Next Thu: The Criminalization of Self-Defense Talk The Black Response and Impact Boston will present The Criminalization of Self-Defense, a community education event on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at The Community Art Center in Cambridge, MA. We are proud to be one of the sponsors of it. Please register in advance. It is a free and public gathering that will explore how self-defense is criminalized, particularly for Black, Brown, and marginalized survivors, and how communities can reclaim safety through resistance, advocacy, and care. Featured Speakers will be: Prof. Alisa Bierria – Survived and Punished / UCLA Meg Stone – Impact Boston Kishana Smith-Osei – Massachusetts Women of Color Network Lea Kayali – Palestinian Youth Movement Boston The Community Art Center is at 119 Windsor Street, Cambridge. It is a nine minute walk from Central Square and the MBTA Red Line stop there. FREE food and childcare will be provided. TBR will collect food donations for the network of free CommunityFridges. Please bring nonperishable food items to contribute. More details are available. masspirates.org/blog/2025/11/1…
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EDRi-gram, 13 November 2025 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: Halloween is over… but digital rights horrors remain The post EDRi-gram, 13 November 2025 appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
Judge grants Meta limited postponement in Bits of Freedom lawsuit In early October, digital human rights organization Bits of Freedom took Meta to court. The organization demanded that Meta offers its users on in apps such as Instagram and Facebook the option to choose a feed that is not based on profiling. The judge ruled in favour of Bits of Freedom and ordered Meta to modify its apps within two weeks. Meta claimed that such changes were impossible to deliver in that timeframe and asked the Amsterdam Court of Appeal for a postponement. The court has now ruled that Meta will indeed be granted a postponement. The post Judge grants Meta limited postponement in Bits of Freedom lawsuit appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
Climate justice action repression vs EU data protection law: the Advocate General’s opinion In his opinion, the Court’s Advocate General assesses the compliance of the French law regulating the collection of biometric data by police with EU data protection criteria. Although his interpretation remains strictly theoretical and fails to account for the reality of police practices in France, one of his proposals might become handy for people when seeking redress after abusive data collection. The post Climate justice action repression vs EU data protection law: the Advocate General’s opinion appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
The AI Act isn’t enough: closing the dangerous loopholes that enable rights violations While the EU's AI Act aims to regulate high-risk AI systems, it is undermined by major loopholes that allow their unchecked use in the context of national security and law enforcement. These exemptions risk enabling, among others, mass surveillance of protests and discriminatory migration practices. To prevent this, EDRi affiliate Danes je nov dan has published recommendations for Slovenia to adopt stricter national safeguards and transparent oversight mechanisms. The post The AI Act isn’t enough: closing the dangerous loopholes that enable rights violations appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).