Nostr notes by EDRi

🚨 Yesterday, the European Commission announced a revamp of ...

2026-10-28T14:51:18Z

🚨 Yesterday, the European Commission announced a revamp of Frontex, EU’s border agency. The new reform doubles Frontex’s budget to nearly €12 billion for 2028–2034 and expands its powers for deportations, preventing arrivals, and surveillance.

This would effectively turn Frontex into an ICE-style deportation agency.

Read a detailed analysis of the proposed new Regulation from the Protect Not Surveil coalition ➡️ https://protectnotsurveil.eu/resources/eu-transforms-frontex-into-a-high-tech-deportation-command-centre/

🤩 European Digital Rights is honoured to be a receipient of ...

2026-10-27T11:58:40Z

🤩 European Digital Rights is honoured to be a receipient of the 2026 DuckDuckGo Charitable Donations programme! Thanks DDG for supporting our work of building thriving digital futures for people, the planet and democracy 💙 ☘️

We’re also glad to see EDRi members and partners, including ARTICLE 19 (npub1d4v…lvl3) 19, @Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, [@eff](https://mastodon.social/@eff ) Open Rights Group (npub1p2p…hjzg), the Tor Project and others, amongst the recipients! 🤝🏾

Read more ➡️ https://spreadprivacy.com/2026-duckduckgo-charitable-donations/

This is hardly simplification. It is an attempt to make the EU ...

2026-10-22T09:22:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…wfll
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This is hardly simplification.
It is an attempt to make the EU allegedly more ‘competitive’ by making our data easier to use and our rights easier to abuse.
Those gaining the most power are unlikely to be the people whose data are being used, or even the companies on whose behalf this is being done.

And the text is already preparing the next deregulation round. ...

2026-10-22T09:22:33Z

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And the text is already preparing the next deregulation round.
One review can reopen core GDPR duties in the name of ‘risk’ and burdens on smaller organisations. Another can reopen the rules protecting our devices within just 12 months.

On ePrivacy, one important correction: access to our phones, ...

2026-10-22T09:22:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…q5nd
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On ePrivacy, one important correction: access to our phones, browsers and other devices goes back under Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive, where it belongs.
But the Council still expands consent-free access, lets companies ask again after a refusal, and drops the broader framework for automated, machine-readable privacy signals.

Research is another problem. ‘Scientific research’ is defined ...

2026-10-22T09:21:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…gpj2
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Research is another problem.
‘Scientific research’ is defined very broadly while getting easier reuse of data and lighter information duties, risking activities far beyond genuine scientific inquiry benefiting from research exemptions.

The Council also makes it easier to process some of our most ...

2026-10-22T09:21:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…hgqd
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The Council also makes it easier to process some of our most sensitive data in AI contexts, weakens information duties, makes some access requests easier to reject as ‘abusive,’ and makes it easier to justify decisions taken entirely by machines even when a human could have taken them instead.

That means GDPR protection could effectively disappear halfway ...

2026-10-22T09:21:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…6le2
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That means GDPR protection could effectively disappear halfway down the chain, together with people’s rights and safeguards, even though another actor further along may have far greater ability to identify, track or single them out.

In today’s huge data chains and distributed internet where ...

2026-10-22T09:21:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…t7xg
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In today’s huge data chains and distributed internet where almost nobody (except the biggest players) has a reliable overview of everybody else’s capabilities, the same information can pass through websites, platforms, cloud providers, analytics companies and data brokers, all with very different abilities to link it back to a person.

The text does not change the definition of personal data but ...

2026-10-22T09:21:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…0dll
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The text does not change the definition of personal data but makes it easier for the #GDPR to stop applying along a data chain.
The Council wants to make the protection of pseudonymised data (gentle reminder: still personal data) depend much more on who holds them.

The text gives AI special treatment: personal data processed ...

2026-10-22T09:20:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…k5t4
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The text gives AI special treatment: personal data processed ‘in the context of the development and operation’ of AI may be carried out for the legitimate interest of a company or third party.
That is extraordinarily broad, covering huge parts of an AI system’s life, from building and training to deployment.

EU governments have agreed their position on the #DigitalOmnibus ...

2026-10-22T09:19:58Z

EU governments have agreed their position on the #DigitalOmnibus on Data, and AI is at the heart of it.
Under the Irish Presidency, the Council has joined a deregulation project built around a dangerous idea: that Europe’s AI ambitions require feeding an ever-growing appetite for data, even if that means weakening rights people already have.

🎉 It's #PrivacyCamp26 day and we're ready to welcome ...

2026-10-13T07:01:32Z

🎉 It's #PrivacyCamp26 day and we're ready to welcome you! 🎉

Soon we'll kick off a day of debate, exchange and discussion on the theme for this edition: ‘The Origins of Future Technologies: Towards communities of digital self-determination’.

Join us online from 09.30 CEST via
📺 the Privacy Camp website: https://privacycamp.eu/
📺 or fairtube: https://lnkd.in/eg9spWgG

Here's the final programme for the day: https://privacycamp.eu/privacycamp26-final-programme-out-now/

2/2 🚫 The EU should not allow such a model to operate within ...

2026-10-01T09:27:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…3y7v
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2/2 🚫 The EU should not allow such a model to operate within its internal market. This is a part of our collective demands to EU lawmakers as we urge them to protect safe and secure communication. Join us in asking lawmakers to Keep It Safe and Secure ➡️ https://edri.org/take-action/our-campaigns/keep-it-safe-and-secure/

1/2 🧐 IrpiMedia has just published a great investigation on ...

2026-10-01T09:26:55Z

1/2 🧐 IrpiMedia has just published a great investigation on Dataflow Security, an Italian exploit developer with strong - and growing - ties to Israel’s intelligence and cyber industry. Their business is built around discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities that escape their creators’ control.

This article is a great glimpse inside the opaque supply chain behind the spyware market, an unregulated business that poses a risk to our cybersecurity. ➡️ https://irpimedia.irpi.eu/en-inside-the-secretive-cyberweapons-company-that-won-over-israels-intelligence-elite/

❌ WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR ❌ We and 120+ organisations and ...

