The EU institutions, as most of Europe, are shutting down
<https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/documents/AGENDA_OUTLINES/338/CALENDA…>
for the next few weeks, so we are giving you an update of all relevant
files before we do the same. It is way longer to read than usual, sorry!
But we will use this ourselves as a cheat sheet to refresh our memories
during la rentrée <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rentr%C3%A9e> in
September.
Dimi & Anna
====
DSA
====
The Digital Services Act has been agreed upon. The good news is that it
shouldn’t disrupt community moderation processes, it focuses on the service
provider, i.e. the Wikimedia Foundation. It also gives a decent framework
for notice-and-action procedures. Our analyses: [1a][1b]
—
Procedure: It needs to pass another Council vote in September. Then it will
be published in the Official Journal of the EU and enter into force 20 days
after the publication date. The DSA obligations will apply fifteen months,
or from 1 January 2024, whichever comes later. However, obligations on very
large online platforms (VLOPs) will apply earlier: Four months after a
platform has been designated as such by the European Commission.
—
Much of the actual work on the DSA is still to be done. For one, the
European Commission needs to set up a process for designating VLOPs.
Depending on whether Wikipedia is declared one (possible, but not certain),
a number of additional obligations will apply. One such obligation will be
to carry out an annual risk assessments that analyse issues such as
disinformation or election manipulation, cyber violence against women, or
harms to minors online. Based on the results, mitigation measures might
need to be put in place by the service provider. There are many details
here that will need to be figured out, for instance exactly which criteria
the Commission will use to designate VLOPs and whether they will issue
additional guidelines for assessments and mitigation measures.
====
DMA
====
The Digital Markets Act has been pushed through the trilogue negotiations
even faster than the DSA with the final agreement on 24 March. It will
adopted by the European Parliament during the plenary session in Strasbourg
between 12-15 September. The main win, from our perspective, is the expansion
of interoperability measures.
—
Interoperability had been drafted narrowly in the European Commission’s
proposal [2a], obligating gatekeepers to offer interoperability for
so-called ancillary services, like payment or identification services, that
wish to operate within their systems. In the final version [2b] it
emcopasses messaging services and voice and video calls, but the
functionalities will be developed and added gradually over years. For more
details see this: [2c]
—
After the September vote, the new law will be published in the Official
Journal and will enter into force in 20 days after. Two years after that
the DMA has to be reviewed and a decision will be taken by the European
Commission whether to expand interoperability requirements to social
networks.
==========
E-Evidence
==========
The so-called E-Evidence Regulation is trying to come up with a
straightforward process by which a prosecutor or judge from one EU Member
State can request electronic evidence from a service provider based or
represented in another Member State within criminal proceedings. The
Wikimedia Foundation gathers very little information about users and
editors on its projects. However, the Foundation’s servers do record the IP
addresses of users who have accessed Wikipedia, and the individual articles
they have viewed. The proposed regulation would have packaged the
information about the individual articles viewed under an “access data”
category, meaning a prosecutor or judge in a EU member state could have
requested it in the process of any criminal proceeding. [3]
—
The European Parliament had suggested making it much harder to access data
about what a user read, while the Council wanted to keep the proposed
processes. After two and half years of stalemate, a partial compromise was
reached last month. Within any criminal investigation, prosecutors and
judges will be able to request “IP addresses [...] for the sole purpose of
intensifying the user". On the other hand "electronic communications
metadata" and data identifying user ID, which would give away which
articles a user read, may only be requested only "for criminal offences
punishable in the issuing state by a custodial sentence of a maximum of at
least 3 years". In other words, if a user is investigated for a crime where
the potential imprisonment is longer than three years, a judge or a
prosecutor would be allowed to ask for this data. See the negotiation
documents: [4]
—
While the new text is an improvement as compared to the original proposal,
it is a step down from what the European Parliament suggested. One major
aspect still being debated is the involvement of authorities of the country
where the service provider is represented. Say that a Bulgarian prosecutor
orders user content from an e-mail provider in The Netherlands. Should the
Dutch authorities have a role in this procedure? It looks like there is an
appetite to set up a common exchange platform which would at least notify
the host country’s authorities. The details are still being hammered out.
======
CSAM
======
The European Commission is tyring to establish rules on tackling Child
Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The proposed provisions cover our
projects and would require us, upon judicial order or order by a relevant
authority, to scan our projects for CSAM content or grooming activities.
That being said, as our projects’ content is open, anyone can scan it
already, even without an order. [5a]
-
More worrisome is a provision that would require service providers to scan
all private conversations (e.g. chats, direct messages) for CSAM. While
this would also only by judicial order or order of a relevant authority,
serious questions about basic principles arise. Upon receiving such an
order a provider would have to scan *all* private conversations on its
platform for specific or similar content. In practice, such orders would
trigger searching through the conversations of millions of people. This
would also not be possible on systems with end-to-end encryption, which
could lead to them being de facto outlawed. [5b]
========
AI Act
========
The Artificial Intelligence Act[6a] deals with three instances of AI use:
prohibited, high-risk, and one that requires special transparency. That
last category includes instances of individuals interacting with an
AI-based bot, when emotion recognition or biometric categorisation is
required, or in the case of deep fakes. The discussion around deep fakes is
of particular interest to us, as Wikimedia content can be used for their
creation, but also such content could become a misleading source of
information.
—
The AI Act has been mulled over in a number of parliamentary
committees[6b]. It seemed that JURI (Legal Affairs Committee) was on track
to vote on it even before summer recess, but disagreements prevailed. Next
opportunity will be in September, if they are resolved.
