Showing posts with label Civil Liberties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil Liberties. Show all posts
November 25, 2011
May 6, 2011
Freedom of expression online
A seminar in the European Parliament May 5:th 2011 hosted by Greens/EFA.
Part 1: Jörg Polakiewicz (Council of Europe), Erich Möchel (Austrian investigative journalist), Rafik Dammak (internet activist and blogger via Skype from Tunisia) & Caroline de Cock (N-square consulting).
Freedom of expression online, Part 1 by Henrik Alexandersson
Part 2: Petter Ericson (Telecomix), Gerard de Graaf (EC DG Information Society and Media), Susan Morgan (Global Network Initiative) & Smari McCarthy (Icelandic Modern Media Institute).
Freedom of expression online, Part 2 by Henrik Alexandersson
All is intresting. End of part one extra god. Part 2 = Hot, with interventions by Joe McNamee (EDRi).
Enjoy!
[Direct link] Downloadable. CC=0.
Part 1: Jörg Polakiewicz (Council of Europe), Erich Möchel (Austrian investigative journalist), Rafik Dammak (internet activist and blogger via Skype from Tunisia) & Caroline de Cock (N-square consulting).
Freedom of expression online, Part 1 by Henrik Alexandersson
Part 2: Petter Ericson (Telecomix), Gerard de Graaf (EC DG Information Society and Media), Susan Morgan (Global Network Initiative) & Smari McCarthy (Icelandic Modern Media Institute).
Freedom of expression online, Part 2 by Henrik Alexandersson
All is intresting. End of part one extra god. Part 2 = Hot, with interventions by Joe McNamee (EDRi).
Enjoy!
[Direct link] Downloadable. CC=0.
January 23, 2011
WikiLeaks, The Internet And Democracy
Paul Jay, Daniel Ellsberg, Clay Shirky, Neville Roy Singham, Peter Thiel and Jonathan Zittrain on a panel at the Churchill Club – on WikiLeaks, The Internet And Democracy.
A Must See!
January 8, 2010
November 4, 2009
EU Telecoms Package: New meetings today
Press Release from the Swedish Pirate Party, November 4:th 2009
EU: Negotiations on the EU Telecoms Package tonight
Our line is that the principles of "amendment 138" must be defended. This is to say that Members States should not be allowed to cut people of from the Internet (if any MS decides on such measures) with less than a prior, fair trial in a court of law.
In this process there are many proposals, compromises and ideas flying around. The Swedish Pirate MEP Christian Engström says...
"Right now it is essential that the European Parliament stays with the core values of amendment 138. We would like to stick to amendment 138, more or less in its original form. But we have conflicting judicial advice about that possibility."
"A key issue is if we will be able to stop French Hadopi-laws and British Mandelson-measures. If the text negotiated do not do this, we cannot accept it."
"I am worried that other MEP:s in the delegation might be willing to compromise. Or that they will give up, exhausted. We call upon them to focus on the principle that the European Parliament at several occasions has voted for - that government should not be able to punish people without a fair, prior trial. This is also fundamental for a democracy respecting rule of law" Engström concludes.
Also see Christian Engströms blog:
http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/telecom-package-meetings-on-wednesday/
Time table:
7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, the European Parliaments Delegation to the Conciliation Committee on the EU Telecoms Package will meet.
8 p.m. there will be a Trialouge Meeting (leaders of the EP Delegation, leaders of the Councils delegation and representatives for the Commission).
After this there will be a brief report from the Trialouge to the Delegation.
9 p.m. there will be a meeting with the full Conciliation Committee (27 from the EP, 27 from the Council and represenatives from the Commission). At this meeting the EU-Precidency will be represented by the Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Åsa Torstensson. Commissioner Vivian Reding will also be present.
Or - if the negosiations get stuck - there will be another Trialogue Meeting at 9 p.m.
Thursday morning at 9 a.m. the Delegation leaders from the EP, Torstensson and Reding will hold a press conference.
Thursday at 10 a.m. the Green Group in the EP and Swedish Pirate Party will hold a press conference. (Both press conferences are to be held in room PHS 0A050 in the European Parliament in Brussels.)
Contact details:
Christian Engström (PP), Swedish Pirate MEP, +46 706 633 780.
