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Recap of the Dutch Big Brother Awards 2016: serious and funny
An anonymous country singer, the watchdog-walking service and the I-have-nothing-to-hide musical. These were just a few ingredients by theatre producers and performers Oscar Kocken and Daan Windhorst. Just add a crash course ‘Lying with charts’, a few tasteful awards, and you have a very funny and serious ceremony about privacy. Check out the video.
Open Whisper Systems at the Dutch Big Brother Awards
Open Whisper Systems was awarded the Felipe Rodriguez award at the twelfth edition of Dutch Big Brother Awards. This award, given to people and organisations who have been invaluable for protecting and advancing privacy, was given to Open Whisper Systems for their work on Signal and the Signal protocol. They have managed to secure the communications of more than a billion people. Lilia Kai was in Amsterdam to accept the award. Watch the video of her awards and read her rousing acceptance speech here.
Recap of the Dutch Big Brother Awards 2016: serious and funny
An anonymous country singer, the watchdog-walking service and the I-have-nothing-to-hide musical. These were just a few ingredients by theatre producers and performers Oscar Kocken and Daan Windhorst. Just add a crash course ‘Lying with charts’, a few tasteful awards, and you have a very funny and serious ceremony about privacy. Check out the video.
EDRi puts members in the spotlights
European Digital Rights (EDRi) is an association of civil and human rights organisations from across Europe. They do a wonderful job in defending rights and freedoms in the digital environment in the Brussels maze. In the series “EDRi-Member in the Spotlight” members have the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work in depth. We were […]
Minister Plasterk and National Police Force winners Dutch Big Brother Awards 2015
The winners of the Dutch Big Brother Awards 2015 are minister of the Interior Ronald Plasterk, and the chief of the National Police Force. The minister won for proposing the most far reaching surveillance law Dutch secret services have ever had, while at the same time refusing to listen to feedback and criticism to that […]
State of play of internet freedom in the Netherlands
Our German colleagues of Digitalcourage asked us what we think the most important developments in the field of digital civil rights in the Netherlands. There’s all kinds of broad tendencies that we’re watching scrupulously: the dominant positions of a handful of tech giants, the Internet of Things, the idea that technology cannot be neutral, et […]
Livestream: Godwin lecture by Cory Doctorow
We will livestream the Godwin lecture that Cory Doctorow will give today, May 5th – Dutch national Liberation Day. During his lecture, Doctorow will draw comparisons between the NSA and the Stasi. From 8.30 PM CEST (Amsterdam time), you will find the stream here.
International coalition calls for withdrawal of Dutch hacking plans
An international coalition of more than 40 civil rights organizations and security experts is “gravely concerned” about a Dutch proposal to break into foreign computers and search and delete data. In a letter handed over by Dutch digital rights organization Bits of Freedom to the minister of Security & Justice yesterday, the coalition urgently calls upon the minister to withdraw his proposal. The proposal will be debated in Dutch parliament this week.
Net neutrality in The Netherlands: state of play
The past weeks, the Dutch parliament has been discussing net neutrality. If all goes well, The Netherlands will be the first country in Europe to launch net neutrality legislation. But what does the text look like, and what is the latest state of play? Here is a summary.
[VIDEO] Privacy in the age of data
8 november sprak Axel Arnbak bij een Mobile Monday Amsterdam die helemaal in het teken stond van Data. In zijn verhaal gaat hij in op de betekenis van privacy in een tijd waarin data centraal staan. Weet jij hoeveel keer per dag data over jou wordt opgeslagen? En weet je wat de overeenkomsten zijn tussen […]