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LEAK: France & Germany demand more censorship from internet companies
Policy makers put pressure on the EU to enact legislation for online platforms like Facebook, but also for small companies, to be legally required to engage in more and quicker privatised and unaccountable censorship.
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Upload filters endanger freedom of expression
There are several examples of how automated upload filters are censoring human rights activists. As it has been proven, some filters used to classify content which is “offensive”, “extremist” or simply “inadequate for minors” have ended up censoring videos which tried to denounce injustices.
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Leak: The “copyright troika” launches another censorship machine attack
On 27 April, a two-hour discussion was held on the Copyright Directive in the Council of the European Union.
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Let’s stop the Censorship Machine!
We have to make sure our representatives in the European Parliament oppose Article 13 during their vote in the JURI Committee on the proposed Copyright Reform. The dangers have been pointed out repeatedly. Still, they have remained ignored. We therefore decided to send the message in different languages, hoping Parliamentaries will better relate this time. […]
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EU Council Presidency rushes to impose new copyfails in the EU
The discussions on the Censorship Machine proposal (a.k.a. upload filters) in the EU has suddenly speeded up.
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Stop the #CensorshipMachine!
In September 2016 the European Commission proposed a controversial Copyright Directive that, if accepted, will threaten our freedoms online. The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) is set to vote on the issue in June, and your action is needed to stop the “censorship machine”! What can you do? See the list of JURI Committee […]
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ISOC BG: Big speeds, Big Brother, big Bulgarian activism
In this blogpost published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of EDRi we present our member ISOC Bulgaria.
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AptiRo, EFN & Alternatif Bilisim: Digital rights around Europe
In this blogpost published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of EDRi we present our members AptiRO (Romania), EFN (Norway) and Alternatif Bilism (Turkey)
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Modern Poland Foundation: protecting access to culture and knowledge
In this blogpost published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of EDRi we present our member Modern Poland Foundation.
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Proposed internet filter will strip citizens of their rights: Your action is needed!
Policy makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen.
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European policy makers want faulty filters to rule the internet: Your action is needed!
Policy makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen. A filter will decide which of your uploads will be seen by the rest of the world and which won’t. But these filters often fail. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Julia Reda published some examples of where filters got it wrong. Here […]
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EU Commission’s Recommendation: Let’s put internet giants in charge of censoring Europe
On 1 March 2018, the European Commission proposed a "Recommendation" on the surveillance and filtering of the internet by online companies.
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