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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.
On Tuesday MEPs concluded two and a half years of negotiations by passing the EU’s new copyright reform to regulate the digital single market. Parliamentarians voted 348 in favour, 274 against, 36 abstentions. The...
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...
Years of negotiations have concluded as EU institutions finally agree on Europe's new copyright regulation. Is it a threat to freedom of expression? Will it bring upload filtering? We boil it down for you.
After half of the EU countries refused to accept the Romanian presidency’s compromise text for the draft Copyright Directive, talks seemed to reach a halt mid-January. Early this week a new compromise was found – but it maintains the threat of censorship.
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The Lithuanian Parliament has started the new year by making fresh attempts to restrict the freedom of the media and the public to express their views.
The EU Council Legal Service’s opinion that the Whistleblowing Directive should be divided into five separate legislative act has been met with criticism by a number of national governments. At a conference on the...
Looking back at 2018, domestic violence against women was in focus, limits the media freedom were pushed, and the state moved to increase interference with our private lives. Public resistance helped to avaoid most negative consequences.
Free assembly is vital to democracy. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise, then, that authoritarian governments in Europe are restricting this right in illegitimate ways.
Time magazine has named “The Guardians” – killed and imprisoned journalists – 2018’s Persons of the Year. The renowned magazine is published with 4 different covers featuring journalists targeted for their...
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