AFP – The European parliament and EU nations have agreed new rules to improve the rights to European mobile phone and Internet users, and offer more protection against illegal Internet porn and copyright abuse. See the original post here: EU agrees on Internet, telecoms user rights (AFP)

... drafted, and for the dramatic changes it would impose on the way people engage with the Internet. The European Parliament has been criticized for caving in on the issue ... Society. The Commission initiated the reforms in the telecoms package. "This Internet freedom provision is unprecedented ... transpose the laws into their national statute books. The telecoms package creates a new E.U.-wide ...

... stronger consumer rights, an open internet, a single European telecoms market and high-speed ... controversial between Parliament and Council: the degree to which access to the internet should, and could, be protected by EU law, as well as the procedural and judicial ... accompanied by new measures to reinforce the neutral character of the internet in Europe. Following final votes in Parliament and Council ...

... 8221; Mr. Rozwadowski went on to underscore that a holistic, but distributed, approach to Internet governance was the only way to ensure that the right decisions are made. “No one group ... of the ICC Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms said: “Many of us already take the opportunities and efficiencies of the Internet for granted. However, there is still a huge untapped potential in ...

... the liberty tree In a surprise, but welcome move, EU telecoms chief Viviane Reding has come out strongly against the growing ... ran afoul of the European-level protections of the rights of internet users. She argued that the development of a single European ... creation. "Repression alone will certainly not solve the problem of internet piracy; it may in many ways even run counter to the rights ...

... whom I am speaking?" The telecoms are fighting hard to preserve their ability to control the flow of traffic on the Internet. But many people and tech companies are ... file sharing. They could impose tiered services, in which they could sell companies that need the Internet better service than those who cannot or will not pay. And they could simply block the traffic of competitors, or anyone ...