European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The EDRi network is a collective of NGOs, experts, advocates and academics working to defend and advance digital rights across the continent.
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The ePrivacy framework limits commercial tracking and state access to communications. It is now being weakened from several directions at once. The post Europe’s cookie law is really a law about surveillance appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
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MEDIA AND JOURNALISM
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! The post EDRi-gram, 16 July 2026 appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
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CYBERSECURITY AND THREAT INTELLIGENCE
A joint statement with civil society organisations and individual signatories is calling on the EU institutions to regulate spyware technologies after the 2026 Citizen Lab revelations. The post Joint Statement: Pegasus in the European Parliament, the EU Must Act Now appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
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AI ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE
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: The heat is on The post EDRi-gram, 1 July 2026 appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
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AI ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE
On 23 June 2026, 13 civil society organisations – including EDRi – launched “Make It Real: Calls to Action for a Flourishing and Just Digital Europe”, a publication outlining concrete recommendations to EU lawmakers to safeguard fundamental rights, democratic accountability and fair competition in the digital economy. The launch took place at the “Fight for Us, Not for Them” Summit featuring eminent speakers like Professor Shoshana Zuboff, scholar, activist and author of ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’, Brando Benifei, Member of the European Parliament, and more. The event comes after the European Council meeting on 18-19 June, for which EDRi co-organised a visual protest to raise the alarm against Big tech lobbying. The post Civil society launches demands for a just and flourishing digital Europe at Summit with Zuboff, MEP Benifei, DuckDuckGo, after guerrilla projection stunt in Brussels appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
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