EDRi-gram, 3 April 2024
After our light-hearted April Fool’s edition, it’s time to get down to brass tacks. In this issue, we delve into the European Court of Justice’s landmark decision declaring the EU regulation on fingerprint IDs invalid—a significant victory. We’re also peeling back the layers of the Artificial Intelligence Act, offering you an in-depth look at the legislation’s intricacies and its implications for your digital rights. Furthermore, we shine a spotlight on the concerning trends in surveillance expansion and disinformation spread across Eastern partnership countries.
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Mandatory fingerprints on IDs will be up for re-negotiation
On 21 March 2024, the European Court of Justice ruled the European Union (EU) regulation that enacts fingerprint IDs to be invalid for formal reasons. The principle of...
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New EU health data law endangers medical secrecy
EU lawmakers have agreed on a compromise for the European Health Data Space (EHDS) which will expose everyone’s medical records to unnecessary security and privacy risks in the...
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Written submission: Civil society shows evidence gaps in “Going Dark” group proposal for access to data for law enforcement
On 28 February 2024, EDRi and its members submitted written comments on the work of the High-Level Group (HLG) on “access to data for effective law enforcement". This...
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Europol and biometric surveillance “won” the Czech Big Brother Awards
For the 19th year, the Big Brother Awards took place in the Czech Republic. There were four negative awards given as well as one positive award.
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2023 Digital Rights Update: Eastern Partnership CSO Meter
Countries of the Eastern Partnership region continue digitalisation efforts and some implemented promising data protection legislation. However, the expansion of surveillance and spread of disinformation put digital rights...
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EU’s AI Act fails to set gold standard for human rights
A round-up of how the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act fares against the collective demands of a broad civil society coalition that advocated for prioritising the protection of...
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Win against Facebook. Giant not allowed to censor content at will
By blocking the accounts and groups of Społeczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki (SIN, the Civil Society Drug Policy Initiative), Meta has infringed on the organization’s personal rights. A Polish court...
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EVENTS
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LibrePlanet 2024
LibrePlanet provides an opportunity for activists, hackers, law professionals, artists, educators, students, developers, policymakers, tinkerers, and anyone looking for technology that respects the user's freedom to come together...
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Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress
Join your peers, stakeholder, industry players and providers at the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress to find real solutions to the challenges and needs of the sector and discover new...
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The Palestine Digital Activism Forum (PDAF)
The PDAF aims to provide a platform to discuss the challenges that Palestinians face the Palestinian civil society to protect Palestinian digital rights and digital activists working on...
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Global Digital Intimacies Conference
In the light of these transformations, the Global Digital Intimacies conference aims to gather together scholars from around the world to investigate digital intimacy in all its varieties.
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2024 Global Gathering
The 2024 Global Gathering (GG) will take place on September 27, 28, and 29 in Estoril, Portugal. The event brings together digital rights networks from around the...
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EU DisinfoLab 2026 Annual Conference
The counter-disinformation community will meet for #Disinfo2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The main conference days on 7–8 October 2026 will feature a full programme of sessions in a variety...
JOBS
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Call for Nomination – EDRi Board elections 2024
EDRi General Assembly will this year elect two Board members to replace two outgoing Board members. As an EDRi Board Member, you will help shape the future of...
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Access Now is hiring for a Platform Engagement Coordinator
Access Now is a growing international human rights organisation dedicated to defending and extending the digital rights of users at risk around the world, including issues of privacy,...
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Article 19 is hiring for various positions
ARTICLE 19 works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation is hiring for a Assistant Director of EU Policy
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through...
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FSFE is hiring for a Policy Intern
The Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives and it is important...
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Liberties is hiring for an Executive Director
The Civil Liberties Union for Europe is a Berlin-based watchdog that safeguards the human rights of everyone in the European Union. Liberties works on multiple human rights issues,...
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Logically is hiring for a Software Engineering Manager
Logically Facts works to reduce the individual, institutional, and societal damage caused by misleading and deceptive online discourse through our fact-checking efforts.
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Mnemonic is hiring for a Service Provision for Travel Management Services
Mnemonic works globally to help human rights defenders effectively use digital documentation of human rights violations and international crimes to support advocacy, justice and accountability.
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Mozilla is hiring for a Senior Integrated Marketing Manager
Mozilla Foundation is committed to an internet that promotes civil discourse, human dignity, and individual expression. To an internet that catalyzes collaboration among diverse communities working together for...
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noyb is hiring for a Data Protection Lawyer
Noyb pursues strategic and effective enforcement by thoroughly analyzing and prioritizing privacy violations, identifying the legal weak spots of these cases and litigating them with the best possible...
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Sovereign Tech Agency is hiring for a Digital Commons EDIC Director
The Sovereign Tech Agency's mission is to imrpove and maintain foundational digital technologies that enable the creation of software. Examples include libraries for programming languages, package managers, open...
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Wikimedia Foundation is hiring for a Movement Communications Specialist
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and their other free knowledge projects. Wikimedia Foundation wants to make it easier for everyone to share what they...