Results for node/net neutrality

September 23, 2009

Three strikes law version 2 – one step closer to adoption in France

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die Annahme der zweiten Version des Drei Treffer-Gesetzes rückt in Frankreich einen Schritt näher | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1522] On 15 September 2009, the French deputies adopted the amended version of the three strikes law (also known as Hadopi 2) by only 55% votes. A day after, the mixed paritary commission […]

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April 7, 2010

European Commission proposes Net blocking and defends illegal activity

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission schlägt Netzsperren vor und verteidigt rechtswidrige Handlungen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1831] On 29 March 2010, the European Commission re-launched its initiative on child exploitation. This initiative was originally launched in March 2009 as a “Framework Decision”, but was withdrawn due to the entry into force of the Lisbon […]

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November 4, 2009

France: Second version of the three strikes law is in place

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Die zweite Version des Drei-Treffer-Gesetzes ist durchgesetzt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1572] In a disappointing decision in comparison with its initial assessment on the first three strikes law (called HADOPI 1), on 22 October 2009, The French Constitutional Court validated the three strikes law with only one minor change. The […]

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April 8, 2009

EP needs to protect users' rights in the Telecom Package!

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP hat die Rechte der Nutzer im Telekompaket zu schützen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1355] The new developments on the Telecom Package over the last two weeks, with the approval of a new text in the IMCO (Internal Market Committee) of the European Parliament (EP) and the initiation of the trialogue […]

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April 8, 2009

European Parliament asks for respect of human rights on the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament fordert Respekt für die Menschenrechte im Internet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1357] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Европскиот парламент бара да се… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1422/56/lang,mk/] On 26 March 2009, the European Parliament voted with a large majority to support Lambrinidis report concerning the protection of individual liberties on […]

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June 3, 2009

French Government hurries to put HADOPI law into application

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische Regierung drängt auf Umsetzung des HADOPI-Gesetzes | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1417] No sooner has the three strikes law been adopted that the French government issued CCAPs (special administrative specifications) and CCTPs (special technical specifications) which were sent by the Ministry of Culture to the candidate enterprises to put into function […]

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January 13, 2014 · Blogs

AT&T’s “sponsored data” – a toll-road to nowhere

On 6 January, the US fixed and mobile operator AT&T announced a “service” allowing online services (such as search engines, social media, etc) to pay (“sponsor”) the data costs of end-users. Currently, people often have to pay for data that they download from the internet, whereas AT&T’s programme would allow certain services to be provided […]

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November 18, 2009

ENDitorial: Mobilizing to Stop ACTA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Mobilisierung um ACTA zu stoppen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1595] The negotiating partners of ACTA have announced that the next round of negotiations on ACTA will take place in Mexico in January and have promised to conclude the agreement in 2010. As the last edition of the EDRi-gram exposed, the […]

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June 7, 2006

Content flatrate is feasible according to French study

Nothing in the national law and international obligations prevents states from permitting file-sharing as long as they subject it to a levy. This is the conclusion of a legal feasibility study under the supervision of Prof. André Lucas, the most renowned copyright scholar in France. The study on the feasibility of compensation for peer-to-peer file-sharing, […]

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November 15, 2022

Bread&Net 2022 – Surveillance

Exporting Surveillance, Arming Abuse.

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November 15, 2022

Bread&Net 2022 – Digital Security

Digital Security: How to Plan for it? Participants will learn about methodologies and resources useful to explore the digital security threats concerning their work.

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November 16, 2016 · Blogs

State of emergency worsens digital crackdown in Turkey

According to a new report by Freedom House, web freedom across the globe declined for the sixth consecutive year. Turkey placed among the red-flag states in terms of web freedom in 2015-2016 and is now rated “not free” in “Freedom on the net 2016” report after repeated blocking of social media. The country’s status score […]

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