EDRi-gram,14 June 2023
It’s getting hot in here – and we don’t just mean the weather. By the time this EDRi-gram reaches your inbox, the EU Parliament will have voted on the AI Act and the "e-Evidence" package. This is a crucial moment for the AI Act as we push hard and keep our fingers crossed for all the wins of the committee vote to remain after the plenary. We also have serious concerns about the e-Evidence proposal posing a threat to our fundamental rights. Along with other civil society groups, doctors and journalists organisations and internet service providers, we are calling on Members of European Parliament to reject this package. In this edition you can also read about what changed in the ten years since Snowden’s revelations about mass surveillance by the US government.
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Will the European Union allow politicians to use your personal data for political advertising?
A leak by POLITICO revealed that the European Commission presented three scenarios on how the Political ads regulation will impact the processing of special categories of personal data...
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Open letter: e-Evidence package lacks appropriate safeguards, EU Parliament must reject it
Civil society, doctors, lawyers and journalists associations and internet service providers are calling on MEPs to reject the so-called “e-Evidence” package during the plenary vote on June 13...
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Europol data deals with violent police forces need “strong data protection safeguards”
Proposed data-sharing deals between Europol and five states in Central and South America needs explicit safeguards if they are to uphold fundamental rights, the European Data Protection Supervisor...
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Bits of Freedom monthly update on human rights & tech: April 2023
Read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands. This is the fourth update in this series.
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Snowden revelations: ten years on
Ten years ago, the first revelations about US mass surveillance were published in the UK and USA. The revelations swiftly widened to encompass details about the role of...
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European citizens demand router freedom
A pan-European survey, run by the Free Software Foundation Europe, has collected information from more than 1600 end-users and highlighted several obstacles to Router Freedom, such as lack...
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Commission launches internet fee consultation full of biased questions
The European Commission has launched an “exploratory questionnaire” about telecom corporations wishing to levy an internet fee from online content providers. EDRi’s response outlines why that’s a ludicrous...
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Jason Scott and the forgetfulness of the internet
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EDRi member Citizen D had a little chat with Jason Scott on his work with the internet archive, the challenges of archiving the digital age and other related topics like what is the best way to preserve our digital memories, how do internet historians decide on what to archive and what to abandon and other questions related to his work. Listen to the podcast.
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Lost in Translation: Large Language Models in Non-English Content Analysis
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EVENTS
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3rd ACM International Workshop on Multimedia AI against Disinformation (MAD’24) – Call for papers
Find out what you need to do to present your paper at the next International Workshop on Multimedia AI against Disinformation.
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MozFest House
MozFest House is a local extension of MozFest, the premiere gathering for activists, artists, technologists and educators in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world....
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Summer Academy For Global Privacy Law 2023
The Brussels Privacy Hub is proud to announce its 2023 Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law, after 7 years of successful editions.
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TACD Public Forum: For better or worse? The EU-US cooperation & its impact on consumers
The TACD Public Forum will examine what this bilateral cooperation has achieved since its launch, and what it should focus on going forward to deliver concrete outcomes, in...
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The Good Lobby Summer Academy
Every year, The Good Lobby Summer Academy gathers a select group of leading thinkers, practitioners, and academics working on new forms and politics of influence, mobilisation and lobbying...
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PIFtopia open call
PIFcamp is a 7-day international summer camp in the Slovenian nature, where art, technology and knowledge meet.
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Chaos Communication Camp 2023
Chaos Communication Camp is the Chaos Computer Club’s (CCC) quadrennial hacker meeting and open-air hack party, now in Mildenberg for the third time.
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Freedom not Fear 1-4 September 2023
Freedom not Fear (fnf) is an annual self-organised conference on privacy and digital rights. People from all across Europe meet and work towards more freedom in the digitalised...
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Feira @ the Global Gathering
You can now apply for the Global Gathering Feira, a 3-day social and networking festival space for digital rights defenders!
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EU DisinfoLab 2024 Annual Conference – open call, sumbit your ideas!
After the successful #Disinfo2023 in Krakow, the 2024 Eu DisinfoLab conference is set to take place in Riga, Latvia, on 9-10 October 2024.
JOBS
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EDRi is looking for a Campaigns Officer (2 year position)
EDRi is looking for a Campaigns Officer to join EDRi’s team in Brussels. This is a unique opportunity to help shape ongoing and future campaigns of the EDRi...
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EU DisinfoLab is looking for an Events and Office Manager
As an independent non-profit organisation, EU DisinfoLab gathers knowledge and expertise on disinformation in Europe. Through putting together research, investigative work and policy acumen, EU DisinfoLab is an...
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Amnesty International is hiring for various a Global Fundraising Programme Volunteer
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who take injustice personally. They are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by...
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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...
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Access Now is hiring for a Security Officer
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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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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Digital Action is hiring for a Global Campaigns Manager
Digital Action is a globally connected campaigning organisation established in 2019 to protect democracy and human rights from digital threats. We are collaborative campaigners, catalysing movements that will...
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Global Disinformation Index is hiring for a Chief impact Officer
Disinformation has become a business. Today’s internet business models reward engagement above all else. These models monetise attention without considering the quality of the content garnering that attention,...