EFF Equivalent in the EU? 11
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?"
Re:EFF Europe (Score:2, Insightful)
Some related links (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 [statewatch.org], 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 [zdnet.co.uk]) 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 [zdnet.com]
On a semi-related note, the Campaign for FOI [cfoi.org.uk] is campaiging for more open access to information in the UK.
On an insane note, these people Project Freedom [cng1.com] are determined to expose MI5/MI6/CIA use of mind control on socialists and other undesirables...
EuroRights (Score:2, Insightful)
The UK branch seems to be more active than the others at present - http://uk.eurorights.org/ [eurorights.org]
US laws migrate elsewhere (Score:2, Insightful)
I live in Europe, so it's not like I don't care what happens here.
Electronic Frontier Finland (Score:2, Informative)
Ok, given that one doesn't exist ... (Score:1)