Skip to main content
  • About
    • Contact
    • Press
    • People
    • Opportunities
  • Issues
    • Free Speech
    • Privacy
    • Creativity and Innovation
    • Transparency
    • International
    • Security
  • Our Work
    • Deeplinks Blog
    • Press Releases
    • Events
    • Legal Cases
    • Whitepapers
    • Podcast
  • Take Action
    • Action Center
    • Electronic Frontier Alliance
    • Volunteer
  • Tools
    • Privacy Badger
    • HTTPS Everywhere
    • Surveillance Self-Defense
    • Certbot
    • Atlas of Surveillance
    • Cover Your Tracks
    • Crocodile Hunter
  • Donate
    • Donate to EFF
    • Shop
    • Other Ways to Give
    • Membership FAQ
  • Donate
    • Donate to EFF
    • Shop
    • Other Ways to Give
  • Search form


Email updates on news, actions,
and events in your area.
Join EFF Lists
  • Copyright (CC BY)
  • Trademark
  • Privacy Policy
  • Thanks
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Donate
Podcast Episode - So You Think You're a Critical Thinker
Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • About
    • Contact
    • Press
    • People
    • Opportunities
  • Issues
    • Free Speech
    • Privacy
    • Creativity and Innovation
    • Transparency
    • International
    • Security
  • Our Work
    • Deeplinks Blog
    • Press Releases
    • Events
    • Legal Cases
    • Whitepapers
    • Podcast
  • Take Action
    • Action Center
    • Electronic Frontier Alliance
    • Volunteer
  • Tools
    • Privacy Badger
    • HTTPS Everywhere
    • Surveillance Self-Defense
    • Certbot
    • Atlas of Surveillance
    • Cover Your Tracks
    • Crocodile Hunter
  • Donate
    • Donate to EFF
    • Shop
    • Other Ways to Give
    • Membership FAQ
  • Donate
    • Donate to EFF
    • Shop
    • Other Ways to Give
  • Search form

global minilinks for 2008-10-11

DEEPLINKS BLOG
MiniLinks by Danny O'Brien
October 11, 2008

global minilinks for 2008-10-11

Share It Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Copy link
  • A Contentious Meeting with New Zealand's Copyright Minister
    Colin Jackson hits a brick wall when he and others talk to New Zealand ministers about the new copyright act.
  • Former Pink Floyd Manager: End the P2P Lawsuits
    Peter Jenner continues to advocate for collective licensing, this time in Berlin.
  • EuroISPA on the Recent "Three Strikes" EU Battle
    The ISP association attempts to unpick what Sarkozy thinks he's doing in the EU.
  • The Third COMMUNIA Workshop in Amsterdam, Oct 20-21
    European workshop on fair dealing, fair use and its global equivalents.
  • Ad-Powered Surveillance: Okay For Citizens, Too Prying for Parliament?
    Is the UK's House of Commons blocking Phorm's prying eyes?
  • Malaysian Blogger Goes On Trial
    A "frail" Raja Petra is charged with sedition.
  • Hong Kong Consults on Internet Filtering
    The Chinese administrative region is considering blocking sites under the country's obscenity laws.
  • Key US Senators Warn Bush Administration On ACTA
    The Judiciary committee is displeased with the secrecy on the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, especially on liability for internet intermediaries (like ISPs).
  • When Wikipedia Met The Great Firewall
    Jimmy Wales meets with China's censorship body.
  • Echo in the Dark
    The New Yorker looks at censorship in Russia.
  • Does Web Censorship Affect International Trade?
    Nart Villeneuve sees if the Great Firewall of China messes with connections to Western commerce websites.
  • Australian Councils use Google to Monitor Citizens
    Using Google Earth and Google Maps to look for planning violations.

Related Issues

International
European Union
Share It Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Copy link

Join EFF Lists

Discover more.

Email updates on news, actions, events in your area, and more.
Thanks, you're awesome! Please check your email for a confirmation link.
Oops something is broken right now, please try again later.

Related Updates

EU-flag-circuits
Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | March 20, 2023

Sign The Petition And Tell EU Legislators: Don’t Scan Us

The European Parliament is debating a proposal that, if it passes, could be disastrous for privacy worldwide. Every message, photo, or hosted file could be scanned, with the results sent to government agencies. We don’t need “bugs in our pockets.” A private and secure internet should be built...

