennese lawyer, expressed concerns regarding the existence of about 100 000 illegal monitoring systems with recording functions in Austria. The estimation was based on information obtained from vendors of monitoring software and installing technicians. Artner has waited […]

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