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PRISM Scandal: ‘NSA has outpost in Vienna’

According to two defence community sources, the NSA has an outpost in Vienna, reports Die Presse. However, the daily explains that the nature and scope […]

14 June 2013
74
Presseurop
Die Presse
Data protection: No privacy without whistleblowers

The Prism scandal has revealed that the NSA acting in complicity with private corporations has been given free reign to trample people’s right to privacy, even in Europe. With democratic institutions failing to protect us, only whistleblowers are left to hold the spies to account.

13 June 2013
192 12 The Guardian London
Tax avoidance: Why Poland doesn’t make money out of Google or Apple

Judging by the taxes paid by Apple and Google in Poland, you might think that their parent companies are running a tiny operation selling goods […]

13 June 2013
4
Presseurop
Gazeta Wyborcza
Prism scandal: ‘Brussels bows to US over data protection’

US President Barack Obama’s administration persuaded the European Commission to redraft its data-privacy legislation in January 2012 and drop a clause that would have stopped […]

13 June 2013
130 3
Presseurop
Financial Times
PRISM Scandal: ‘Government espionnage a new threat for Swiss banks?’

According to information revealed to The Guardian by Edward Snowden – a former CIA technician turned whistleblower – in 2007, the American National Security Agency […]

11 June 2013
42 2
Presseurop
Le Temps
Prism scandal: ‘Europe demands answers from Obama over surveillance by US’

European political leaders on Monday denounced US Prism surveillance operations, which tracked internet and telephone data from citizens around the world, as unacceptable and demanded […]

11 June 2013
88 5
Presseurop
The Guardian
EU-US: PRISM makes trade deal a mission impossible

“Data spying scandal threatens EU-US trade talks, headlines the Financial Times, reporting on the latest twist in the story about allegations the US intelligence service, […]

10 June 2013
129 6
Presseurop
Financial Times, The Guardian
Denmark: ‘Hackers against society’

Between April and August 2012, hackers broke into police driving licence databases and downloaded thousands of files containing social security numbers, staff emails and information […]

7 June 2013
40 3
Presseurop
Berlingske Tidende
Germany: ‘A painful defeat for Google’

In a verdict announced on May 13, the federal court in Germany ruled that Google's auto-complete system, which automatically generates search suggestions, infringes the rights […]

15 May 2013
81 3
Presseurop
Die Welt
Denmark: ‘European Commissioner reprimands Denmark on privacy’

In an email addressed to Politiken, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding has “accused the Danish government of stalling negotiations on […]

10 April 2013
34 3
Presseurop
Politiken
Internet: Google in privacy showdown with EU states

Six of Europe’s largest data protection agencies launched a joint legal case against Internet search giant Google on April 2 over alleged breaches of EU […]

3 April 2013
66 3
Presseurop
Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph
Czech Republic: A playground for ‘hacktivists’

The Czech Republic was targeted in a string of cyber attacks last week. Why? As a small country with a relatively developed Internet infrastructure, it is an ideal testing ground for hackers who are planning to hunt for bigger prey, says an Internet expert.

13 March 2013
71 4 Respekt Prague
Estonia: After the e-government, here come the e-citizens

After Estonia's efforts to push its government administration online, the country now plans to assign a digital identity to all its citizens. The goal? To help cement ties with business talent – both Estonians abroad and foreign expatriates with links to the east European nation.

8 March 2013
207 4 Eesti Päevaleht Tallinn
Internet: Selling spyware to trap dissidents

He’s regarded as one of the meanest Germans in the cybersphere: Martin Münch supplies police and secret services with spyware, which some dictators use to terrorize dissidents.

22 February 2013
422 9 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
Data protection: A platform to flush out the lobbies

A small initiative has got underway to take on the nebulous interest groups that orbit around the European Parliament. Under the headline “Stick that in […]

12 February 2013
243 4
Presseurop
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Movie piracy: Jolly Roger flies over film industry

As the film industry gathers in Berlin for the February 7 opening of the Berlinale Festival, the weekly Die Zeit reports on the story of […]

8 February 2013
28 3
Presseurop
Die Zeit
The press in Europe (3/5): Newspapers will not die in Silicon Valley

In the Internet age, anyone can be an author, journalist, publisher, and anyone can earn money from it: So went the mantra. But the democratisation of information never happened.

