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Do you work with people in immigration or asylum proceedings? Do they face problems of secrecy and lack of access to information about their case? Would you like to know more about how data prote...

https://edri.org/take-action/events/webinar-data-protection-in-immigration-and-asylum-rights-and-opportunities-for-redress/

TechCrunch Disrupt is a 3-day conference on October 28-30 in San Francisco focused on breaking technology news and developments with big-name thought leaders who are making waves in the industry....

https://edri.org/take-action/events/techcrunch-disrupt-2024/

Over 40,000 people supported our petition – also co-signed by more than 30 civil society organisations – urging EU decision-makers to support the people’s visions of positive digital future...

https://edri.org/our-work/european-decision-makers-accept-petition-signatures-at-tech-and-society-summit/

On 30 September, EDRi and its members submitted a response to the European Commission’s call for evidence for the DSA Article 28 guidelines for the protection of minors online. The submission f...

https://edri.org/our-work/protection-through-empowerment-and-not-exclusion-edris-response-to-dsa-article-28-call-for-evidence/

Last week, we gathered with hundreds of EU decision-makers, Members of European Parliament, civil society representatives and journalists at the Tech and Society Summit in Brussels. As one of the...

https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-9-october-2024/

From a visit to the doctor to public transport tickets , the European eID will handle our most sensitive personal data in a wide range of every-day applications. Yet, speed seems more important t...

https://edri.org/our-work/rushed-eu-eid-wallet-risks-privacy-and-security-calls-for-safeguards-are-getting-ignored-in-hasty-eidas-implementation/

Together, we can protect human rights, strengthen democracy, and reshape societal systems. Read about our commitment to prioritising safety, participation, and community care, as part of our Visi...

https://edri.org/our-work/prioritising-safety-participation-and-community-care-a-vision-for-our-digital-future/

EDRi-member Iuridicum Remedium draws attention to the way biometric surveillance at airports should be legalised in the Czech Republic. According to the proposal, virtually anyone could become a ...

https://edri.org/our-work/biometric-surveillance-in-the-czech-republic-the-ministry-of-the-interior-is-trying-to-circumvent-the-artificial-intelligence-act/

In May 2024, Access Now’s Caterina Rodelli travelled across Greece to meet with local civil society organisations supporting migrant people and monitoring human rights violations, and to see fi...

https://edri.org/our-work/surveilling-europes-edges-when-digitalisation-means-dehumanisation/

This is the sixth conference in the “Color of Surveillance” series, which was started by the Center on Privacy & Technology in 2016 to put racial and economic justice at the center of convers...

https://edri.org/take-action/events/the-color-of-surveillance-surveillance-resistance/

This controversial draft EU law has seen so many twists and turns that it’s giving us whiplash. Under renewed pressure from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, some lawmakers had hoped they could finall...

https://edri.org/our-work/dutch-decision-puts-brakes-on-chat-control/

With summer on its way out, there might be a chill in the air. But there’s none to be found in Brussels and the digital rights world. Last week, we were glued to our screens as the European Com...

https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-25-september-2024/

Together, we can protect human rights, strengthen democracy, and reshape societal systems. Read about our commitment to making decision-making just and accountable, as part of our Vision for 202...

https://edri.org/our-work/making-decision-making-just-and-accountable-a-vision-for-our-digital-future/

On 16 September, EDRi and 63 organisations, academics and experts in privacy, encryption, child safety, sex workers' rights and consumer rights issued a joint statement urging the European Commis...

https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-the-dangers-of-age-verification-proposals-to-fundamental-rights-online/

French prosecutors have charged Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for illegal content disseminated by users of his platform and the company’s failure to cooperate with law enforcement authorities. EDRi ...

https://edri.org/our-work/what-the-arrest-of-telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-means-for-digital-rights/

With the post-election shake-up and the upcoming appointment of new European Commissioners, both governments and tech giants are making moves that could threaten our rights. In Denmark, efforts...

https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-11-september-2024/

Together, we can protect human rights, strengthen democracy, and reshape societal systems. Read about our commitment to empowering people to flourish and thrive, as part of our Vision for 2024 an...

https://edri.org/our-work/prioritising-planet-care-a-vision-for-our-digital-future/

Removal orders in the Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation currently require prior court authorisation in Denmark, but this will soon change as a consequence of a political agreement to stre...

https://edri.org/our-work/denmark-will-issue-removal-orders-without-court-approval-impacts-on-free-speech-and-pro-palestinian-voices/

Gong, a Croatian democracy watchdog organisation and EDRi member, published an analysis of the political narratives on TikTok during the national 2024 election campaign. The research explores the...

https://edri.org/our-work/croatian-tiktok-a-battleground-between-pro-eu-and-anti-eu-narratives/

On 30 April 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its decision in the ‘EncroChat’ case. The case emerged from recent European police cooperation operations against...

https://edri.org/our-work/mass-hacking-and-fundamental-rights-a-missed-opportunity-for-the-court-of-justice-of-the-euorpean-union/