2026-09-28T14:08:11Z

❌ WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR ❌

We and 120+ organisations and unions across Europe are calling on our governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with Palantir.

Read the open letter here: https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LETTER_SIGNATORIES.pdf

🗓️ There's still time to join us! Register before ...

2026-09-24T12:09:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…4xym
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🗓️ There's still time to join us! Register before October 6 to secure your spot ➡️ https://crm.edri.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=19

1/2 🤩 #PrivacyCamp26 is right around the corner and we are ...

2026-09-24T12:09:00Z

1/2 🤩 #PrivacyCamp26 is right around the corner and we are excited to share the final programme with you!

Over many panels, workshops & documentaries, we’ll come together to explore the forces shaping our digital present & future as we dive into the theme for this edition: ⚡The Origins of Future Technologies: Towards communities of digital self-determination⚡

Check out the programme ➡️ https://privacycamp.eu/privacycamp26-final-programme-out-now/

🤔 How many ‘scores’ did you get today? A bank might have ...

2026-09-23T13:12:23Z

🤔 How many ‘scores’ did you get today? A bank might have assessed how ‘risky’ you are to give a home loan to. A potential employer might have use an algorithm to sort your CV.

AI-powered social-scoring can affect your life every day. The more vulnerable you are, the worse you fare 📈

🚨 Now, EU’s #DigitalOmnibus and #deregulation drive risk turning us into subjects of an authoritarian-scoring society.

🖋️ Read an op-ed about this potentially disastrous proposal ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eNE4CD27

3/3 And who is best placed to benefit from looser rules? Not the ...

2026-09-21T09:18:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…8wcd
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3/3 And who is best placed to benefit from looser rules? Not the small EU company starting from scratch but the companies that already sit on enormous amounts of data, mainly #BigTech.

All of this is happening while governments are talking about protecting children online and huge AI risks - this contradiction should worry us.

Member States should slow this down before 'simplification' turns into something much bigger and scarier 🚫

2/3 ⚠️ #AI gets special treatment. The Council text would ...

2026-09-21T09:17:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…eky3
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2/3 ⚠️ #AI gets special treatment. The Council text would explicitly open the door to using 'legitimate interest' for AI development and operation, making it easier to justify the reuse of huge amounts of personal data.

⚠️ The same data could end up protected in one part of the chain and outside the #GDPR in another. Same person, same information, different level of rights protection depending on who is holding it.

That is a recipe for confusion, loopholes and years of legal fights.

1/3 🚨 EU governments could be just days away from agreeing to ...

2026-09-21T09:17:10Z

1/3 🚨 EU governments could be just days away from agreeing to a deal on the hashtag#DigitalOmnibus on Data that would weaken some of the basic protections people rely on under the GDPR, such as knowing who is using their data and why, being able to ask what data a company holds about them, and objecting to certain uses or expecting it to be kept secure.

Two things are especially worrying... 🧵

5/ European Commission, we have a checklist for you if you ...

2026-09-16T11:14:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…n5wk
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5/ European Commission, we have a checklist for you if you *truly* want to ensure children’s digital safety:
✅ Protecting children’s rights to privacy, information & participation
✅ Making platforms safer, regulating addictive & manipulative design for all
✅ Holding platforms accountable for their systemic risks
✅ Strengthening the enforcement of the #DSA
✅ Offering age-related protection rather than imposing measures that are neither necessary nor proportionate, let alone evidence-based

4/ 🛠️ We already have more proportionate tools. The EU’s ...

2026-09-16T11:12:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…dwlh
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4/ 🛠️ We already have more proportionate tools.

The EU’s #DSA provides mechanisms to address systemic risks and platform design. And the upcoming #DFA offers an opportunity to tackle manipulative and addictive design more directly, for all regardless of age, and beyond social media platforms.

Read our recommendations on the #DFA here ⤵️
https://edri.org/our-work/breaking-the-extractive-digital-business-model-a-rights-based-digital-fairness-act/

3/ Young people themselves say: 🗣️ “To achieve safer ...

2026-09-16T11:09:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…rl9a
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3/ Young people themselves say:
🗣️ “To achieve safer digital environments, we must confront the systems that produce harm, not remove those most affected by it. Don’t build a digital world for us, build it with us, so it becomes one we want to inherit.”

Read more in the joint oped we wrote this spring ⤵️
https://edri.org/our-work/youth-organisations-demand-social-media-change-not-bans/

2/ The #EUKidsAct was leaked: while some of the proposed measures ...

2026-09-16T11:08:33Z

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2/ The #EUKidsAct was leaked: while some of the proposed measures make sense & should arguably protect everyone, others risk causing new harm through blanket age restrictions by:

⚠️ Undermining children (& everyone's) rights to information, participation, expression & identity-building
🤖 Creating privacy & cybersecurity risks
🚫 Setting a precedent for exclusion, age-assurance infrastructure could eventually be used to restrict access to other forms of sensitive or politically contested info

1/ 🛑 President Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU announcement on ...

2026-09-16T11:05:24Z

1/ 🛑 President Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU announcement on age-gating and banning children’s access to online spaces comes with no surprise.

📝 There is a fundamental problem with the approach: you won’t be making harmful platform safer by preventing young people from using them, you can only achieve that by regulating the platforms in the very first place.

RE: https://ciberlandia.pt/@d3/117247637388924882 Age ...

2026-09-14T08:44:42Z

RE: https://ciberlandia.pt/@d3/117247637388924882

Age verification is having a moment in the EU. But we should ask why scrolling is so hard to stop rather than for whom 👀

Our 🇵🇹 member D3 has brought the first class-action lawsuits vs. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok & YouTube for their “addictive design”.

👏🏾 A bold & timely action! The attention economy has all of us in sight, we urgently need to tackle the business models & design practices that exploit vulnerabilities & manipulate behaviour.

