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December 13, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

MEPs demand balanced approach to dealing with illegal online content

On 5 December 2017, a group of 31 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sent a letter to the European Commission demanding action on illegal content online. The letter was initiated by Dutch Liberal MEP Marietje Schaake, and its signatories are from across the political spectrum.

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September 21, 2021 · Document pools | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Digital sustainability | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

Digital Dignity Document Pool

Digital technologies can have a profound effect on our societies, but sufficient attention is rarely given to how certain applications differentiate between, target and experiment on communities at the margins. This document pool gathers resources for those that are interested in learning about and contesting the harms to dignity and equality that arise from uses of technology and data.

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June 2, 2022 · Blogs | Information democracy | Inclusive technologies | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

Consumer and digital groups in Europe and the U.S. call for a full ban on surveillance-based advertising

On 1 June, the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), that EDRi is part of, published a policy resolution on banning surveillance-based advertising. The invasive practices of collecting, sharing, and processing of individual data to deliver personalized advertising, has become the primary business model in the online advertising space. Surveillance advertising is promoted by the world’s largest technology companies, like Meta (Facebook) or Alphabet (Google), and is a key driver behind the spread of misinformation, undermining democratic discourse, economic and political equity, marketplace competition, privacy, public health, and basic consumer protections.

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October 9, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Disinformation and electoral interference | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Transparency

Towards a digital Europe we want: the European Democracy Action Plan

On 14 September, EDRi submitted its response to the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) consultation. The EDAP, echoing the existing EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, focuses on preserving European democracies. The EDAP intends to address numerous challenges such as shrinking civic space, electoral interference, disinformation and the difficulties faced by journalists.

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October 12, 2021

CIF Seminars

A monthly series of interdisciplinary seminars around legal and technical topics related to cybersecurity and online privacy, organised by the CiTiP, COSIC, and DistriNET research groups of KU Leuven. Various seminar dates.

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April 6, 2022 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi-gram, 6 April 2022

In this edition of the EDRi-gram, we look at what the facial recognition company Clearview AI is doing with our faces in the Ukrainian war and how we can put stop the private company from exploiting the war. We also urge the French Council Presidency to follow through on its promise to ensure that a final deal on the DSA prohibits the use of sensitive data, including the drawing of inferences about a person’s sensitive characteristics, to display advertisements.

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September 7, 2022 · Blogs | Highlights | Position papers | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Cross border access to data | Surveillance and data retention

New EU law amplifies risks of state over-reach and mass surveillance

The EDRi network published its position paper on the proposed Regulation on automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”). The European Commission’s Prüm II proposal fails to put in place vital safeguards designed to protect all of us from state overreach and authoritarian mass surveillance practices. In the worst case scenario, we may no longer be able to walk freely on our streets as the new law would treat large parts of the population as a criminal before proven otherwise.

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November 12, 2020 · Campaigns | Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

Campaign “Reclaim Your Face” calls for a Ban on Biometric Mass Surveillance

Civil society across Europe launches the “Reclaim Your Face” campaign, demanding that local and national authorities  listen to their communities about the serious risks of using facial recognition and other biometric technologies in public spaces. The newly formed coalition calls to ban biometric mass surveillance, in reaction to the rapid and secretive roll out of invasive and unlawful technologies by police forces and local authorities in many European countries.

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January 10, 2018 · Blogs

2018: Important consultations for your Digital Rights!

Public consultations are an opportunity to influence the future legislation at an early stage, in the European Union and beyond. They are your opportunity to help to shape a brighter future for digital rights, such as your right to an open internet, a private life, and data protection, or your freedom of opinion and expression.

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September 10, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Down with (discriminating) systems

Amidst a particularly hectic time for digital rights policy in Europe, there remains a large elephant in the room.

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September 28, 2022 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

Foreign authorities are banning Google and Microsoft services from schools, the Czech Republic is floundering

Jan Cibulka, a journalist for iROZHLAS and member of the Big Brother Awards CZ Jury, organised by EDRi member Iuridicum Remedium, has investigated how Czech authorities and schools are approaching the protection of privacy when using distance learning tools. Such tools send sensitive information overseas, where US law gives intelligence agencies access to it. The tools do not guarantee that children's private chats will not be accessed by, for example, teachers. While the first regional governments in Europe are developing safer alternatives, in the Czech Republic the risk assessment remains up to individual schools. In practice, they have little choice.

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May 17, 2023 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: ARTICLE 19

ARTICLE 19 is an international ‘think-do’ organisation that propels the freedom of expression movement, locally and globally, so people everywhere can realise the power of their voices. It works for a world where everyone can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination.

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