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March 1, 2011 · Blogs

A blokkolásról szóló parlamenti kompromisszum összefoglalója

PDF Version: http://www.edri.org/files/compromise_hu.pdf Parliament text: http://www.edri.org/files/libe_vote.pdf TÁJÉKOZÓDÓ SZAVAZÁS AZ ANGELILLI JELENTÉSRŐL A blokkolásról szóló parlamenti kompromisszum összefoglalója Február 14-én az EP Állampolgári Jogi, Bel- és Igazságügyi Bizottsága (LIBE) egy kompromisszumos szöveget fogadott el válaszul az Európai Bizottság Internetes blokkolást célzó javaslatára (21. paragrafus, 13. bekezdés). Roberta Angelilli (EPP, Olaszország) előadó vezetésével a Parlament szavazott a […]

March 1, 2011 · Blogs

ORIENTATION VOTE ON ANGELILLI REPORT

PDF version: http://www.edri.org/files/compromise_en.pdf Parliament text: http://www.edri.org/files/libe_vote.pdf ORIENTATION VOTE ON ANGELILLI REPORT Summary of Parliament Compromise on Blocking On 14 February, the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) of the European Parliament adopted a compromise text in response to the European Commission’s proposal on Internet blocking (Article 21 and Recital 13). Under the leadership of rapporteur Roberta Angelilli […]

March 1, 2011 · Blogs

ORIËNTATIESTEMMING OVER HET ANGELILLI RAPORT

PDF version: http://www.edri.org/files/compromise_nl.pdf Parliament text: http://www.edri.org/files/libe_vote.pdf ORIËNTATIESTEMMING OVER HET ANGELILLI RAPORT Samenvatting van het EP compromis over het blokkeren van sites Op 14 februari heeft de Commissie Burgerlijke Vrijheden (LIBE) van het Europees Parlement een compromistekst aanvaard in reactie op een voorstel van de Europese Commissie wat betreft het blokkeren van het Internet (Artikel 21 […]

February 23, 2011 · Blogs

France: Loppsi 2 adopted – Internet filtering without court order

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Loppsi 2 angenommen – Internet-Filter ohne richterliche Anordnung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_Frankreich_Loppsi_2_angenommen] The French so-called Loppsi 2 draft law was adopted on 8 February 2011 by the National Assembly as well as by the Senate without modifications, thus allowing for the blocking of Internet access of a site deemed […]

February 23, 2011 · Blogs

European Privacy & Human Rights 2010

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäischer Datenschutz & Menschenrechte 2010 | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_European_Privacy_Human%20_Rights_2010] On Data Protection Day, 28 January 2011, Privacy International, the Center for Media and Communication Studies of the Central European University and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, released the European Privacy & Human Rights 2010 (EPHR) report. The survey reviews the […]

February 23, 2011 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Internet blocking – EP opts for leadership over populism

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Internetsperren – EP für Leadership statt Populismus | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_ENDitorial_Internetsperren] On 14 February 2011, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament (EP) voted on the European Commission’s proposal on web blocking. The European Commission had proposed mandatory EU-wide blocking and limited safeguards. The approach is populist, simplistic […]

February 23, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 9.4, 23 February 2011

February 23, 2011 · Blogs

German law on Internet blocking challenged in Constitutional Court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Internet-Sperr-Gesetz in Deutschland | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_Verfassungsbeschwerde_gegen_Internet-Sperr-Gesetz] On 22 February 2011 the German Working Group against Internet Blocking and Censorship (AK Zensur) submitted their complaint against the German law on Internet blocking to Germany’s Constitutional Court. The law is directed against online child abuse material and had come […]

February 9, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 9.3, 9 February 2011

February 9, 2011 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Internet blocking and damage to child protection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Netzsperren und der Schaden für den Kinderschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/20110211_Netzsperren_Schaden_f%C3%BCr_Kinderschutz] The child protection industry has been campaigning for years for the introduction of EU-wide mandatory blocking of websites accused of being illegal by the police, by independent authorities, etc. This is as a result of a very laudable […]

January 26, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi releases study on "the slide from self-regulation to corporate censorship"

European Digital Rights has published a study on the increasing tendency for governments to ask, demand or coerce Internet intermediaries to carry out surveillance, policing, judging and sanctioning measures on their customers. The document looks at the causes for this development, case studies of the damage caused by such policies and a selection of the […]

January 26, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 9.2, 26 January 2011