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Deconstructing an MEP’s support for the Copyright Directive
After the European Parliament voted against the negotiating mandate for the Copyright Directive, the assistant of a Member of the European Parliament,one of its supporters, wrote to a voter to explain why she supports the proposal.
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ENDitorial: The European Commission is talking “tough on terror”. Again.
The European Commission plans to issue a Regulation on 12 September 2018 that will get tough on internet companies in the fight against terrorism.
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ENDitorial: The fake fight against fake news
The new danger is no longer yellow, but red once more: fake news. It helped getting Trump elected. It paved the highway to Brexit. Even local European elections are not safe. The greatest danger to our democracy in modern times must be fought by all possible means.
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ENDitorial: The Commission’s new filtering adventure
In September 2017, the European Commission adopted a “Communication” on illegal content online, full of demands that somebody – but not them and not the Member States – should do something to fight illegal content online. With this move, the European Commission managed to generate some good publicity for itself.
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Answering guide for European Commission’s “illegal” content “consultation”
The European Commission has published a short “consultation” on countering “illegal” content online, with a deadline of 25th June to respond. In order to ensure at least a little balance in outcome of the consultation, EDRi has prepared an answering guide to help you respond as an individual. We suggest opening the consultation in one […]
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LEAK: France & Germany demand more censorship from internet companies
Policy makers put pressure on the EU to enact legislation for online platforms like Facebook, but also for small companies, to be legally required to engage in more and quicker privatised and unaccountable censorship.
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Press Release: “Fake news” strategy needs to be based on real evidence, not assumption
Today, 26 April 2018, the European Commission adopted a Communication on “tackling online disinformation”. European Digital Rights (EDRi), The Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) and Access Now will jointly respond by issuing a joint shadow report in the coming weeks.
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#CensorshipMachine – How will the decision be taken?
The European Union (EU) is currently reforming its copyright legislation. In September 2016, the European Commission proposed its controversial draft for the new Copyright Directive that includes de facto mandatory upload filters (Article 13). This is how the process to approve this “censorship machine” will advance, from the Commission’s proposal until the adoption of the […]
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EU Commission’s Recommendation: Let’s put internet giants in charge of censoring Europe
On 1 March 2018, the European Commission proposed a "Recommendation" on the surveillance and filtering of the internet by online companies.
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Q&A on the Recommendation on measures to “effectively tackle illegal content online”
Today, on 1 March 2018, the European Commission proposed a "Recommendation" on the surveillance and filtering of the internet by online companies
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The European Commission rightly decides to defend citizens’ privacy in trade discussions
On 31 January 2018, the European Commission adopted horizontal clauses on data flows, data protection and privacy in trade deals. On 9 February, these provisions were leaked.
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LEAK: European Commission’s reckless draft Recommendation on “illegal” content
In September 2017, the European Commission adopted its widely criticised “Communication on Illegal Online Content.” Now, already, due to political pressure and internal competition between various European Commission services, a new Commission proposal for a Recommendation on the same subject is close to being shared with the Council for unanimous support, albeit not being legally […]
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