Tech policy & human rights
Big tech accountability? Read how we got here in The Closing of the Net
Neuer Streit um Internetsperren bei Verstößen gegen das Urheberrecht in der EU
Stefan Krempl
9 Oktober 2009
"Die britische Forscherin Monica Horten hält dagegen, dass das Telecom-Paket nach wie vor die Blockade bestimmter Internetdienste und Applikationen erlaube. Der Grundrechtsparagraph sei daher ein nötiger Ausgleich. "
Proteste gegen geplantes britisches Gesetz zu Internetsperren
Stefan Krempl
3 Dezember 2009
'Die Politik- und Rechtsexpertin Monica Horten spricht gar von einer "Henry VIII"-Klausel unter Anspielung auf den englischen König, dessen Herrschaft von Tyrannei und Zensur geprägt gewesen sei. Der Entwurf stelle "das drakonischste Gesetz zur Regulierung des Zugangs zu Informationen und kulturellen Werken seit der Einführung der Druckerpresse" dar. Der Regierung würde damit die Macht gegeben, die gesamte technische Infrastruktur von Kommunikationsnetzwerken umzugestalten. '
ACTA: Neue Enthüllungen, neue Befürchtungen
Stefan Krempl
3 Marz 2010
Die britische Politikbeobachterin Monica Horten merkt[8] an, dass ACTA wieder Forderungen nach einer "sich gegenseitig unterstützenden Beziehung" zwischen Providern und Rechteinhabern mit sich brächte. Entsprechende Appelle zur "Zusammenarbeit" seien bereits im Streit um das EU-Telecom-Paket laut geworden.
IPtegrity commentary
- UK bulk intercept surveillance - court ruling calls for tighter safeguards
- Not a blank cheque: European Parliament consents to EU-UK Agreement
- Oversight Board Decision moves Facebook into human rights ambit
- UK border safety alert - mind the capability gap
- What? Will UK government ignore security as it walks away from EU?
- Britain unplugged: the security risk of no-deal
- Betting on a costly space race: MPs probe OneWeb satellite deal
- Disrupting supply chains: how leaving the Single Market means systemic breakdown
- Big tech and anti-trust: an ill-fitting suit?
- Schrems ruling puts a spoke in UK data flows from 2021
- Russia Report: how to balance social media and national security?
- Digital rights - why they matter in a time of coronavirus
- EU upload filter - Germany’s crucial deciding vote
- Copyright Directive upload filter - why EU Council should block it
- Data and Brexit – a mis-calculation?
- EU lawmakers seek to protect free speech in online content rules
- How Brexit rips up business models Part 2: visas for money and music
Published work
- Algorithms Patrolling Content: Where’s the Harm?
- Content responsibility: The looming cloud of uncertainty for Internet intermediaries
- Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Standards and Private Online Censorship
- The Policy Challenge Of Content Restrictions: How Private Actors Engage The Duties Of States
- Internet Policy Review - The Aereo dilemma and copyright in the cloud
My Linked In profileIptegrity in brief
Iptegrity.com is the website of Dr Monica Horten. I’ve been analysing analysing digital policy since 2008. Way back then, I identified how issues around rights can influence Internet policy, and that has been a thread throughout all of my research. I hold a PhD in EU Communications Policy from the University of Westminster (2010), and a Post-graduate diploma in marketing. I’ve served as an independent expert on the Council of Europe Committee on Internet Freedoms, and was involved in a capacity building project in Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine. I am currently (from June 2022) Policy Manager - Freedom of Expression, with the Open Rights Group. For more, see About Iptegrity
Speaking engagements
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States v the 'Net?
Read The Closing of the Net, by me, Monica Horten.
"original and valuable" Times higher Education
" essential read for anyone interested in understanding the forces at play behind the web." ITSecurity.co.uk
Find out more about the book here The Closing of the Net
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In 2012, I presented my PhD research in the European Parliament.
