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October 22, 2014 · Blogs

Macedonian investigative magazine fined in defamation case

On 27 September, 2014, the Skopje Court of Appeals, Macedonia, confirmed the decision of a lower court, and ordered a critical independent magazine “Fokus” to pay a nearly ten thousand euro fine to a high government official for defamation. The ruling was another setback to country’s media freedom. Sasho Mijalkov, the Director of the Security […]

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April 8, 2009

Big Brother Awards France 2009

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Big Brother Awards Frankreich 2009 | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1363] The French Big Brother Awards ceremony, or ‘Orwell Party’, was held this year on Saturday 4 April. The 2009 edition awarded 12 of the 35 nominees, in 6 categories, one of them being the positive ‘Voltaire Award’. Armand Mattelart, a renowned […]

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April 7, 2010

Personal data: a comic book for European young adults

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Personenbezogene Daten: Ein Comicheft für junge Europäer | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1830] Information and communication technologies (telephone, Internet, emails, blogs and social networks) make daily life and relationships with our relatives, friends or even strangers easier. Young people and young adults make a particularly intense use of them. However, unless we […]

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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 This initiative was originally launched in March 2009 as a “Framework Decision”, but was withdrawn due to the entry into force of the Lisbon […]

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April 22, 2009

European Parliament ITRE committee votes against the 3 strikes

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ITRE-Komitee des Europäischen Parlaments stimmt gegen die 3 Treffer | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1369] The ITRE – Industry, Research and Energy Committee of the European Parliament (EP) has voted in the evening of 21 April 2009 on the Trautmann report and has reintroduced amendment 138. However some of the amendments approved […]

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April 7, 2010

UK Digital Economy Bill rushed through the House of Commons

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Digital Economy Bill: Im Eiltempo durch das Unterhaus | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1832] After several hours of debate on 6 April 2010 in an almost empty British House of Commons, the Digital Economy Bill was passed to the next stage. The final debate is today, 7 April 2010 and the […]

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April 22, 2009

Three strikes law rejected by the French deputies

article updated on the score of vote on 28.04 This article is also available in: Deutsch: [3 Treffer-Gesetz von französichen Abgeordneten abgelehnt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1370] On 9 April 2009, the French Parliament voted against the so called Hadopi law introducing the graduate response, against the recommendation of the Joint Mixed Commission (CMP – Commission Mixte Paritaire). […]

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April 7, 2010

New Media, Search Engines and Network Neutrality on 2010 CoE Agenda

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Medien, Suchmaschinen und Netzneutralität auf der Tagesordnung des Europarates | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1844] The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of experts on new media (MC-NM) held its second meeting on 25-26 March 2010 in Strasbourg. This group is a follow-up to the previous CoE Group of specialists on Human […]

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April 22, 2009

German Government forces ISPs to put web filters

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Regierung verpflichtet ISPs zur Einführung von Webfiltern|http://www.unwatched.org/node/1372] Macedonian: [Германската влада ги принудува интернет | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1430/4/lang,mk/] The German Government, through Germany’s family minister Ursula von der Leyen as well as the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Jörg Ziercke, signed on 17 April 2009 “voluntary” contracts […]

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April 7, 2010

Confused discussions surrounding IPR enforcement in the EP

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wirre Diskussionen im EP über die Durchsetzung geistiger Eigentumsrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1833] The probably final set of discussions around the much-debated “Gallo Report” on the enforcement of intellectual property rights was held recently in the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP). In the week prior to the […]

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April 22, 2009

Finnish e-voting results annulled by the Supreme Administrative Court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnische E-Wahl Ergebnisse vom Obersten Verwaltungsgerichtshof annulliert | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1373] Macedonian: [Резултатите од е-гласањето во Финска поништени од Врховниот управен суд | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1437/4/lang,mk/] The Finnish Supreme Administrative Court has ruled on the municipal elections of 2008, in which an e-voting system was piloted. In its decision, the court sided […]

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April 7, 2010 · Blogs

Defining the open standards in the EU Digital Agenda

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Definition der Open Standards in der Digital Agenda der EU | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1834] Several French NGOs such as APRIL (the Association for the promotion and defence of free software)and the consumer group UFC-Que Choisir have recently voiced their worries related to the wording on open standards in the Digital […]

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