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December 6, 2023 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

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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March 14, 2012

First vote in the EP on PNR Agreement with the USA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Erste Abstimmung im EU-Parlament über PNR-Abkommen mit den USA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Erste_Abstimmung_im_EU-Parlament_ueber_PNR-Abkommen_mit_den_USA] The latest chapter in the collection and processing of passenger data to cover all flights arriving in and departing from the US was opened when, in 2011, the European Commission tabled a renegotiated proposal for an air […]

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October 9, 2013 · Blogs

Joint letter on Market Surveillance and Product Safety Regulation

On 2 October 2013, EDRi signed a joint letter together with other civil society groups and organisations (CCIA, EDIMa, EuroISPA, EEA and EMOTA) asking the competent EU institutions to act on the amendments to the draft Regulations on Market Surveillance and Product Safety that could have far-reaching consequences affecting online commerce and Internet intermediaries freedom. […]

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February 28, 2023 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Petition: Children deserve a secure and safe internet

Join us in our fight against the EU's attempt to scan every move we make online. Sign the petition.

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May 5, 2010

EDRi and partners launch Copyright for Creativity declaration

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi und Partner veröffentlichen „Copyright for Creativity“-Deklaration | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1903] EDRi, as part of a broad based coalition of European groups, representing consumers, creators, libraries, civil society and technology companies today released Copyright for Creativity, a declaration calling for a European copyright law truly adapted to the Internet age. […]

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November 28, 2014 · Blogs

Italian presidency abandons its net neutrality draft

The Italian Presidency of the European Council has decisively distanced itself from the leaked proposals on net neutrality. In a post on its website, it explained that previously proposed texts (including the leaks) were “significantly different” from the position of individual Member States, “including Italy” and that it proposed them “to act as a neutral […]

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May 20, 2009

EU supports RFID with proper protection of consumers' privacy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU unterstützt RFID mit ausreichendem Schutz für die Privatsphäre der Konsumenten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1400] The European Commission issued on 12 May 2009 a recommendation on the use of RFID (radio-frequency identification) after a fifteen-month period of consultations with supplying and using industries, standardisation bodies, consumers’ organisations, civil society groups […]

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March 14, 2012

CEO Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bündnis für ein kindersicheres Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Buendnis_fuer_ein_kindersicheres_Internet] Following an invitation by Commissioner Kroes in the summer of 2011, and founded on 1 December 2011, the CEO “Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids” covers the whole industry value-chain. Its 30 members include Apple, BSkyB, BT, […]

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December 22, 2015 · Blogs

EDRi Awards 2015

For the second time and with great solemnity, EDRi presents the first ever second edition of its annual awards. 1. The “Humpty Dumpty Award” for the most silly “statistics” The award this year goes to French Home Affairs Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. He argued that 90% of radicalisation happens online – the source was a non-representative, […]

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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 | Information democracy | Disinformation and electoral interference | Freedom of expression online

COVID-Tech: COVID infodemic and the lure of censorship

In EDRi's series on COVID-19, COVIDTech, we will explore the critical principles for protecting fundamental rights while curtailing the spread of the virus, as outlined in the EDRi network's statement on the virus.

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March 21, 2022

A conversation about Interoperability and building digital public spaces

On 22 March, Open Future will launch their new report, written together with the Commons Network on “Generative Interoperability. Building online public and civic spaces”. On this occasion, they are organizing a launch event, hosted by Sophie Bloemen (Commons Network) and Alek Tarkowski (Open Future).

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