Results for node/net neutrality

May 8, 2017 · Blogs

Killing parody, killing memes, killing the internet?

We love the internet because it creates fantastic opportunities to express ourselves and to innovate. But do we love it enough to pass it on to future generations? Nearly 20 years ago, politicians made decisions that gave us the internet we have today. Visionary policy-makers decided not to punish internet companies for the actions of […]

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June 27, 2012 · Blogs

MEP Gallo's defence of her PC Inpact article

Following the criticism she received regarding her recent PC Inpact interview, Marielle Gallo published a letter on her website. As we published our translation of the interview, we felt it was fair to also publish her defence. We have included some notes and clarifications in the translation. “Many of you replied to the interview in […]

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July 4, 2012

Thank you SOPA, thank you ACTA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Danke SOPA, danke ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Danke_SOPA_danke_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The digital rights world can be grateful that the intellectual property lobby employs too many lobbyists and too few strategists. Lobbyists are salespeople, the sell potential clients or employers amazing things, international agreements, Directives, the ability to stop time and enjoy old […]

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March 15, 2006

What's so special about French EUCD transposition?

With its succession of coups de theatre, the pathetic show of the French EUCD transposition (DADVSI draft law) is going on. After the surprising adoption, on Christmas Eve, of an amendment legalising the exchange of music and video files on the Internet as private copies, compensated by a monthly fee (‘global license’) collected by ISPs […]

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July 3, 2013 · Blogs

Future of Copyright Contest 2013

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wettbewerb ‘Future of Copyright’ 2013 | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.13_Wettbewerb_Future_of_Copyright_2013?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130703] This year, the EDRi member Modern Poland Foundation is again asking people all over the world about their vision of the future of copyright. There are now 4 days to go before the end of the crowd founding campaign and there […]

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March 12, 2014 · Blogs

Internet censorship and surveillance in Turkey

The Turkish government recently passed a new law that will deepen the existing censorship and surveillance on the Internet. The new law is an amendment to Law #5651, an article of which has been previously condemned by European Court of Human Rights (Ahmet Yildirim vs. Turkish Government case where the Court ruled that Turkey had […]

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November 10, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Surveillance and data retention

Artificial intelligence – a tool of austerity

This week Human Rights Watch published a much-needed comment on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation. As governments increasingly resort to AI systems to administer social security and public services more broadly, there is an ever-greater need to analyse the impact on fundamental rights and the broader public interest.

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July 4, 2012

UK government wants an automatic filtering of adult sites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung plant automatisierte Netzfilter für Erwachsenenangebote | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Britische_Regierung_plant_automatisierte_Netzfilter_fuer_Erwachsenenangebote?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The UK officials intend to force Internet users to filter out pornography websites starting with the setting out of their accounts. “I want to fully explore every option that might help make children safer – including whether internet filters […]

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March 14, 2007

ENDitorial: French law on delinquency: the threat to FoE is elsewhere

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The new French law for the prevention of delinquency is yet another vehicle to worsen penalties and to increase the prerogatives of the police, when infractions are committed through or using the Internet. The main purpose of this law is to reduce the limitation of penal responsibility […]

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July 18, 2012

Is CETA introducing ACTA through the back door?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommt ACTA mit CETA durch die Hintertür? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.14_Kommt_ACTA_mit_CETA_durch_die_Hintertuer?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120718] The European Parliament rejected ACTA with a large majority on 4 July 2012, but just one week later the EU is accused of pushing back the rejected agreement through the back door, that is, through CETA, the EU–Canada trade […]

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March 29, 2006

Internet under attack on election day in Belarus

On 19 March 2006, date of the presidential elections in Belarus, the major online independent news resources (svaboda.org, charter97.org, belapan.com, ucpb.org, naviny.by, kozylin.com, zubr-belarus.com) were the targets of various types of attacks. The Website of “Nasha Niva” newspaper was not available from Belarus on 18 March on the Internet. Other problems were spotted in accessing […]

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August 24, 2011

UK riots give birth to the idea of suspending social media services

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Ausschreitungen lösen Ruf nach Sperre sozialer Medien aus | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.16_Britische_Ausschreitungen_loesen_Ruf_nach_Sperre_sozialer_Medien_aus?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110901] The recent riots that have taken place in the UK have initiated a wave of statements from officials on the necessity to shut down or suspend access of UK citizens to certain social media services. The Metropolitan […]

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