This group is operated by the OpenNet Coalition.

Within our coalition we have experts in areas relevant to the Internet and citizens' rights including filtering, network technologies, digital rights management, privacy and data protection, policy, law, media and software, consumers' rights association and Internet Service Providers.

The groups of the coalition represent European citizens and Internet users, in nearly all EU Member States.
The list of the organizations is available here:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=73537262931&topic=8140

The aim of the coalition is to protect civil rights and Net Neutrality, through information, campaigns, analysis, lobbying, press releases and following european codecision procedures as closely as possible. At the moment the coalition is very focused on the Telecoms Package, a set of 5 european Directives which pose some serious issues on Net Neutrality and citizens' rights.

WHERE TO START TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TELECOMS PACKAGE IS:
http://www.laquadrature.net/Telecoms_Package
http://www.blackouteurope.eu

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Our campaign is working...

OPENNET COALITION REBUKES CLAIMS BY MR. HARBOUR ABOUT "FANTASISING" ON THE TELECOMS PACKAGE

On May the 5th Mr. Malcolm Harbour, MEP, attacked the OpenNet coalition:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2009/welcome/headlines.htm;jsessionid=5527B1F126E4DC26048AB382700CA932.node2?language=EN&ref=20090504STO54873&secondRef=0#debate

This is the press release, sent also to all Members of the European Parliament and the European Parliament web site, which gives strong counter-arguments to Mr. Harbour's claims. Find it in the home page of:

http://www.blackouteurope.eu


Strangely Mr. Malcolm Harbour dared not publish our letter on his europarl webpage...

Is he frightened of free speech? Is he scared that his seemingly hidden agenda will be exposed? Is he scared that his lack of understanding of the internet will open him to ridicule in hundreds of blogs across cyberspace?

Obviously censorship is his only weapon. (read less)

This group is operated by the OpenNet Coalition.

Within our coalition we have experts in areas relevant to the Internet and citizens' rights including filtering, network technologies, digital rights management, privacy and data protection, policy, law, media and software, consumers' rights association and Internet Service Providers.

The groups of the coalition represent European citizens and Internet users, in nearly all EU Member States.
The list of the organizations is available... (read more)