Image of two chat boxes inside the iris of an eye
Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | March 20, 2023

EU Lawmakers Must Reject This Proposal To Scan Private Chats

Having a private conversation is a basic human right. Like the rest of our rights, we shouldn’t lose it when we go online. But a new proposal by the European Union could throw our privacy rights out the window. LEARN MORETell the European Parliament: Stop Scanning MeThe European...

Offline General
Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti | March 15, 2023

The Aftermath of Ola Bini’s Unanimous Acquittal by Ecuadorian Court

On January 31, the Swedish free software developer and computer security expert Ola Bini was declared innocent in a unanimous verdict by a three-judge tribunal in Ecuador—the Court of Criminal Guarantees of Pichincha. After almost four years of a criminal prosecution plagued with irregularities, delays, and due...

¿Quién defiende tus datos?
Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti | March 14, 2023

ADC's New Argentina Report Flags How ISPs Can Do More for Users’ Data Privacy

Argentinian telecommunications providers have made strides in their commitments to protecting users’ data privacy, but the gains are uneven—they are doing a better job at informing about data processing and users' data rights, but still a poor job at disclosing how they handle government demands for user data, according to...

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington, Veridiana Alimonti | March 9, 2023

Flipper Zero Devices Being Seized by Brazil’s Telecom Agency

You may have heard of the Flipper Zero. It’s marketed as a “Portable Multi-tool Device for Geeks”—a programmable portable device packed with hardware that facilitates wireless penetration testing and hacking on the go. The device, which greets its owner with an adorable cyber-dolphin on its monochrome 128x64 pixel screen,...

QTTD logo, question mark, on orange background
Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo, Veridiana Alimonti | January 27, 2023

Brazil's Telecom Operators Made Strides and Had Shortcomings in Internet Lab's New Report on User Privacy Practices

Brazil’s biggest internet connection providers made moderate advances in protecting customer data and being transparent about their privacy practices, but fell short on meeting certain requirements for upholding users’ rights under Brazil's data protection law, according to InternetLab’s 2022 Quem Defende Seus Dados? (Who Defends Your Data?) report. In...

Offline General
Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | January 24, 2023

The Next Stage in Security Expert’s Trial Set for January 31

Swedish computer security expert Ola Bini was arrested in April, 2019, in Ecuador, and a cloud has hung over his case ever since. Bini's case has been impacted by numerous due process violations and human rights concerns, and there have been suspensions or delays at nearly every stage of...

UN Cybercrime Treaty - Civil Society Letter
Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo | January 9, 2023

EFF and Partners Call Out Threats to Free Expression in Draft Text as UN Cybersecurity Treaty Negotiations Resume

EFF is attending this week and next a new round of negotiations over the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty to raise concerns that draft provisions now on the table include a long list of content-related crimes that pose serious threats to free expression, privacy, and the legitimate activities of journalists,...

The banner for the 2022 Year in Review blog series
Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | December 27, 2022

The State of Online Free Expression Worldwide: 2022 in Review

It’s been a tumultuous year for free expression globally. From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression and closed-door partnerships to attempts to restrict anonymity and end to end encryption, in many places, digital rights are under threat. And while the European Union has made regulatory strides, elsewhere...

The banner for the 2022 Year in Review blog series
Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti | December 25, 2022

Hacking Governments and Government Hacking in Latin America: 2022 in Review

In 2022, cyber-attacks on government databases and systems broke into headlines in several Latin American countries. These attacks have exposed government systems’ vulnerabilities—including sometimes basic ones, like failing to keep software updated with critical patches—and shown how attacks can affect government data, services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, they...

Discover more.

Email updates on news, actions, events in your area, and more.
Thanks, you're awesome! Please check your email for a confirmation link.
Oops something is broken right now, please try again later.
Share It Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Copy link

Related Issues

International
European Union

Back to top

EFF Home

Follow EFF:

  • twitter
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • youtube
  • flicker
  • rss
  • linkedin

Contact

  • General
  • Legal
  • Security
  • Membership
  • Press

About

  • Calendar
  • Volunteer
  • Victories
  • History
  • Internships
  • Jobs
  • Staff
  • Diversity & Inclusion

Issues

  • Free Speech
  • Privacy
  • Creativity & Innovation
  • Transparency
  • International
  • Security

Updates

  • Blog
  • Press Releases
  • Events
  • Legal Cases
  • Whitepapers
  • EFFector Newsletter

Press

  • Press Contact

Donate

  • Join or Renew Membership Online
  • One-Time Donation Online
  • Shop
  • Other Ways to Give
  • Copyright (CC BY)
  • Trademark
  • Privacy Policy
  • Thanks
JavaScript license information