Bits of Freedom
| Bits of Freedom | |
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| purpose | Network policy |
| Chair: | Joris van Hoboken |
| Establishment date | 2000 |
| Number of employees: | 7th |
| Seat : | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Website: | bof.nl |
The Dutch Bits of Freedom Foundation was founded in 2000 . The organization, based in Amsterdam, advocates digital civil rights , net neutrality , data protection , copyright and freedom of information in network policy .
In terms of content, the organization is currently focusing on three issues that are essential for the work, according to its own presentation: 1. Private communication should also remain private on the Internet. 2. The infrastructure of the Internet should remain open, users at the endpoints should be able to exchange data undisturbed by interventions by infrastructure operators, for example. 3. Digital sharing of information is a necessary basis for democratic coexistence and should therefore not be restricted by an unbalanced interpretation of copyrights. Bit of Freedom rejected a levy for embedding web videos that was advocated by Dutch collecting societies.
Interruption of the foundation's work
The foundation's work was suspended between September 1, 2006 and August 2009. It was resumed on August 14, 2009 as a result of a funding commitment from the Internet4All foundation.
Key figures
According to its own statements, the foundation raised a total of 438,000 euros in 2013. Most of the income came from foundations (265,000 euros, 60.5 percent of the income). Individual donations from private individuals brought in 129,000 euros - a share of 29.5 percent.
activities
Big Brother Awards
The organization has hosted the Dutch Big Brother Awards every year since 2001 . In 2014, in addition to the negative prizes, the positive Winston Award was also presented to Edward Snowden , who addressed the audience in a video message at the award ceremony.
Net neutrality
The organization lobbied in the Netherlands for a statutory definition of net neutrality. On May 8, 2012, the Dutch parliament passed a law on general net neutrality as the first state in the European Union.
EU data protection reform
In 2013 the organization supported the “Naked Citizens” campaign for a new EU data protection regulation by the European Digital Rights initiative . The organization worked on a comprehensive report on corporate lobbying and proposed weakening of existing safeguards.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bits of Freedom: Bestuur , accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Digital Society: Jaarverslag 2013 , accessed on January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Bits of Freedom: Over Bits of Freedom , accessed January 11, 2015
- ↑ Bits of Freedom: On's Work , accessed January 11, 2015
- ↑ Bits of Freedom: Jaarverslag 2013 , p. 9f. (PDF) accessed on January 11, 2015
- ↑ Bits of Freedom: Five accomplishments of Bits of Freedom , accessed January 11, 2015
- ↑ Heise.de: "Data Protection Organization Bits of Freedom locks up" , published on July 23, 2006, accessed on January 12, 2015
- ↑ Marc Chavannes: "Privémail door stubborn, foto's van vrienden upload, other mans sms-jes lezen. Waar ligt de grens? ” , Published August 15, 2009, accessed January 12, 2015
- ↑ Bits of Freedom: Jaarverslag 2013 , p. 42, accessed on January 11, 2015
- ↑ Bits of Freedom: Organization door Bits of Freedom ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 12, 2015
- ↑ Nu.nl: Ivo Opstelten en Nederlandse scholen win Big Brother Awards , published on December 16, 2014, accessed on January 11, 2015
- ↑ Bits of Freedom: "Position Paper Netwerkneutraliteit" (PDF), published on January 5, 2010, accessed on January 12, 2015
- ↑ NOS.nl: “Netneutraliteit in Nederland een feit” , published on May 8, 2012, accessed on January 12, 2015
- ↑ European Digital Rights, Bits of Freedom, Open Rights Group, Privacy International: “Don't let corporations strip citizens of their right to privacy” , published in April 2013, accessed on January 12, 2015
- ↑ Heise Online: "EU data protection reform: Protest action against the transparent citizen" , published on April 25, 2013, accessed on January 12, 2015
