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La Quadrature du Net asks for renewed support to challenge TERREG in France
In light of the European Parliament's vote on the Regulation to prevent the dissemination of said “terrorist content”, EDRi member La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) sheds light on some of the most concerning provisions which have to be addressed before the final adoption of the regulation.
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Member in the Spotlight: Alternatif Bilişim Derneği
Alternatif Bilişim Derneği emphasises that technological work and algorithms have the most adverse impact on its users; thus the critical public sphere must also be created by users themselves, in a distributed, decentralised fashion. In their country, they want a political order that respects human rights and does not enforce auto-censorship on its citizens.
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Statement: civil society challenges EU plans to expand biometric mass surveillance
On 9 December, the European Commission presented its new Security Union package, composed of the Counter-Terrorism Agenda and a proposal to strengthen the mandate of Europol. Originally intended for next year, the release of the Counter-Terrorism was accelerated due to recent attacks in France and Austria. When it comes to protecting fundamental rights from intrusive biometric surveillance, the proposals fall seriously short.
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Member in the Spotlight: Wikimedia Deutschland
Our vision is a world where everyone can share, use and multiply all of humanity’s knowledge. By Free Knowledge we mean knowledge that is available, changeable and reusable free of charge for everyone at any time. The best-known source of Free Knowledge is the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
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Walking from Luxembourg to Brussels in two hours
A public hearing before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last Tuesday, November 10, dealt with the compatibility of Article 17, more precisely the provisions of Article 17 that require platforms to block copyright infringements, with the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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Member in the Spotlight: Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights)
Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights) focuses on the balance between freedom and security; the rights of prisoners; privacy; and non-discrimination. The organisation has a strong track record with respect to privacy, including government surveillance, counterterrorism and policing.
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How the Parliament stakes out its DSA position
With three European Parliament positions on the Digital Services Act coming up, what will it mean for people's rights in the digital world?
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Member in the Spotlight: Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte
Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (Society for Civil Rights) is a Berlin based non-profit human rights organisation that protects every individual’s right to freedom of expression, equality and safe and private communication – especially on the internet.
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Towards a digital Europe we want: the European Democracy Action Plan
On 14 September, EDRi submitted its response to the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) consultation. The EDAP, echoing the existing EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, focuses on preserving European democracies. The EDAP intends to address numerous challenges such as shrinking civic space, electoral interference, disinformation and the difficulties faced by journalists.
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59% of polled EU citizens decry anti-terror upload filters. You should too.
Following disruptions due to the COVID-19 crisis, the negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on the Terrorist Content Regulation are resuming this week.
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The new and improved EDRi-gram
The EDRi-gram that you know and love has received a facelift! Welcome to EDRi-gram 2.0. We know that change can be hard but we hope that you are as excited as we are to take the newsletter and EDRi’s efforts to the next level.
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Upload filters? Still no, thanks
Together with thousands of protestors, EDRi has fought against mandatory upload filters in the Copyright Directive. Despite the Directive having been adopted, including the infamous Article 13 (now 17) that could lead to upload filters, the Directive allows for some flexibility to prevent the worst impacts on our freedom of expression.
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