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March 15, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online

Case challenging Meta’s arbitrary removal of Polish NGO’s accounts finally in court

The first court hearing in the case between a Polish NGO and Meta took place before the Warsaw District Court on 7 February 2023. The hearing was conducted almost four years after the organisation sued the internet giant for deleting its accounts and groups without a prior warning or an explanation.

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October 11, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Data protection standards | Platform regulation

How tech corporations like Google, Meta and Amazon should assess impacts on our rights

A new policy paper by EDRi members ECNL and Access Now outlines key recommendations on how to make fundamental rights impact assessments meaningful under the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA).

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September 9, 2024 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Platform regulation | Surveillance and data retention

Enforcing the European Union’s new digital platform laws: How it is going so far

It’s already September and the European Parliament’s summer break is officially over. While the legislature was sleeping, the European Union’s (EU) tech enforcers and their counterparts—Big Tech lobbyists—have been busy plotting their next moves. If you have been away over the summer, here is what you might have missed and what that means for the state of digital rights in the EU

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September 12, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Media reforms in Macedonia delayed due to more pressing security issues

Recent political developments have affected the implementation of the reforms in the area of freedom of expression in Macedonia. The focus of government institutions on overcoming political obstacles to joining NATO and the EU had put most other reforms on the backburner.

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February 24, 2016 · Blogs

Possible Voters’ Registry Breach raise Privacy Issues in Macedonia

The return to democracy in Macedonia has been marred by the need to solve political and human rights issues. The right to privacy has been at the centre of the political crisis, and state institutions undergoing reform struggle to meet the standards set by the Law on Personal Data Protection. From February to May 2015, […]

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March 18, 2026 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Court again rules in favour of Bits of Freedom: freedom of choice for Instagram and Facebook users remains intact

On 11 March, the Dutch Court of Appeal ruled on Meta's appeal against an earlier verdict brought by Bits of Freedom. The judgment was in favour of the digital human rights organisation. This is good news for Facebook and Instagram users in the Netherlands: they will continue to have the freedom to chose over what information appears on their feed.

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May 7, 2025 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi-gram, 7 May 2025

What has the EDRis network been up to over the past two weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter. In this edition: Apple & Meta fined for breaching DMA, civil society urges EU to act against Hungary’s pride ban, & more!

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March 18, 2026 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI)

Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality

Whatever you think about the promises or perils of AI, it’s becoming increasingly impossible to ignore that these tools are beset by glaring security vulnerabilities. From exposing user data to facilitating hacks, from undermining information integrity to creating supply chain vulnerabilities, AI tools are underpinned, and undermined, by dodgy security practices. As we’ll explore in this series, this has grave consequences for the confidentiality of our data, for information integrity, and for access to and availability of systems — all problems that a human rights-respecting approach can help solve.

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May 28, 2025 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology

Six years in court fighting against arbitrary censorship. What about user empowerment promised by the DSA?

Regardless of the final court judgment, this case highlights the urgent need for Poland to implement the DSA. Without its enforcement, users of the largest social media platforms — whether private individuals or CSOs — still stand little chance against the dominance of tech giants.

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February 22, 2017 · Blogs

Illegal surveillance against civil society continues in Macedonia

Macedonian civil society organisations advocating for human rights and democracy have come under increasing pressure by the authorities. They have previously been caught up in use of the state apparatus for massive illegal surveillance, including wiretapping of activists.

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April 3, 2024 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Win against Facebook. Giant not allowed to censor content at will

By blocking the accounts and groups of Społeczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki (SIN, the Civil Society Drug Policy Initiative), Meta has infringed on the organization’s personal rights. A Polish court issued a watershed decision in a case supported by the Panoptykon Foundation, thereby confirming that Internet platforms cannot block users at will.

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March 7, 2024 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Platform regulation

Delay, depress, destroy: How tech corporations subvert the EU’s new digital laws

When the DSA and DMA were passed in 2022, major tech industry associations praised the new laws as significant achievements. It is time for Big Tech corporations to stop pouting and live up to their responsibility.

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