Results for node/net neutrality

December 14, 2011 · Blogs

German web blocking law repealed

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsches Netzsperrengesetz außer Kraft gesetzt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Deutsches_Netzsperrengesetz_ausser_Kraft_gesetzt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] After more than two years of discussions and opposition, on 1 December 2011, the German Parliament has finally taken the decision to drop the Access Impediment Act, the law that proposed blocking access to websites deemed to have child pornographic content. […]

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May 19, 2004

Council adopts bad position on software patents

Tuesday 18 May the Council of the European Union adopted by a qualified majority in its Competitiveness meeting a Common position for the Second Reading of the Software Patent Directive. The text is described by the Foundation for a free Information Infrastructure as ‘the most uncompromisingly pro-patent text yet’. The Common Position, which was agreed […]

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December 12, 2016 · Document pools

Copyright reform: Document pool

The current European copyright system is broken. We need to repair it as soon as possible, in a way that respects the rights and values of European citizens and creators – not only those of intermediaries such as publishers, record companies or collecting societies!

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August 2, 2006

Digital Rights Ireland Challenge to Data Retention

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Irish Government filed a challenge to the data retention directive on 6 July 2006. The challenge had been announced some time before by the Minister for Justice but was filed just before the time limit for the action had expired. The case challenges the legal basis […]

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September 23, 2015 · Blogs

Germany dreams of security: An ID for every “thing” connected

New infrastructures often resemble untapped oil sources – everyone tries to get in as early as possible in order to grab the biggest share. The German newspaper Die Zeit Online revealed in September that a chip manufacturer has apparently been going to great lengths to ensure a large share of the growing market of the […]

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February 9, 2011

UK Supreme Court to hear DNA cases

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Oberster Britischer Gerichtshof prüft DNS-Fälle | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.3_Britische_DNS_Rechtsfaelle] Following a decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the UK Coalition Government has recently stated its intention to dramatically reduce the retention period of DNA data. In 2008, the ECtHR ruled that a blanket policy of retaining DNA […]

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July 30, 2008

Serbian Telecom Agency publishes Internet traffic interception rules

Serbia’s Republic Agency for Telecommunications (RATEL) published on 21 July 2008 a document of Instructions for Technical Requirements for Subsystems, Devices, Hardware and Installation of Internet Networks. The document explains the technical requirements for authorized monitoring of some telecom services and provides a list of obligations for the telecom operators. According with the present text, […]

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June 8, 2022 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi-gram, 8 June 2022

In this edition of the EDRi-gram, EDRi and over 70 civil society organisations and professional bodies urge the European Commission to withdraw the CSA Regulation and call for an alternative that is compatible with the European Union's fundamental rights. The European Commission needs to understand that playing with online privacy and security affects everyone, including the very children it is supposed to help. Join us in our efforts to protect encrypted communications, open internet spaces and online anonymity.

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February 23, 2011

The French supreme court recognizes hosting status of Web 2.0 services

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches Höchstgericht bestätigt Hosting-Status von Web 2.0 Diensten | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_Franz%C3%B6sisches_Gericht_erkennt_Status_von_Webdiensten_an] On 17 February 2011 the French Court of Cassation recognized the hosting status of Dailymotion and Fuzz.fr. The court also confirmed, in relation to the Amen website case, that the judges had to verify that the content withdrawal […]

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August 30, 2006

Internet voting in France under question

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) France has tried to implement an Internet voting system that should have allowed French citizens living abroad to vote during the presidential elections in 2007. However, the system has been criticized and has not been proven to be reliable. The French living abroad are represented by the […]

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August 29, 2007

WordPress.com blocked in Turkey

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Turkey blocked the access to all the blogs hosted at wordpress.com on 17 August 2007, after a Turkish court decided on this action by agreing with a law firm hired by Adnan Oktar, that claimed that several blogs on the wordpress platform were publishing allegedly defamatory and […]

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October 5, 2016 · Blogs

The curious tale of the French prime minister, PNR and peculiar patterns

On 8 September, Paolo Mengozzi, advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), indicated that the EU cannot ratify the draft EU-Canada Passenger Name Records (PNR) agreement because several of its provisions do not respect the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Representatives of civil society, including our organisations European Digital Rights and […]

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