Posts Tagged “eu”
INDECT in der Kritik
by Christian Scholz on October 15, 2010
Zunächst einmal: Was ist überhaupt INDECT? Das steht für “intelligent information system supporting observation, searching and detection for security of citizens in urban environment” und ist ein von der EU gefördertes Forschungsprojekt. Es wird auf deren Homepage wie folgt beschrieben: (…)
EIC 2010: On national electronic ID cards, Interoperability and Trust Frameworks
by Christian Scholz on May 9, 2010
One topic of the European Identity Conference last week in Munich was definitely how to identify citizens on the net. How to do that in general is a problem being worked on for some years and it’s still not solved. (…)
#zensursula reloaded: 10 reasons why access blocking does not help
by Christian Scholz on March 29, 2010
Update #1, 17:00: Thanks to @bendrath for informing me that the linked proposal is not the official one. Also added reason #11 thanks to Thorsten in the comments. Today Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, revealed her plans on fighting (…)
Der Wähler ist schuld!
by Christian Scholz on June 9, 2009
The EU elections turnout has been very low, even lower than last time and now everybody is searching for reasons or did so in front of the elections. While one german politician proposes that you have to pay a fine (…)
Noch bis Mittwoch: Kontaktiert eure Europa-Abgeordneten wegen des Telecoms-Pakets!
by Christian Scholz on May 4, 2009
english summary: The european parliament is about to vote on the so called Telecoms package which is about regulating the internet. It contains some bad changes for the freedom of the internet and thus you should immediately contact your MEPs (…)
Times are changing, please adapt, thank you!
by Christian Scholz on February 23, 2009
From the Pirate Bay Homepage: Of course you can argue a lot if copyright laws are still matching the times we live in but I think what’s perfectly over the line is people banning from the internet for breaking (…)