1/5 🚨 European Commission slammed for breaching transparency laws 🚨 🔎 The European Ombudsperson has found that the Commission disregarded important transparency rules while preparing the #Europol Regulation, which is a part of the legislation to "counter migrant smuggling" ➡️

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The Ombudsperson's inquiry follows a complaint lodged by @EDRi and Platform for Undocumented Migrants (@PICUM) on behalf of the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition 👏🏾

Need some weekend reading to catch up on #DigitalRights news and analysis? The latest #EDRigram is now out! Spoiler alert: we have the #DigitalOmnibus on our minds 🤯 What else can you find in there? 🤔 #ArtificialIntelligence is not as artificial as you might think, by @npub16yhn...g6hk 🚫 Why #AgeVerification misses the mark and puts everyone at risk 🤝🏾 The EU Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore is a setback our rights ... and much more. Read the latest edition ➡️

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

EDRi-gram, 27 November 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.

One week ago, the @European Commission unveiled its #DigitalOmnibus. But here is the thing: the press release doesn’t tell you what this package actually does. So… we fixed it for them. 👇

1/5📍#ChatControl: Today, following a lot of public pressure, representatives of the EU member states have finally agreed on their position to remove arguably the most controversial part of the #CSARegulation: the requirement for message and email services to scan users' private communications. 🔑 This is a key development. We, along with hundreds of experts, have criticised this part of the law for undermining the presumption of innocence and posing an existential threat to #encryption.

2/2 In 2026, the Commission is preparing even broader expansions of Europol and Frontex powers, deepening the criminalisation of migration, solidarity, and dissent. The fight is not over. ✊🏾 As #ProtectNotSurveil, we’re building collective resistance to stop the expansion of the EU’s digital surveillance state and to protect everyone’s rights and safety. Read our analysis of the expansion of Europol's powers ➡️ 📄.pdf

1/2 🚨 Today the European Parliament voted to expand Europol’s powers and funding, accelerating the growth of the EU’s digital #surveillance state. What this means: ❌ More biometric surveillance ❌ More mass data collection ❌ More data-sharing with non-EU authorities All pushed through under the false pretext of “fighting migrant smuggling.” And the worst is yet to come...

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Itxaso Dominguez (@itxaso@eupolicy.social)

We @edri wrote a very short op-ed walking through what the #DigitalOmnibus (in terms of both substance and process) means for people’s everyday d...

📝 Read this fantastic op-ed by our very own @Itxaso Dominguez about the "sweeping rewrite of the EU’s core digital protections" in the #DigitalOmnibus proposals presented by the European Commission last week. 🚨 Itxaso touches on which of our #DigitalRights are under threat and what happens to our lives if they fall - including implications for how we access healthcare, apply for a job, seek housing, or move through public space ⤵️ View quoted note →

🚧 Europe faces a defining choice: uphold our digital laws & defend European digital self-determination, or cave to pressure from Trump, Big Tech and corporate lobbies. 🪧 Yesterday in Brussels, with @PeopleVsBigTech, we launched mobile billboards urging the @European Commission to stand up for its citizens & democracy. The “Digital Omnibus” would reopen and weaken the GDPR, ePrivacy & the AI Act, lowering safeguards & expanding surveillance by both states & corporations ➡️

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Digital Omnibus is a major rollback of EU digital protections - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

The European Commission has published two Digital Omnibus proposals, reopening the EU’s core protections against harm in the digital age.