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Orwell’s Wallet: European electronic identity system leads us straight into surveillance capitalism

Submitted by Petra Schmidt on 1 February 2022 - 6:31pm

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In June 2021 the European Commission launched a reform of the 2014 eIDAS Regulation to overhaul Europe’s framework for electronic identity (eID) systems. This ambitious reform tries to create a counterbalance to the widespread login systems of Google, Facebook and Apple, as well as to provide widely-adopted eID systems for eGovernment and eCommerce applications to the population.

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Closing the Loopholes in EU's Net Neutrality Framework

Submitted by Anonymous on 20 October 2021 - 7:00am

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The European net neutrality rules are being reformed to fix one of the biggest loopholes in the EU‘s framework: Zero-Rating. epicenter.works together with EDRi and others has been vocal about the dangers of Zero-Rating, a practice by which telecoms companies discriminate between online services by making some data traffic more expensive than other such traffic.

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Net Neutrality

CJEU in surprise judgment: zero rating is illegal under EU law

Submitted by Anonymous on 14 September 2021 - 3:31pm

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Contribution by: Jesper Lund, Chairman EDRi member, IT-Political Association of Denmark

Europe’s highest court has put an end to a long-standing legal battle around the EU’s Net Neutrality Regulation. In a landmark judgement published last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed what EDRi and its members have argued for years: that zero rating is illegal under EU law because it violates the neutrality obligations of internet access providers.

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Net Neutrality

The Deterrent Effect of the Julian Hessenthaler Case: Criminal Prosecution Must Not Lead to Diminished Freedom of Opinion

Submitted by Anonymous on 7 September 2021 - 6:00am

Sueddeutsche Zeitung | Der Spiegel

At the start of the trial against security adviser Julian Hessenthaler, who played a key role in the making of the so-called Ibiza video1, 18 Austrian and international human rights organisations express their concern that his excessive criminal prosecution could – intentionally – have a deterring effect on future sources or whistleblowers and the exercise of freedom of opinion, freedom of the press and freedom of information.

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Überwachung
Whistleblowing

NGO demands disclosure of A1 Telekom Austria Group’s entanglements in Belarus

Submitted by nina on 17 June 2021 - 12:17pm

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The civil rights NGO epicenter.works protested in front of the A1 Telekom Austria Group’s building yesterday to raise awareness of the involvement of the partially state-owned company in the Internet shutdowns in Belarus that unfolded around the controversial election of the long-term dictator Lukaschenka. The protest was accompanied by attacks by the company against the non-profit NGO.

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Net Neutrality

Five reasons to claim victory on the EU Digital COVID Certificate

Submitted by Anonymous on 8 June 2021 - 4:29pm
Nataliya Vaitkevich

Today, the European Parliament votes on the interinstitutional compromise text on the regulation(s) on the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC, also known as the Digital Green Certificate and the European Green Pass). The proposed legislation regulates the “framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery” with aim of facilitating free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19
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