========
Data Act
========
The Data Act was supposed to be a central pillar of the EU’s data economy
framework, but frankly reads more like a medley of decent ideas. [7]
—
Perhaps the most important for us (and Wikidata) is that the sui generis
database right cannot be invoked when a user wants to share data generated
by a device they use. A small step, but in the right direction. We will, of
course, try to extend this. Nevertheless, we are also demanding the
European Commission to include a full-blown revision of the Database
Directive in its next work plan. [8]
–
A key element of the Data Act are provisions which mandate all devices that
generate data (think IoT) to allow users to access this data by default. Users
may also mandate that the data is shared with third parties, e.g. a
competing producer or service. We do welcome the approach here. Legislators
until now had the reflex to create new exclusive rights whenever they
wanted to give someone control over data. Instead the Commission is trying
to boost user control and sharing by creating access rights that trump
property rights.
—
A somewhat worrisome provision is that during “public emergencies [...] a
data holder shall make data available to a public sector body or to a Union
institution, agency or body demonstrating an exceptional need to use the
data requested”. This comes from the Coronavirus pandemic and the thinking
that the public sector could have reacted better and in a more targeted
manner if it had certain data at its disposal. However, the term public
emergency is not well defined and could be used in many situations.
—
One more welcome provision targets “switching between data processing
services”, so cloud providers. Providers of cloud services will not be
allowed to create commercial, technical, contractual or organisational
obstacles when a customer decides to switch to another provider.
Furthermore users will be allowed to terminate contracts with a maximum
period of 30 days. The vision is that changing cloud and processing
providers should be as easy as changing a mobile phone subscription.
======
Disinfo
=======
In June the EU Commission presented a new Code of Practice on Disinformation.
[9] It is essentially a beefed up version of the 2018 Code of Practice.
Back then Wikimedia participated in the drafting process, but didn’t sign
it, since it mostly focused on advertising and paid content. The same is
true for the measures in the new code, which include:
-
demonetisation of disinformation
-
tackling advertising containing disinformation
-
transparency with regard to political advertising
-
efficient labelling of political or issue ads
-
political or issue ad repositories with API functionalities for access
purposes
-
commitments with respect to empowering users and the research community
—
The code is voluntary, but signing and adhering to it will be considered by
the Commission as fulfilment of some of the obligations under the Digital
Services Act. Which, we must admit, is a clever way to give it some
legislative weight.
=============
Net Neutrality
=============
After the Court of Justice of the EU confirmed that zero rating music
streaming apps breaches the bloc’s net neutrality rules, the Body of
Telecoms Regulators (BEREC) updated its guidelines. Offering zero-tariffs
or different speeds, for instance at night or during weekends, will still
be possible, as long as they apply to all traffic, not just to specific
apps.
—
Meanwhile large european telecommunications companies are trying to
convince the Commission to propose regulation that would make the largest
online platforms pay for parts of their infrastructure. We are expecting a
public consultation after the break. [10]
=============
EMFA
=============
The European Media Freedom Act is still on the drawing board. It is still
unclear what it will contain. It will aim to provide protections for media
pluralism and to increase the safety of journalists. It might also increase
transparency and accountability mechanism already laid down in the
currently active Audiovisual Media Services Directive. [11]
—
One thing that many broadcasters and publishers will attempt is to add a “media
exemption” to the EMFA. This was already attempted with the DSA, but
failed. Many media houses want to have protections against their content
being deleted from social media. Such suggestions in the past boiled down
to a prohibition for online platforms to remove content by registered
media, which is very troublesome and which we also oppose. It is unclear
whether Wikimedia projects would even fall into the scope of the
definitions, so we will wait to see the actual proposal. A compromise
between social networks and media houses that has been floated in the past
is that registered media get a notice when their content is taken down and
get a fast-track for contesting such decisions.
====
ePrivacy Regulation
====
The ePrivacy Regulation[12] could set a firm standard on how online tools
can and cannot be used in contacting, profiling and surveilling
individuals. Currently, in several Member States, based on the ePrivacy
Directive and subsequent national laws, nonprofits have the right to
contact individuals who they were in touch with before, on an opt-out
basis. This option is used by some Wikimedia chapters for fundraising. In
practice it means that a chapter may contact people with whom there was
previous interaction, as long as they provide a possibility to refuse
further communication. Naturally, our position is that we want to maintain
this opportunity. See our ideas here: [13]
—
During the French Presidency of the Council (January-June 2022)
negotiations were practically stalled, probably mainly because of conflict
on how to reshape cookie notices and behavioural advertising rules. We will
see if the Czech Presidency can unblock the talks.
====
END
====
[1a]https://wikimedia.brussels/dsa-political-deal-done/
[1b]
https://medium.com/wikimedia-policy/the-eu-digital-services-act-whats-the-d…
[2a]
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?qid=1608116887159&uri=COM%3…
[2b]
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_…
[2c]
https://wikimedia.brussels/dma-heated-trilogue-negotiations-concluded-with-…
[3]
https://wikimediapolicy.medium.com/new-e-evidence-rules-in-europe-lets-keep…
[4]
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2022/july/eu-e-evidence-an-agreement-has-be…
[5a]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dD5AF8-uk2LFG7mu62AK7S80H4CrF1ftV7lheE6…
[5b]
https://edri.org/our-work/european-commissions-online-csam-proposal-fails-t…
[6a]
https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/research-area/industrial-…
[6b]
https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?refere…
[7]https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1113
[8]
https://wikimedia.brussels/data-act-a-small-step-for-databasees-an-even-sma…
[9]
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/2022-strengthened-code-pra…
[10]https://wikimedia.brussels/update-on-net-neutrality-in-the-eu/
[11]
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-new-push-for-europ…
[12]https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eprivacy-regulation
[13]
https://wikimedia.brussels/e-privacy-our-quick-fix-to-help-nonprofits-and-p…
Hello, free-knowledge champions!
