EDRi-gram, 6 December 2023
In this edition, we reflect on how our movement of human rights organisations and supporters influenced the European Parliament to reject the mass scanning of private messages in the CSA Regulation. And as we approach the final negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, we are raising the voices of 16 organisations, calling on the Council to effectively regulate the use of AI systems by law enforcement, migration control, and national security authorities in the law. Read on to learn more about digital exclusion in Europe, the expansion of the EURODAC database, and the EU's plans for facial recognition.
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CSAR: European Parliament rejects mass scanning of private messages. Here is why
On 22 November, the European Parliament officially adopted its position on the draft ‘Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse’ (CSAR). With strong support...
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Civil society statement: Council risks failing human rights in the AI Act
In the run up to EU AI Act trilogue negotiation, 16 civil society organisations are urging representatives of the Council of the European Union to effectively regulate the...
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The EU wants to make facial recognition history — but it must be done for the right reasons
Whilst civil rights activists have long called for an outright ban, certain EU lawmakers may see the AI Act as an opportunity to claim that they are doing...
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Civil society calls for an end to the expansion of EU’s EURODAC database
Civil society is calling for an end to the expansion of EURODAC, the EU database for the registration of asylum-seekers. EURODAC is being transformed into an expansive, violent...
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New educational videos about AI in media, privacy & digital exclusion. Here is what they show
You can now watch all ten videos about artificial intelligence (AI) in the media, cybersecurity for journalists, but also about digital exclusion and the impact of digitalisation on...
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Spyware attack attempts on civil society in Serbia
On 30 October 2023, two members of civil society from Serbia received an alert from Apple that they were potential targets of state-sponsored technical attacks. They immediately contacted...
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EDRi's end-of-the-year Recommendations
- Call for grant application | Digital Freedom Fund
- Call for partners | Exposing the invisible
- Don’t spy EU | Hermes Center
- Talk, listen & learn | Webwise
- Scoring of welfare beneficiaries: the indecency of CAF’s algorithm now undeniable | La Quadrature du Net
- The Digital Services Act from the perspectives of sex workers | Feminist Digital Policy
- noyb files GDPR complaint against Meta over “Pay or Okay” | noyb
- Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records | Wired
- How AI is defining our bodies | Access Now
- From notorious rule breaker to privacy advocate: How government can change its stripes | Bits of Freedom
- Software Freedom explained in less than 3 minutes! | Free Software Foundation Europe
- Hands off our data | Open Rights Group
EVENTS
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Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power, 1500-2025
This is the exhibition conceived by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler for Osservatorio's headquarters in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan that maps our technological present, illustrating how...
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19th International e-Society.mk Conference: “Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights: Finding the Right Balance between Innovation and Responsibility”
The conference will explore the artificial intelligence (AI) which opens unprecedented opportunities for innovation in various sectors while at the same time opening different questions on the protection...
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38th Chaos Communication Congress
The Chaos Computer Club is looking forward, once again, to provide a huge playground where you can engage in hacking, soldering, tinkering, educating, learning, partying and networking, developing...
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#PrivacyCamp24: Final programme
The 12th edition of Privacy Camp will take place on 24 January 2024. For this edition, we invite you to explore the theme ‘Revealing, Rethinking and Changing Systems’.
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EDMO Scientific Conference 2024
This event will invite researchers to present their latest work on newly approaching topics within the realm of disinformation. There will be invited speakers, match-making sessions, and concessions...
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Winter Congress 2024
Digitale Gesellschaft hosts from 1st to 2. March 2024 to the seventh winter congress in the Casinotheater in Winterthur. From Friday evening and on Saturday, topics related to...
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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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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.
JOBS
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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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Electronic Frontier Foundation is hiring for Director of Major Gifts
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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Liberties is hiring for various positions
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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Mozilla is hiring for various positions
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 Legal Trainee
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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Systemic Justice is hiring for various positions
Systemic Justice works to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice. Centring affected communities in joint litigation, Systemic Justice will...
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Wikimedia Foundation is hiring for a Communications Manager
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...