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Deutsch: Beschlagnahmung durch FBI bedroht Anonymität und Redefreiheit

On 18 April 2012, a server shared by Riseup Networks and May First/People Link in New York City and operated by the European Counter Network (ECN) was seized by a search warrant issued at the request of FBI.

ECN, the oldest independent Internet service provider in Europe, was providing an anonymous remailer service, Mixmaster, which was the target of an FBI investigation into the bomb threats against the University of Pittsburgh.

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Deutsch: Spanien: Gesetzesvorstoß zur Kriminalisierung von Protestaufrufen im ...

The Spanish Government intends to pass a reform of the Penal Code that would criminalise the organisation of street protests that "seriously disturb the public peace", by any kind of media including online social networks such as Facebook.

On 11 April 2012, Jorge Fernandez Diaz, the Spanish interior minister, announced in the Congress the government was planning a reform of the Penal Code to criminalise those involved in organising street protests, following the widespread serie

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Deutsch: ENDitorial: Auf der Suche nach einer Google-Strategie

The more time passes, the more difficult it is to explain the love-hate relationship between European conservatives and Google.

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Deutsch: UK: Gesetz über Online-Sicherheit zur Sperre pornografischer Seiten i...

A new bill proposed to the House of Lords by Baroness Howe of Ildicote, requires ISPs and mobile operators to "provide a service that excludes pornographic images" and electronic device manufacturers to include ways to filter content at the point of purchase.

If enacted, the Online Safety Bill will force ISPs to prevent access of their customers to pornographic images unless those customers, aged over 18 actively “opt-in” to access the respective material by telling

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Deutsch: Neue Empfehlungen des Europarats zur Wahrung der Menschenrechte im Int...

On 4 April 2012, the Council of Europe adopted two recommendations made by the Committee of Ministers related to the protection of human rights, particularly the freedom of expression, freedom of association, access to information and the right to private life in relation to search engines and online social networks.

In its recommendations, CoE calls on Member States to engage with search engines in order to provide more transparency regarding the way access to information is provid

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Deutsch: Bündnis für ein kindersicheres Internet

Following an invitation by Commissioner Kroes in the summer of 2011, and founded on 1 December 2011, the CEO "Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids" covers the whole industry value-chain.

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Deutsch: Twitter zensuriert Sarkozy-kritische Accounts

Between 16 and 18 February 2012, in a surprising and first dangerous precedent in France, the social network Twitter suspended four accounts of users who were posting parody and caricature statements related to President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Only two months from the French presidency election, and after the creation on 15 February of an official account of the current French president on this space, the obvious censorship applied by Twitter at the express request of Sarkozy's team (at least for one of the accounts on alleged impersonation), an

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Deutsch: Entwicklerrechte schützen!

The European Parliament is preparing to discuss the European Commission's proposal on a draft Directive on Attacks Against Information Systems. EDRi-member Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has submitted its remarks urging the legislators not to create legal woes for researchers who expose security flaws.

EFF is concerned with the Commission's attempt to criminalize what it determines to be attacks on information systems. EFF believes the text is largely duplicative of the Convention on Cybercrime, which itself is riddled with problems.