I am delighted to share an interesting (FREE) event with this group: our upcoming summer legal fellow panel event. The panel is moderated by WMF Lead USA Public Policy Specialist, Kate Ruane, on August 1st, 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern.
This year's virtual event, entitled "Common Carriers: Airlines, Railroads… and Online Platforms? Recent Developments in US Social Media Laws to Regulate User Content Online," explores the potential of recent laws in Texas and Florida to disrupt the First Amendment freedoms of how online platforms regulate user content online.
The star-studded panel includes:
1) Daphne Keller, Director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center
2) Chris Lewis, President and CEO at Public Knowledge
3) Gaurav Laroia, FTC Attorney Advisor for Consumer Protection
4) David Greene, EFF Senior Staff Attorney and Civil Liberties Director
Register here [1] - hope to see you there!
Ziski, on behalf of the WMF Global Advocacy Team
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Dear Wikimedians and free knowledge-loving pals,
The WMF Global Advocacy team has released our "Don't Blink" monthly retrospective for the month of June: <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/07/14/dont-blink-public-policy-snapshot-for…>
The blog post covers the actions we’ve taken this past month to advance fundamental rights online. Highlights include:
* A recap of our presence at WikiNusantara in Indonesia
* The letter we sent to the United States government about the draft American Data Privacy and Protection Act
* Our favourite sessions at RightsCon '22
* Launch of our team's monthly conversation hours! Our next calls will be on July 28th <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_policy/Conversation_hours_and_Events…>
We hope you enjoy the read! We also welcome any thoughts/comments on how these monthly digests can be improved to suit your interests.
Warmly,
Ziski & The Global Advocacy Team
Hi all
This Guardian article is interesting - I don't know how likely this is to
happen, but it suggests a new PM and Culture Secretary might kill off the
Bill:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/13/no-10-vacuum-has-made-tori…
Best
Lucy
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> From: Phil Bradley-Schmieg <phil(a)postilo.org>
> Subject: [Publicpolicy] Re: EU Policy Monitoring Report: June 2022
> To: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia
> <publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Alex Stinson
> <astinson(a)wikimedia.org>
> Cc: Matthew Gallagher <matt(a)fairvote.uk>
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> Could I be the first to point out that government powers to ban
> disinformation and other "harmful" forms of speech are exactly what led to
> the Wikipedia ban in Turkey, and current threats against Wiki projects in
> Russia?Now look what else they're trying to throw into the UK OSB: breaking
> E2E encryption.
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/06/uk-could-force-messaging…
> extremely careful what you wish for(and worse still, what you campaign
> for), unless the law you're trying to make even stricter excludes
> nonprofits or community-moderated projects. Especially when rights of
> redress under the Human Rights Act are being watered down.Phil
> -------- Original message --------From: Kyle Taylor <kyle(a)fairvote.uk>
> Date: 06/07/2022 09:22 (GMT+00:00) To: Alex Stinson <
> astinson(a)wikimedia.org> Cc: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia <
> publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Matthew Gallagher <matt(a)fairvote.uk>
> Subject: [Publicpolicy] Re: EU Policy Monitoring Report: June 2022 Hi
> Alex!Apologies for my incredibly slow reply. I have Covid yet again and
> it's gotten the best of me this time!In short, the broad view (of course
> not speaking for everyone) is that the bill doesn't go far enough with
> dealing with disinformation largely because of the exemptions, exceptions
> and exclusions but secondarily because of the powers reserved to the
> Secretary of State to largely determine what is disinformation and this
> Committee they're proposing, which doesn't report for EIGHTEEN MONTHS. So
> it doesn't go far enough, I'm afraid. Within UK civil society, Full Fact
> has down great work around this. A few of their pieces:
> https://fullfact.org/blog/2022/mar/online-safety-bill/https://fullfact.org/…
> hope that helps a bit!Best wishes,Kyle---Kyle TaylorFounder and Director+44
> 7745 93 44 33https://www.fairvote.ukOn Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 7:11 PM Alex
> Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:The meeting I was in yesterday as
> part of: https://caad.info/who-we-are/ -- highlighted how easy it was for
> misinfo actors to get exemptions from the rules around disinfo: so it's
> likely to be exploitable, and potentially a shelter for disinformation
> actors from outside the UK. I am curious if we have a position on the
> disinformation parts of the law? On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 8:35 AM Rita
> Jonusaite <rj(a)disinfo.eu> wrote:Hey all, If you have not seen re OSB in
> the UK, the Fair Vote UK is circulatring a Global letter to the UK
> Government on the loopholes in the UK's Online Safety Bill that they would
> like other organisations to sign. The joint letter is nearing 50 signatures
> already including Accountable Tech, Institute for Strategic Dialogue,
> Global Witness and Global Project Against Hate and Extremism etc. I am
> sharing with you their original message below and adding Matt and Kyle who
> are leading the campaign in Cc if you have any questions directly. Deadline
> is COB Friday (but they can go as late as Monday
> to my understanding)!Best, Rita --ORIGINAL ASK--I'm Matt of Fair Vote UK,
> and I'm leading within our organisation on an international coalition
> campaign to voice global opposition to the loopholes currently written into
> the UK's Online Safety Bill. I'm writing to ask for your organisation's
> signature on a global letter to the UK Government, highlighting the
> danger posed by this bill's exemptions, exceptions and exclusions – which
> fundamentally undermine its purpose of making the internet safer. The risks
> are international in scope as these loopholes could effectively allow for
> harmful content and disinformation to be "laundered" in the UK. Please sign
> if possible! Overview of the Letter: The UK’s Online Safety Bill, currently
> making its way through Parliament, aims to make the UK “the safest place in
> the world to go online”. Unfortunately, it falls far short of that
> objective in its current form – to the extent that it could actually make
> adults and children less safe online. The bill contains glaring loopholes
> that could allow some of the actors most responsible for harm online to
> avoid oversight and regulation. Media entities are exempt based on
> incredibly lenient criteria which would allow nefarious actors to launder
> harmful content. The democratic importance exemption would let politicians'
> online speech stay up regardless of its vast reach and potential to cause
> harm. Paid ads are left in scope despite their demonstrable role in
> spreading disinformation and hate. All of this serves to create a
> two-tiered system in which some of the most harmful actors are given
> precedence, prioritising their freedom of speech over the regular user.
