👍🏾 Yesterday, the European Commission slammed tech giants #Meta and #Apple for breaching the #DigitalMarketsAct #DMA – but then stopped short of sticking the landing with the low penalties. What does it mean for our #FundamentalRights and online experiences? 🤔 We unpack the mixed bag of takeaways in our full press release ⤵️

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Commission slams Apple and Meta for breaching the Digital Markets Act, doesn’t stick the landing with fines - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

The European Commission has shown some teeth with the EU’s digital rulebook by slamming tech giants Apple and Meta with admittedly low fines for ...

🚨 The European Commission must act now to defend #FundamentalRights from Hungary's #PrideBan and the use of #FacialRecognition against protestors 🚨 ✊🏾 EDRi, along with a 23 other CSOs is calling on the Commission to ensure that the #HumanRights of #LGBTQIA+ people in #Hungary and beyond are protected. The organisers and people marching at hashtag#Pride in Budapest should be able to safely and peacefully assemble and protest 🏳️‍🌈 Read our collective demands ⤵️

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Act now to defend fundamental rights from Hungary’s Pride ban - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

EDRi, along with a broad coalition of civil society organisations, demands urgent action from the European Commission on Hungary’s new law.

📨 New #EDRigram in your inbox now! 📨 🗃️ How Panoptykon @npub1yctx...n02a is challenging the #DataRetention regime in Poland. 👁️ How Citizen D @npub1kvhu...gzls is fighting for transparency about the CCTV systems used in Ljubljana’s municipal surveillance. 🕵️ Highlights from the 20th anniversary of the Czech Big Brother Awards, organised by IuRe @npub1jv7p...y0tn. And more! Not yet signed up for the hottest digital rights newsletter? 🤦 Luckily, you can read and subscribe to it here: ⤵️

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EDRi-gram, 16 April 2025 - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

What has the EDRis network been up to over the past two weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter.

⚡ Meta’s toxic, profiling-based content feeds are affecting our lives and well-being – and today, @EDRi, @npub1ak90...l8u5, @npub1vuw0...gshh, and Convocation Research + Design (CoRD Labs) filed a #DSA complaint against it. Meta is violating the #DigitalServicesAct by making it hard for people to choose news feeds that are not based on #profiling. We deserve to take back control over our own online experiences! ✊🏾 Read more about the complaint ⤵️

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Civil society files DSA complaint against Meta for toxic feeds - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Civil society organisations are filing a complaint against Meta for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA).

In a coalition of 237 civil society organizations, companies, and experts, together with @npub1q65y...xjwh, we call upon members of the Swedish parliament to reject legislation that would force companies to provide law enforcement with access to users’ communications, including those that are end-to-end encrypted. Encryption backdoors create vulnerabilities for all users. This would affect citizens, companies and institutions that rely on secure and private communications.

Global Encryption Coalition

Joint Letter on Swedish Data Storage and Access to Electronic Information Legislation – Global Encryption Coalition

On 8 April 2025, 237 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts, including Global Encryption Coalition members, published a ...

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The future of #DataRetention is being re-shaped right now. This week, the European Commission announced an impact assessment, eventually leading to new data retention rules at EU level, as part of its European Internal Security Strategy, #EUProtect. Time for a policy deep dive: Last year, the CJEU ruled on the French #HADOPI data retention system and revised parts of its earlier jurisprudence. Read about the implications of this judgement for what comes next:

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

What implications for the future of data retention in the EU - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

EDRi provides key takeaways and what they mean for the upcoming data retention legislation by the European Commission.

🗓️ On 26 March, catch EDRi's @npub127ks...8d7f at the 14th Annual European Data Protection & Privacy Conference! Chloé will speak in the pane "Balancing Privacy, Security and Public Safety: Law Enforcement Access to Personal Data in a Digital Era", from 11:10 to 12:15. 🔗 More info:

The 15th Annual European Data Protection & Privacy Conference

The 15th Annual European Data Protection & Privacy Conference

The European Data Protection and Privacy Conference is held annually and is an important event in the Brussels calendar for lively and interactive ...

🚨 Alert: The use of #Spyware and an attack on #Encryption have been tabled in the French Parliament. These measures pose a serious threat to everyone’s online privacy and security. In an urgent letter to members of the French National Assembly, 22 digital rights organisations from all around Europe, including EDRi, call to reject the proposed articles. 📄.pdf EDRi-member @npub1d2az...gtj2 is mobilising against the „narcotrafic“ legislation:

La Quadrature du Net

All-out mobilization against the French "war-on-drugs" law

In the midst of the media uproar over drug trafficking, a law on “drug trafficking” is passing through Parliament. In reality, this text does n...

#PPLNarcotrafic

📢 We are excited to share the Initial Analysis on the First Round of Risk Assessments under the EU #DigitalServicesAct, prepared in collaboration with the #DSA Civil Society Coordination Group! Read about key trends, practices, gaps and recommendations for better future reports ➡️ 📄.pdf