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EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. We work to to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world.
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EDRi-gram, 8 October 2026
What has the EDRi network been up to over the past few weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our regular newsletter. In this edition: Turning up the heat – Commission backs social media bans, Apple held accountable, summer to-dos, & more!
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The Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) represents everything that’s wrong with Europe’s approach to digital sovereignty
The EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package is supposed to jump-start Europe’s “sovereign AI” ambitions. But due to fundamental misunderstandings about the technology behind ‘AI’ and the blind trust in Big Tech’s AI doomer and boomer narratives, it is more likely to instead hurt digital rights and the environment instead, and waste valuable public resources that should have been invested in actually increasing Europe’s digital resilience. The Cloud and AI Development (CADA) Act, a part of the Tech Sovereignty Package, adds up to an aggressive policy push to impose “European AI”.
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No human required: Austria’s plan for AI-only government decisions
A sweeping change to Austria's administrative law would let authorities issue binding decisions using AI systems with no human ever reviewing the outcome. EDRi member epicenter.works has sent an open letter to parliament, and is looking for input from readers elsewhere in Europe about how other countries are handling, or planning to handle, the same issue.
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Your data, their decision: the hidden surveillance infrastructure behind Europe’s digital borders
A new report by ARTICLE 19 examines how the European Union is presiding over the most significant expansion of border surveillance in its history. Much of this development is being outsourced to private companies – with profound consequences for privacy and freedom of expression.
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D3 brings class actions on addictive design against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube
The Portuguese digital rights organisation and EDRi member D3 announces that it has brought four class actions lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube over the use of addictive design practices. The cases challenge design practices that can encourage compulsive use of online platforms and seek to hold platforms accountable for the way their services affect users. Similar initiatives might come up in other EU Member States as part of a broader European response.
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The KIDS Act will make the internet less safe
On 16 September, the European Commission presented the KIDS ACT, its plan for making online experiences safer for young people. Far from being a move to lead the EU towards better digital environments, this move is a missed opportunity to address the root cause of why online platforms are harmful to children – and everyone else. This blog analyse the proposal’s shortcomings.
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Simplification for whom? Open letter to EU Member States to uphold GDPR protections in Digital Omnibus on Data
Over the past months, the European Commission's Digital Omnibus on Data has turned into a wider discussion about how much protection the data – and with it, the rights – of people in the EU should receive in the name of AI, innovation and competitiveness. That discussion has now reached a critical stage in the Council.
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#PrivacyCamp26: Final programme out now
We’re excited to welcome you to #PrivacyCamp26 on 13 October, 2026 online and at La Tricoterie, Brussels. Curious about what the day will look like? Check out the final programme.
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EDRi-gram, 23 September 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: Turning up the heat – Commission backs social media bans, Apple held accountable, summer to-dos, & more!
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Serbia’s spyware scandal is also the EU’s problem
At least 14 people in Serbia have been targeted with spyware since the beginning of 2026, according to new findings by EDRi member SHARE Foundation. The targets include members of the student movement, activists, a member of parliament from the opposition party and a local councillor. These findings comecame to light amid growing pressure on Serbia’s pro-democracy movement. The EU’s failure to address spyware at home undermines its credibility in demanding accountability from Serbia.
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What you need to know about the EU’s new digital deportation regime
On 17 June, the European Parliament approved the new deportation law (called the “Return” Regulation) which aims to track undocumented people down and deport them from the EU in large numbers. The Regulation boosts the surveillance powers and digital control of national authorities and will rely heavily on technologies and data collection in their enforcement. This blog outlines the various digital tools and processes included in the EU’s new digital deportation regime.
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Europe’s cookie law is really a law about surveillance
The ePrivacy framework limits commercial tracking and state access to communications. It is now being weakened from several directions at once.
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