January 27, 2010

EP Culture Committee – Draft Internet Governance Opinion published

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kulturausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments – Gutachtenentwurf zu Internet Governance veröffentlicht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1681] The European Parliament (EP) has started its deliberations on a non-binding report on “Internet governance, the next steps”, following the Commission’s Communication on this topic in 2009. The draft Opinion of the European Parliament’s Culture Committee […]

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January 28, 2009

EU proposal puts confidential communications data at risk

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Civil liberties groups La Quadrature du Net, European Digital Rights (EDRi), AK Vorrat, and Netzpolitik.org are urging the European Parliament to heed advice given by the European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx and scrap plans dubbed “voluntary data retention”. “A proposal currently discussed in the European Parliament […]

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January 28, 2009

EU proposal puts confidential communications data at risk

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Civil liberties groups La Quadrature du Net, European Digital Rights (EDRi), AK Vorrat, and Netzpolitik.org are urging the European Parliament to heed advice given by the European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx and scrap plans dubbed “voluntary data retention”. “A proposal currently discussed in the European Parliament […]

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April 20, 2016 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Access Now

Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of users at risk around the world. It combines innovative policy, user engagement, and direct technical support, and fight for open and secure communications for all.

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February 18, 2014 · Blogs

European Commission on global internet governance – do as we say, please don’t do as we do

On 12 February, the European Commission produced a broadly solid Communication (pdf) on global internet governance. Some of the policies promoted on a global level by the European Commission are really excellent – defend and promote fundamental rights and democratic values, multi-stakeholder governance structures, clear rules that respect rights and values and a single unfragmented […]

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June 19, 2013 · Blogs

Media Freedom and Pluralism in Europe

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Medienfreiheit und Pluralismus in Europa | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.12_Medienfreiheit_und_Pluralismus_in_Europa?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130619] At the beginning of the year, the European Commission’s High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism published a report and presented several recommendations to protect and promote a free and pluralistic media in Europe. In order to collect feedback on […]

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June 28, 2012 · Blogs

Current EU consultations of importance to digital rights

The European Commission frequently organises consultations, which are open not only to industry but also civil society and individual citizens. These are valuable opportunities to shape policy in a positive way from the outset rather than needing to take to the streets when the wrong policy is developed based on bad analysis. There are currently […]

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June 29, 2016 · Blogs

How digital rights in the UK will be affected by Brexit

The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the EU means that inhabitants of the country no longer have a clear idea what levels and kinds of protection of digital rights they will have in the future. Nearly all the relevant law is European. A lot depends on the kind of model of leaving the EU that […]

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January 22, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

Best of 2018: EDRi’s top articles and publications

Once again, 2018 was no resting time for digital rights defenders. Upload filters, which seem to be considered as a fit-for-all solution, have kept us particularly mobilised the entire year. Here is a throwback to our most popular articles and publications of the year.

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November 30, 2016 · Blogs

Free flow of data – what is it?

The “think tank” European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) recently produced a database of “restrictions on data”. The database lists laws which, in ECIPE’s opinion, are barriers to trade in 65 economies worldwide, including the European Union, and it was produced apparently due to influence from “the business community”. The database considers the EU […]

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April 4, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

Digitale Gesellschaft: Fighting for digitals rights in Germany

Our German member Digitale Gesellschaft was founded in 2010. The organisation's main goals are digital rights advocacy and effective campaigns. In this blogpost we present their work to defend digital rights in Germany.

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February 10, 2016 · Blogs

David Kaye calls on companies to defend freedom of expression

The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur David Kaye on freedom of opinion and expression is conducting a project on the “responsibilities of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector to protect and promote freedom of expression in the digital age”. The UN Special Rapporteur made a call for input to help him identify actors with […]

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