More info ⤵️

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Oh, btw, we sued Facebook, Instagram, TikTok e YouTube.

https://www.reuters.com/business/portuguese-group-d3-sues-meta-tiktok-youtube-over-addictive-design-2026-09-10/

Psst, you have time until 6 October to register! Sign up here ...

2026-09-07T10:23:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…w8yn
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Psst, you have time until 6 October to register! Sign up here ➡️ https://crm.edri.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=19

🚨 Join us at #PrivacyCamp26 on 13 October 2026 in Brussels or ...

2026-09-07T10:22:47Z

🚨 Join us at #PrivacyCamp26 on 13 October 2026 in Brussels or online.

📑 Across panels, interactive workshops and ground-breaking documentaries, we’ll host discussions that investigate EU’s sovereignty package, AI supply chain impact in Kenya & Congo, resiting Europol, the impact of AI-powered weapons on people in Lebanon, the opportunities for strategic litigation in advancing LGBTQI+ rights through digital rights & much more.

Here’s a sneak peek of the programme 👇
https://privacycamp.eu/privacycamp26-draft-programme/

4/ 💻 #CryptPad provides much of the same functionality ...

2026-09-06T08:42:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…ya5t
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4/ 💻 #CryptPad provides much of the same functionality &throws in free end-to-end encryption for maximum data security and privacy.

The switch is surprisingly simple: install the software - or get professional hosting for server-side offers like Collabora and CryptPad - and you’re set to work on your files!

Read more here 👇🏾
https://di.day/en/digital-switch-recipes/office#different-ways-to-cook

3/ ⛓️‍💥 You can break free from the sneaky business ...

2026-09-06T08:40:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…3ejt
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3/ ⛓️‍💥 You can break free from the sneaky business tactics & keep control of your files & your infrastructure too:

💻 #LibreOffice is a fully-featured free, open-source office suite for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You download & run on your local device and it just works.

💻 #CollaboraOfficeOnline is the browser-based online version of LibreOffice with collaborative office tools that can be self-hosted & integrated into platforms such as Nextcloud.

2/ 🤑 Instead of buying & then owning our software, Big ...

2026-09-06T08:39:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…7tn6
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2/ 🤑 Instead of buying & then owning our software, Big Tech is pushing us into subscriptions with increasingly expensive layers of integrations, AI features & applications that many users never asked for but have to pay.

Microsoft & Google frequently use their market position to bundle products together: Windows & Edge browser, Android & all other Google products, Microsoft 365 & Teams, Google Search & Gemini AI...the list goes on!

1/ 🍂 September is here, for many, this looks like a big ...

2026-09-06T08:35:20Z

1/ 🍂 September is here, for many, this looks like a big #Microsoft or #Google logo with spreadsheets, documents, presentations.

For decades, Microsoft has dominated workplace productivity software. This dominance was turned into an unholy duopoly when Google Docs came around. #BigTech firms deploy aggressive business models built on forced subscriptions, product bundling & ecosystem lock-in.

This #DigitalIndependenceDay, let’s talk about office software & how to become digitally independent

🚨 New wave of spyware attacks in Serbia target the student ...

2026-09-03T11:13:23Z

🚨 New wave of spyware attacks in Serbia target the student movement, activists, and opposition parties 🚨

SHARE Foundation has confirmed that at least 14 people in Serbia were targeted with spyware since the beginning of 2026 – the largest documented wave of such surveillance in the country to date. The timing of these attacks is especially suspicious and coincides with local elections in the country held in March 2026.

Read more ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/students-and-opposition-politicians-targeted-by-spyware-in-serbia/

✊🏽 Providing safe, secure and independent internet ...

2026-09-03T09:22:59Z

✊🏽 Providing safe, secure and independent internet infrastructure is not a crime. EDRi stands in full solidarity with Autistici/Inventati after the US government designated the Italian non-profit organisation as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist."

This targeting of A/I is also an attack on fundamental rights, safe and secure communications, anti-authoritarian organising and the democratic integrity of the EU.

Our full statement ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-solidarity-statement-autistici-inventati/

🔎 Once you quit Amazon, you’ll discover plenty of places ...

2026-08-02T16:35:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…kv02
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🔎 Once you quit Amazon, you’ll discover plenty of places where books are awaiting you: your local library likely offers thousands of e-books that you can borrow in just a few clicks, while many independent bookshops sell EPUB or DRM-free titles that work across a wide range of devices.

💎 You love classics? Open public collections like Project Gutenberg and Open Library have endless, timeless gems for you to read.

Happy BigTech-free reading and… happy #DiDay!

https://di.day/en/digital-switch-recipes/bookshop

📚 Reading digitally doesn't have to mean surrendering your ...

2026-08-02T16:33:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…6vql
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📚 Reading digitally doesn't have to mean surrendering your right to privacy and losing control.

There are e-readers that respect your #privacy &support open standards, like the ones from PocketBook or Supernote. Open standards increase your e-readers compatibility & give you the choice to get your books from a variety of bookshops.

🏖️ Holiday season has arrived in Europe, that means ...

2026-08-02T16:32:15Z

🏖️ Holiday season has arrived in Europe, that means read-a-book season for many of you!

👁️‍🗨️ Amazon has dominated book and e-book sales & locked users into its closed ecosystem. Your e-book library, reader & even file formats you use are all controlled by one company. It gets worse: Amazon spies on your 📚 selection, reading habits, devices usage & sells the knowledge about you to other, unknown companies.

This #DiDay let’s talk about how to liberate your ♥️ for books from the grips of #BigTech.

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2026-07-30T13:28:57Z

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen/117008348161347403

🤑 European Commission (npub1m96…ag4y) wants to spend billions to build new climate-busting AI data centres while the continent is suffering sweltering heatwaves and drought.

The heatwave in June has killed thousands in Europe and fuelled unprecedented wildfires, while fresh water in key rivers and waterways is drying up.

❌ Investing an unprecedented amount of public funds into data centres for the so-called “AI race”, even as money for social services and climate resilience dries up is a disastrous policy choice.

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The AI Gigafactories call is now open.

Today, we launched a call for tenders to establish up to 7 AI Gigafactories across Europe, boosting Europe’s computing capacity and unlocking more than €30 billion in investment.

