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Take a virtual look back with EDRi’s interactive Annual Report: How did the EDRi network protect your digital rights in 2021?
You know privacy matters but not sure what this means in practice? Do you sense much happened in Europe last year to challenge private and state actors abusing...
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Deadline extended: EDRi is hiring for Communications and Campaigns Intern (Paid)
Are you changing careers and looking to enter the digital rights field? Are you done with your studies and want to learn more about digital technologies and their...
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Freedom Not Fear 2022
Freedom not Fear – the most inspiring self-organised conference on digital rights and freedoms in Europe – is ambitiously aiming for a presence event in Brussels this year....
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Resilient against the winds of change Discover how we defended digital rights and took our power back from Big Tech during a challenging year.
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Mobilising during a pandemic The power of a united front helped enforce data protection in uncertain times and made the conversation about banning mass surveillance mainstream across Europe.
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The power of a civil society coalition Our network’s efforts against the disproportionate power of online platforms shapes a more inclusive, interoperable and privacy oriented future.
Protecting digital rights in the DSAEDRi in the news
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Europe’s AI Act falls far short on protecting fundamental rights, civil society groups warn EDRi drafts a statement on the AI Act, alongside an extended network and a group of 115 not-for-profits from across Europe and beyond, encouraging a full ban on biometric mass surveillance.
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We need more protection from government surveillance — not less “The Pegasus scandal proved, once again, how our right to communicate securely underpins the pillars of democracy, including press freedom, the presumption of innocence, privacy and freedom of expression and association.” Diego Naranjo, Head of Policy at EDRi, shines a light on the need of more protection of democracy and human rights from government surveillance.
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A data ‘black hole’: Europol ordered to delete vast store of personal data “Europol’s capacity to hoover up huge amounts of data and accumulate it, in what could be called a big data ark, after which it is almost impossible to know what they are used for, makes it a black hole.” says Chloé Berthélémy, EDRi Policy Advisor.
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