This was 2023 from a digital rights perspective: We look back on an eventful year.

Government Spyware , Chat Control , Privacy and Data Protection , Digital Euro - Right to Cash , eID , Net Neutrality , Platform Regulation , PNR , Transparency/Open Government , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention , Data Retention , Whistleblowing

The repetition of the trial in which the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Andreas Holzer, brought private charges against the well-known cabaret artist Florian Scheuba for defamation in a satirical column will start tomorrow. epicenter.works, Amnesty International Austria and the Vienna…

Transparency/Open Government

Transparency is key for a healthy democracy. This holds true for all democratic institutions, national and international (including the European Commission). Unfortunately, according to a recent analysis by Civil Society Europe the Austrian Permanent Representations of Member States to the European…

Transparency/Open Government

Joint Civil Society Letter on the Removal of Commission Officials’ Details from the ‘Whoiswho’ Directory

 

Enabling civil dialogue sometimes boils down to simple things like access to contact details. Therefore, over 110 European civil society organisations signed a letter initiated by Civil…

Transparency/Open Government

Whistleblowers have an important corrective function in a democratic society because they expose misconduct like corruption, abuses of power and white-collar crimes. They frequently incur high personal risks. Threats directed against them or even family members are however just the tip of the…

Transparency/Open Government

The review period for the Freedom of Information Act ended on 19 April 2021. Austria is the only country in the EU where official secrecy is still regulated at constitutional level. This has made it difficult for citizens to obtain information about government action or the use of tax revenue. The…

Transparency/Open Government

Press mentions on this topic

Title Date Publication Publication details Type of publication Mentioned
08/07/2024 netzpolitik.org Web yes
08/04/2024 Tagesspiegel Background Web yes
08/02/2024 uibk.ac.at Web yes
08/02/2024 Radio Arabella Radio yes
07/31/2024 Tiroler Tageszeitung S. 11 Print yes
07/30/2024 Vorarlberg Online Web yes
07/30/2024 Kurier Web yes
07/30/2024 noen.at Web yes
07/30/2024 Salzburger Nachrichten Web yes
07/30/2024 Die Presse Web yes

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