Open internet and inclusive technology
New digital technology and the internet brought with it a promise of equal access to knowledge, openness and connection. Their ubiquity has brought opportunity for progress. However, access to digital technology is vastly unevenly distributed. Technology, especially when relying on artificial intelligence, location and biometric data, can amplify social, racial and environmental injustices. We work to bring back the original purpose of an open internet and enable inclusive, sustainable technologies that work for all and for the greater good.
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The right to pay in cash? Approaches of European countries mapped
The Czech organisation Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe), an EDRi member, has been working for several years on the issue of digital exclusion, which also concerns payment in cash. They discovered that People in the Czech Republic who prefer to pay in cash have been facing problems using some services. Now, IuRe has analysed the approaches of different countries in Europe towards cash payments in a new study.
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EU AI Act: Deal reached, but too soon to celebrate
On 8 December 2023, following over 36 hours of negotiations, EU lawmakers finally cinched a deal on the Artificial Intelligence Act. However, whilst some fundamental rights protections have been won, the overall Act has not lived up to its potential to put people and their rights front and center.
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NGOs and experts warn AI Act negotiators: don’t trade our rights!
On 8 December 2023, 70 civil society groups and 34 expert individuals sent an urgent letter to the Council of EU Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament to urge them "Do not trade away our rights!" in the final trilogue (negotiation) on the landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.
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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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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 EDRi member SHARE Foundation after receiving the warning, in order to check if their devices were attacked by any known spyware. These were the first documented cases of attempted sophisticated spyware attacks known to us in Serbia.
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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 people with disabilities. This is one of the final outputs of the project „Promoting human rights in the digital era“, which involved members of EDRi Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe) from the Czech Republic and Elektronisk Forpost Norge from Norway.
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New paper calls for digital public spaces
In a newly published paper, Zuzanna Warso, a human rights lawyer and a Director of Research at EDRi member Open Future (OF), explains why establishing Digital Public Space is necessary for the realisation of digital rights. Keep reading to learn why.
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EDRi-gram, 23 November 2023
In this edition, we are looking at the thunderous news of six civil society organisations, including EDRi, taking the European Union’s dangerous content regulation to court. The regulation proposes a dodgy tech solution that empowers the police to censor what you post online. We can stop that. We are also excited to share a new campaign called “Don’t Spy EU” which allows you to scan the faces of European lawmakers with a face recognition algorithm. Lawmakers are the ones in charge of finalising the Artificial Intelligence Act, so let’s make sure they fully understand the risks of biometric surveillance.
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EDRi Annual Report 2022: Challenges, success and changes in advancing digital rights in Europe
In our Annual Report, you can learn how EDRi built strong coalitions across civil society, mobilised hundreds of people, influenced key stakeholders at the European and national levels, leading to clear impact on European technology regulation in 2022. Read more.
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EU Cyber Resilience Act would harm open source software and competitiveness
If the EU Cyber Resilience Act is adopted in its present form, it would seriously harm the open source ecosystem and the competitiveness of the European economy, argues EDRi member Vrijschrift Foundation in a letter to the Dutch Parliament.
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EDRi-gram, 25 October 2023
We’re in high spirits after mobilising 23 activists from over 13 European countries to come to Brussels in support early October. Representing over 200,000 supporters of EDRi’s Stop Scanning Me campaign, these activists urged Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to ensure everyone’s digital security amid mass surveillance measures in the CSA Regulation. Meta is up to no good again after the European Court of Justice declared their handling of user data illegal earlier this year. In a move to circumvent EU privacy law, the tech corporation reportedly plans to ask users to pay up to €228 a year to preserve their fundamental right to privacy on its platforms.
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EDRi-gram, 11 October 2023
The autumn leaves have started to fall but not our spirits. We organised 180 civil society groups and eminent experts to call on governments to stop the use of facial recognition surveillance by police, authorities and private companies. We also mobilised 80 media, journalists, and human and digital rights organisations to urge MEPs to ban the use of spyware against journalists & so much more!
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