I am pleased to see Member States, industry, and the Commission coming together to build these facilities, which are key to strengthening our technological sovereignty.

This is a milestone for Europe in becoming an AI Continent.

https://link.europa.eu/qGDhv3

Want to know more? Read our latest explainer on why ePrivacy ...

2026-07-22T08:29:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…9uta
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Want to know more? Read our latest explainer on why ePrivacy matters, why cookie banners are only part of the story, and how we can move beyond today’s broken system ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/cookies-and-consent-why-eprivacy-matters-for-our-browsing-life/

✊🏽 Together with @npub1ezr…2hxu @npub1cxv…nd5m - The ...

2026-07-22T08:28:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…dcg9
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✊🏽 Together with noyb.eu (npub1ezr…2hxu) The Consumer Voice (npub1cxv…nd5m) - The European Consumer Organisation, [@checkmyads](https://threads.net/@checkmyads/ ), Civil Liberties Union for Europe, Electronic Frontier Foundation (npub1m24…d9a3), Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Homo Digitalis (npub1qap…8fc5), Digihumanism - Centre for AI & Digital Humanism, and Sustainable Computing Lab, we’re joining a campaign for a better recipe: fewer repetitive prompts, more meaningful choices, and privacy preferences that people can express once instead of being asked over and over again ➡️ killthecookiebanner.eu

🍪 On today’s menu: a batch of banners nobody ordered 🍪 ...

2026-07-22T08:25:03Z

🍪 On today’s menu: a batch of banners nobody ordered 🍪

Take a pinch of manipulation, mix with endless pop-ups, bake until people are too exhausted to say “no”. That’s the tracking industry’s favourite recipe.

As Europe debates the future of online privacy, there is a chance to replace today’s endless cookie banner circus with something much simpler: letting people express their privacy preferences once, for example through their browser or device, and requiring websites to respect that choice.

4/4 Let's be clear: these excessive demands are nothing less ...

2026-07-20T09:07:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…gsnd
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4/4 Let's be clear: these excessive demands are nothing less than blackmail from the US. We're calling on EU leaders to fight to protect our fundamental rights against yet another instance of the US bullying the EU into dismantling key safeguards: don't sell our data to the US 🚫

➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-is-about-to-sell-our-most-sensitive-data-to-the-us-for-visa-free-travel/

3/4 This is extremely worrying because: ⚠️ The US has a track ...

2026-07-20T09:06:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…3jax
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3/4 This is extremely worrying because:

⚠️ The US has a track record of blatant disregard for human rights, inhumane treatment of migrants and visitors, and unlawfully screening travellers' social media profiles - the EU has demanded no protections against this.

⚠️ This could be used to target people who oppose the Trump administration, support trans rights, or are protesting against the genocide in Gaza - they could be detained at borders.

2/4 This 'Enhanced Border Security Partnership' Framework ...

2026-07-20T09:05:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…sexl
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2/4 This 'Enhanced Border Security Partnership' Framework Agreement would mean an automated exchange of personal data, including highly sensitive information, and access to EU biometric databases to screen and identify travellers.

In short, the US is demanding excessive and unfettered access to information and sensitive personal data of people in the EU, intensifying #surveillance 🙅🏽‍♀️

1/4 🚨 The EU is set to sell our most sensitive data to the US ...

2026-07-20T09:05:33Z

1/4 🚨 The EU is set to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel 🚨

🛫 The European Commission is finalising talks with the Trump administration on the 'Enhanced Border Security Partnership' (EBSP) Framework Agreement to keep visa exemptions for EU citizens travelling to the US.

Read our analysis of the leaked EBSP framework agreement, and our call to EU leaders to resist US pressure and protect our safeguards ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-is-about-to-sell-our-most-sensitive-data-to-the-us-for-visa-free-travel/

2/2 🤩 Even more good news: registrations for #PrivacyCamp26 ...

2026-07-16T14:12:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…gtmj
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2/2 🤩 Even more good news: registrations for #PrivacyCamp26 are also now OPEN! Make sure you secure your spot before logging off for the summer ➡️ https://crm.edri.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=19

💜 Privacy Camp is organised by in collaboration with our partners: the Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Privacy Salon, Institut d'études européennes - Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles, and the Racism and Technology Center.

1/2 🎉 It's happening - join us for #PrivacyCamp26 on ...

2026-07-16T14:12:35Z

1/2 🎉 It's happening - join us for #PrivacyCamp26 on Tuesday, 13 October 🎉

We're inviting proposals for sessions at #PrivacyCamp26 that investigate the theme: ⭐ 'The Origins of Future Technologies: Towards communities of digital self-determination' ⭐

📬 Call for session proposals is now OPEN: https://privacycamp.eu/privacycamp26-call-for-sessions/

🗓️ Deadline for submitting session proposals is 10 August.

🧐 Looking for a deeper dive into the digital elements of the ...

2026-07-16T10:53:47Z

🧐 Looking for a deeper dive into the digital elements of the EU's new Deportation Regulation?

The latest Protect Not Surveil Blog has all the answers 💡

From uninterrupted data sharing and surveillance-driven detention to seizure of electronic devices, our analysis takes a closer look at the most problematic provisions in the final text of the law.

Read now on Protect Not Surveil's brand-new website! ➡️ https://protectnotsurveil.eu/resources/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-eus-new-digital-deportation-regime/

2/2 🔎 The #GDPR requires the European Commission to keep ...

2026-07-14T14:14:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…0zc0
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2/2 🔎 The #GDPR requires the European Commission to keep adequacy decisions under continuous review. When the legal or institutional conditions change, the Commission has a duty to reassess whether an adequate level of protection still exists.

📣 Adequacy is a living legal mechanism, not a political label. The credibility of the GDPR depends on applying that principle consistently, and the European Commission must act accordingly.

1/2 🔎 When facts change, adequacy must be reviewed. 🚨 After ...

2026-07-14T14:14:23Z

1/2 🔎 When facts change, adequacy must be reviewed.

