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Private and secure communications attacked by European Commission’s latest proposal
On 11 May, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a ‘Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse’ to replace the interim legislation that EDRi fought against last year. In our immediate reaction, EDRi warned that the new proposal creates major risks for the privacy, security and integrity of private communications, not just in the EU, but globally. Here, we unpack a bit more about the legislative proposal, and why we are so concerned.
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Estonian eID cryptography mess – 750000 cards compromised
In 2017, a flaw causing vulnerabilities in millions of encryption keys, including national Estonian electronic ID (eID) cards, was discovered. A month and a half after the discovery, the Estonian Police publicly announced the vulnerability, but stated that the eID cards “are completely secure”.
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High time: Policy makers increasingly embrace encryption
Encryption is of critical importance to our democracy and rule of law. Nevertheless, politicians frequently advocate for weakening this technology. Slowly but surely, however, policy makers seem to start embracing it.
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ENDitorial: Progress for encryption & rule of law
In times of crisis, it appears that critical, evidence-based policymaking goes out the window in favour of direct emotional reassurance. This became apparent after the 9/11, Madrid and Charlie Hebdo attacks, and once again after the Paris attacks of November 2015. Regrettably, it is as if political judgement is impaired after such events, with proposals […]
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ECJ Advocate General: Google shouldn't be forced to block results
In a case opposing the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and Google Spain, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ ), issued on 25 June 2013 his opinion that, on the basis of the Data Protection Directive, search engine service providers are, in principle, not responsible of personal data appearing […]
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Turkish pianist sentenced for comments on Twitter
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Meinungsfreiheit: Türkischer Pianist wegen Twitter-Kommentaren verurteilt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.8_Meinungsfreiheit_Tuerkischer_Pianist_wegen_Twitter-Kommentaren_verurteilt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130424] On 15 April 2013, the Criminal Court of Justice of Istanbul gave Turkish pianist Fazil Say a 10 month suspended jail sentence over comments on Twitter, deciding he was guilty of violating an article of the Turkish Criminal Code that […]
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No intermediary liability for bloggers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Blogger haften nicht für Kommentare Dritter | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.6_Blogger_haften_nicht_fuer_Kommentare_Dritter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130327] Bloggers should not be considered liable for third-party comments on their posts in cases when they have not specifically intervened in the content at issue, as doing so would strongly affect freedom of expression. This is the clear position of […]
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UK court: Google liable for comments posted on its Blogger platform
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales decided on 14 February 2013 that Google could be considered liable for comments posted on its Blogger platform unless it reacts promptly to a complaint. Reversing a previous ruling in March 2012 of the High Court which considered that Google, in its platform provider role, should not […]
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ECtHR: Blocking Google Sites in Turkey breaches human rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EGMR: Sperre von Google-Seiten in der Türkei verstößt gegen Menschenrechte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_EGMR_Sperre_von_Google-Seiten_in_der_Tuerkei_verstoesst_gegen_Menschenrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided on 18 December 2012 that the Turkish Court decision to block the entire Google Sites breached the Freedom of Expression as foreseen in Article 10 of the European […]
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European domain names under siege
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Domainnamen unter Druck | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Europaeische_Domainnamen_unter_Druck?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] On 26 November 2012, 132 or 133 domain names were seized by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE) in collaboration with the Europol and national law enforcement authorities. The seized domains were supposed to have illegally sold counterfeit […]
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Russia: Pussy Riot's videos declared illegal on the Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russland: Pussy Riot Videos aus dem Netz verbannt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Russland_Pussy_Riot_Videos_aus_dem_Netz_verbannt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] A Moscow-based court has ruled on 29 November 2012 that four videos of the already famous dissident punk band Pussy Riot are extremist and therefore should be banned on the Russian Internet. The court said that all the […]
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Azeri opposition blogger arrested
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aserbaidschan: Oppositioneller Blogger verhaftet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_%20Aserbaidschan_Oppositioneller_Blogger_verhaftet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121010] A new arrest made by the Azeri authorities raise concerns over the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan ahead of the next year’s general elections. The well-known blogger and opposition activist Zaur Gurbanli was arrested from his home on 29 September 2012 by […]
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