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Deutsch: (D') Evolution Summit 2010 und die Granada Deklaration

On 31 March 2010, on the eve of the Easter break, the summit of the Ministers of Culture from the 27 European Union countries, and their meeting with the Forum of Cultural Industries, came to an end in Barcelona.

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Deutsch: Irland plant Internetsperren

In January 2010, EDRi-member Digital Rights Ireland filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) Request with the Department of Justice asking for all documents dealing with internet blocking by ISPs.

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Deutsch: ENDitorial: Kommissarin gibt der USA die Schuld an der wachsenden Zens...

In a blog post, Commissioner Malmström's press spokesman Love Berggren placed the blame for the perceived need to impose EU-wide blocking squarely at the feet of the governments in the USA, Russia and Ukraine. He said that "a check of the internet by hotlines in 35 countries recently found 144 web sites in the USA, Russia, Ukraine and other countries. One year later, a majority of the sites were still operating".

It is quite puzzling that the Commission has chosen to publicly criticise Russia and Ukraine in this context.

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Deutsch: Neue Medien, Suchmaschinen und Netzneutralität auf der Tagesordnung d...

The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of experts on new media (MC-NM) held its second meeting on 25-26 March 2010 in Strasbourg.

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Deutsch: Europäische Kommission schlägt Netzsperren vor und verteidigt rechts...

On 29 March 2010, the European Commission re-launched its initiative on child exploitation. This initiative was originally launched in March 2009 as a "Framework Decision", but was withdrawn due to the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

With regard to Internet blocking, there are two crucial differences between the new proposal and the one launched last year.

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Deutsch: Kirgisistan protestiert gegen die Blockade von Webseiten und ruft Euro...

About 50 activists demonstrated in Kyrgyzstan on 14 March 2010 in front of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, appealing to European organizations to support them in regaining access to independent news websites blocked by the state.

The participants also protested against the blocking of broadcasts of US-funded radio and television programs.

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Deutsch: Deklaration zu Safer Internet im makedonischen Parlament beantragt

On 24 February 2010, a group of MPs submitted a Draft-Declaration on Safer Internet during the 39th session of the Commission for Transport, Communications and Environment of the Macedonian Parliament.

MP Aleksandar Spasenovski is the initiator of the Declaration and the proposal was submitted by both members of the government and the opposition: Jani Makraduli, Silvana Boneva, Tahir Hani, Flora Kadriu, Andrej Zhernovski and Slavica Grkovska-Loshkova.

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Deutsch: EDRi sendet offenen Brief an die EU-Kommission und lehnt Internetblock...

EDRi's letter was sent to Commissioners Cecilia Malmström (Home Affairs), Viviane Reding (Justice and Fundamental Rights) and Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda).

The letter congratulates the Commissioners for their nominations and approval in their new portfolios. It welcomes the positive statements made by all three Commissioners on the need to respect fundamental rights and to insist that legislation is "evidence based".