[bestbits] Platforms consultation: EDRi tool helps responding

[Daphne Keller]

There have been technical problems with the EU submission form that made a
few submissions disappear. (After clicking all those radio buttons, ugh.)
That should be solved soon, but you may want to check this
<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151216/10153733102/eus-own-survey-internet-regulations-broke-please-urge-them-not-to-break-internet-too.shtml>
explanation on techdirt to make extra sure to avoid that glitch.


On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Maryant Fernández <
maryant.fernandez-perez at edri.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> The European Commission launched a public consultation on the role of
> “Internet platforms” <http://edri.limequery.org/index.php/346935/lang-en>.
> Its outcome will become the basis for new EU legislative proposals on
> online law enforcement, data protection, privacy, open data and copyright.
> These are likely to have an impact internationally, so this is a chance to
> shape EU policy!
>
> Therefore, in EDRi we have devoted a lot of efforts to set up an online
> tool [1] which contains the European Commission's questions and our
> "answering guide":
> http://edri.limequery.org/index.php/346935/lang-en
> The consultation is biased
> <https://edri.org/files/Platforms_consultation_EDRi_comments.pdf> in many
> occasions, which makes it more important to gather as many responses from a
> human rights perspective as possible.
> Tips:
> - You don’t have to answer every question (apart from the mandatory
> questions on the first page)
> - We have colour-coded the questions (green for general questions; red for
> data protection...). So, if data protection is the only issue that you’re
> interested in, just click through the guide and answer the questions tagged
> as “data protection”.
> - The consultation is very long. You have the option to save your answers
> and continue later.
> - You can respond as an individual or as an organisation
> - If you want to submit your response via our tool
> <http://edri.limequery.org/index.php/346935/lang-en>, please use it
> before 24 December, 23:59. You can also respond directly through the
> Commission's website until 31 December:
> <https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Platforms/>
> https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Platforms/
>
> We hope you find this useful.
>
> Best regards,
> Maryant
> [1] with technical support from Mozilla
>
> --
> Maryant Fernandez Perez
> Advocacy Manager
> European Digital Rights
> Rue Belliard 20
> B- 1040 Brusselshttp://edri.org
>
> Tel: +32 2 274 25 70
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Daphne Keller
Director, Intermediary Liability
Center for Internet and Society
Stanford Law School
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