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PirateBay – blocked in Denmark
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following a complaint by IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), a Danish bailiff court issued on 4 February 2008 an injunction ordering Tele2, one of the major ISPs in Denmark, to block the access to the PirateBay domains. IFPI asked the court for this injunction because […]
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YouTube blocked once more in Turkey
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) An order issued by a Turkish court on 17 January 2008 blocked once again the access to Google’s YouTube Web site on account of allegedly insulting clips referring to the country’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The ban lasted for 6 days and as no statements have […]
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Online media regulation in Ukraine
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A public workshop held in Ukraine on 12 December 2007 was aimed to discuss the issues regarding the regulation of the new online media. The workshop was organised by Internews Ukraine together with the Council of Europe and the National Commission on Freedom of Speech and Development […]
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Attack on Russian opposition media claiming copyright infringement
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The local edition of Moscow-based independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta from Samara was closed down on 8 November 2007 by the Russian authorities and its editor Sergei Kurt-Adzhiyev was criminally indicted under the accusation of having violated copyright provisions of the Russian Penal Code, by using counterfeit software. […]
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UK govt asks Internet companies to assist in fighting online terrorism
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, made a statement on 14 November 2007 announcing, among other security measures, the intention to ask Internet companies to assist the government in its fight against online terrorist propaganda by finding ways to stop such content. The Prime Minister stated the Home […]
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ENDitorial: CoE – Content Regulation: Break On Through; IPR: It's Tricky
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The 8th meeting of the Council of Europe (CoE) group of specialists on Human Rights in the Information Society (MC-S-IS) was held in Strasbourg on 29-30 October 2007. It was mainly dedicated to discussing draft documents on technical measures and their impact on human rights and particularly […]
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Putin wants control of Russian Internet
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As the Internet use in Russia increases spectacularly, having tripled in the last three years, Putin’ governance concentrates its efforts on getting control over the Russian Internet after having already gained much control over the traditional mass media. Putin’s allies and supporters have created blogs and news […]
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Sign up EDRi Statement on CoE Recommendation – Campaign update
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 31 international and national organisations from different countries have already signed EDRI statement on a new Recommendation from the Council of Europe (CoE) failing to uphold freedom of expression in the online environment. As other related instruments are currently in preparation by the CoE, EDRI calls for […]
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List of Signatories-New Council of Europe Recommendation fails to uphold online freedom of expression
Act Now to Protect Freedom of Expression Online: – Sign up in support to this EDRI statement (NGOs and groups from non CoE member States also welcome) Read EDRI Statement: – Čeština : Výzva k akci: Doporučení Rady Evropy neochrání svobodu slova – Deutsch: Die neue Empfehlung des Europarates hält die freie Meinungsäußerung online nicht […]
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EDRI Statement and Call for Action on new CoE Rec. failing to uphold FoE
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Today EDRI issued a statement to express its serious concerns over a new Council of Europe Recommendation on ‘promoting freedom of expression and information in the new information and communications environment’. According to EDRI, the newly adopted instrument promotes opaque “self-regulation” and other soft law instruments driven […]
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Italian Minister of Justice wants to close sarcastic blog
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Italian Police, following a complaint from Clemente Mastella, the Minister of Justice, has asked for the closing down of blog Mastellatiodio.blogspot.com (translation – I hate you Mastella) which has been placing material on the Minister that he considers as defamatory. If found so, the blog authors […]
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EDRI Campaign on CoE Recommendation Failing to Uphold Freedom of Expression
On October 10, 2007, EDRI issued a statement to express its serious concerns over a new Council of Europe Recommendation on ‘promoting freedom of expression and information in the new information and communications environment’. As other related instruments are currently in preparation by the CoE, EDRI calls for NGOs and groups from all over the […]
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