Mexikanen Slim äger América Móvil, en av världens största telekombolag som har väldigt stora marknadsandelar i de flesta latinamerikanska marknader och delvis i Australien. Slim är en av Telefónicas främsta konkurrenter om makt över Sydamerikas kommunikation. Nu vill han in på den europeiska marknaden, via nederländska före detta statsmonopolet KPN (motsvarigheten till TeliaSonera i Sverige-Suomi).

 

The French government should be now working on a possible legislative proposal on Net Neutrality. It received an opinion from the Conseil National du Numerique (CNN) which contains strange recommendations which waters down, if not could kill, Net Neutrality.

Wrong legal framework

The European Parliament has just adopted a resolution (version subject to technical modifications) to which Amelia and the Pirate Party played a central contribution, that underlines the importance for the EU and its Member States to preserve a free and open internet as a condition for democracy and social inclusion.

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has been operating on Greek soil since 2004. Their task is to improve network and information security in Europe, and do research or help coordinate research and structural improvements in the member state. Exactly as any public organisation, sometimes their operations are evaluated and decisions are made on how or if (usually how) their operations can continue.

This is an essay written by yours truly in Romanian about Hungary, to commemorate the debates in the European Parliament and international media of last week. It was actually originally written by me, but corrected by a native speaker who considered "80% of the [original] text intelligible". For Hungarian readers of this text, please see an interview with index.hu I made last year which is along these same lines.

För en vecka sidan idag satt jag i SVT:s morgonsoffa och pratade om Durbankonferensen och klimatkrisen. Det kändes lite underligt eftersom jag var med och organiserade Piratpartiets delegation till klimatkonferensen i Köpenhamn 2009. Det var vid den tiden Gustav Nipe precis investerat i en Reprap-maskin för Ung Pirat Malmös räkning som presenterades på alternativkonferensen, och första gången som EU på allvar blev totalöverkörda av den nya globala alliansen Kina+USA i klimatfrågor.