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Deutsch: Europäische Kommission will staatliche Kontrolle des Internets ausbau...

The European Commission (EC) Information Society and Media Directorate-General have recently drawn up a series of six policy papers intended to increase government control over the Internet.

The policies have in view measures that include governmental control over the domain names that can be registered, the veto power of governments over new Internet domain names, significant structural changes at the level of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), an obligation of th

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Deutsch: US-Hotline verzeichnet große Erfolge bei der Löschung von Missbrauch...

In the course of the past year the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) made huge improvements in its handling of both domestic and international reports of web-based child abuse material.

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Deutsch: OSZE: Netzzugang als Menschenrecht

According to a report issued by the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) on 8 July 2011, the Internet should remain free and access to the Internet should be considered a human right.

The report, based on data received from OSCE participating states and on the responses to a questionnaire sent in September 2010, presents the conclusions of the first comprehensive research on Internet content regulation in the OSCE region, having covered the legal provisions and practices related to freedom of expression, the free flow of information and med

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Deutsch: CSISAC lehnt Internet-Kommuniqué der OECD ab

As a founding member and Steering Committee member of CSISAC (The Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD), European Digital Rights (EDRi) strongly supports CSISAC's decision not to endorse the draft Communiqué currently under discussion by the OECD.

Update: 29 June Press Release from CSISAC
http://csisac.org/CSISAC_PR_06292011.pdf

As a founding member and Steering Committee member of CSISAC (The Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD), European Digital Rights (EDRI) strongly supports CSISAC's decision not to endorse the draft Communiqué currently under discussion by the OECD. EDRi was directly involved in the discussions that led to this decision.

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Deutsch: G8- und eG8-Gipfel zur Internetfreiheit

The results of the 37th edition of the G8 Forum that took place in Deauville, France on 26-27 May 2011 and of the e-G8 meeting on Internet issues organised by the French Presidency immediately before, are sending a mixed message, on the one hand recognizing the "openness, transparency and freedom of the Internet" and on the other hand announcing the "commitment to ensuring effective action against violations of intellectual property rights in the digital arena, including action that addresses present and future infringements."

The civil society, represented by a large number of groups and associations, including EDRi, sent a statement, befo

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Deutsch: CFP 2011 Konferenz beschäftigt sich mit Zukunftstechnologien und Mens...

The 21st Annual Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference (CFP 2011) will be held on 14 - 16 June 2011 in Washington DC, USA, at the Georgetown University Law Center.

CFP conferences traditionally look at the technology and policy space with an eye toward predicting what innovation might bring in relation to human rights. It is a yearly gathering of activists, thinkers, government, legislative, NGOs, business to discuss differing views on controversial issues related to technology and policy.

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Deutsch: EU-Komission strauchelt bei Entgegnung auf ACTA-Stellungnahme

Last week, the European Commission posted a rebuttal to a widely cited opinion document by prominent European academics on the Anti- Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The Commission however made several factual errors in its rebuttal, according to an analysis by Ante Wessels of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructures (FFII).