> We’re demanding online regulation that protects all of our human
> rights equally. These loopholes have severe implications not just for the
> UK, but for the global community as well. If this new regime does not
> address them, the UK could become the world’s “disinformation
> laundromat”. We’re urging orgs and individuals from anywhere in the world
> concerned with democracy, children’s safety, disinformation, public health,
> climate change or other related causes to sign this letter to the UK
> Government calling on them to close the loopholes and build a more robust
> human rights framework that applies equally. In addition to this letter,
> we’re kicking off a public advocacy campaign on July 4th with significant
> digital spend behind it to further raise awareness about the OSB’s
> dangerous loopholes. You can sign on by adding your name in the format
> shown at the bottom of the document. Please let me know if you have any
> questions or concerns! Many thanks, MattP.S. Please feel free to forward
> this on to additional orgs and individuals you think would consider signing
> with matt(a)fairvote.uk cc'ed. Thank you! On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 13:05, Eric
> Luth <eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se> wrote:Hi everyone,Thanks for the summary,
> Dimi. Interesting read on the Digital Commons, happy to see that the
> Swedish government also supported.On Copyright reform, the Swedish
> government has sent its proposal on copyright reform to the council on
> legislation, which is the last step before it goes to parliament. We are
> currently analyzing the proposal, and working with MPs to improve the worst
> parts and safeguard the best.Best Eric LuthProjektledare engagemang och
> påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and AdvocacyWikimedia
> Sverigeeric.luth(a)wikimedia.se+46 (0) 765 55 50 95Stöd fri kunskap, bli
> medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.seDen tors 30
> juni 2022 kl 17:58 skrev Jan Gerlach <jgerlach(a)wikimedia.org>:Many thanks
> for another great update, Dimi!Alex, the Foundation's Global Advocacy team
> is tracking the UK Online Safety Bill and we have published our first
> impressions on the text here. We're in touch with various allies of our
> movement in the UK and plan to further engage on the bill when
> appropriate.Thanks for your interest!JanOn Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 8:32 AM
> Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:Hi Demi and list?Is anyone
> following the UK law at:
> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-bill-supporting-do… Curious
> if we are watching that in connection with other Disinfo/Content moderation
> laws.Cheers, AlexOn Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 12:16 PM Dimi Dimitrov <
> dimi(a)wikimedia.be> wrote:The French government has vowed to invest money
> in the commons. Rub your eyes, read it again and then continue reading
> below. ====================DIGITAL COMMONS====================It still
> surprises us to be able to put “French government” and “investment in the
> digital commons” together, but here we go: The French Presidency of the
> Council of the EU came up with a plan how the old continent can compete
> with dominant US tech companies. The plan is to have more “digital
> commons”, which can be anything open source, including software, code
> libraries, tools, repositories. The basic thinking is that if fundamental
> tools and libraries are accessible to all players, this will level the
> playing field. [1]—19 EU Member Countries and the Commission presented the
> idea of digital commons at the Digital Assembly in Toulouse. They
> acknowledge that there are many instances of working digital commons, but
> also point out that oftentimes projects lack long-term, structural support.
> The plan envisages financial help and a “one-stop-shop” to find government
> support. [2]—Funds in the ballpark of tens of millions of euros are already
> pledged, but the concrete details are still in the making. Thanks to the
> leadership of Wikimédia France, our movement and a group of partners
> (Europeana, Communia, OpenStreetMap) are part of this conversation from the
> start. We especially want to show that governments can often help by
> removing legal and administrative obstacles, not just by peddling money.
