A beginner’s guide to EU rules on scanning private communications: Part 1 - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

In July 2021, the European Parliament and EU Council agreed temporary rules to allow webmail and messenger services to scan everyone’s private online communications. In 2022, the European Commission will propose a long-term version of these rules....

A beginner’s guide to EU rules on scanning private communications: Part 2 - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Vital EU rules on human rights and on due process protect all of us from unfair, arbitrary or discriminatory interference with our privacy by states and companies. As we await the European Commission’s proposal for a law which we fear may make it...

UK can join EU surveillance schemes with no parliamentary scrutiny, warns new report - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

The UK can join intrusive EU surveillance schemes including a pan-European network of police facial recognition databases with no need for parliamentary debate or scrutiny, says a new report published byEDRi member Statewatch.

The EU Parliament takes strong stance against surveillance ads - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

The Platform Power campaign, alongside many civil society organisations, raised its voice for stronger laws against the business model of Big Tech online platforms and succesfully pressured law-makers to put people at the center of the debate.

Chat control: 10 principles to defend children in the digital age - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

The automated scanning of everyone’s private communications, all of the time, constitutes a disproportionate interference with the very essence of the fundamental right to privacy. It can constitute a form of undemocratic mass surveillance, and...

Secret negotiations about Europol: the big rule of law scandal - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

In negotiations held behind closed doors, the Council of Member States and the European Parliament are about to torpedo all the efforts of the European data protection watchdog’s to hold Europol accountable for its illegal data practices.

What went down at #PrivacyCamp22? - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

EDRi’s annual flagship event Privacy Camp took place yesterday, on 25 January, for the first time online. We hope many of you were able to attend and that you found the event just as inspirational as the in-person experience.

A beginner’s guide to EU rules on scanning private communications: Part 1 - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

In July 2021, the European Parliament and EU Council agreed temporary rules to allow webmail and messenger services to scan everyone’s private online communications. In 2022, the European Commission will propose a long-term version of these rules....

FOSDEM 2022 - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software.Usually taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best such conference in Europe.

UN Special Rapporteurs challenge EU’s counter-terrorism plans - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

In a joint communication published on 21 October 2021, seven United Nations Special Rapporteurs shared critical analysis of the European Union’s  Counter-Terrorism Agenda (CTA) and the reform of Europol’s mandate, the EU police cooperation agency.

Big brother at the Prague airport. The state refuses to explain how the biometric camera system works - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

When Václav Mach, collaborator of the Czech digital-legal organization, an EDRi member, Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe) and law student at the University of Olomouc, asked the state for more detailed information on the use of smart biometric cameras at...

Do no harm? How the case of Afghanistan sheds light on the dark practice of biometric intervention - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

In August 2021, as US military forces exited Afghanistan, the Taliban seized facial recognition systems, highlighting just how a failure to protect people’s privacy can tangibly threaten their physical safety and human rights. Far from being good...

Amnesty International calls to ban discriminatory algorithms in its report Xenophobic Machines - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

On 25 October 2021, EDRi observer Amnesty International published a report on the use of algorithmic decision-making (ADM) system by the Dutch tax authorities to detect fraud. The report shows how discrimination and racial profiling were baked...

Tinkering with keys weakens encryption - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Politicians sometimes claim to have the solution to "the problem of encryption". They think encryption is important, but they also want the police to be able to read along. Therefore they propose to "just" add an extra key and "leave the...

What you need to know about the Facebook Papers - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Facebook is now undergoing what may be the tech giant’s biggest crisis in its 17-year history. In October, The Washington Post reported that a second Facebook whistleblower came forward to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that...