Fighting spyware – Journalism, litigation and policy after the Pegasus Scandal

As part of the Civic Journalism Coalition, ECNL, EDRi, and Lighthouse Reports are excited to announce a series of online workshops for civil society and journalists, which aim to foster exchange, knowledge sharing and collaboration between these two groups.

Until the end of the year, together with civil society and media partners, we will host at least 5 online workshops on various topics, including:

• Lessons learned from the spyware scandals;
• Using EU platform regulations to investigate the practices of big tech companies and hold them accountable;
• Best practices for collaboration between journalists, civil society and affected communities;
• The impact and challenges of using journalistic evidence in strategic legal cases; and
• Building impactful stories and communication around policy issues.

These workshops are open to participation to anyone from civil society or journalism interested in exploring how these two groups can work together, without the commitment to join the coalition. To stay tuned about the next workshops, follow ECNL on LinkedIn or subscribe to our newsletter by reaching out to

First workshop: Fighting spyware – Journalism, litigation and policy after the Pegasus Scandal

Date and time: 18 June, 14:30-16:00 CET

Part 1. Dynamic panel covering litigation and policy developments and investigations into spyware vendors.

Speakers: Luzie Neyenhuis (GFF), Tom Gibson (CPJ), Riccardo Coluccini (IRPI Media, Italy & Lighthouse Reports)
Moderator: Aljosa Ajanovic (EDRi)

Part 2. Breakout sessions: What do we still not know, and how do we find out?

Follow the money: the spyware market – Rand Hammoud (Access Now)
Spyware use against human rights defenders and civil society – Zach Campbell (Human Rights Watch)
Pushing back on policy: how to counter the narrative of law enforcement and states? – Chloé Berthelemy / Aljosa Ajanovic (EDRi)

Find out more about the event here.