[ecrea] European Media Policy No. 1, 2012

Welcome to European Media Policy, a newsletter from NORDICOM providing an up-date on policy developments at the European level.

The No. 1, 2012 issue gives an overview of some main media questions discussed during the last months:

- The signing of the ACTA agreement sparked widespread protests in Europe. Now many in the European Parliament don't want to approve it.

- ISPs and social networks cannot be forced to install a general filtering sytem to prevent illegal downloads, says the EU Court of Justice in two recent rulings.

- The Commission has proposed a reform of the EU's data protection rules. If approved, people will have easier access to their own data, a "right to be forgotten" and be able to delete their data if there are no legitimate grounds for retaining it.

- More and more people are saying that Internet freedom is a human right, including policymakers who have brought up the issue on several occasions in recent months.

- Many are wary about the increasing power of search engines and social networks and call for regulation. The Council of Europe adopted two Recommendations on this issue.


Please go tohttp://www.nordicom.gu.se/mt/letter.php


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