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July 10, 2025 · Blogs | Just and open internet and technologies | Platform regulation

New research shows online platforms use manipulative design to influence users towards harmful choices

New research by Bits of Freedom investigated social media platforms Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok, and e-commerce platforms Shein, Zalando and Booking.com for their use of manipulative design. The worrying findings indicate that these platforms continue to nfluence the choices of users to their detriment despite being prohibited by laws.

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February 21, 2024 · Blogs | Op-eds | Privacy and surveillance | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

When law enforcement undermines our digital safety, who is looking after our interests?

Imagine your friend sent you a private DM on Twitter. Now imagine, instead of the content remaining for your eyes only, Twitter letting the police also take a peek at it. Such intrusive practices of state actors accessing private messages have grave consequences for our lives. Some people can be physically harmed, and for some, it can mean that their families and friends could get prosecuted. At a collective level, the harm this does to our communities and society at large is immeasurable.

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May 17, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Government bans TikTok (sort of), Facebook has a bad day in court, and civil society organisations mobilise against Big Tech

Read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands. This is the third update in this series.

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June 26, 2024 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Information democracy and participation | Just and open internet and technologies | Privacy and surveillance

EDRi-gram, 26 June 2024

Summer seems to have finally arrived in Brussels, just in time for the heart of the EU to reel from the results of the European elections. Maybe having the sun will make it all bearable? Stay tuned as we test out this theory. We do have some positive news to share from the world of digital rights. Earlier this month, LinkedIn gave in to pressure from civil society and Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcers based on a complaint by EDRi and three partner organisations. The platform will no longer allow advertisers to target ads based on sensitive personal data from users. A big win for privacy! On a similar sunny note, EDRi and the Reclaim Your Face campaign were recently recognised as the Europe AI Policy Leader in Civil Society for our groundbreaking work advocating for a world free from biometric mass surveillance. Do you want to read more about the EDRi network’s impact on defending and advancing digital rights? Our 2023 Annual Report is out now for you to peruse!

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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).

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April 22, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | 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.

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October 24, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | 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.

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February 18, 2026 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Information democracy and participation | Just and open internet and technologies | Privacy and surveillance

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 🍽️

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April 29, 2026 · Blogs | Just and open internet and technologies

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.

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December 6, 2023 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Information democracy and participation | Just and open internet and technologies | Privacy and surveillance

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.

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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 25, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | 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.

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