🚨 After the US Supreme Court’s ruling in the Trump vs Slaughter case on the Federal Trade Commission's (lack of) independence, civil society is urging the European Commission to immediately reassess the EU-US adequacy decision.

Read our call to the European Commission, together with 36 civil society organisations and experts ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/when-the-facts-change-adequacy-must-be-reviewed/

2/2 🙅🏽‍♀️ This is mass age-verification, not targeted ...

2026-07-13T09:39:11Z

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2/2 🙅🏽‍♀️ This is mass age-verification, not targeted protection.

Online safety can be achieved without making the exercise of digital rights contingent on meeting specific conditions. Online services must be made safer for ALL, and real safety means tackling the root causes. That means safer-by-design services, tackling harmful business models, and properly enforcing the rules we already have 🫶🏽

📢 It's not just us saying this, young people across Europe agree ➡️ https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2089712/youth-organisations-demand-social-media-change-not-bans

1/2 🚨 European Commission panel of experts backs ...

2026-07-13T09:38:56Z

1/2 🚨 European Commission panel of experts backs indiscriminate age checks 🚨

Today, the chairs of the European Commission's panel of experts on child online safety published their recommendations, backing mandatory EU-wide #AgeVerification to exclude people under 13 from accessing online spaces 🚫

To know who is of the right age, everyone may have to prove their age. That creates barriers for people who cannot—or simply should not have to—go through the age verification process.

2/2/ ✋ Our member @npub16xn…g7f8 successfully intervened in ...

2026-07-08T10:12:47Z

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2/2/ ✋ Our member Free Software Foundation Europe (npub16xn…g7f8) successfully intervened in the case to hold #Apple accountable, where they argued that people must have access and be able to distribute and run their software in environments controlled by Apple.

This includes unfettered software installation (sometimes called #sideloading and effective and free-of-charge interoperability.

🎉 This Court decision is a big win for software freedom in Europe. More about EDRi's assessment of the DMA ⤵️ https://edri.org/our-work/the-dma-is-a-success-it-should-be-strengthened-and-expanded/

1/2 🧑‍⚖️ Today, the Court of Justice of the EU has ruled ...

2026-07-08T10:10:55Z

1/2 🧑‍⚖️ Today, the Court of Justice of the EU has ruled against Apple's attempt to evade some of its obligations under the #DigitalMarktesAct in the case #Apple v. European Commission (npub1m96…ag4y).

The General Court confirmed that #interoperability isn’t optional, but a legal obligation under the #DMA.

All the details about the ruling ➡️ https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-07/cp260096en.pdf

4/4 ⚠️ Roberta Metsola and EPP MEPs should not be allowed to ...

2026-07-06T14:43:37Z

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4/4 ⚠️ Roberta Metsola and EPP MEPs should not be allowed to make a joke out of EU's democratic processes. The Parliament's stance on a law is final, and not a suggestion to keep revisiting.

We are urging MEPs to hold strong this week, remember the stakes at play, and to make it clear once and for all: mass surveillance of private communications is incompatible with a safe and secure democratic society 🫶🏽

Catch up on the saga of "Chat Control 1.0" with our blogpost ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/did-the-eu-parliament-really-vote-not-to-protect-children-online/

3/4 ⚠️ If the interim derogation is voted through, voluntary ...

2026-07-06T14:43:26Z

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3/4 ⚠️ If the interim derogation is voted through, voluntary mass scanning by Big Tech platforms becomes legal - with no need for a warrant, little to no oversight, and with no legal basis, on millions of conversations.

⚠️ The outcome of the vote on "#ChatControl 1.0" will either strengthen or undermine the Parliament's position on the #CSARegulation - which has so-far protected encryption and rejected mandatory mass surveillance of private.

2/4 🔎 This law would allow #BigTech companies like Microsoft ...

2026-07-06T14:43:10Z

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2/4 🔎 This law would allow #BigTech companies like Microsoft and Meta to mass scan their users’ private messages to search for child abuse material. Despite the important aim to protect children, EDRi and many legal experts have argued that scanning everyone’s messages – rather than just those reasonably suspected of serious criminal acts – is a violation of everyone’s communications confidentiality and fundamental rights.

Why is the upcoming THIRD vote this week concerning?... 🧵

1/4 🚨 Third Parliament vote on #MassSurveillance in 4 months? ...

2026-07-06T14:42:25Z

1/4 🚨 Third Parliament vote on #MassSurveillance in 4 months? Why is the Council pushing MEPs to approve mass scanning of users’ private messages? 🚨

😮 This week, due to an unprecedented move by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, being described as her backstabbing her own institution, MEPs will be forced to vote once again on the interim ePrivacy derogation – sometimes known as “Chat Control 1.0”.

2/2 🙅🏽‍♀️These revelations might be new but our ...

2026-07-06T11:09:28Z

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2/2 🙅🏽‍♀️These revelations might be new but our concerns are long-standing: spyware is incompatible with a safe and secure democratic society that respects fundamental rights.

Join us, and thousands of people, in urging EU lawmakers to keep it safe and secure by banning spyware ➡️ https://edri.org/take-action/our-campaigns/keep-it-safe-and-secure/

1/2 🚨 On Friday, a new investigation by @npub12h8…ac3t ...

2026-07-06T11:08:46Z

1/2 🚨 On Friday, a new investigation by The Citizen Lab (npub12h8…ac3t) revealed that a member of the European Parliament's PEGA committee was targeted with the Pegasus #spyware WHILE he was investigating spyware abuse in Europe ➡️ https://citizenlab.ca/research/member-of-committee-investigating-spyware-hacked-with-pegasus/

✊🏾 Today, EDRi, along with 38 civil society organisations and experts, is calling on EU lawmakers to act now to ensure that spyware abuse in Europe is met with accountability, not impunity. Read the full statement ➡️ https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Joint-Statement-Pegasus-in-the-European-Parliament-the-EU-Must-Act-Now.pdf

3/3 ‼️ In order for the DMA to have a protective effect for ...

