Results for ai act

April 22, 2021 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation

Dominant tech companies make their products incompatible deliberately

Imagine buying a new dining table from IKEA and although it’s a great table, it can only be used with IKEA-made chairs. For security reasons, the furniture maker tells you, the table is incompatible with chairs from third party vendors, sorry. Sounds ridiculous? Welcome to today’s online platform economy.

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June 26, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

European Court of Human Rights: Secret surveillance in Poland violates citizens’ privacy rights

On 28 May 2024, a precedent judgment was announced by the European Court of Human Rights. The court said that the operational control regime, the retention of communications data, and the secret surveillance regime under the Anti-Terrorism Act in Poland violate the right to privacy.

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June 28, 2023 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi-gram, 28 June 2023

Recent developments in crucial digital European Union regulations have raised many eyebrows as we see attempts to undermine human rights. 27 civil society organisations, including EDRi, stood against the use of people's sensitive information to target them with political messages online. 65 civil society and journalist associations also urged the Council of the European Union to ensure stronger safeguards to protect journalists in the European Media Freedom Act. In this edition, you can also read about how digital rights are a civic space issue and why privacy is not a crime.

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March 9, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Profiling practices

The European Commission does not sufficiently understand the need for better AI law

The Dutch Senate shares the concerns Bits of Freedom has about the Artificial Intelligence Act and wrote a letter to the European Commission about the need to better protect people from harmful uses of AI such as through biometric surveillance. The Commission has given a response to this which is not exactly reassuring.

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September 22, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Data protection standards | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

Human rights focus missing in the State of the Union 2021 address

On 15 September, the yearly State of the Union 2021 address took place. The address is the event where the European Commission evaluates the preceding year and the Commission President announces key legislation or reactions to crucial international events.

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March 23, 2022 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi-gram, 23 March 2022

In this edition of the EDRi-gram, we look at the leaked opinion of the Commission which sets off alarm bells for mass surveillance of private communications. The newly-revealed opinion confirms the fears that EDRi and 39 other civil society groups recently raised about the proposal which could destroy the integrity of private online communications across the EU, and set a dangerous precedent for the world. We are also urging for real solutions to the flaws of the law guarding our data protection and privacy. Though a new record of high fines based on the GDPR was issued in 2021, people still face barriers to exercising rights like access to remedy and benefiting from a harmonised enforcement mechanism.

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August 23, 2021 · Blogs | Campaigns | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics

Who, What, Why? Your guide to all things ECI! #ReclaimYourFace

Calling all digital rights heroes: EDRi needs your support! As part of the Reclaim Your Face campaign, we are running a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban biometric mass surveillance practices in the EU. To be successful, we need to collect 1 million signatures. Read more to find out how we keep ECI data safe, and how your signature can make a big difference.

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March 29, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online

Repression is really something different than prevention

In 2021, a 17-year-old boy in the Netherlands was arrested for inciting of riots. The boy had called for people to come to Utrecht with fireworks as a protest against the corona policy and the fireworks ban. The boy received a so-called "online area ban" from the municipality, even though the mayor does not have a legal basis for such an order. He was no longer allowed to make statements online that could lead to disorder in the city. Local rules do not provide majors the authority to curtail the freedom of expression as prevention, online or otherwise.

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January 13, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Q&A: PI case – UK High Court judgment on general warrants and government hacking explained

EDRi member Privacy International (PI) explain in some detail what their case involving UK intelligence services using general warrants is about.

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October 11, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Data protection standards | Platform regulation

How tech corporations like Google, Meta and Amazon should assess impacts on our rights

A new policy paper by EDRi members ECNL and Access Now outlines key recommendations on how to make fundamental rights impact assessments meaningful under the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA).

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June 16, 2021 · Blogs | Publications | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation | Surveillance and data retention

How online ads discriminate

The risks and harms that are associated with hyper-targeted online ads have been widely documented. Yet, the same amount of attention has not been shown to the many ways in which harms and risks of online advertising are unequally distributed, and how targeted online advertising can have discriminatory effects. This is the focus of EDRi’s newly launched report.

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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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