1. French authority wants users to install spyware on their computers
(News/EDRI - English)

... piracy". Hadopi (the French Authority for the implementation of the 3 strikes law) did not make public the document regarding the draft specifications of the security measures for the Internet (part ...

2. International team developing open source hospital information system
(News/World - English)

... resulting in Hospital, also published as an open source project on the OSOR Forge. Source: OSOR.eu "EU: International team developing open source hospital information system" August 31, 2010  ...

3. Azeri bloggers appeal rejected by the Supreme Court
(News/World - English)

... have criticised the sentence expressing the conviction that the bloggers had been jailed for political reasons. The two young men were well known activists having expressed critical opinions to the  ...

4. Digital Agenda: EC seeks recommendations on boosting cultural heritage online
(News/World - English)

... companies, NGOs, academic institutions - to give their views on key issues of digitisation. These include potential sources of funding for digitisation and for developing Europeana, Europe's digital ...

5. Italy: New draft law endangers bloggers' freedom of expression
(News/EDRI - English)

... to post corrections within 48 hours from any complaint regarding website content (whether blog, opinion, comment or simple information), in the same form in which the contested content was originally ...

6. “Digital repositories” website launched
(News/Activities - English)

... with any of the topics covered, and the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License Macedonia should be respected in case of further use of the digital content. The site is also linking ...

7. Report on Open Repository Development in Developing and Transition countries is released
(News/World - English)

...  activities in developing and transition countries at both the infrastructure and services level. This is the first attempt to collect such data about digital repository activity in developing and transition ...

8. 10 public debates throughout Macedonia for promotion of various causes
(News/Activities - English)

10 public debates were held in 10 cities throughout Macedonia in the period June 9-24, aiming at inciting critical thinking on socially important topics and promoting the blog platform kauza.mk as a free ...

9. Sweden: Public administrations lack awareness on electronic documents
(News/World - English)

... between 30 May and 2 June. Earlier this year they tested how all 290 municipalities in Sweden manage their electronic documents. They requested copies of the minutes from the first municipal council ...

10. Seminar: "Security and privacy on the internet" in NOVA
(News/Activities - English)

Last Friday (June 25, 2010) a seminar was held in the private school NOVA on the topic of "Security and privacy on the internet”, attended by 20 participants (teaching and pedagogical staff). The event ...

11. The call for protection of citizens’ privacy submitted to the Assembly
(News/Activities - English)

Fifteen organizations assisting the development of the Republic of Macedonia in various aspects, reacted to the threats to privacy and democracy contained in the Draft-Law amending the Law on Electronic ...

12. China defends internet censorship
(News/World - English)

... censorship. Its Chinese-language services are now based in Hong Kong. The document also reveals just how fast the internet is developing in China. The government hopes that nearly half the population ...

13. Training on multimedia and new media for young journalists
(News/Activities - English)

... on June 19 and 20, focusing on the following topics: Online Privacy Preparation, processing and publishing of slidecasts Preparation, processing, publishing and conversion of video Maximum ...

14. Round table "Privacy in Macedonia" held
(News/Macedonia - English)

... He emphasized that such a law does not exist in other parts of Europe and that if the public opinion has any influence on the adoption of laws, such absurdities would not occur. The representative ...

15. Call for protection of citizens’ privacy in the Republic of Macedonia
(News/Activities - English)

Dear All, Based on the expert analysis of the Draft-Law amending the Law on Electronic Communications, and based on the opinions of relevant stakeholders, especially NGOs dealing with human rights protection, ...

16. Draft Report "Macedonia: Online Privacy in 2009" Published
(News/Activities - English)

The Metamorphosis Foundation published the draft report on online privacy in Macedonia in 2009 on June 4, 2010.The report "Macedonia: Online Privacy in 2009" results from the monitoring of the conditions ...

17. The end of bloggers' anonymity in France?
(News/EDRI - English)

... his opinion, a person who does not reveal his identity has something to hide, while generally bloggers choose anonymity out of reasons related to their professional or personal life. An appeal addressed ...

18. Digital Storytelling workshops held
(News/Activities - English)

... the video stories   Day 4: Presentation of all the stories and obtaining consent from the participants for future use of their stories The stories were covering various topics and supporting various ...

19. Event announcement: Lecture by Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, June 3
(News/Activities - English)

Richard Stallman will hold a lecture in Skopje, June 3, on the topic "Copyright vs Community in the age of computer networks", as part of the project National Free and Open Source Software Policy. The ...

20. Event Announcement: Round table “Privacy in Macedonia”, June 4
(News/Activities - English)

The Metamorphosis Foundation is organizing a public round table on the topic of "Privacy in Macedonia" on June 4, 2010 (Friday).The event will take place in Skopje in the premises of the Economic Chamber ...