> [3]======CSAM======We wrote about the proposal of the Commission to
> regulate the online moderation of “Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)” in
> last month’s report [4]. While it is a very important issue to tackle, we
> do have great concerns with parts of the text, especially provisions that
> would allow scanning all online chats on a given platform. We are still
> analysing how exactly, if at all, this would impact Wikimedia projects. In
> the meantime, we can offer a short briefing. [5]—On the legislative side,
> the start feels very bumpy: The European Parliament probably won’t refer
> the file to a committee until September or October, while ample criticism
> is pouring in, including from the German government. [6]=========Net
> Neutrality=========The European Commission plans to push out a new
> legislative proposal after the summer that is expected to include
> provisions forcing some service providers to pay for data traffic (think
> Facebook and Netflix paying Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica). While this is
> a classic example of a lobbying battle between very large
> telecommunications companies and very large tech companies, it also would
> violate some basic principles of net neutrality. A group of civil society
> organisations, led by EDRi, sent a letter to the relevant Commissioners
> outlining the main issues. [7]—On the bright side, BEREC, the EU’s body of
> telecoms regulators, has updated its net neutrality guidelines to close
> some loopholes and effectively ban zero rating of data for some
> applications. [8]=============Disinformation=============The European
> Commission has presented an updated Code of Practice on Disinformation. [9]
> Wikimedia had not signed up the original Code, because we deemed it was
> mainly focused on “follow the money”, hence where disinformation is spread
> through advertising and paid reach. The version will allow researchers more
> access to data of large platforms and again focus on advertising.—The Code
> of Practice is a voluntary initiative for online platforms, but taking part
> in it essentially removes some obligations under the newly created Digital
> Services Act. =============Italian Dramas=============The Italian
> government published new draft guidelines about public data (open
> government) and opened a consultation. [10] They basically state that open
> government and open data provisions don’t apply to institutions related to
> culture, which is a very Italian thing. We wonder if this is in line with
> the Public Sector Information Directive and will investigate with Wikimedia
> Italia, which are also participating in the consultation. —The Italian
> government has been on a roll. It also published the draft national
> digitisation plan. It would establish an administrative fee for the
> commercial use of all public domain digitisations of cultural institutions.
> It essentially outlaws CC0 as a relevant license for most GLAMs in the
> country and circumvents the public domain safeguard enshrined in the latest
> copyright directive. There was a public consultation until 15 June which
> Wikimedia Italy and partners participated in. Expect blog posts on Diff and
> on wikimedia.brussels soon.=============Polish & Czech Copyright
> Reforms=============The Czech copyright reform is in parliament. We have a
> Czech language copy. [11] The Polish government published its proposal,
> which will go to parliament very soon. We have a rough English translation.
> [12] If you consider yourself a copyright geek, enjoy reading them. If you
> want to help our national partners advocating on this, get in touch!
> :)====END====[1]
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The French government has vowed to invest money in the commons. Rub your
eyes, read it again and then continue reading below.
====================
DIGITAL COMMONS
====================
It still surprises us to be able to put “French government” and “investment
in the digital commons” together, but here we go: The French Presidency of
the Council of the EU came up with a plan how the old continent can compete
with dominant US tech companies. The plan is to have more “digital
commons”, which can be anything open source, including software, code
libraries, tools, repositories. The basic thinking is that if fundamental
tools and libraries are accessible to all players, this will level the
playing field. [1]
—
19 EU Member Countries and the Commission presented the idea of digital
commons at the Digital Assembly in Toulouse. They acknowledge that there
are many instances of working digital commons, but also point out that
oftentimes projects lack long-term, structural support. The plan envisages
financial help and a “one-stop-shop” to find government support. [2]
—
Funds in the ballpark of tens of millions of euros are already pledged, but
the concrete details are still in the making. Thanks to the leadership of
Wikimédia France, our movement and a group of partners (Europeana,
Communia, OpenStreetMap) are part of this conversation from the start. We
especially want to show that governments can often help by removing legal
and administrative obstacles, not just by peddling money. [3]
======
CSAM
======
We wrote about the proposal of the Commission to regulate the online
moderation of “Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)” in last month’s report
[4]. While it is a very important issue to tackle, we do have great
concerns with parts of the text, especially provisions that would allow
scanning all online chats on a given platform. We are still analysing how
exactly, if at all, this would impact Wikimedia projects. In the meantime,
we can offer a short briefing. [5]
—
On the legislative side, the start feels very bumpy: The European
Parliament probably won’t refer the file to a committee until September or
October, while ample criticism is pouring in, including from the German
government. [6]
=========
Net Neutrality
=========
The European Commission plans to push out a new legislative proposal after
the summer that is expected to include provisions forcing some service
providers to pay for data traffic (think Facebook and Netflix paying
Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica). While this is a classic example of a
lobbying battle between very large telecommunications companies and very
large tech companies, it also would violate some basic principles of net
neutrality. A group of civil society organisations, led by EDRi, sent a
letter to the relevant Commissioners outlining the main issues. [7]
—
On the bright side, BEREC, the EU’s body of telecoms regulators, has
updated its net neutrality guidelines to close some loopholes and
effectively ban zero rating of data for some applications. [8]
=============
Disinformation
=============
The European Commission has presented an updated Code of Practice on
Disinformation. [9] Wikimedia had not signed up the original Code, because
we deemed it was mainly focused on “follow the money”, hence where
disinformation is spread through advertising and paid reach. The version
will allow researchers more access to data of large platforms and again
focus on advertising.
—
The Code of Practice is a voluntary initiative for online platforms, but
taking part in it essentially removes some obligations under the newly
created Digital Services Act.
=============
Italian Dramas
=============
The Italian government published new draft guidelines about public data
(open government) and opened a consultation. [10] They basically state that
open government and open data provisions don’t apply to institutions
related to culture, which is a very Italian thing. We wonder if this is in
line with the Public Sector Information Directive and will investigate with
Wikimedia Italia, which are also participating in the consultation.
—
The Italian government has been on a roll. It also published the draft
national digitisation plan. It would establish an administrative fee for
the commercial use of all public domain digitisations of cultural
institutions. It essentially outlaws CC0 as a relevant license for most
GLAMs in the country and circumvents the public domain safeguard enshrined
in the latest copyright directive. There was a public consultation until 15
June which Wikimedia Italy and partners participated in. Expect blog posts
on Diff and on wikimedia.brussels soon.
=============
Polish & Czech Copyright Reforms
=============
The Czech copyright reform is in parliament. We have a Czech language copy.