2026-07-02T09:06:02Z

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3/3 ‼️ In order for the DMA to have a protective effect for users, competitors and the wider digital markets, however, the @EUCommission needs to enforce it more quickly and more boldly than it does at the moment.

All the details of the ruling ➡️ https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-07/cp260093en.pdf

2/3 While this ruling is powerful validation of the European ...

2026-07-02T08:53:10Z

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2/3 While this ruling is powerful validation of the European Commission’s antitrust efforts set to break Big Tech’s monopolistic practices, it is also a stark reminder of how important the #DMA is: this ruling settles a one and half decades-old complaint originally lodged by FairSearch, a lobby group of Google competitors.

The DMA is supposed to make those decade-long legal battles unnecessary by prohibiting gatekeepers such as Google to deploy known abusive practices.

1/3 🧑‍⚖️ Today, the Court of Justice of the EU has ...

2026-07-02T08:52:02Z

1/3 🧑‍⚖️ Today, the Court of Justice of the EU has upheld a € 4.1 billion antitrust fine against Google for abusing the dominant position of its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals.

💰 The judgment confirms the European Commission's finding that Google abused Android to strengthen the market position of Google Search, the Chrome browser and other Google products.

🥳 We are proud to share EDRi’s many achievements in 2025 ...

2026-06-29T14:29:34Z

🥳 We are proud to share EDRi’s many achievements in 2025 with you through our Annual Report.

The year marked the beginning of a wave of #deregulation that put hard-won digital rights, social protections, and environmental safeguards at risk.

We responded strongly by:

✖️ Building a strong front against the #DigitalOmnibus and attacks on the #GDPR and #AIAct

🧑‍⚖️ Taking action against Meta and X

✊🏽 Continuing to challenge Europol's expanding powers

… more!

Explore here ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-annual-report-2025-championing-digital-rights-in-the-eu-deregulation-era/

4/4 📣 The EU and its citizens do not need deregulation ...

2026-06-26T13:48:13Z

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4/4 📣 The EU and its citizens do not need deregulation disguised as simplification. What we need are clear, enforceable rules that protect people (and the planet) from commercial surveillance, abusive data practices and harmful AI systems.

📚 The file has now been placed on the table of upcoming Irish Presidency of the Council, and we will make sure to resist any further erosion of this data protection framework.

3/4 Earlier drafts by the Council already dropped some of the ...

2026-06-26T13:47:50Z

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3/4 Earlier drafts by the Council already dropped some of the most dangerous elements, including attempts to rewrite the definition of personal data and create an AI-specific lawful basis.

But with each reiteration, the proposal moves further away from the protection of people's rights and closer to accommodating industry's demands, hammering safeguards that are essential for privacy, confidentiality and accountability in the digital age.

2/4 This debate has never just been about 'cutting red ...

2026-06-26T13:47:27Z

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2/4 This debate has never just been about 'cutting red tape' for administrative simplification. It is about whether the EU will defend people's fundamental rights or allow data protection and confidentiality safeguards to be treated as obstacles to data exploitation.

⚠️ These proposed changes have been advanced without any evidences that data protection rules are creating the problems they claim to solve, and without a proper impact assessment on the consequences on people's rights and freedoms.

1/4 ⛔ The Council has failed to reach an agreement on the ...

2026-06-26T13:46:41Z

1/4 ⛔ The Council has failed to reach an agreement on the hashtag#DataOmnibus.

A group of Member States — including Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Austria — pushed to postpone the discussion and blocked agreement on the latest Council text.

🚦 After months of negotiations, it seems that powerful corporations are succeeding in putting pressure on the Council to weaken hashtag#GDPR and hashtag#ePrivacy protections even further.

🚨 Yesterday, the European Commission announced a new reform ...

2026-06-25T08:34:50Z

🚨 Yesterday, the European Commission announced a new reform proposal for #Europol – the EU’s policing agency – which expands Europol’s operational powers and weakens key data protection safeguards to the tune of €3 billion.

This is the third Europol reform in six years changing the agency’s mandate to increase its powers and budget.

Read more from #ProtectNotSurveil ➡️ https://protectnotsurveil.eu/resources/press-release-europol-mandate-overhault-2026/

Thanks for flagging, we're on it!

2026-06-25T08:29:50Z

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Thanks for flagging, we're on it!

🚨 Fight for Us, Not for Them Summit is now live! From Brussels ...

2026-06-23T12:13:24Z

🚨 Fight for Us, Not for Them Summit is now live!

From Brussels to online, we are kicking off a full afternoon of conversations on the concrete human, societal and geopolitical consequences of the European Commission’s deregulation agenda.

As hard-won digital protections face growing pressure, this summit is a chance to debate what comes next for EU tech policy and what Europe’s path toward technological self-determination should look like.

📺 Join us live on fairtube: https://fair.tube/w/res8Zscg69HAXs8iT3gZw7

2/2 The surveillance tech industry is thriving while the victims ...

2026-06-23T10:45:22Z

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2/2 The surveillance tech industry is thriving while the victims are nowhere close to justice.

✊🏽 It's time for regulation. It's time to act. We need safe and secure digital communications. Join us, and thousands of people, in calling on EU lawmakers to BAN spyware ➡️ https://edri.org/take-action/our-campaigns/keep-it-safe-and-secure/

1/2 🕵🏽‍♂️ 🇪🇺 On 24 June, the European ...

2026-06-23T10:45:00Z

1/2 🕵🏽‍♂️ 🇪🇺 On 24 June, the European Parliament interest group on spyware is taking stock of the human rights violations that have occurred due to this harmful technology, and the response at the EU and the international level to this crisis.

We can make it easy for our lawmakers. Spoiler alert: nothing has been done to address the unbridled spread of #spyware and other #surveillance tech. The only steps taken have been window dressing measures at best.

🚨 #Europol has been using a secret second database with no ...

2026-06-23T08:11:53Z

🚨 #Europol has been using a secret second database with no safeguards and limited oversight for years.

Instead of holding them accountable for their rogue tactics, on June 24, the European Commission is expected to reward the police agency with more powers and money in a proposal to overhaul their mandate 🤑

This is far from the first time that Europol is getting away with severe breaches of its own rules and flouting our fundamental rights.

