EDRi-gram, 8 October 2026
What has the EDRi network been up to over the past few weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our regular newsletter. In this edition: Turning up the heat – Commission backs social media bans, Apple held accountable, summer to-dos, & more!
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EDRi-gram, 8 October 2026
What has the EDRi network been up to over the past few weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our regular newsletter. In this edition: Turning up the heat – Commission backs social media bans, Apple held accountable, summer to-dos, & more!
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Your data, their decision: the hidden surveillance infrastructure behind Europe’s digital borders
A new report by ARTICLE 19 examines how the European Union is presiding over the most significant expansion of border surveillance in its history. Much of this development is being outsourced to private companies – with profound consequences for privacy and freedom of expression.
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Simplification for whom? Open letter to EU Member States to uphold GDPR protections in Digital Omnibus on Data
Over the past months, the European Commission's Digital Omnibus on Data has turned into a wider discussion about how much protection the data – and with it, the rights – of people in the EU should receive in the name of AI, innovation and competitiveness. That discussion has now reached a critical stage in the Council.
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EDRi-gram, 23 September 2026
What has the EDRi network been up to over the past few weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter. In this edition: Turning up the heat – Commission backs social media bans, Apple held accountable, summer to-dos, & more!
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Serbia’s spyware scandal is also the EU’s problem
At least 14 people in Serbia have been targeted with spyware since the beginning of 2026, according to new findings by EDRi member SHARE Foundation. The targets include members of the student movement, activists, a member of parliament from the opposition party and a local councillor. These findings comecame to light amid growing pressure on Serbia’s pro-democracy movement. The EU’s failure to address spyware at home undermines its credibility in demanding accountability from Serbia.
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Europe’s cookie law is really a law about surveillance
The ePrivacy framework limits commercial tracking and state access to communications. It is now being weakened from several directions at once.
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14 students and opposition politicians targeted by spyware in Serbia
EDRi member SHARE Foundation has confirmed that at least 14 people in Serbia were targeted with advanced spyware since the beginning of 2026 – the largest documented wave of such surveillance in the country to date. Those targeted include members of the student movement, activists, a member of parliament, and a local councilor, all from opposition parties. The timing the of spyware attacks coincides with the local elections held on March 29, 2026.
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The “Chat Control 1.0” saga: Big Tech can scan our private messages again – but Parliament sent a strong signal against mass surveillance
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on a derogation of the EU’s ePrivacy Directive for the third time in 4 months. While the proposal passed, the vote nonetheless remains a triumph because it reinforces the Parliament’s position against mass surveillance on the more dangerous CSA Regulation, and because it enshrines the protection of encryption.
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The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel
The European Commission is currently finalising negotiations with the Trump administration to conclude an “Enhanced Border Security Partnership” (EBSP) Framework Agreement allowing border control authorities to screen travellers against biometric databases and profile them for security concerns. The leaked draft text suggests that the Commission significantly caved in to US’s excessive demands for unfettered information access, exacerbating travel surveillance and putting our fundamental rights at risk.
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#PrivacyCamp26: Call for sessions
Privacy Camp hosts its 14th edition on 13 October 2026, in Brussels and online. For people living in Europe and across the globe, the impact technology has on our lives becomes ever more acute, ever more heavy and impossible to deny. Digital technologies shape how people work, organise, communicate, access services, cross borders, learn, create and resist. They can support community power and collective care. They can also deepen surveillance, extraction, discrimination, militarisation and environmental harm.
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EDRi-gram, 16 July 2026
What has the EDRi network been up to over the past few weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter. In this edition: Turning up the heat – Commission backs social media bans, Apple held accountable, summer to-dos, & more!
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The digital rulebook is fit for purpose: better enforcement is needed, not simplification
EDRi responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the Digital Fitness Check, emphasising the importance of the rights-based digital framework developed over the years. Rather than simplifying people's rights protections, it should focus on stronger enforcement and closing gaps. Only in this way, the EU can continue to lead in building a digital environment that works for people, democracy and innovation alike.
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