How does the (dis)empowering surveillance practice of social sorting using big data impact on the notion of borders in Europe?
News and Research articles on Europe
Personalised news websites can have serious implications for democracy, but little is known about the extent and effects of personalisation.
In the last two decades, the industry has deployed endlessly the rhetoric of the “digital threat” in order to demand harsher measures against digital piracy. This paper shows that the “digital threat” discourse is based on shaky grounds.
This article examines the stance of the European Union vis-à-vis internet services company Google in two controversial instances: the ‘right to be forgotten’ and the implementation of EU competition rules.
Leadership in the net neutrality file will not come from Europe... or will it?
A committee of the Council of Europe released a report on mass surveillance on 26 January 2015. Some of its recommendations are expected to influence the debate heavily.
Is Europe today ready to combat existing and emerging cyber threats? United Nations researcher Francesca Bosco points at weak spots, both law making and enforcement.
The European Data Governance Forum taking place this week galvanised two core ethical principles, reports Francesca Musiani.
You are unclear about what Facebook will be doing with your data in the new year? Read Anne Helmond's quick analysis of Facebook's new terms and policies in effect 1 January 2015.
Claus Schaale of Cisco Systems offers an insider's take on the adoption of privacy protecting measures in times of cloud computing and the so-called Internet of Things.
A new Danish study calls into question a cornerstone of the data protection regime in Europe: user consent. This article discusses the findings in light of the concept of 'privacy as a human right'.
Europe's regional internet governance meeting takes place between April's highly debated NetMundial in Brasil and the September's Internet Governance Forum in Turkey. Will the German organisers be able to make the link?
At the end of the week the EU Telecom Council will address net neutrality and the Connected Continent Regulation. Member states are disagreeing over net neutrality and the opponents of stricter protection might point now to the recent FCC vote favouring specialised services alongside standard internet access.
Content aggregation websites are the newest target of copyright enforcers. The 'kino.to court case' shows that ISPs hosting such websites are increasingly being drawn into the takedown battle.
Flappy Bird, Threes, Ridiculous Fishing - three mobile games and three high profile examples of the games industry's relationship with ‘clones’.
Bloggers' and online journalists’ experiences of defamation and privacy law suggest that new approaches to legal policy are needed in a digital media environment. This paper by Judith Townend draws on empirical research to analyse chilling effects in the UK.
Drawing on the example of the US surveillance operation PRISM and its impact on European citizens’ right to privacy, the author discusses what an authoritative human rights-based response could look like.
The European Union is today seen as a ‘digital laggard’ which relies on divergent national regulation and whose digital policies lack coherence. This review looks back at internet policy making and makes a few prescriptions.
Turkish business leaders, internet researchers and the Council of Europe were quick to reply when Turkish President Abdullah Gül went on to sign a package of draconian internet laws on February 18. The new legislation matters, not only for Turkey.
“Digital” is written big in the coalition agreement, which was signed to give way to the new German government. Will this propell Germany onto the front seat in international internet politics.