Rick Falkvinge (PP), leader of the Swedish Pirate Party, +46 708 303 600.
Henrik Alexandersson at MEP Engströms office in the EP, +32 484 088 770 (mobile) or +32 228 47368.
[In Swedish]
EU: Negotiations on the EU Telecoms Package tonight
Our line is that the principles of "amendment 138" must be defended. This is to say that Members States should not be allowed to cut people of from the Internet (if any MS decides on such measures) with less than a prior, fair trial in a court of law.
In this process there are many proposals, compromises and ideas flying around. The Swedish Pirate MEP Christian Engström says...
"Right now it is essential that the European Parliament stays with the core values of amendment 138. We would like to stick to amendment 138, more or less in its original form. But we have conflicting judicial advice about that possibility."
"A key issue is if we will be able to stop French Hadopi-laws and British Mandelson-measures. If the text negotiated do not do this, we cannot accept it."
"I am worried that other MEP:s in the delegation might be willing to compromise. Or that they will give up, exhausted. We call upon them to focus on the principle that the European Parliament at several occasions has voted for - that government should not be able to punish people without a fair, prior trial. This is also fundamental for a democracy respecting rule of law" Engström concludes.
Also see Christian Engströms blog:
http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/telecom-package-meetings-on-wednesday/
Time table:
7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, the European Parliaments Delegation to the Conciliation Committee on the EU Telecoms Package will meet.
8 p.m. there will be a Trialouge Meeting (leaders of the EP Delegation, leaders of the Councils delegation and representatives for the Commission).
After this there will be a brief report from the Trialouge to the Delegation.
9 p.m. there will be a meeting with the full Conciliation Committee (27 from the EP, 27 from the Council and represenatives from the Commission). At this meeting the EU-Precidency will be represented by the Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Åsa Torstensson. Commissioner Vivian Reding will also be present.
Or - if the negosiations get stuck - there will be another Trialogue Meeting at 9 p.m.
Thursday morning at 9 a.m. the Delegation leaders from the EP, Torstensson and Reding will hold a press conference.
Thursday at 10 a.m. the Green Group in the EP and Swedish Pirate Party will hold a press conference. (Both press conferences are to be held in room PHS 0A050 in the European Parliament in Brussels.)
Contact details:
Christian Engström (PP), Swedish Pirate MEP, +46 706 633 780.
Rick Falkvinge (PP), leader of the Swedish Pirate Party, +46 708 303 600.
Henrik Alexandersson at MEP Engströms office in the EP, +32 484 088 770 (mobile) or +32 228 47368.
[In Swedish]
October 24, 2009
Telecoms Package: Council divided?
Yesterday, friday, there was an Coreper-meeting in the EU. (Coreper is the body that prepares dosiers for the European Council.) One of the points on the agenda was the EU Telecoms Package.
I have first hand information that the meeting was much longer than planned. According to my source, it was the Telecomes Package that caused a lengthy debate. This suggests disagreement in the Council on this issue.
This fits well with information that I have recieved earlier. The word is that UK is now the driving force for member states "right" to cut people off from the Internet. They even seems to be more eager on this than the French.
To be continued.
[In Swedish]
I have first hand information that the meeting was much longer than planned. According to my source, it was the Telecomes Package that caused a lengthy debate. This suggests disagreement in the Council on this issue.
This fits well with information that I have recieved earlier. The word is that UK is now the driving force for member states "right" to cut people off from the Internet. They even seems to be more eager on this than the French.
To be continued.
[In Swedish]
The EU Telecoms Package
Meeting on the Telecoms Package, EP Strasbourg.Photo: Christian Engström, MEP.
My MEP, Christian Engström of the Swedish Pirate Party, is one of the members of The European Parliaments delegation to the Conciliation Committé on the EU:s Telecoms Package.
This means that I am in the meetings on this dosier. I can tell you that it is an interesting and somewhat disturbing experience.
Read some of Christians blogposts on what have occured: Chaotic delegation meeting on the telecoms package | An insult to the Parliament | The Hadopi test for the Telecoms Package
I also recomend you to read Monica Hoortens blog. She has a scientists way of looking at this process. Read her blog posts and her paper "The Telecoms Package - a licence to chill".
I´ll try to keep you updated as the process develops...
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