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Microtargeted Political Advertising Must Be Transparent and Respect Privacy

Liberties published a policy paper on solutions for regulating micortargeted political advertising. This paper focuses on solutions that we need in order to properly tackle the problem caused by microtargeting in the online ecosystem.

advertising , online advertisment , digital rights , transparency
December 07, 2020 • LibertiesEU
EU Agreed Over Whistleblowers Protection Rules

EU representatives from the European Parliament, the European Commission and the national governments have agreed on EU-wide whistleblower protection. While the final legal text is not yet published, press statements...

whisteblower , Digital privacy , Free Speech , transparency
March 13, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Russia Offered Salvini €3m for Italian European Election Campaign

Italian weekly L'Espresso reports that Russia was planning to support the European election campaign of Italian prime minister Matteo Salvini with 3 million euros in financing for his League party. According to the...

transparency , Italy , European elections 2019 , Matteo Salvini
February 22, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Hungary: People's Rights at Lowest Point Since Fall of Communism

The political and fundamental rights of people in Hungary are at their lowest point since 1989, according to a new report by Berlin-based Transparency International. According to the organisation's 2018 Corruption...

corruption , Hungary , transparency , rights
January 30, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Victory for Transparency in the European Parliament

MEPs clashed on Thursday as votes on reform plans to improve transparency in the European Parliament went through the committee stage. In a surprise vote in the constitutional affairs committee (AFCO) stronger...

lobby , transparency , European Parliament , MEPs
December 11, 2018 • LibertiesEU
98% of EU 'Expert Groups' Meet in Private

A new study prepared by the European Parliament has discovered that of the 775 groups set up by the European Commission to receive advice from outside experts, no more that 12 have held public meetings. The EC sets up...

European Commission , transparency , expert groups
November 23, 2018 • LibertiesEU
MEPS to Delay Transparency Reform Vote

MEPs' wait for a long overdue legal opinion on the transparency reform on meeting lobbyists and how they can spend taxpayers money before they vote goes on. Parliamentarians have wanted a joint European Commission, EU...

transparency , European Parliament , lobby
November 20, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Romania 'Using EU Data Protection Law to Silence Journalists'

Reporters of the investigative Rise project in Romania were ordered last Thursday to reveal their sources or face huge fines under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Organised Crime and Corruption...

Romania , GDPR , transparency
November 12, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Dutch MEPs Propose Making Expense Claims Public

Two Dutch MEPs are proposing a motion in the European Parliament that would force the transparency of expense claims. Every month, MEPs may claim an extra €4,416 in expenses on top of their salary. Last month...

European Parliament , Dutch MEPS , transparency , expenses
October 12, 2018 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
EP Says MEPs' Office Expenses Aren't for Your Eyes

After a secretive July decision by the 14 European Parliament (EP) vice-presidents to go with minimal transparency over MEPs' expenses, on Tuesday Livia Jaroka, the EP's vice-president responsible for access to...

European Parliament , transparency , expenses , MEPs
September 20, 2018 • LibertiesEU
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