February 1, 2024

European Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy

We live in a world where information is in abundance, but accurate news is not always easy to find… Voices emerges to bring citizens, journalists, and media professionals closer to each other, wanting to celebrate the pivotal roles journalism and the informed public play in societies while fostering critical thinking around disinformation.

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September 20, 2023

Disinformation Congress

By bringing together leading experts, scholars, journalists, policymakers, and practitioners in the field, the Congress seeks to create a platform for robust discussions, critical analysis, and the exchange of ideas.

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September 5, 2023

Imposter Syndrome in Activism: How Do We Cope? The Wellbeing Monthly Workshops Series

This session is part of The Wellbeing Monthly, a monthly virtual workshop will be led by diverse mental health professionals, and will focus on psychoeducation and coping mechanisms on diverse topics including anxiety and fear, guilt and survivors guilt, defeat and hopelessness, trauma, and burnout and stress.

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Algorithm of grief

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13 ways of looking at a CCTV

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December 13, 2022

Protests under threat- Article 19 Asia Event

Article 19 will host an evening examining human rights violations in relation to protests in Thailand in conjunction with the launch of their report "THAILAND: Denying the demand for democracy".

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January 27, 2021 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Alternatif Bilişim Derneği

The Alternative Informatics Association (Turkish: Alternatif Bilişim Derneği, Alternatif Bilişim acronym) is a Turkey based civil society organisation focusing on the issues of media literacy, internet censorship and mass surveillance since 31 December 2010.

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June 26, 2023

Virtual School on Internet Governance

Registrations are open for the Virtual School on Internet Governance. The format of this online course is a massive open online course (MOOC), with the goal of networking with peers across the world.

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September 13, 2022

Digital Freedom Fund organises workshops on digital rights litigation

DFF will host two workshops on 5 and 25 October aimed at bridging gaps between the digital rights and technologist communities working to stop “track and target” practices and algorithmic promotion of unlawful or harmful online content.

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February 15, 2024

Digital rights virtual law clinic: litigation application

The first DFF digital rights virtual drop-in law clinic is taking place in March and April 2024. The clinic will host sixteen sessions during which you will have the opportunity to interact with digital rights strategic litigation experts from across Europe.

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February 24, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

Italy proposes age verification and digital identities for accessing social media

EDRi member Hermes Center sheds light on the current case against TikTok in Italy, where three solutions are circulating on how to make sure that children will not access certain online contents unless supervised by their guardians.

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March 25, 2020 · Document pools | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Facial Recognition & Biometric Mass Surveillance: Document Pool

Despite evidence that public facial recognition and other forms of biometric mass surveillance infringe on a wide range EU fundamental rights, European authorities and companies are deploying these systems at a rapid rate. This has happened without proper consideration for how such practices invade people's privacy on an enormous scale; amplify existing inequalities; and undermine democracy, freedom and justice.

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