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January 16, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

2020: Important consultations for your Digital Rights!

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

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March 5, 2020 · EDRi-gram

EDRi-gram 17.20, 20 November 2019

Would a notification mechanism system make cross-border access to data for criminal proceedings too complicated and inefficient? (Or perhaps just human right proof?)

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March 11, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Disinformation and electoral interference | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online

Who should decide what we see online?

Online platforms rank and moderate content without letting us know how and why they do it. There is a pressing need for transparency of the practices and policies of these online platforms.

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March 16, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online

Terrorist Content Online Regulation: Time to get things right

Closed-door negotiations (“trilogues”) on the Regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content continue in Brussels. After our open letter from December things have moved on fairly slowly at first, but, recently, new texts are quickly being discussed in order to try to reach an agreement soon. Nonetheless, according to MEP Patrick Breyer, many key issues remain open for discussion.

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April 1, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

#PrivacyCamp20: Event Summary

The 8th edition of Privacy Camp revolved in 2020 around the topic of Technology and Activism, the schedule being composed of ten sessions in different formats. What were these about? Read below a summary of each discussion, with references to full session recordings.

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May 13, 2020 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: D3 – Defesa dos Direitos Digitais

D3 is a volunteer-run association dedicated to the defense of fundamental rights in the digital context. Its focus is to ensure autonomy and freedom of choice; uphold privacy and free access to information, knowledge and culture; and defend digital rights as a reinforcement to the principles of a democratic society.

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September 10, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Surveillance and data retention

Digital Services Act: what we learned about tackling the power of digital platforms

A year into EDRi’s policy and advocacy efforts to improve the DSA, we take stock of our efforts in mapping challenges and successes in enabling positive change.

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September 21, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

59% of polled EU citizens decry anti-terror upload filters. You should too.

Following disruptions due to the COVID-19 crisis, the negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on the Terrorist Content Regulation are resuming this week.

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October 14, 2020 · Highlights | Publications | Information democracy

Launch of EDRi Annual Report 2019

2019 has also been a pivotal year, with more attempts to rein in the power of dominant internet platforms. EDRi's members Europe-wide have continued highlighting the privacy-invasive surveillance-based business models of the digital platforms dominating the online market, and the significant consequences this may have for civil rights and control of society.

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December 9, 2020 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Wikimedia Deutschland

Wikimedia Deutschland is a German non-profit organisation, with currently around 80,000 members, part of the worldwide Wikimedia movement. It believes that equal opportunities in accessing knowledge and education is a human right.

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December 18, 2020 · Blogs | Highlights | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

The EU’s attempt to regulate Big Tech: What it brings and what is missing

This week, the European Commission has proposed two long-awaited pieces of digital legislation, the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. Despite a number of good provisions, there are also major shortcomings which must be addressed to guarantee the protection of digital rights.

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March 10, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Open internet and inclusive technology | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality | Transparency

At a glance: Does the EU Digital Services Act protect freedom of expression?

The Digital Services Act is in many ways an ambitious piece of legislation that seeks to make ‘Big Tech’ accountable to public authorities through new significant transparency and due diligence obligations. It also contains many provisions that could help protect users’ fundamental rights. Whether it will be successful at protecting freedom of expression from undue restrictions or reining in the power of Big Tech rather than cementing it, is, however, questionable. EDRi's member ARTICLE 19 share its first thoughts on why.

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