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

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10/21/2024 Tagesspiegel Background Web yes
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10/18/2024 derstandard.at Web yes
10/18/2024 VIENNA.AT Web yes
10/17/2024 Netzpolitik.org Ticker Web yes
10/16/2024 Der Standard S. 10 Print yes
10/16/2024 parlament.gv.at Podcast yes
10/15/2024 Politico Politico Pro Cyber Insights Europe Web yes
10/14/2024 telepolis.de Web yes
10/12/2024 ORF Bürgeranwalt Television yes

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