[11] The Polish government published its proposal, which will go to
parliament very soon. We have a rough English translation. [12] If you
consider yourself a copyright geek, enjoy reading them. If you want to help
our national partners advocating on this, get in touch! :)
====
END
====
[1]https://twitter.com/AmbNum/status/1540657835427741699
[2]
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/diplomat…
[3]
https://www.wikimedia.fr/pour-un-developpement-des-communs-numeriques-a-lec…
[4]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/publicpolicy@lists.wikimedia.or…
[5]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dD5AF8-uk2LFG7mu62AK7S80H4CrF1ftV7lheE6…
[6]
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/06/27/germany-says-hell-no-to-eu-proposal-to-…
[7]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Q4d13xqr5UsPkoSMw7d_3YL-hZnq4cL/view?usp=…
[8]https://fossbytes.com/europe-bans-zero-rating-internet-offers/
[9]https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_3664
[10]
https://www.agid.gov.it/it/agenzia/stampa-e-comunicazione/notizie/2022/06/1…
.
[11]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J7dvl4yEk6ScWIIypdI6Uq_7273T7G5i/edit?u…
[12]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N0ArQkgpZkQQcdpsidS_Yc-bS5liQsl5/view?usp=…
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Just to add that obviously as the UK chapter we have also been tracking the
progress of the Online Safety Bill and have responded to the various past
consultations as well as liaised with the WMF and allies such as Creative
Commons and Open Rights Group on key angles. Currently planning some joint
advocacy (with UK partners) around the dilution of the media literacy
aspects of the Bill. Happy to pick up on this again next week (it's late on
Friday night here!)
Best
Lucy
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> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 13:34:34 +0200
> From: Rita Jonusaite <rj(a)disinfo.eu>
> Subject: [Publicpolicy] Re: EU Policy Monitoring Report: June 2022
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> Cc: Kyle Taylor <kyle(a)fairvote.uk>, Matthew Gallagher
> <matt(a)fairvote.uk>
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> Hey all,
>
> If you have not seen re OSB in the UK, the Fair Vote UK is circulatring a
> Global letter to the UK Government on the loopholes in the UK's Online
> Safety Bill that they would like other organisations to sign. The joint
> letter is nearing 50 signatures already including Accountable Tech,
> Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Global Witness and Global Project Against
> Hate and Extremism etc. I am sharing with you their original message below
> and adding Matt and Kyle who are leading the campaign in Cc if you have any
> questions directly.
>
> *Deadline is COB Friday (but they can go as late as Monday
> to my understanding)!*
>
> Best,
>
> Rita
> *--ORIGINAL ASK--*
>
> I'm Matt of Fair Vote UK, and I'm leading within our organisation on an
> international coalition campaign to voice global opposition to the
> loopholes currently written into the UK's Online Safety Bill.
>
> *I'm writing to ask for your organisation's signature on a global letter
> <
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tyCCU9ms7AlMdieIl4zEGlBHf7n8snCttyQf4pB…
> >*
> *to the UK Government,* highlighting the danger posed by this bill's
> exemptions, exceptions and exclusions – which fundamentally undermine its
> purpose of making the internet safer. The risks are international in scope
> as these loopholes could effectively allow for harmful content and
> disinformation to be "laundered" in the UK. Please sign if possible!
>
> *Overview of the Letter: *
>
> The UK’s Online Safety Bill, currently making its way through Parliament,
> aims to make the UK “the safest place in the world to go online”.
> Unfortunately, it falls far short of that objective in its current form –
> to the extent that it could actually make adults and children *less safe *
> online*. *
>
>
> The bill contains glaring loopholes that could allow some of the actors
> most responsible for harm online to avoid oversight and regulation. Media
> entities are exempt based on incredibly lenient criteria which would allow
> nefarious actors to launder harmful content. The democratic importance
> exemption would let politicians' online speech stay up regardless of its
> vast reach and potential to cause harm. Paid ads are left in scope despite
> their demonstrable role in spreading disinformation and hate. All of this
> serves to create a two-tiered system in which some of the most harmful
> actors are given precedence, prioritising their freedom of speech over the
> regular user. We’re demanding online regulation that protects all of our
> human rights *equally. *These loopholes have severe implications not just
> for the UK, but for the global community as well. If this new regime does
> not address them, the UK could become the world’s “disinformation
> laundromat”.
>
>
> *We’re urging orgs and individuals from anywhere in the world concerned
> with democracy, children’s safety, disinformation, public health, climate
> change or other related causes to sign this letter to the UK Government
> <
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tyCCU9ms7AlMdieIl4zEGlBHf7n8snCttyQf4pB…
> >
> calling
> on them to close the loopholes and build a more robust human rights
> framework that applies equally. *In addition to this letter, we’re kicking
> off a public advocacy campaign on July 4th with significant digital spend
> behind it to further raise awareness about the OSB’s dangerous loopholes.
>
>
> *You can sign on by adding your name in the format shown at the bottom of
> the document. *
>
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> Matt
>
>
> *P.S. Please feel free to forward this on to additional orgs and
> individuals you think would consider signing with matt(a)fairvote.uk
> <matt(a)fairvote.uk> cc'ed. Thank you! *
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 13:05, Eric Luth <eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Thanks for the summary, Dimi. Interesting read on the Digital Commons,
> > happy to see that the Swedish government also supported.
> >
> > On Copyright reform, the Swedish government has sent its proposal on
> > copyright reform to the council on legislation, which is the last step
> > before it goes to parliament. We are currently analyzing the proposal,
> and
> > working with MPs to improve the worst parts and safeguard the best.
