[ecrea] European Media Policy 1 2014

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

The No. 1, 2014 issue gives an overview of some main media questions 
that have been discussed during the last months or will be on the agenda 
in the near future:

·         In early April the European Parliament voted on the latest 
legislative draft for the EU ”Connected Continent” telecoms package. 
MEPs want a rigorous definition of net neutrality and clear rules to 
prevent internet access providers from promoting some services at the 
expense of other.

·         In March the Obama administration announced plans to 
relinquish US government control over the administration of the 
Internet, a move warmly welcomed by the European Commission and many others.

·         The European Parliament should withhold its consent to the 
EU-US trade deal if blanket mass surveillance by the US National 
Security Agency (NSA) does not stop, warned MEPs in March in a 
resolution wrapping up their six-month inquiry into the surveillance 
activities unveiled last year.

·         The European Parliament voted on its first reading of the 
draft legislation on 12 March. MEPs want strong personal data protection 
and have in some instances even tightened the rules proposed by the 
European Commission.

·         On 8 April the EU Court of Justice declared the 
much-criticized Data Retention Directive to be invalid.It is not 
unlikely that the recent harsh ruling by the EU Court against the EU 
data retention directive (see above) will influence discussions in the 
Council and maybe help Parliament in the forthcoming negotiations with 
the Council on the data protection reform.



http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/files/publikationer-hela-pdf/european_media_policy_1-14_0.pdf





Best regards,



Ulla C.





Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor

Director

NORDICOM

University of Gothenburg

Box 713

SE 405 30 Göteborg

www.nordicom.gu.se





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