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February 18, 2026 · Blogs

How recommender algorithms threaten election integrity

A study published by EDRi member Asociația pentru Tehnologie și Internet (ApTI) Romania analysed how the recommender algorithms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok distributed political content, during the 2025 presidential election. The quantitative analysis identified cases in which these social media platforms did not comply with either national electoral laws, nor with EU Regulations, such as the Digital Service Act (DSA).

April 22, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Internal documents revealed the worst for private communications in the EU; how will the Commissioners respond?

EDRi, Europe's biggest network for rights and freedoms across Europe and beyond, urge the European Commission to not put forward a CSAM proposal that would undermine the CJEU prohibition of general monitoring or subject Europeans to monitoring that would turn their devices into spyware.

October 24, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality

Unpacking digital fairness: What Europe must do now to end the tech industry’s most nefarious tactics

The EU plans to propose a Digital Fairness Act to better protect consumers from deceptive design practices, social media addiction, and pervasive online tracking. We unpack what this means and what the European Commission should do to end Big Tech’s most nefarious tactics.

EDRi-gram, 18 February 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: A competitiveness feast with our rights on the menu 🍽️

April 29, 2026 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology

Youth organisations demand social media change, not bans

The protection of young people from online harms remains high on the political agenda, but the debate continue to focus on age gates and social media bans. In response, 31 youth organisations and youth activists – the intended recipients of these ‘protective’ measures – have joined forces to speak up against their own exclusion. They warn that the real solution lies in addressing the root cause of the problem: the design and business model of platforms.

EDRi-gram, 6 December 2023

In this edition, we reflect on how our movement of human rights organisations and supporters influenced the European Parliament to reject the mass scanning of private messages in the CSA Regulation. And as we approach the final negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, we are raising the voices of 16 organisations, calling on the Council to effectively regulate the use of AI systems by law enforcement, migration control, and national security authorities in the law. Read on to learn more about digital exclusion in Europe, the expansion of the EURODAC database, and the EU's plans for facial recognition.

May 25, 2022 · Blogs | On the ground | Open internet and inclusive technology | 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?

May 25, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

How a Hollywood star lobbies the EU for more surveillance

The European Union debates a new law that could force platforms to scan all private messages for signs of child abuse. Its most prominent advocate is the actor Ashton Kutcher.

June 10, 2020 · On the ground | Information democracy | Disinformation and electoral interference

Cryptocurrency scammers flood Facebook users with manipulative ads

Scammers using fake Forbes articles and anti-EU disinformation as bait continue to target Facebook users across Europe, the EDRi member Metamorphosis Foundation has warned.

EDRi’s 2025 in review: we resisted, we persisted

As for most civil society organisations, 2025 was a tumultuous and challenging year for EDRi. Shifting political landscapes and shrinking civic space have made the work of civil society in Europe and around the world increasingly difficult for years . Yet we have nevertheless found many reasons to hope, celebrate, resist and persist.

May 11, 2023 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

The CSA Regulation: how did it reach this point?

How did we reach this point of even discussing a law (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation) that so manifestly undermines our democratic structures, threatens to override the fundamental rights that generations have been fighting for, and ignores solid evidence and unanimous professional expertise?

January 15, 2025 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi’s 2024 in Review

As we enter 2025, we look back on some of the biggest European digital rights developments, the laws passed, enforcement actions taken, and things to watch out for in the new year and the new EU mandate.

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How recommender algorithms threaten election integrity

Internal documents revealed the worst for private communications in the EU; how will the Commissioners respond?

Unpacking digital fairness: What Europe must do now to end the tech industry’s most nefarious tactics

EDRi-gram, 18 February 2026

Youth organisations demand social media change, not bans

EDRi-gram, 6 December 2023

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

How a Hollywood star lobbies the EU for more surveillance

Cryptocurrency scammers flood Facebook users with manipulative ads

EDRi’s 2025 in review: we resisted, we persisted

The CSA Regulation: how did it reach this point?

EDRi’s 2024 in Review