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EFF Equivalent in the EU?

Posted by Cliff on from the organizations-fighting-the-good-fight dept.

jregel asks: "In the US, the Electronic Frontier Foundation works to protect digital rights on the Internet. I live in the UK, and would like to give money to a similar organization that will fight for my rights. Is there an EFF equivalent for those of us in the EU?"

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  1. Some related links by KieranElby · · Score: 2, Informative

    While there does not appear to be a direct equivalent of the EFF in the UK/EU, one organisation that springs to mind is Statewatch, which is dedicated to monitoring civil liberties (including electronic) in the EU.

    Hopefully organisations like these will stop abuses of power such as the EU Telecommunications Directive (news story ZDNET) which calls for ISP and Telecomms to retain communication records for 7 (yes, seven) years.

    Some people are also rather annoyed with Echelon, the Menrith Hill based UK-US monitoring centre which listens to some/many/all (depending on who you talk to!) calls and email within the UK. Personally, I have a soft spot for it, since it really annoys the French: ZDNET story

    On a semi-related note, the Campaign for FOI is campaiging for more open access to information in the UK.

    On an insane note, these people Project Freedom are determined to expose MI5/MI6/CIA use of mind control on socialists and other undesirables...

  2. Re:EFF Europe by O · · Score: 2, Insightful
    EFF europe [fsfeurope.org]
    Dude, I think you got a little confused. EFF != FSF
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    1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 -- Mathematics is the Language of Nature.
  3. EuroRights by arafel · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Currently fighting (amongst other things) the EUCD - European equivalent of the DMCA - and the corrupt-CD crap.

    The UK branch seems to be more active than the others at present - http://uk.eurorights.org/

  4. US laws migrate elsewhere by Rural · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Considering U.S. laws find their way into the books of other countries, supporting the EFF in the U.S. ultimately helps everyone.

    I live in Europe, so it's not like I don't care what happens here.

  5. Electronic Frontier Finland by Turmio · · Score: 2, Informative

    As a UK citizen this won't probably help you much, but here in Finland we have had Electronic Frontier Finland since last autumn. Unfortunately at the moment EFFi's web page is only in Finnish. Anyway, if you're located in Finland, I highly recommend joining the organization.