Pirates Lose Influence in EU Parliament »

26 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

The shock and drama of the anti-EU and pro-fascist parties’ progress was of course the most important development in the EU parliament election. There is a lot to be discussed about that and who knows... »

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Netopia Election Guide »

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22 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

With the European Parliament Election this week, digital policy is hotter than ever. The current parliament has debated issues of network neutrality, cross-border licensing, ACTA and much more. There ... »

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Opt-Out. Really? »

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18 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

In this week’s book review, Ralf Grötker details some of the consequences of Silicon Valley surveillance. I must admit, I was shocked to learn that Android phones monitor the movements of their owner ... »

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Centralisation and Fragmentation Challenge Net Neutrality-concept »

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8 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Europe is busy debating network neutrality, the idea that all data packets should be treated equal. Except for spam, that should be filtered out. And viruses, which should be deleted. And other harmfu... »

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The Father of the Internet – a Belgian? »

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2 May 2014 | Per Strömbäck

The internet has many roots and several men aspire to the title “The Father of the Internet”. One name often suggested is Vint Cerf (now at Google), who was a program director at the US Defense resear... »

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Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité en Ligne »

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23 April 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Yesterday, the French Senate heard Netopia following the report Can We Make the Digital World Ethical?. It was certainly encouraging for Netopia to be recognised by such a prestigious institution. The... »

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Horizon 2020 – A Chance to Include Privacy, Data Protection, and Human Rights in Technology »

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16 April 2014 | Per Strömbäck

How can the government have a tangible influence over technology? This issue is at the core of establishing rule of law online. In many cases, government intervention in digital is messy: it may be in... »

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Data Retention’s Blind Spot »

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12 April 2014 | Per Strömbäck

This week’s most important digital policy news was, of course, the European Court of Justices ruling that declares the Data Retention Directive invalid. Many pirates and so-called internet activists h... »

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Net Neutrality or Not Net Neutrality? Is that really the question? »

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2 April 2014 | Per Strömbäck

The European Parliament is as exciting as a cup final at the moment, at least if you are at all interested in digital issues (and if you read Netopia, I will assume you are). Thursday will see a close... »

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§8.3 Fixing the Internet – Not Breaking It »

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30 March 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Technology is defined not so much by innovation and break-through research, but rather by government investment, policy decisions, competing standards, market changes, opposing business interests, and... »

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