High-speed Internet for all – including on mobile phones – and lower consumer prices are the main highlights of the European Commission’s digital agenda, a five-year plan to ensure higher connectivity for EU citizens and…
Category: Surveillance In English
The European Commission stands accused of reneging on copyright rules as it is reportedly discussing a private deal to allow companies to disconnect users from the Internet for suspected piracy.
“These talks, if true, could well…
As promised in our case study on Dan Bull, he’s now released his latest song, entitled Death of ACTA. Better yet, the video was filmed on an actual pirate ship
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EU policymaking history is repeating itself as another row erupted in the European Parliament yesterday (22 September) over how to tackle Internet piracy and whether users can be cut off from the Internet for…
To the delight of left-leaning media activists and the chagrin of free-market groups, the head of the Federal Communications Commission is set to claim the agency has the authority to impose new regulations on Internet…
With the majority of Internet traffic expected to shift to congestion-prone mobile networks, there is growing debate on both sides of the Atlantic about whether operators of the networks should be allowed to treat Web…
Updated on December 24th, 2009
Paris, December 10th 2009 – A worldwide coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations, consumers unions and online service providers associations publish an open letter to the European institutions regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement…
Paris, September 24th – La Quadrature du Net sent a letter to the French ministers in charge of the Telecoms PackageTranslation of the letter is available at: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-letter-to-the-ministers-in-charge to ask them to protect Net neutrality…
Paris, September 22nd, 2009 – The French Parliament has adopted HADOPI 2, a law aimed at establishing a so-called “three-strikes” policy in order to fight file-sharing. The Constitutional Council made groundbreaking decision on June…
The debate over Net neutrality has reignited as broadband service providers hit the first deadline for applying for funds as part of President Obama’s economic stimulus plan. […]