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SIF Unconference: Enforcement through "self-"Regulation – who ever thought this was a good idea?
Last week, European Digital Rights attended the second annual Stockholm Internet Forum which focused on two main themes: Internet Freedom and Security and Internet Freedom and Development. A novelty this year were the Unconference sessions. The Unconference organised by EDRi set itself the task of establishing an initial set of basic criteria for assessing the […]
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The European Commission calls for online privacy protection measures
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die Europäische Kommission fordert online-Schutzmaßnahmen für die Privatsphäre | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1557] Macedonian: [Европската комисија апелира за мерки… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/evropskata-komisija-apelira-za-merki-za-zashtita-na-privatnosta-na-internet.html] On 8 October 2009 the European Commission (EC) repeated its call to all EU member states to increase their efforts in dealing with online privacy threats to the public, such […]
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Europe spams more than the US
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) According to security vendor Symantec, a shift has taken place in the weight of the spam networks, the European ones having created more unsolicited e-mail than those in the US lately. Thus, approximately 44 per cent of all spam messages are originated from Europe as compared to […]
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EU Commission wants to push fight against spam
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission has criticized the member countries, considering that they should better implement the present legal framework and fight against spam, but also take more seriously into consideration the spyware and malicious software issues. According to the recent figures made public by Sophos, approx. 32% of […]
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Discussion during IGF against Internet content control
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was organized by United Nations in Athens between 30 October and 2 November 2006. The forum has shown a strong and large opposition to Internet blocking and filtering, putting under pressure repressive governments such as China. The three sessions devoted […]
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OECD focuses on global cooperation in tackling spam
A new recommendation on the cross-border co-operation in the enforcement of laws against spam was adopted by the OECD Council session on 13 April 2006, completing the Anti-spam toolkit promoted by OECD since 2004. The recommendation admits that there is not single solution for tackling the spam issues and the international cooperation is the key […]
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ITU wants codes of conduct for tackling global spam
A report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the spam issue considers that a more effective approach would be to require the establishment of enforceable codes of conduct by Internet service providers, but at the same time promoting anti-spam legislation in all the countries in the world. ITU has recently published its 7th edition […]
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European countries promise collaboration against spam
The European Commission has issued a press release announcing stronger collaboration between anti-spam enforcement authorities in Europe. “Anti-spam enforcement authorities in 13 European countries have agreed to share information and pursue complaints across borders in a pan-European drive to combat spam. They will co-operate in investigating complaints about cross-border spam from anywhere within the EU, […]
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Verizon blocks European e-mail
The large US provider Verizon (3 million DSL customers and 1 million dial-up customers) is systematically blocking e-mail from Europe, as well as from China and New Zealand. On 22 December 2004 Verizon has installed new central spam-filters that refuse e-mail from many large European providers. Attempts from European ISPs to have their mail-servers white-listed […]
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Recommended reading: spyware
The US researcher Benjamin Edelman, famous for his publications about internet filtering in China and in Saudi Arabia, has turned to spyware, and the results of his research are impressive. In November 2004 he did a simple test, to find out how much junk can get installed on a user’s PC visiting a single webpage. […]
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First fines for Dutch spammers
For the first time since the spam-ban went into force in the Netherlands (19 May 2004) the Dutch regulatory authority OPTA has fined Dutch spammers. One spammer is accused of having sent 4 spam-runs and now faces a fine of 42.500 euro. Two of his spams advertised a CD-ROM with invoice-software, another one was directly […]
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20% Europeans read spam and buy goods
Research by Forrester, commissioned by the Business Software Alliance, shows an incredibly high number of Europeans that use spam to buy computer software, clothes/jewellery and travel/leisure products. In France, Germany and the UK, 1 in every 5 internet users said they had bought one of these things via spam. The poll was simultaneously conducted in […]
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