Hi all,
as you might have noticed, our Brussels colleagues are working on - a lot
of stuff - but also on the proposal for a regulation on preventing the
dissemination of terrorist content online
<https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/soteu2018-preventing-terrorist-content-online-regulation-640_en.pdf>
- *terreg* in the EU bubble slang.
Wikimedia Deutschland, together with Reporter Ohne Grenzen, the German
Association of Journalists, the German Union of Journalists, and
Whistleblower Network, sent an open letter to the German government
<https://www.wikimedia.de/presse/offener-brief-zu-eu-massnahmen-gegen-terroristische-inhalte-im-netz-wikimedia-fordert-mehr-einsatz-der-bundesregierung-fuer-freiheitsrechte/>.
The letter calls on Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Justice Minister
Christine Lambrecht to take a stronger stand for basic communication rights
at European level in the context of negotiations on the EU Regulation on
preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online.
*As the issue is not debated nearly, the time gained should be used for a
public debate over this legislation.* *We **translated the german open
letter into english*
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/19oOgj2cr4p4CCgfZXae4wQx9caK0qeg_sMY4NXhdvTg/edit>*,
as it may serve as a template* or orientation for your national open
letters or other approaches on forming alliances and warning governments of
the negative consequences of the terrorist content regulation regarding
freedom of information. Please feel free to adapt it for your conditions.
You might also see edri's open letter
<https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Final-PDF-Letter-TERREG2.pdf>
to the members of the Council of the EU for the key concerns.
best
Lilli
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