EDRi-gram 14.03
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Romanian cybersecurity law reloaded
In January last year, the Romanian Constitutional Court declared the cybersecurity law unconstitutional in its entirety. Details of the content of the law and the (lack of) transparency of the decision-making process have been previously covered on the EDRi website (for reference see here and here). This year, a new cybersecurity law proposal has been […]
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Holland and India prohibit zero-rating: the first of many?
The principle of net neutrality requires that internet access providers carry data without discrimination on the basis of origin, destination or type of data. Net neutrality prohibits telecoms operators from blocking or degrading content applications or services. From a telecom operator’s perspective, the goal is to move away from the “any-to-any” principle that is a […]
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MTE v. Hungary: the ECtHR rules again on intermediary liability
On 2 February 2016, the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) came back in judging on the matter of intermediary liability. In ‘MTE and Index v. Hungary’, the ECtHR held that freedom of expression as recognised in Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights was violated. The court had […]
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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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