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July 16, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 13, 16 July 2003

July 16, 2003 · Blogs

Four new EDRI-members

On 5 and 6 July, European Digital Rights (EDRI) held its first general assembly in Paris. During the assembly four new members were admitted from 4 different countries. With the acceptance of the Belgian Association Electronique Libre (AEL), ISOC-Bulgaria, the Spanish chapter of CPSR and the Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG) EDRI now has 14 […]

July 16, 2003 · Blogs

Danish agreement on digital civil rights

On 4 July, the Danish Committee on citizens IT-rights published a list of 10 recommendations on digital civil rights. The committee was established in September last year by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The recommendations deal with communication with the public sector, with privacy and registration, with freedom of expression and with […]

July 2, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 12, 2 July 2003

July 2, 2003 · Blogs

Foundation of Turkish digital civil rights group

At the end of this year, Turkey will have its first digital civil rights group. Foundational work started in April 2003. Initiator is Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, the founder and director of Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties (UK). According to Akdeniz, the organisation aims to protect the interests of all honest, law-abiding Turkish Internet users with the aim […]

June 19, 2003 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 11, 19 June 2003

June 19, 2003 · Blogs

Plans to extend Schengen Information System

The European Parliament currently discusses 3 different reports about the Schengen Information System (SIS). Rapporteur for all three reports is Carlos Coelho. The reports aim at extending the amount of data handled and the degree of cross-linking within the computer network. Coelho, a Portuguese Conservative, has already been the Rapporteur on four previous reports on […]

June 4, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 10, 4 June 2003

May 21, 2003 · Blogs

Romania forbids free access to online pornography

Romania has adopted a new law to make free access to pornography illegal. Online pornography must always be protected by a password, and should always charge a fee per minute, to be declared with the fiscal authorities. Free access is explicitly forbidden in a law formally adopted on 20 May 2003. The law has raised […]

May 21, 2003 · Blogs

Update on Swiss website blocking order

The internet censorship requests issued by the examining magistrate of the canton of Vaud (see EDRigram number 2 from 12 February) have been rejected on 30 April by a judge from the court of Lausanne. In December, over 30 providers had received the order, and while most of them installed some technical blocking-measures, they joined […]

May 21, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 9, 21 May 2003

May 7, 2003 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 8, 7 May 2003