Posts Tagged ‘european union’

Reporters Without Borders and Human Rights Watch publish jointly today a press release calling the European Union to enact new controls on Internet surveillance and censorship technologies. Repressive governments use these technologies to enable human rights violation. Reporters Without Borders had publish earlier a position paper, on occasion of the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, calling on the EU Commission to make surveillance and censorship ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders hails the European Parliament's rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) today by 478 votes to 39. This is a victory for freedom of information and Net neutrality. 02.07.12 - Down with ACTA! The EU must protect our commons Joint press release by 53 European and International organisations to invite Members of European Parliament to reject ACTA, and beyond, engage in a positive ... Full story

By 19 votes to 12, the members of the International Trade (INTA) committee of the EU Parliament adopted on 12 June its voting recommendation and advises the Parliament to reject ACTA during the upcoming plenary vote, scheduled for July 4th. For further details : La Quadrature du Net 21.06.12 - INTA Committee Must Reject ACTA Joint press release by 41 European and International organisations to ... Full story

In its 2012 “Enemies of the Internet” report, Reporters Without Borders voiced reservations about a proposed European Commission directive and regulation on online personal data protection that would enshrine the “right to be forgotten.” Under the proposed reform, people will be able to have their online personal data deleted “if there are no legitimate grounds for retaining it.” All websites, both those hosted inside the ... Full story

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The Council of the European Union is about to adopt the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The agreement will be formally signed by EU governments during a World Trade Organization meeting that is due to take place in Geneva from 15 to 17 December. It will then be up to the European Parliament to adopt or reject it. Thirteen members of the Sakharov Network of winners ... Full story

The latest leak of the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) came out a few days ago. Before we delve into the more troublesome elements of the agreement, let’s take a few moments to ponder how sad it is that our government continues to craf... Full story

Sometimes a story is so insane that you can’t help but wonder if someone has slipped you some crazy pills.  See, for example, the Google prosecution in Italy. I honestly thought that story could not be topped. But lo and behold, it appears that the EU has proposed to add ... Full story

More than 20 years ago, Canada negotiated a free trade agreement with the United States that attracted enormous public attention.  The first FTA - to be followed a few years later by the North American Free Trade Agreement that brought Mexico into the mix - played a pivotal role in a national election and ultimately resulted in dramatic changes to the economy and Canadian law.... Full story

The European Union has filed its comments to the ACTA Internet chapter. While the existence of the document has been made public, the document itself has not. Full story