Tag: EU Commission

  • EU surveillance state

    EU surveillance state

    The EU is increasing the surveillance in its Member States. US authorities could soon also wiretap legally in Europe The new European Parliament is to be constituted in September, after which the EU Commission will be re-elected. The governments of…

  • US authorities want to legally intercept telecommunications in Europe

    US authorities want to legally intercept telecommunications in Europe

    The FBI could soon demand sensitive communication data from European Internet service providers. It would also be possible to have the data retrieved in real time. With this, the European Union wants to make the Trump administration weigh the possibility…

  • Upload filters: Europol is creating facts

    Upload filters: Europol is creating facts

    The planned EU Regulation on the removal of “terrorist content online” has no longer made it through the legislative process; in autumn the newly elected parliament will decide on it. The governments hope that the MEPs will then vote in…

  • German Police launches “National Internet Referral Unit”

    German Police launches “National Internet Referral Unit”

    Europol has requested the removal of Internet content in almost 100,000 cases. The companies adressed are responding to a considerable extent. The German BKA has now also set up a contact office, which has sent almost 6,000 reports since its…