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Happy 30th birthday dear Web. Thank you for being born. Joining the WWW Foundation celebration.
Then: A little girl was born in a big country which was later broken up into many small countries after a war trumpeted and fanned by nationalism. Now: That little girl has grown up and becomes part of a Cybernation. She says “We are all now part of a Cybernation.”...
Change conference: what is the economic impact of prohibitive tech regulation and how to measure it?
Since 2016 Change has become one of the biggest Croatian software conferences dedicated to enterprise solutions. This year, we’re going even bigger and better, hosting more variety of speakers. What is the economic impact of prohibitive tech regulation and how...
Leina – the priestess of the Internet – according to generous Croatian press -Jutarnji list!
For some people, religion is their passion, and for other is football. For former European Commission employee Leina Meštrović, her religion is – the Internet. Like a missionary with passionate zeal, she left her career in the European capital to start defending...
1st copyright lecture after the founding assembly: CRO Information Tech. Society GA
14. svibnja 2018. u 14:00 sati, na Skupstini Hrvatskog Informatickog Zbora odrzan je STRUČNI DIO: 1.1. Dijana Zoričić, Odvjetnički ured: Bauci GDPR‐a? – informiranje, legitimni interes i razmjernost 1.2. Leina Meštrović, aktivistica za slobodu Interneta i digitalna...
1st Croatian digital rights & E-democracy NGO, Digital DemoCroatia founded
U Hubu 385, u petak, 11. svibnja 2018. u 18 sati održana je proslava osnivanja prve udruge za digitalna prava i digitalnu demokraciju u Hrvatskoj – Digitalna Demokroacija (Digital DemoCroatia). Pokretačica inicijative...
15th birthday of European Digital Rights in Brussels
For me, the most memorable moment was as described in EDRi tweet below. This keynote talk reminds us of the thin line between totalism and democracy, portrayed from memories of the boy growing up in Poland under the Marshal law. Who are those bad guys that secret...
1st CRO lecture about the EU copyright reform from digital rights perspective
O tome kako gubitak neutralnosti interneta utječe na tržište rada, ali i naše privatne živote, Women Techmakers Croatia pričali su s Leinom Meštrović 1. veljače u 18 sati u HUB-u 385. Javnosti je slabo poznat i prijedlog novog copyright zakona koji će dovesti do...
Unicorns, are you in the business of staying in business (after the end of April)?
Are you a digital SME or Start-up in the business of staying in business after the end of March? If so, then start urgently paying attention to the current EU tech policy development imposing (amongst other goodies) obligatory impossible to get copyright licenses for...
Zastupnicama i zastupnicima Hrvatske u Europskom parlamentu
Poštovani, Pozivam Vas da se pridružite znanstvenoj zajednici (preporuka 56 akademika), brojnim organizacijama civilnog društva, Start-upovima, SME digitalnim poduzetnicima, umjetnicima i svim ostalima na ovoj detaljnoj listi koji su, u zaustavljanju napada na slobodu...
Proclamation of the Digital Republic as a Sovereign Independent CyberNation
This is my personal declaration of allegiance to the virtues and values of free Cyberspace blending my own thoughts with my favorite literal tributes to freedom: John Perry Barlow "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" from 1996 and 1916 Proclamation of...