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FAVA'S bill: Another attempt to limit civil rights in Italy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das FAVA Gesetz – ein neuer Versuch zur Beschneidung der Bürgerrechte in Italien | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Das_FAVA_Gesetz_ein_neuer_Versuch_zur_Beschneidung_der_Buergerrechte_in_Italien] There is a wide (and mainly unjustified) hype, in Italy, about a draft law proposed by a Mr. Fava, an MP belonging to the right wing party “Northern League”. He asked the Italian […]
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Geolocation censorship to be applied by Twitter
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Twitter führt länderspezifische Zensur ein | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Twitter_fuehrt_laenderspezifische_Zensur_ein] Twitter announced on 21 January 2012, on its official blog, its intention to introduce geolocation censorship, meaning that certain tweets will be censored in some countries based on different criteria according to the respective countries’ legal framework. Although a year ago […]
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Belarus strongly censors the Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Weißrussland übt starke Internetzensur aus | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Weissrussland_uebt_starke_Internetzensur_aus?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] — Article corrected on 23.01.2012—- 6 January 2012 saw the application of the Belarusian law imposing even more restrictions on online free expression in a country that is already viewed as a dictatorship. Thus, a new law is enacting the sanctions […]
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Council of Europe and European Commission initiatives on Internet freedom
On 8 December, the Council of Europe launched a very important Declaration on “the protection of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association with regard to privately operated Internet platforms and online service providers.” The text picks up many of the themes and priorities of EDRi’s study, published in January of this year, […]
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Russian Government's new attempts to censor the Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die neuesten Versuche der russischen Regierung das Internet zu zensieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Die_neuesten_Versuche_der_russischen_Regierung_das_Internet_zu_zensieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] Especially during the period before and immediately after the Russian parliamentary elections of 4 December 2011, government censorship attacked not only traditional media, but also the Internet, which plays now a very important role in the […]
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European Parliament: raising awareness on "self"-regulation
What better way to raise awareness on private policing on the Internet than to organise a workshop in the European Parliament and let the stakeholders answer the question: “Self-regulation: Should online companies police the internet?” On 7 December 2011 MEP Marietje Schaake organized, with support from EDRi, an event on this issue. Among the speakers […]
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Scarlet v SABAM: a win for fundamental rights and Internet freedoms
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Scarlet vs. SABAM: Ein Sieg für die Grundrechte und die Freiheit des Internets | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.23_Scarlet_SABAM_Ein_Sieg_fuer_die_Grundrechte_und_die_Freiheit_des_Internets?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111130] On 24 November 2011, the European Court of Justice decided that an Internet service provider (ISP) can not be ordered to install a system of filtering of all electronic communications and blocking certain […]
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Turkey launches Internet filtering scheme
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Türkei führt Internetfilter ein | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.23_Tuerkei_fuehrt_Internetfilter_ein?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111130] Turkish Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK) launched the Internet safety scheme on 22 November 2011, as planned, but on a voluntary basis, following the fierce criticism and opposition to the original plans to introduce a mandatory filtering system. Internet users may […]
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US crackdown on global domain names and IP addresses continues
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [US-Razzien gegen Domains und IP-Adressen gehen weiter | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.23_US-Razzien_gegen_Domains_und_IP-Adressen_gehen_weiter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111130] US authorities have resumed their “Operation in Our Sites” in order to attempt to fight counterfeit and piracy-related websites. During this second annual “Cyber Monday” crackdown, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has shut down 150 websites from all […]
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The Russian Government plans to control the online media
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russische Regierung will Kontrolle über Online-Medien übernehmen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Russische_Regierung_plant_Online-Medien_zu_kontrollieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal supervisory agency for communications, information technology and mass media, is presently testing a search software to trace “extremist” content on the Internet, planning to start using it in December 2011. The software will check text, audio […]
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Ukraine draft law on decency threatens freedom of speech
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ukraine: Gesetz zum Schutz der öffentlichen Ordnung bedroht Redefreiheit | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Ukraine_Gesetz_zum_Schutz_der_oeffentlichen_Ordnung_bedroht_Redefreiheit?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] The Ukrainian Parliament approved on 18 October 2011, in first reading, a draft law that proposes amendments to the present law on the Protection of Public Decency Law, which puts freedom of speech at risk. The draft […]
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Higher numbers of content removal requests from governments to Google
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google: Deutlich mehr Löschanfragen von Regierungen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Google_Deutlich_mehr_Loeschanfragen_von_Regierungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Macedonian: [Сè поголем број владини барања за отстранување содржини од Google | Сè поголем број владини барања за отстранување содржини од Google] A Transparency Report issued by Google shows an increasing level of government requests of private data and content […]
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