By Cory Doctorow Despite ringing denunciations from small EU tech businesses, giant EU entertainment companies, artists’ groups, technical experts, and human rights experts, and the…
By Aaron Kesel After a short delay, European Union lawmakers are continuing their journey to censor the Internet and have agreed on changes to the…
By John Phelan In 1988, The Economist magazine ran an article on Ireland titled “The poorest of the rich.” The title was well-deserved. That year, Irish per…
By John Phelan Few in the United States might know it if they watch the news, but in recent weeks France has been rocked by…
By Joseph Jankowski France’s Finance Minister is warning that the tax relief and subsidy acceleration promised by President Emmanuel Macron under the weight of nationwide protests…
By Cory Doctorow Lawmakers in the European Union (EU) often lament the lack of citizen engagement with the complex policy questions that they wrestle with…
By Catherine J. Frompovich “The man who lives under the servitude of laws takes, without being aware of it, the soul of a slave.” ……
By Cory Doctorow A coalition of some of Europe’s largest film companies and sports leagues have published an open letter to the European Union officials…
By Cory Doctorow When the EU started planning its new Copyright Directive (the “Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive”), a group of powerful entertainment…
By Cory Doctorow All this month, the European Union’s “trilogue” is meeting behind closed doors to hammer out the final wording of the new Copyright…
By Michael Snyder In the 9th largest economy in the world, the financial markets are crashing, and in the 21st largest economy in the world…
By Aaron Kesel GCHQ surveillance revealed by Snowden breached privacy rights, according to Strasbourg judges. GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of various online communications violated privacy…
By Joseph Jankowski The European Parliament has passed a controversial copyright directive that contains provisions which force tech giants to install content filters and sets…
By Cory Doctorow In exactly one week, the European Parliament will hold a crucial debate and vote on a proposal so terrible, it can only…