Read more in our op-ed: https://euobserver.com/222391/europol-is-going-rogue-so-brussels-is-doubling-its-budget/

❤️‍🔥 With @npub1j9l…ngkz, We Move Europe, ...

2026-06-18T14:07:36Z

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❤️‍🔥 With PeopleVsBigTech (npub1j9l…ngkz), We Move Europe, Greenpeace EU :europe: (npub1vfk…38f2), LobbyControl (npub16ux…q37k), Balance Economy Project, and Rebalance Now

📣 EU leaders: Fight for us, not for Trump’s billionaires. ...

2026-06-18T13:45:34Z

📣 EU leaders: Fight for us, not for Trump’s billionaires.

With PeopleVsBigTech (npub1j9l…ngkz), @WeMoveEurope & Greenpeace EU :europe: (npub1vfk…38f2), we’re taking the message across Europe & not even the EU’s own landmarks are off limits.

Brussels talks up "digital sovereignty", governments are preparing the biggest rollback of digital rights in European history. Decades of hard-won protections wrapped up with a bow Big Tech.

✊Our right to privacy, safety and democracy aren't up for sale ➡️ https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01-omnibus-tech-petition-EN/

5/5 ✊ We will continue to champion safer online spaces that ...

2026-06-16T14:16:10Z

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5/5 ✊ We will continue to champion safer online spaces that protect the privacy, participation and young people’s rights.

#AgeVerification is not a cure-all solution and it should never become a default answer to every digital challenge.

Read more from 31 youth organisations and youth activists have joined forces to speak up against their own exclusion ⤵️

https://edri.org/our-work/youth-organisations-demand-social-media-change-not-bans/

4/5 🧑🏾‍⚖️ The Court confirms that labeling a measure ...

2026-06-16T14:15:19Z

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4/5 🧑🏾‍⚖️ The Court confirms that labeling a measure as “criminal law” does not automatically remove it from the EU framework.

➡️ In other words, EU Member States cannot sidestep European safeguards simply by changing the legal packaging. This would have undermined the legal certainty that underpins the EU digital rulebook.

3/5 Our concern remains that once #AgeVerification is treated as ...

2026-06-16T14:14:37Z

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3/5 Our concern remains that once #AgeVerification is treated as the “appropriate” tool in this context, it risks becoming the default answer elsewhere too.

🇫🇷 is also pushing for an age-gated access social media.

Today’s verdict serves as a signal to any Member State seeking to go down that route: they will have to prove these strict conditions are met. It might be harder for social media platforms: the #DSA provides a different, more proportionate, framework to make online spaces safer.

2/5 As a rule, online services are regulated in the country where ...

2026-06-16T14:12:38Z

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2/5 As a rule, online services are regulated in the country where they are established.

🧑🏾‍⚖️ The Court confirms that Member States can depart from this principle to protect minors, but only under strict conditions: the measure must be necessary , targeted at specific harmful services, and proportionate.

Importantly, the country where the service is based must have failed to take adequate action itself.

1/5 Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on ...

2026-06-16T14:11:52Z

1/5 Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on France’s age-verification rules for pornographic websites under the EU #eCommerceDirective.

🏛️ The verdict is more complex than a simple “yes” or “no”.

Let’s dive into it 🧵

https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-06/cp260087en.pdf

Today, the 🇬🇧 announced a social media ban for under-16s. ...

2026-06-15T15:15:36Z

Today, the 🇬🇧 announced a social media ban for under-16s.

🚫 Exclusion is NOT empowerment! Shielding children from the digital world is no substitute for preparing them to navigate it.

Lawmakers should focus on regulating the systems that cause harm, making social media platform a safe space for all, regardless of age.

This is why ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/why-age-verification-misses-the-mark-and-puts-everyone-at-risk/

🚨 The #AIOmnibus should never have happened. The file was ...

2026-06-11T11:37:08Z

🚨 The #AIOmnibus should never have happened.

The file was presented as "technical" simplifications of the arduously negotiated #AIAct, but it delays key protections, weakens transparency and creates a dangerous precedent for the EU's digital rules. It's just another vehicle for the EU's #deregulation agenda serving industry lobbies at the expense of our rights.

🚫 Civil society calls on the EU Parliament and Council to reject the AI Omnibus deal.

Read our analysis ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/ai-omnibus-deal-eu-lawmakers-should-reject-a-rollback-of-ai-safeguards/

4/4 ⚠️ We've already seen the consequences of EU ...

2026-06-08T09:51:36Z

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4/4 ⚠️ We've already seen the consequences of EU lawmakers playing with fire when the negotiations on the ‘interim ePrivacy derogation’, also known as 'Chat Control 1.0', fell apart in April 2026.

Although there were attempts to blame the EU Parliament, a closer look shows that the Commission and the Council refused to engage in good faith. Read our analysis here ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/did-the-eu-parliament-really-vote-not-to-protect-children-online/

3/4 ❓ Will the in-principle agreed protection of vital ...

2026-06-08T09:51:26Z

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3/4 ❓ Will the in-principle agreed protection of vital end-to-end #encryption remain in the final text? This technology is essential to protect everyone online, and it's important that lawmakers uphold their commitment to ensure we can communicate safely and securely.

We hope that this will finally be the opportunity to ensure that the EU takes important and meaningful steps to tackle child sexual abuse material online, in a way that is genuinely compatible with EU law and technical reality 🫶🏽

2/4 ❓ Will the final law refrain from making it impossible to ...

2026-06-08T09:50:59Z

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2/4 ❓ Will the final law refrain from making it impossible to use private message services and send emails without a government-registered ID? We have long argued that the CSA Regulation is the wrong place to tackle #AgeVerification and would have huge exclusionary consequences and a chilling effect on free expression.

1/4 🚨 There's only one remaining big negotiation scheduled ...

