February 21, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Copyright reform: The Bulgarian Presidency strikes back

Article 13 is a key issue in the discussions on the “Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market” that have been going on since 2016. It proposes requiring services that store content on the internet for users to “take measures, such as content recognition technologies, aimed at preventing the upload of […]

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May 13, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Ban biometric mass surveillance!

44 civil society organisations call for a ban on biometric mass surveillance in EDRi's new paper, "Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance: A set of fundamental rights demands for the European Commission and EU Member States"

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February 27, 2018 · Campaigns | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation | Profiling practices

European internet filter will destroy your freedom of expression: Stop it now!

Policy-makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen. An algorithm will decide which of your uploads will be seen by the rest of the world and which won’t. This is how the internet filter will rob you of your freedom of expression.

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March 27, 2013 · Blogs

A few days left to answer the IPRED consultation

On 30 March 2013, the consultation on the intellectual property rights enforcement directive (IPRED) will be over. This means that you have three more days to let the European Commission know your thoughts on the current enforcement of copyright in the European Union. The European Commission now wants to evaluate the efficiency of the current […]

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March 1, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

EU Commission’s Recommendation: Let’s put internet giants in charge of censoring Europe

On 1 March 2018, the European Commission proposed a "Recommendation" on the surveillance and filtering of the internet by online companies.

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December 20, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Publications | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

Informing the Disinfo Debate: A Policy Guide for Protecting Human Rights

 Today, 20 December 2021, EDRi, Access Now and Civil Liberties Union for Europe publish a joint report as a continuation of its 2018 predecessor, Informing the “Disinformation” Debate. The main outcome of this report is a set of policy recommendations addressed to the EU co-legislators focusing on: how to effectively mitigate fundamental rights risks that result from the manipulative methods deployed by large online platforms that exploit people’s vulnerabilities and their sensitive data; and how to combat disinformation in a manner that is fully compliant with fundamental rights standards.

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March 6, 2018 · Campaigns | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation

European policy makers want faulty filters to rule the internet: Your action is needed!

Policy makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen. A filter will decide which of your uploads will be seen by the rest of the world and which won’t. But these filters often fail. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Julia Reda published some examples of where filters got it wrong. Here […]

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January 21, 2016 · Blogs

Access Now, EDRi on data protection: “No Safe Harbour 2.0 without reform on both sides of the Atlantic”

On January 12, Estelle Massé, Policy Analyst at Access Now, and Joe McNamee, Executive Director at EDRi, were invited by the committee of EU data protection authorities – the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party – to discuss the aftermath of the Safe Harbour ruling. Read our full submission to the Article 29 Data Protection […]

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March 7, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Alternatives to dominant digital services

Council of Europe takes world-leading step towards protecting online rights

Today, on 7 March 2018, the Council of Europe (CoE), Europe's leading human rights organisation, adopted a Recommendation on the roles and responsibilities of internet intermediaries that will have a global impact. (The final, almost identical version will be online in a few days.)

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March 14, 2018 · Campaigns | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Proposed internet filter will turn platforms against users: Your action is needed!

Policy makers want to make online platforms responsible for your content.

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March 19, 2018 · Campaigns | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

#CensorshipMachine – How will the decision be taken?

The European Union (EU) is currently reforming its copyright legislation. In September 2016, the European Commission proposed its controversial draft for the new Copyright Directive that includes de facto mandatory upload filters (Article 13). This is how the process to approve this “censorship machine” will advance, from the Commission’s proposal until the adoption of the […]

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December 6, 2006

Article 29 Working Party expressed its opinion in the SWIFT case

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 21-22 November 2006, an opinion was adopted by the Privacy Commissioners represented by Article 29 Working Group ruling against the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) for having transferred transaction details to the US. The Privacy Commissioners wanted to point out again that fighting terrorism […]

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