> >
> > Best
> > *Eric Luth*
> > Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and
> > Advocacy
> > Wikimedia Sverige
> > eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se
> > +46 (0) 765 55 50 95
> >
> > Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.
> > Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se
> >
> >
> > Den tors 30 juni 2022 kl 17:58 skrev Jan Gerlach <jgerlach(a)wikimedia.org
> >:
> >
> >> Many thanks for another great update, Dimi!
> >>
> >> Alex, the Foundation's Global Advocacy team is tracking the UK Online
> >> Safety Bill and we have published our first impressions on the text here
> >> <
> https://medium.com/wikimedia-policy/early-impressions-of-the-uk-online-safe…
> >.
> >> We're in touch with various allies of our movement in the UK and plan to
> >> further engage on the bill when appropriate.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your interest!
> >> Jan
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 8:32 AM Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Demi and list?
> >>>
> >>> Is anyone following the UK law at:
> >>>
> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-bill-supporting-do…
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Curious if we are watching that in connection with other
> Disinfo/Content
> >>> moderation laws.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Alex
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 12:16 PM Dimi Dimitrov <dimi(a)wikimedia.be>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> The French government has vowed to invest money in the commons. Rub
> >>>> your eyes, read it again and then continue reading below.
> >>>>
> >>>> ====================
> >>>>
> >>>> DIGITAL COMMONS
> >>>>
> >>>> ====================
> >>>>
> >>>> It still surprises us to be able to put “French government” and
> >>>> “investment in the digital commons” together, but here we go: The
> French
> >>>> Presidency of the Council of the EU came up with a plan how the old
> >>>> continent can compete with dominant US tech companies. The plan is to
> have
> >>>> more “digital commons”, which can be anything open source, including
> >>>> software, code libraries, tools, repositories. The basic thinking is
> that
> >>>> if fundamental tools and libraries are accessible to all players,
> this will
> >>>> level the playing field. [1]
> >>>>
> >>>> —
> >>>>
> >>>> 19 EU Member Countries and the Commission presented the idea of
> digital
> >>>> commons at the Digital Assembly in Toulouse. They acknowledge that
> there
> >>>> are many instances of working digital commons, but also point out that
> >>>> oftentimes projects lack long-term, structural support. The plan
> envisages
> >>>> financial help and a “one-stop-shop” to find government support. [2]
> >>>>
> >>>> —
> >>>>
> >>>> Funds in the ballpark of tens of millions of euros are already
> pledged,
> >>>> but the concrete details are still in the making. Thanks to the
> leadership
> >>>> of Wikimédia France, our movement and a group of partners (Europeana,
> >>>> Communia, OpenStreetMap) are part of this conversation from the
> start. We
> >>>> especially want to show that governments can often help by removing
> legal
> >>>> and administrative obstacles, not just by peddling money. [3]
> >>>>
> >>>> ======
> >>>>
> >>>> CSAM
> >>>>
> >>>> ======
> >>>>
> >>>> We wrote about the proposal of the Commission to regulate the online
> >>>> moderation of “Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)” in last month’s
> report
> >>>> [4]. While it is a very important issue to tackle, we do have great
> >>>> concerns with parts of the text, especially provisions that would
> allow
> >>>> scanning all online chats on a given platform. We are still analysing
> how
> >>>> exactly, if at all, this would impact Wikimedia projects. In the
> meantime,
> >>>> we can offer a short briefing. [5]
> >>>>
> >>>> —
> >>>>
> >>>> On the legislative side, the start feels very bumpy: The European
> >>>> Parliament probably won’t refer the file to a committee until
> September or
> >>>> October, while ample criticism is pouring in, including from the
> German
> >>>> government. [6]
> >>>>
> >>>> =========
> >>>>
> >>>> Net Neutrality
> >>>>
> >>>> =========
> >>>>
> >>>> The European Commission plans to push out a new legislative proposal
> >>>> after the summer that is expected to include provisions forcing some
> >>>> service providers to pay for data traffic (think Facebook and Netflix
> >>>> paying Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica). While this is a classic
> example of
> >>>> a lobbying battle between very large telecommunications companies and
> very
> >>>> large tech companies, it also would violate some basic principles of
> net
> >>>> neutrality. A group of civil society organisations, led by EDRi, sent
> a
> >>>> letter to the relevant Commissioners outlining the main issues. [7]
> >>>>
> >>>> —
> >>>>
> >>>> On the bright side, BEREC, the EU’s body of telecoms regulators, has
> >>>> updated its net neutrality guidelines to close some loopholes and
> >>>> effectively ban zero rating of data for some applications. [8]
> >>>>
> >>>> =============
> >>>>
> >>>> Disinformation
> >>>>
> >>>> =============
> >>>>
> >>>> The European Commission has presented an updated Code of Practice on
> >>>> Disinformation. [9] Wikimedia had not signed up the original Code,
> because
> >>>> we deemed it was mainly focused on “follow the money”, hence where
> >>>> disinformation is spread through advertising and paid reach. The
> version
> >>>> will allow researchers more access to data of large platforms and
> again
> >>>> focus on advertising.
> >>>>
> >>>> —
> >>>>
> >>>> The Code of Practice is a voluntary initiative for online platforms,
> >>>> but taking part in it essentially removes some obligations under the
> newly
> >>>> created Digital Services Act.
> >>>>
> >>>> =============
> >>>>
> >>>> Italian Dramas
> >>>>
> >>>> =============
> >>>>
> >>>> The Italian government published new draft guidelines about public
> data
> >>>> (open government) and opened a consultation. [10] They basically
> state that
> >>>> open government and open data provisions don’t apply to institutions
> >>>> related to culture, which is a very Italian thing. We wonder if this
> is in
> >>>> line with the Public Sector Information Directive and will
> investigate with
> >>>> Wikimedia Italia, which are also participating in the consultation.