26 December 2012
817 5 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt
Editorial: The temptation of Google

Ah, Google! Without it, the Internet would probably have a quite different face. And Presseurop, which uses its online apps, would be a lot harder […]

19 October 2012
55 7
Presseurop
Internet: Brussels accused of zeal in fight against online terrorists

The European Commission’s proposal to fight terrorist exploitation of the Internet should revive the debate between safety watchdogs and defenders of digital freedoms, writes La […]

1 October 2012
35 5
Presseurop
La Stampa
Internet: European cybersecurity at the mercy of hackers

Europe is “under the watchful eye of Chinese pirates”, writes Libération, which picks up on a Bloomberg feature report on computer security breaches. The […]

30 July 2012
110 7
Presseurop
Libération, El País
Hactivism: Hacked off with hactivism

The honeymoon may be over for the alliance between protest politics and hacker culture, says Angela Nagle. In a move that will shock those who see computer hackers as the techno wing of the political left, a Danish group self-identifying as a wing of the anarchic collective "Anonymous" has […]

26 July 2012
16
Presseurop
Blog
Internet: MEPs vote down ACTA

On July 4 the European Parliament rejected the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with an overwhelming majority of MEPs (478) voting against it (only 39 […]

4 July 2012
49 6
Presseurop
Rzeczpospolita
Profile: Max Schrems, the man who de-friended Facebook

A law student from Vienna is accusing Facebook of contempt for Europe’s data protection laws. For the company, which wants to go public soon, the attention comes at a bad time.

27 April 2012
927 4 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
Democracy: When will there be a virtual European salon?

First there were books, then came the press, and now we have Internet. For almost two centuries, media have provided a virtual space for discussion that has enabled democracy to develop. Today, however, a Swedish columnist remarks Europe lacks a virtual space that is not constrained by national boundaries.

27 March 2012
180 76 Dagens Nyheter Stockholm
Internet: Personal data vacuum cleaner

22 March 2012
47 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
Editorial: A boomerang made in EU

You can’t accuse the EU of not holding back when it comes to getting the word out about its activities and initiatives. This week, trying […]

9 March 2012
50 20
Presseurop
Internet: It’s not real if it’s not online

Mass social movements only make waves when they have the internet in tow. This distorts our understanding of the world says Angela Nagle. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement, revolutionary events and radical politics have certainly made headlines in the last year. Last week however, one of the largest […]

6 March 2012
20
Presseurop
Blog
Internet: Brake on ACTA, Google reprimanded

Europe’s institutions appear intent on becoming fully fledged guardians of Internet user privacy. First up in the line of fire: ACTA and Google. "European Parliament […]

2 March 2012
454 1
Presseurop
The Guardian, El País
Editorial: Europeans weave their Web

Times are tough for intellectual property as we have known it up till now. After years of heated wrangling on the internet and in the […]

17 February 2012
61 3
Presseurop
Interview: “Web is foundation of young people’s lives”

As the Polish government prepares to sign the anti-piracy ACTA treaty, thousands of young internet users have taken to the streets in protest. Like most of their fellow Europeans, they fear it may “label their existential choices and free expression of identity as piracy,” explains internet anthropologist Piotr Cichocki.

25 January 2012
223 1 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw
Internet: Right to be forgotten law welcomed

"A monumental measure" for personal data protection on the internet will be proposed Wednesday by the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, […]

25 January 2012
58 7
Presseurop
La Repubblica
Internet: ACTA non grata

Several days of internet user and web hacker protests against the ACTA agreement, which obliges its 39 signatory states to actively prosecute web piracy, “have […]

24 January 2012

Presseurop
Gazeta Wyborcza
Internet: Commission to rule on right to be forgotten

Headlining with "Brussels opposes Internet memory," Público reports that the European Commission is preparing to revise its 1995 directive on the protection of personal data in […]

2 January 2012
98
Presseurop
Público
Internet: The new gold mine of open data

Encouraged by Brussels, the online availability of open data provided by public authorities could give rise to a multitude of applications that are useful to citizens and society, with economic gains estimated at no less than 140 billion euros per year.

