On 12 September, the European Parliament adopted changes to the draft Copyright Directive, which is a huge overturn of the Parliament’s previous position on the text which did not pass the vote in July. Negotiations of the Parliament and the Council of the European Union are to come, with mediation by the European Commission, and the […]
13. September, 2018.
California State Assembly adopted a new law with the goal to guarantee net neutrality. California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act 2018 forbids the practices of electronic communications providers which include throttling, blocking or other interference with the internet traffic of their users, as well as providing prioritised speed to some apps compared to others. Vote […]
4. September, 2018.
Today, 3 April 2018, SHARE Foundation, along with 93 civil society organisations from across the globe, sent a letter to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland. The letter requests transparency and meaningful civil society participation in the Council of Europe’s negotiations of the draft Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (also known as the “Budapest Convention”) —a new […]
3. May, 2018.