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Digital rights for Europe’s youth

The biggest youth platform in the world is joining the Platform Power Coalition for a Digital Services Act that empowers young people. European Youth Forum will bring youth voices to the coalition, vindicating that digital rights are youth rights. Young people should be able to enjoy their digital environment without fearing privacy violations, discrimination or manipulation. Here is what you need to know about this alliance.

Apple must comply with the DMA, urges civil society call to European Commission

Civil society organisations and stakeholders have submitted an analysis to the European Commission about Apple’s attempts to circumvent the Digital Markets Act’s goals of allowing people freedom of choice on their own devices.

Our New Year’s wishes for European Commissioners

EDRi wishes all readers a happy new year 2020! In 2019, we had a number of victories in multiple fields. The European Parliament added necessary safeguards to the proposed Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation to protect fundamental rights against overly broad and disproportionate censorship measures. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled […]

January 16, 2019 · On the ground | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

We can no longer talk about sex on Facebook in Europe

Sometime in late 2018, Facebook quietly added “Sexual Solicitation” to its list of “Objectionable Content”. Without notifying its users. This is quite remarkable, to put it mildly, as for many people sex is far from being a negligible part of life.

Shedding light on the DWP staff guide on conducting fraud investigations

In 2019, the UK Department for Work and Pensions published their two-part staff guide on conducting fraud investigations. Privacy International went through the 995 pages to understand how those investigations happen and how the DWP is surveilling benefits claimants suspected of fraud.

EDRi and members take EU decision-makers through 20 years of digital policy

This September, EDRi, Access Now and ARTICLE 19 took Parliamentarians through a rollercoaster ride of all things digital policy in the European Union. From the early internet and initial experiments in platform regulation, through more recent regulatory innovations, and finally to questions of security and surveillance, we shared a digital rights perspective of the good, the bad and the ugly of digital policy in the EU.

Booklet: Depths of biometric mass surveillance in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland

In a new research report, EDRi reveals the shocking extent of unlawful biometric mass surveillance practices in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland which are taking over our public spaces like train stations, streets, and shops. The EU and its Member States must act now to set clear legal limits to these practices which create a state of permanent monitoring, profiling and tracking of people.

September 22, 2021 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Inclusive technologies

Building a coalition for Digital Dignity

In 2020 EDRi started to build the ‘Digital Dignity Coalition’, a group of organisations and activists active at the EU level dedicated to upholding rights in digital spaces and resisting harmful uses of technology. We’ve been organising to understand and resist how technological practices differentiate, target and experiment on communities at the margins - this article sets out what we’ve done so far.

July 3, 2019 · Blogs | On the ground | Information democracy | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Freedom of expression online

Fighting online hatespeech: An alternative to mandatory real names

The internet facilitates debates: People around the globe can connect at almost zero cost, and information and opinions that would otherwise hardly be noticed can go viral through social media. However, services like Twitter and Facebook can also be used for targeted defamation. Especially people who belong to minorities or endorse views outside the mainstream […]

July 17, 2023 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI)

All eyes on EU: Will Europe’s AI legislation protect people’s rights?

As the EU’s AI Act moves into the final phase of negotiations, key battles arise for the protection of human rights.

May 17, 2017 · Blogs

Dutch ban on zero-rating struck down – major blow to net neutrality

20 April 2017 was a bad day for net neutrality in the Netherlands, and possibly also in the rest of Europe. The court of Rotterdam struck down the general ban on price discrimination, including zero-rating, as enacted in the Dutch Telecommunications Act. The court held that the categorical ban on price discrimination is “evidently” in […]

October 5, 2022 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

New EU Regulation pushes for journalism and media protection online

The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) will intervene in the internal media market looking forward to improving the quality of media services and strengthening the integrity of the media market as a whole. EDRi finds particularly important the provisions regarding the prohibition of spyware against journalists and the rules bringing “more protection for media against unjustified online content removal”.

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Digital rights for Europe’s youth

Apple must comply with the DMA, urges civil society call to European Commission

Our New Year’s wishes for European Commissioners

We can no longer talk about sex on Facebook in Europe

Shedding light on the DWP staff guide on conducting fraud investigations

EDRi and members take EU decision-makers through 20 years of digital policy

Booklet: Depths of biometric mass surveillance in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland

Building a coalition for Digital Dignity

Fighting online hatespeech: An alternative to mandatory real names

All eyes on EU: Will Europe’s AI legislation protect people’s rights?

Dutch ban on zero-rating struck down – major blow to net neutrality

New EU Regulation pushes for journalism and media protection online