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Safer Internet Day 2012
Safer Internet Day 2012 by NeelieKroesEU Tomorrow, Tuesday 7 February, in 70 countries and 6 continents, it’s Safer Internet Day 2012. Across Europe, events are happening from quizzes and competitions to radio marathons. I want everyone getting...
Securing our Internet – I visit the Munich Security Conference
Last weekend, I attended the Munich Security Conference. A cold couple of days – but a great opportunity to meet many interesting and influential figures in the field of defence, security and foreign affairs. I was there to highlight the increasing...
Thanks to all those taking part in the tweet-chat!
A big thank you to all who took part in the Tweetchat on Monday – 1000+ questions, covering subjects from the cloud to online privacy, from ACTA to VAT on ebooks (via a certain tweet that drew a lot of attention on my choice of perfume). To tho...
Cloud computing: building a European cloud partnership
Last week I was in Davos at the World Economic Forum. A chance to speak with many interesting people and gain a lot of real insight about trends in the wider world. You can read my impressions from some of those meetings elsewhere on this blog . But...
Blogging from Davos – I meet Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
On Wednesday I promised to keep you updated on my meeting today in Davos with Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. As I expected, it was a very fruitful meeting. We discussed the developments regarding media freedom...
Blogging from Davos – I meet Myanmar industry minister Soe Thein
Today, also while in Davos, I met Myanmar Industry Minister Soe Thein, one of those supporting the current reform agenda. He heads Myanmar’s investment commission and is a key political actor shaping economic reform and liberalisation. There is...
Blogging from Davos – Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook
While at the World Economic Forum in Davos this morning, I had an important discussion with Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook; we talked about protecting children, and new data protection rules. One of my priorities under the Digit...
I’ll be Tweet-chatting next Monday, 30 January
I’m really positive about how the Internet helps – not just one-way communication – but genuine interaction. So I am happy to announce that I will have another tweetchat on Monday 30 January, 3pm to 3.30pm (Brussels time). Anyone ca...
Latest developments on media freedom in Hungary
I am on my way to the World Economic Forum in Davos where I will present my plans for setting up the European Cloud Partnership – but more on that in the coming days. I first wanted to share the latest news with you regarding the situation of media...
Happy Chinese New Year!
To all those celebrating Chinese New Year, wherever you are in the world, a very happy Year of the Dragon to you! A bit of research on the Internet (where else?) reveals that the Dragon is the innovative entrepreneur, intensely powerful yet flexible,...
Why we need a sound Do-Not–Track standard for privacy online
This really is privacy and data protection week! In Brussels there is the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection conference and the Commission is soon adopting its proposal for a reform of the European Data Protection legal framework (which I wrote...
2012: a year to help people stay active and healthy for longer
2012 Is the European year of Active Ageing and solidarity between generations – launched today. It couldn’t come at more important moment. Today most of us realise that staying active is the key to a healthy life. And I, for one, am proof tha...
Cloud Computing and Data protection reform
One of the big topics as we head into 2012 is definitely protection of personal data. The Commission will propose a reform of the current 15-year-old framework in a few weeks. The main issues were already clearly flagged in the Commission communicati...
Making it easier to buy online: our action plan for e-Commerce
Are you one of the 40% of Europeans who purchases online each year? If so you’re probably aware of the benefits of doing so – but also of some disadvantages. Online shopping and services can mean better choice, easier to use, easier to compar...
Defending media pluralism in Hungary*
A magyar szöveg – itt (PDF itt). For Hungarian text – read here. (*Please feel free to reproduce this post in part or in full for your own website or publication, with attribution of the author) Over recent weeks serious questions have...
3 things I learned this year: my message for the New Year
Here’s a new year message from me: 3 things I witnessed in 2011, and why they give me hope for the future. Preview (NB you can see this video with subtitles in English / Nederlands / Français / Italiano / Deutsch / Español / Polski: just clic...
Our crowd-sourced Xmas reading list
Thanks to everyone who replied to my tweet on Monday! Happy reading (or watching in the case of the Nick Bilton book) Most popular Tie between Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, and The Official Steve Jobs biography, Walter Isaacson My picks...
No disconnect press release – in Arabic
المفوضية الأوروبية - بيان صحفي جدول الأعمال الرقمي نيلي كروس تعين كارل تيودور تسو جوتنبرج لتعزيز حرية الإنترنت في العالم بروكسل، 12...
No Disconnect – a response to issues raised / Antworten auf einige Fragen
[English version below] Viele Bürger haben die Mühe auf sich genommen und auf die Information über meine Einladung an Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg reagiert, mir im Rahmen unserer “Freiheit im Internet (No Disconnect)”-Strategie zuzuarbei...
Great video about ICT in developing world
You may recall that a few months ago I visited Nairobi, Kenya. While I was there I checked out some of the amazing projects that relate to the crucial role of ICT and development. I was really impressed with the ability of ICT to open up new opport...
