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October 14, 2020 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte

Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (Society for Civil Rights) is a Berlin based non-profit human rights organisation that protects every individual’s right to freedom of expression, equality and safe and private communication – especially on the internet.

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February 4, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Privacy and surveillance | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation Could Curtail Freedom of Expression across Europe

Counter-terrorism laws that have continued to pile up in the past years in Europe have constantly eroded the rule of law and reinforced executive powers of the state to the detriment of judicial oversight.

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September 14, 2022 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and surveillance | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

European Parliament calls loud and clear for a ban on biometric mass surveillance in AI Act

After our timely advocacy actions with over 70 organisations, the amendments to the IMCO - LIBE Committee Report for the Artificial Intelligence Act clearly state the need for a ban on Remote Biometric Identification. In fact, 24 individual MEPs representing 158 MEPs, demand a complete ban on biometric mass surveillance practices. Now we need to keep up the pressure at European and national levels to ensure that when the AI Act is officially passed, likely in 2023 or 2024, it bans biometric mass surveillance.

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February 16, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Surveillance and data retention

Is the EU protecting people from Pegasus spyware?

Spyware is an extremely invasive surveillance tool and a global threat to human rights and democracy. Since the initial Pegasus Project revelations, we’ve learned that governments and private actors in over 46 countries worldwide, including EU member states, have used invasive spyware to target and silence journalists, human rights defenders, political opponents, and dissidents.

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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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May 25, 2022 · Blogs | Just and open internet and technologies | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online

Belgium wants to ban Signal – a harbinger of European policy to come

Last week, the Belgian government launched a proposal that would ban Signal. What's going on?

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May 5, 2022 · Blogs | Press releases | Privacy and surveillance | Surveillance and data retention

Europol’s ever-increasing mandate: European Parliament failed to stand up for fundamental rights

Today, 4 May, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) approved the revision of Europol’s mandate and the Schengen Information System. This supports a massive, unchecked expansion of Europol’s powers, posing a threat to people’s rights through over-policing, mass surveillance and discrimination.

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May 13, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Google: seizing a crisis to legitimise mass surveillance?

Even in times of Corona, Google follows you wherever you go. The company collects and processes all our location data en masse and can thus graph how well we adhere to the imposed measures.

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March 9, 2022 · Blogs | Open letters | Just and open internet and technologies | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online

French deputies must reject online censorship without a judge in one hour

On 9 February 2022, the Law Commission of the French National Assembly discussed the bill concerning the "dissemination of terrorist content online", transposing the European regulation on terrorist content online into French law. European Digital Rights (EDRi) and EDRi’s members La Quadrature du Net and Wikimedia France sent the following letter to the members of this Commission to call for the rejection of the bill prior to the discussion.

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September 8, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Platform regulation | Surveillance and data retention

Move fast and break Big Tech’s power

The surveillance-based business model of the dominant technology companies is based on extracting as much personal information and profiling as possible to target individuals, on- and offline. Over time, Big Tech corporations build a frighteningly detailed picture about billions of individuals—and that knowledge directly translates into (market) power.

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March 10, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Just and open internet and technologies | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

“Anytime and anywhere”: Vaccination, immunity certificates, and the permanent pandemic

The deployment of vaccines, and in particular any “immunity passport” or certificate linked to the vaccination, must respect human rights. EDRi's member Privacy International (PI) reveals some of the broader human rights, ethical and societal implications of vaccination "passports".

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May 11, 2026 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Did the EU Parliament really vote not to protect children online?

In April 2026, negotiations on the ‘interim ePrivacy derogation’ fell apart, with several stakeholders claiming that the European Parliament stopped the EU from protecting children. In reality, however, the Parliament’s position aimed to ensure the protection of all fundamental rights without leading to mass surveillance – whereas EU Member States and the Commission proved unwilling to move even an inch on safeguards.

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