> >>>>
> >>>> —
> >>>>
> >>>> The Italian government has been on a roll. It also published the draft
> >>>> national digitisation plan. It would establish an administrative fee
> for
> >>>> the commercial use of all public domain digitisations of cultural
> >>>> institutions. It essentially outlaws CC0 as a relevant license for
> most
> >>>> GLAMs in the country and circumvents the public domain safeguard
> enshrined
> >>>> in the latest copyright directive. There was a public consultation
> until 15
> >>>> June which Wikimedia Italy and partners participated in. Expect blog
> posts
> >>>> on Diff and on wikimedia.brussels soon.
> >>>>
> >>>> =============
> >>>>
> >>>> Polish & Czech Copyright Reforms
> >>>>
> >>>> =============
> >>>>
> >>>> The Czech copyright reform is in parliament. We have a Czech language
> >>>> copy. [11] The Polish government published its proposal, which will
> go to
> >>>> parliament very soon. We have a rough English translation. [12] If you
> >>>> consider yourself a copyright geek, enjoy reading them. If you want
> to help
> >>>> our national partners advocating on this, get in touch! :)
> >>>>
> >>>> ====
> >>>>
> >>>> END
> >>>>
> >>>> ====
> >>>>
> >>>> [1]https://twitter.com/AmbNum/status/1540657835427741699
> >>>>
> >>>> [2]
> >>>>
> https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/diplomat…
> >>>>
> >>>> [3]
> >>>>
> https://www.wikimedia.fr/pour-un-developpement-des-communs-numeriques-a-lec…
> >>>>
> >>>> [4]
> >>>>
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/publicpolicy@lists.wikimedia.or…
> >>>>
> >>>> [5]
> >>>>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dD5AF8-uk2LFG7mu62AK7S80H4CrF1ftV7lheE6…
> >>>>
> >>>> [6]
> >>>>
> https://www.techdirt.com/2022/06/27/germany-says-hell-no-to-eu-proposal-to-…
> >>>>
> >>>> [7]
> >>>>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Q4d13xqr5UsPkoSMw7d_3YL-hZnq4cL/view?usp=…
> >>>>
> >>>> [8]https://fossbytes.com/europe-bans-zero-rating-internet-offers/
> >>>>
> >>>> [9]https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_3664
> >>>>
> >>>> [10]
> >>>>
> https://www.agid.gov.it/it/agenzia/stampa-e-comunicazione/notizie/2022/06/1…
> >>>> .
> >>>>
> >>>> [11]
> >>>>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J7dvl4yEk6ScWIIypdI6Uq_7273T7G5i/edit?u…
> >>>>
> >>>> [12]
> >>>>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N0ArQkgpZkQQcdpsidS_Yc-bS5liQsl5/view?usp=…
> >>>>
> >>>> Wikimedia Belgium vzw
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> >>>
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> >>> Wikimedia Foundation
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that haven't yet):
Wikimedia Movement and the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU *announce a
change in time* of the Monsters of Law event featuring
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titled:
*New Technologies and Fundamental Rights*
on *June 27th at 18:00*
*Townhall Europe, square de Meeus 5-6 in Brussels*
After the presentation and Q&A we would love you to stay for an apéro.
First Advocate General Maciej Szpunar will talk about various aspects of
the law of new technologies from the perspective of EU Law. It will concern
in particular: injunctions against intermediaries, the concepts of
communication to the public and territoriality, along with the changing
nature of services and their “uberisation”.
The event will not be recorded or streamed to ensure a lively exchange and
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that help us navigate the interesting times of technological
transformation, both practically and from the policy perspective.
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Dear fellow free knowledge supporters!
The WMF Global Advocacy team has just released our "Don't Blink" blog post which covers what our team has been working on during the month of May.
In this monthly retrospective we review the most important developments that have preoccupied us and the actions we’ve taken to advance
fundamental rights online. We’ll also highlight the team’s work to protect the public-interest Internet, and our vision of an online ecosystem in which everyone can freely produce, access, share and remix information.
Our May recap was just posted.
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/06/13/dont-blink-public-policy-snapshot-for…>.
Highlights include:
* Deep dive analysis of the Australian Basic Online Safety Expectations
* Comments to US Copyright Office’s public inquiry
* United Kingdom (UK) government to protect internet access in Russia
* Launch of our team's monthly conversation hours (June 29 & July 1)
We hope you enjoy the read!
Warmly,
Ziski & The Global Advocacy Team
Dear Friends,
it is my pleasure to extend the following invitation to you:
Wikimedia Movement and the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU have the
pleasure to invite you to a presentation by
*First Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union*
*Maciej Szpunar*
titled:
*New Technologies and Fundamental Rights*
on *June 27th at 17:00*
*Townhall Europe, square de Meeus 5-6 in Brussels*
After the presentation and Q&A we would love you to stay for an apéro.
Due to capacity limits, kindly R.S.V.P. until June 15th.
In the Monsters of Law <https://monstersoflaw.brussels/> series we ask
academics and practitioners of law how the intersections of technology and
law shape our everyday life. They answer with examples and perspectives
that help us navigate the interesting times of technological
transformation, both practically and from the policy perspective.
Looking forward to seeing you at the event!
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Anna Mazgal
Senior EU Policy Advisor
Wikimedia
http://wikimedia.brussels
@a2na
mobile: +32 487 222 945
12 Rue Belliard
BE-1040 Brussels
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