The EUhackathon returns to Brussels on Tuesday for its highly topical third edition. Thirty computer programmers from 13 countries will participate in the 24-hour coding marathon, entitled Hack4YourRights . Their goal is to create insightful visualisations that illustrate the extent of government access to citizens’ online private communications. data sets including network access analyses, corporate transparency reports and Freedom of Information Act requests. Their goal is to shine a light on the degree of government surveillance in various countries around the globe and empower citizens to stand up for their fundamental rights. Greater transparency and awareness are critical to ensuring government surveillance is only used when necessary and proportionate.Viviane Reding , will announce the winner of the EUR5,000 prize for best data visualisation.Access Now , the Center for Democracy & Technology , Digitale Gesellschaft , the European Digital Rights initiative , the Electronic Frontier Foundation , the Net Users’ Rights Protection Association , the Open Knowledge Foundation , quintessenz , Transparency International and visualizing.org .Transparency Report in early 2010, there wasn’t much data out there about how governments hamper the free flow of information on the web. But we’re heartened that in the past years and months, more companies have begun to share their statistics too. Our hope is that over time, more data and visualisations will bolster public debate about how we can keep the Internet free and open and protect our privacy and security online.Posted by Marco Pancini, Senior Policy Counsel, Google
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