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Spain: Draft law criminalising online organisation of public protests
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Gesetzesvorstoß zur Kriminalisierung von Protestaufrufen im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Spanien_Gesetzesvorstoss_zur_Kriminalisierung_von_Protestaufrufen_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] The Spanish Government intends to pass a reform of the Penal Code that would criminalise the organisation of street protests that “seriously disturb the public peace”, by any kind of media including online social networks such as Facebook. […]
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FBI seizure to threaten anonymity and freedom of speech
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Beschlagnahmung durch FBI bedroht Anonymität und Redefreiheit | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Beschlagnahmung_durch_FBI_bedroht_Anonymitaet_und_Redefreiheit?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] On 18 April 2012, a server shared by Riseup Networks and May First/People Link in New York City and operated by the European Counter Network (ECN) was seized by a search warrant issued at the request of FBI. ECN, […]
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New CoE recommendations for human rights in Internet services
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Empfehlungen des Europarats zur Wahrung der Menschenrechte im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Neue_Empfehlungen_des_Europarats_zur_Wahrung_der_Menschenrechte_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] On 4 April 2012, the Council of Europe adopted two recommendations made by the Committee of Ministers related to the protection of human rights, particularly the freedom of expression, freedom of association, access to information and […]
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Draft Online Safety Bill to block pornographic sites in UK
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [UK: Gesetz über Online-Sicherheit zur Sperre pornografischer Seiten in Vorbereitung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_UK_Gesetz_ueber_Online-Sicherheit_zur_Sperre_pornografischer_Seiten_in_Vorbereitungpk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] A new bill proposed to the House of Lords by Baroness Howe of Ildicote, requires ISPs and mobile operators to “provide a service that excludes pornographic images” and electronic device manufacturers to include ways to filter […]
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ENDItorial: Searching for a Google strategy?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Auf der Suche nach einer Google-Strategie | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] The more time passes, the more difficult it is to explain the love-hate relationship between European conservatives and Google. Every new policy, both on European and national levels, appears on the surface to be anti-Google but, on closer inspection, […]
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CEO Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bündnis für ein kindersicheres Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Buendnis_fuer_ein_kindersicheres_Internet] Following an invitation by Commissioner Kroes in the summer of 2011, and founded on 1 December 2011, the CEO “Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids” covers the whole industry value-chain. Its 30 members include Apple, BSkyB, BT, […]
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More ISP blocking in different EU countries
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Netzsperren in immer mehr EU-Ländern | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.4_Neue_Netzsperren_in_immer_mehr_EU-Laendern?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120229] More and more cases were won in court by rightsholders against file-sharing platforms in the past weeks, but the blocking habits of the ISPs are starting to show their limits. The UK High Court ruled on 20 February 2012 that […]
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Protect Coders' Rights!
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Entwicklerrechte schützen! | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.4_Entwicklerrechte_schuetzen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120229] The European Parliament is preparing to discuss the European Commission’s proposal on a draft Directive on Attacks Against Information Systems. EDRi-member Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has submitted its remarks urging the legislators not to create legal woes for researchers who expose security flaws. EFF […]
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Twitter censors unfavourable Sarkozy accounts
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Twitter zensuriert Sarkozy-kritische Accounts | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.4_Twitter_zensuriert_Sarkozy-kritische_Accounts?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120229] Between 16 and 18 February 2012, in a surprising and first dangerous precedent in France, the social network Twitter suspended four accounts of users who were posting parody and caricature statements related to President Nicolas Sarkozy. Only two months from the French […]
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FAQ on referral of ACTA to European Court of Justice
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Häufig gestellte Fragen zur Vorlage des ACTA-Abkommens beim Europäischen Gerichtshof| https://www.unwatched.org/20120224_FAQ_zu_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120224] Following the recent decision of the European Commission to refer the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to the European Court of Justice, Access and EDRi have prepared this short FAQ to explain this process. 1 – How […]
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SABAM vs Netlog – another important ruling for fundamental rights
SABAM (Société Belge des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs), the Belgian collecting society for music royalties, is in the spotlight again. A few months after the Scarlet/SABAM case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has released a new decision on the legality of filtering systems on the Internet, this time with regard to […]
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10 European Commission myths about ACTA
1. This is only about large-scale infringements a. Criminal sanctions There is no minimum-level of infringement that could be criminalised by ACTA. It requires parties to, at least, criminalise infringements which are for direct economic advantage, direct commercial advantage, indirect economic advantage, indirect commercial advantage or “aiding and abetting” such an offence. In the absence […]
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