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Liberties Network Launches Campaign to Get Impact Analyses of Covid-19 Tracing Apps in 9 EU Countries

June 08, 2020 • by LibertiesEU

Liberties members in 9 EU countries filed Freedom of Information requests to their national authorities regarding the new contact-tracing, symptom-tracking and quarantine-enforcing applications introduced to control the spread of Covid-19.
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Rights Organizations Warn about Unlawful Data Exploitation in Popular Apps

March 04, 2020 • by Orsolya Reich, LibertiesEU

Liberties is leading a second outreach on the GDPR violations adtech industry is committing. Based on new evidence, Liberties members and partners are urging national data protection authorities to stop rights violations.
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More Transparency Needed During Copyright Debate

January 14, 2020 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

The European Commission should be fully transparent as it creates guidelines for implementing the new Copyright Directive, which should include safeguards for fundamental rights.
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Quiz: Digital Rights in Numbers for 2019

December 20, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Data is king and this is especially true for online advertisers. Are you aware of the vast amounts of data we give away for free to advertising technology companies in return for invading our privacy? Try our quiz to find out!
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Protecting Online Privacy – Why Every Voice Matters

November 25, 2019 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

The online advertising industry systematically violates users’ privacy. Liberties has launched a petition pushing for changes — here’s our explainer about the problem and what we’re doing about it.
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Policy Paper: A Human-Centric Digital Manifesto for Europe

September 30, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Here is how the European Union could become the global leader in human-centric digital transformation.
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Austria Proposes Censorship Law to Ban Anonymous Online Comments

April 25, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

The draft law is intended to tackle hateful comments on online forums, but digital rights advocates and opposition politicians call it a direct attack on fundamental rights and the freedom of the internet.
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- privacy
- internet
- digital rights
- hate speech
- free speech
- censorship
- online
Copyright Directive Passes, But Fight Against Upload Filters Isn’t Over

March 26, 2019 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

The European Parliament has passed a new copyright regulation promising to give content creators fair pay for their work, but a controversial part of the law also threatens free speech and the free and open internet in Europe.
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Creative Sector Opposes Heavy-Handed EU Plans to Protect Copyright

January 18, 2019 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

An open letter signed by organisations in the creative sector calls for the suspension of talks on Article 13 in favour of developing a better solution.
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#MeAndMyRights: Darkness, My Old Friend: How Mass Surveillance Is Killing Public Debate

January 26, 2018 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

Research shows mass surveillance is causing a decline in free speech over the internet. Read the latest episode of our series to learn more about the 'spiral of silence'.
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