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July 27, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 9.15, 27 July 2011

July 27, 2011 · Blogs

Draft Council conclusions on Net Neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Rat: Entwurf des Ratsbeschlusses zur Netzneutralität | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Entwurf_des_Ratsbeschlusses_zur_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] On 15 July 2011, the Council (of the EU Member States) published Draft “Conclusions” (a policy statement) on Net Neutrality. In the document, the Council underlined the need to preserve the open and neutral character of the Internet and established […]

July 27, 2011 · Blogs

Voluntary agreements on blocking are interfering with human rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Freiwillige Sperrabkommen beeinträchtigen die Menschenrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Freiwillige_Sperrabkommen_beeintraechtigen_die_Menschenrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] Following the agreement of the EU institutions on a web blocking compromise text which fails to adequately address the lawless blocking which is undertaken in several EU countries, a careful reading of recent research on the legality of this approach is […]

July 14, 2011 · Blogs

Criteria for EDRi-membership

!!! Criteria for admission of EDRi members Background: European Digital Rights – EDRi –is a membership organisation. More and more organisations are taking an interest in digital rights and apply to become members of EDRi. This document sets out the basis on which new applicants will be considered. More information on the application procedure can […]

July 13, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 9.14, 13 July 2011

July 13, 2011 · Blogs

Internet blocking stopped in Italy (for now)

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren in Italien gestoppt – vorerst! | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Netzsperren_in_Italien_gestoppt_vorerst?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] After the reaction of several civil liberties activists, including Reporters Without Borders, the Italian telecommunication agency AGCOM decided to review its plans to pass a resolution giving it the power to block websites and remove online content allegedly violating copyright, […]

July 13, 2011 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Why it was good to propose web blocking for child abuse images

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Warum es gut war, Netzsperren vorzuschlagen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_ENDitorial_Warum_es_gut_war_Netzsperren_vorzuschlagen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] Now that the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee has voted again (yesterday, 12 July 2011, by 50 votes to zero) against the introduction of mandatory EU-wide Internet blocking, it is worth considering the huge value of the German blocking […]

June 29, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 9.13, 29 June 2011

June 29, 2011 · Blogs

The Netherlands – first EU country to launch net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Erstes EU-Land mit Pflicht zu Netzneutralität | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Niederlande_erstes_EU_Land_mit_Pflicht_zu_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] A broad majority in the Dutch Parliament voted on 22 June 2011 for a legislative proposal to safeguard an open Internet in The Netherlands. The proposal prohibits Internet access providers from restricting or charging end-users for specific services. In […]

June 29, 2011 · Blogs

Negotiations end in confused text on Internet blocking

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verhandlungen münden in verworrenen Text über Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Verhandlungen_muenden_in_verworrenen_Text_ueber_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] After months of negotiation, the Council, Parliament and Commission finally agreed a text on Internet blocking where everyone appears to have got what they wanted, except the European Commission. The agreed text now needs to be signed off by […]

June 22, 2011 · Blogs

Provisional conclusion of negotiations on blocking

The European Parliament, Council and Commission negotiations on the proposed child exploitation Directive – which originally proposed the introduction of mandatory EU-wide blocking – have provisionally reached a compromise. The text now needs to be approved by the Parliament’s political groups before being voted in in the Civil Liberties Committee in July and in a […]

June 15, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 9.12, 15 June 2011