2026-06-08T09:50:48Z

1/4 🚨 There's only one remaining big negotiation scheduled on the CSA Regulation (aka "#ChatControl"). Last time the negotiators met in May, it was clear there are still some crucial open questions:

❓ What sort of scanning rules will be in the final law? We continue to urge EU lawmakers to ensure that limitations on the right to communications privacy are targeted, and #MassSurveillance ruled out - in line with EU human rights and criminal procedures.

5/ 📣 We call on the legislators in the European Parliament and ...

2026-06-03T14:42:26Z

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5/ 📣 We call on the legislators in the European Parliament and the Council to question the Commission’s misguided belief in data centre growth and hyper-scaling unicorns, and instead build on the promises made in the Open Source Strategy and make sure they actually happen.

It is time to steer this continent towards a future where technology works for the people, democracy, and the planet.

4/ There is a positive outlier: the EU #opensourcestrategy It ...

2026-06-03T14:40:22Z

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4/ There is a positive outlier: the EU #opensourcestrategy

It reflects the crucial role that free and open source software (FOSS) play for Europe’s ability to break free from Big Tech.

Its explicit recognition of independent, volunteer-, and SME-driven #FOSS communities ( 👋 Linux (npub1ery…wrm4) & Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n)) are a welcome signal that EU institutions are keen on leaving proprietary dependencies behind them.

3/ 💰 The Tech Sovereignty Package is a massive spending spree ...

2026-06-03T14:38:32Z

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3/ 💰 The Tech Sovereignty Package is a massive spending spree for more AI, more chips, and more resource-sucking data centres in Europe.

🤑 The Commission suggests that by spending billions in public money to prop up the local data centre industry, it can magically create Europe’s own #ChatGPT and #claude

❌ The proposal gives little, if any, appreciation to the impact of AI data centres on water consumption, electricity use, and on communities.

2/ European tech shouldn’t be about entering a race to the ...

2026-06-03T14:37:45Z

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2/ European tech shouldn’t be about entering a race to the bottom with the 🇺🇲 & 🇨🇳 .

The EU's strength should be achieved through reliable data protection rules, platform, and AI governance, as well as environmental protection, economic justice and democratic governance of technology.

🚫 Any policy for “sovereignty” should focus on providing people in Europe with increased digital self-determination, not on building European versions of #BigTech

1/ Today, the European Commission presented the so-called ...

2026-06-03T14:36:51Z

1/ Today, the European Commission presented the so-called #TechSovereigntyPackage after months of delay.

👎 Despite a very welcome EU hashtag#OpenSourceStrategy, the overall package is a lost opportunity built on a corporate lobbying narrative: the legal rules created to protect our rights are considered to be a barrier to the EU’s “competitiveness” and, as such, “sovereignty.”

🚨 Companies producing the worst #surveillance technologies ...

2026-06-03T12:45:56Z

🚨 Companies producing the worst #surveillance technologies like #spyware are gathered in Europe at this very moment at the ISS World Europe in Prague, Czech Republic.

❌ There should be no support in the EU for an event like this which normalises spyware abuse, surveillance, human rights violations and complicity with the genocide in Gaza.

👀 Do you want to resist surveillance tech like spyware with us? Watch the video and join the Keep It Safe and Secure campaign ➡️ https://edri.org/take-action/our-campaigns/keep-it-safe-and-secure/

🚨 From 2-4 June, Czech Republic is hosting ISS World Europe, a ...

2026-06-01T12:28:21Z

🚨 From 2-4 June, Czech Republic is hosting ISS World Europe, a #surveillance industry trade fair where some of the most harmful and invasive surveillance tools like #spyware are traded and promoted.

🚫 Such a marketplace for digital repression tools, connected to companies directly involved in war crimes, human rights violations, and the genocide in Gaza, should have no place in the EU.

✊🏽We are calling for an immediate cutting of EU's ties with the ISS. Our statement ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/statement-end-complicity-with-iss-world-europe/

🚨 New research commissioned by EDRi analyses the ...

2026-05-20T14:10:41Z

🚨 New research commissioned by EDRi analyses the implementation of the #LawEnforcementDirective in Bulgaria, France, Greece, Germany and Slovenia.

Even eight years after the LED’s entry into application, its implementation remains fragmented and insufficient ❌

The LED is a crucial #DigitalRights protection instrument and provides protection standards for the processing of personal data by law enforcement authorities 🚔

Read the full study and country reports ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/research-study-evaluation-of-eus-law-enforcement-directive-shows-implementation-still-fragmented-and-insufficient/

8/8 On Fri 22.05 at 14:15 in Maritime: "Human-centric ...

2026-05-20T08:09:31Z

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8/8 On Fri 22.05 at 14:15 in Maritime: "Human-centric “simplification”: a contradiction in terms?" 📉
EDRi's panel — coordinated as part of our role in the Rules to Protect coalition — will dig into the real human cost of EU-wide deregulation.
More info: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/panels/simpler-for-whom-the-real-cost-of-the-eus-deregulation-agenda

7/8 Tomorrow (Thu 21.05) at 14:15 in Maritime, join the panel: ...

2026-05-20T08:08:17Z

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7/8 Tomorrow (Thu 21.05) at 14:15 in Maritime, join the panel: "Rhetoric over rights: the Digital Omnibus, competitiveness and the end of European values?" 🏛️

EDRi's Itxaso Dominguez (npub1z72…cfx0) will be speaking about the Digital Omnibus and what's at stake for our fundamental rights.
More info: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/panels/rhetoric-over-rights-the-digital-omnibus-competitiveness-and-the-end-of-european-values

6/8 Stay on the same sound waves at 17:30 as Avatar.FM turns to ...

2026-05-20T08:06:03Z

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6/8 Stay on the same sound waves at 17:30 as Avatar.FM turns to the Fediverse: EDRi’s Jan Penfrat (npub1qda…wevs) will unpack with Konstantin Macher (npub1l65…tz2h) from Digitale Gesellschaft (DE) (npub1fqw…ahus) and Katarzyna Szymielewicz from Panoptykon (npub1yct…n02a) how social media look like without Big Tech gatekeepers and what’s at stake in building a more open social web.