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Terrorist content regulation – prior authorisation for all uploads?
The European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on Terrorist Content Online is a complex and multi-layered instrument. On the basis of an “impact assessment” that fails to provide meaningful justification for the measures, it proposes: Obligations to take down content on the basis of removal orders within one hour An arbitrary system of referrals of […]
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Press Release: EU Parliament flip-flops backwards on copyright
The Parliament’s today vote represents a backwards flip-flop to supporting measures which it had previously dismissed.
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EP Plenary on the Copyright Directive – Who voted what?
Many of you have been wondering who voted for and who voted against JURI's mandate to enter into negotiations with the EU Council on the Copyright Directive on 5 July.
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The European Parliament calls for protection of whistleblowers
On 24 October, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Commission to propose legislation protecting whistleblowers in the European Union (EU). The institution made a clear statement recognising the essential role that whistleblowers play in our society, as well as the need to protect them. Whistleblowers fight for transparency, democracy and the […]
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EU is now giving Google new monopolies
Originally published on The European Sting There is a lot of noise in the press and among lobbyists about an alleged hostility of the EU towards big American internet companies. Reality is more nuanced and more surprising – the policies appear to be hell-bent on giving Google new monopolies, to the detriment of European citizens […]
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Net Neutrality – building on success
[This post is published jointly with Access] Tomorrow, the European Parliament will decide whether or not it supports a proposal for anti-Net Neutrality legislation (PDF – last publicly available document) advanced by the representatives of the EU member states (“the Council of the EU”). For the past few months, the Latvian presidency of the Council […]
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