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La Quadrature du Net asks for renewed support to challenge TERREG in France
In light of the European Parliament's vote on the Regulation to prevent the dissemination of said “terrorist content”, EDRi observer La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) sheds light on some of the most concerning provisions which have to be addressed before the final adoption of the regulation.
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Member in the Spotlight: Alternatif Bilişim Derneği
Alternatif Bilişim Derneği emphasises that technological work and algorithms have the most adverse impact on its users; thus the critical public sphere must also be created by users themselves, in a distributed, decentralised fashion. In their country, they want a political order that respects human rights and does not enforce auto-censorship on its citizens.
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When the police’s IT-systems are not in order, everyone loses
Without the trust of citizens, the police cannot do their job properly. That is why it is important that the police are extremely careful with citizens' data. But an analysis by EDRi member Bits of Freedom shows that of all 36 'mission critical' systems of the police, not one complies with the rules on privacy and information security.
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IuRe crowdfunds to end data retention in the Czech Republic
The digital-legal organisation, EDRi member, Iuridicum Remedium is crowdfunding to take the Czech government to court to end the widespread collection of metadata from telephone and online communication of every user in the country (so-called data retention). The case willrely on a ruling by the EU Court of Justice, which declared that the large-scale collection of metadata was inadmissible, for the third time last October. Crowdfunding a legal case in the public‘s interest is an alternative to dysfunctional class actions.
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Q&A: PI case – UK High Court judgment on general warrants and government hacking explained
EDRi member Privacy International (PI) explain in some detail what their case involving UK intelligence services using general warrants is about.
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For a truly “Trustworthy AI,” EU must protect rights and deliver benefits
EDRi member Access Now published a report exploring the actions EU governments are taking to promote what the EU calls Trustworthy AI, what this approach means for human rights, and how European AI strategy is changing, both for EU institutions and national governments.
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Member in the Spotlight: Wikimedia Deutschland
Our vision is a world where everyone can share, use and multiply all of humanity’s knowledge. By Free Knowledge we mean knowledge that is available, changeable and reusable free of charge for everyone at any time. The best-known source of Free Knowledge is the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
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Envisioning a Decolonised Digital Rights Field – and Charting Next Steps
This week, a group of 30 participants, working on issues of racial, social and economic justice, digital rights, and in philanthropy, came together to not only collectively imagine just that, but also to identify the building blocks for a process that might help us get there.
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Oracle and Salesforce taken to court in the Netherlands over GDPR infringement
Dutch Foundation “The Privacy Collective” is suing tech giants Oracle and Salesforce for the misuse of millions of people’s data under GDPR.
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Member in the Spotlight: Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights)
Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights) focuses on the balance between freedom and security; the rights of prisoners; privacy; and non-discrimination. The organisation has a strong track record with respect to privacy, including government surveillance, counterterrorism and policing.
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EU Open Source Policy: good analysis, missing concrete next steps
EDRi's member, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), calls upon the Commission to present and implement concrete measures and activities in the coming weeks and months, regarding its Open Source Strategy.
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UK data regulator takes enforcement action to rein in data brokers’ use of people’s personal data
In a landmark decision that shines a light on widespread data protection failings by the entire data broker industry, the ICO has today taken enforcement action against Experian, based in part on a complaint Privacy International made in 2018.
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