16 December 2011
360 3 La Stampa Turin
European of the Week: The cyber-revolutionary on Tahrir Square

If Mubarak failed to cut the Egyptian revolutionaries off from the rest of the world last January, it was thanks to a Swedish student and theorist of hacktivism: Christopher Kullenberg, named “Swede of the Year” by the weekly Fokus. A profile.

6 December 2011
272 1 Fokus Stockholm
Journalism: Press delete

The news media is supposed to serve the public, but recent episodes indicate we spend too much time listening to those who shout loudest. Earlier this month a row erupted when a series of high profile women writers claimed women are singled-out for misogynist abuse from online 'commenters'. Whatever the merits of the claim, there is no doubt that […]

28 November 2011
22
Presseurop
Blog
Netherlands: Cracks open in Dutch digital dykes

“Public confidence in the 'digital authorities’ takes a blow”, leads NRC Handelsblad. A few days ago Holland’s Interior Minister, Piet Hein Donner, confessed that “the […]

6 September 2011

Presseurop
NRC Handelsblad
Netherlands: Dutch register will eat your cookies

From today, Dutch Internet users will be able to avail of a “Don’t follow me” register to circumvent the harmful consequences of cookies, […]

30 August 2011
42
Presseurop
De Volkskrant
Internet: Crime spreads on the web

As La Voix du Luxembourg points out on its front page, the "Dark side of the Internet" has created closer links with the poppy fields of […]

5 May 2011
2
Presseurop
La Voix du Luxembourg
Poland: E-commerce in vogue

E-commerce, IT solutions and legal advisory – “What business bets on,” headlines Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. The Warsaw daily notes that since the beginning of 2011, […]

22 April 2011

Presseurop
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Internet: EU vs Facebook – the battle for privacy

The EU plan to pass an internet privacy law enshrining the “right to disappear” online will dramatically affect how companies like Facebook conduct business, and raises questions about freedom of expression on the web.

13 April 2011
508 1 The Christian Science Monitor Boston
Privacy: Forget me not

The European Union is forging ahead with its plans to create a "right to be forgotten online". The only problem is, no such right exists – nor should we conspire to invent one. The problem seems to be one of lingusitics, or at least translation. The term le droit à […]

13 April 2011
23
Presseurop
Blog
Poland: Government better than Santa?

“Who wants a laptop?” asks Gazeta Wyborcza. On its front page, the Polish daily reports on a government plan to provide all first-year […]

28 March 2011
1
Presseurop
Gazeta Wyborcza
Social networks: EU will protect your 4am party shame

“EU to force social network sites to enhance privacy,” headlines the Guardian, after justice commissioner Viviane Reding, in a speech to the European parliament, announced […]

17 March 2011
58 1
Presseurop
The Guardian
Poland: Protest against internet crackdown law

“Internet users on alert: government wants censorship”: Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reports on protests sparked by an amended media law, to be debated by the senate […]

16 March 2011

Presseurop
Rzeczpospolita
Oliver: Internet leading the people

11 February 2011
159 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
Slovakia: All the news for the price of two beers

"Three euros please!" leads Respekt. This is the modest sum Slovaks will pay in the coming weeks to access full content of news articles on the […]

19 January 2011
15
Presseurop
Respekt
Estonia: Tallinn builds up cyber army

Concerned about the cyber assault on its institutions in 2007, Estonia has formed a volunteer cyber-army unit, the Cyber Defence League (CDL), to protect the […]

14 January 2011

Presseurop
Rzeczpospolita
Spain: A bug in the bill to stop file-sharing

“Parliament rejects Sinde law,” announces Público. On 21 December a parliamentary committee threw out culture minister Ángeles González-Sinde’s bill, under which websites providing access to […]

22 December 2010

Presseurop
Público
New technologies: Poland hits internet warp speed

“The ultra fast internet is coming,” leads Gazeta Wyborcza, hailing the coming to Poland as of 2011 of the fourth generation of mobile phone technology […]

17 December 2010
1
Presseurop
Gazeta Wyborcza

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