Commission’s Plan for Online Gambling: Risk of Anti-Democratic Censorship, Again

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Paris, 24 October 2012 – While the European Commission sets out an action plan for online gambling, La Quadrature du Net warns about the risk of Internet content censorship, and urges Member States’s governments to…

ACTA, CETA, etc. Stop Denying Democracy!

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In 2011 and 2012, European citizens took to the streets to protest against secret negotiations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that threatened their fundamental freedoms. This led to a massive rejection of the agreement…

[PCINpact] La France lance une consultation publique avant la révision du RTI

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[…]La France vient de lancer une consultation publique afin de préparer sa position officielle lors de la Conférence mondiale sur les télécommunications internationales.[…]

[La lettre A] FT envie la lenteur helvétique

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Pour la mise en place de ses futures offres de débits différenciés sur l’Internet, France télécom (FT) cite, en interne, le marché suisse en exemple. Swisscom y commercialise déjà des offres allant de l’ADSL-­mini à…

[Cnet] U.N. calls for “anti-terror” Internet surveillance

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United Nations report calls for Internet surveillance, saying lack of “internationally agreed framework for retention of data” is a problem, as are open Wi-Fi networks in airports, cafes, and libraries.[…]

[NoticiasBR] [Portuguese] Canadá e Europa planejam novo Acta

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Canadá e União Europeia podem fazer a retomada da negociação do Canada-EU Trade Agreement (Ceta) que é um acordo econômico entre os dois locais. Este pacto sofreu a acusação de fazer cópias de parte do…

[TorrentFreak] File-Sharers Buy 30% More Music Than Non-P2P Peers

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One of the most comprehensive studies into media sharing and consumption habits in the United States and Germany reveals that file-sharers buy 30% more music than their non-sharing counterparts. […]

“US P2P users have larger…

[PCINpact] La future régulation mondiale du net entre les mains de l’UIT

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Il s’agit de la Conférence mondiale sur les télécommunications internationales, CMTI (en anglais World Conference on International Telecommunications, ou WCIT prononcé « Wickit »), qui se tiendra à Dubaï du 3 au 14 décembre 2012.…

CETA: Governments Must Protect our Freedoms!

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Paris, 12 October 2012 – La Quadrature du Net publishes a letter sent to French ministers in charge of negociating CETA, the Canada – UE Trade Agreement, and calls them to act to protect our…

[La lettre A] FT dans le deep packet inspection

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France Télécom (FT) prépare activement des offres de débits différenciés – le haut débit pour tous étant jugé aussi coûteux qu’inutile. Ces produits reposeront sur un contrôle par le biais de logiciels de deep packet…