🚨 #BudapestPride is just days away but Hungary has criminalised Pride marches and is using real-time #FacialRecognition to identify protesters ❌ We, together with 46 other civil society organisations, are urging the European Commission to take IMMEDIATE action to defend human rights in Hungary. People at Budapest Pride should be able to safely exercise their right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression ✊🏽 🏳️‍🌈 Read our call to the Commission ⤵️
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The European Commission must act now to defend fundamental rights in Hungary - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
With Budapest Pride set to take place on June 28, EDRi and 46 organisation are urging the European Commission to defend fundamental rights.
🔥 Just dropped: a fresh #EDRigram in your inbox! #Surveillance is rising, fascism is spreading, democracy is gasping. How do we resist? We’ve got plans. Big ones: ⛰️ EDRi’s strategy for 2025–2030 is locked and loaded 👁️‍🗨️ Our position paper which calls for a BAN on commercial #spyware 📌 #PrivacyCamp is back! September 30: save the date for the 2025 edition and get hyped Read about this (and much more) in our latest edition. Dive in ⤵️
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
EDRi-gram, 25 June 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.
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🚨 One year after first raising the alarm, @EDRi, Access Now, and 16 other civil society organisations have sent a second letter urging the European Commission to urgently reassess Israel’s adequacy status under the #GDPR. Since the Commission reconfirmed Israel’s status in January 2024, the situation has only worsened ❌ The letter outlines six concerns linking Israel’s data practices to escalating #HumanRights violations in #Gaza and the #WestBank. Read the letter ⤵️
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Civil society urges EU to reassess Israel’s adequacy status - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The letter urges the European Commission to reassess Israel’s data protection adequacy status under the GDPR.
In November 2023, @EDRi, @La Quadrature du Net, Access Now, ARTICLE 19, and @ECNL filed a complaint against the French decree implementing the EU regulation addressing the dissemination of 'terrorist content' online. ❌ This regulation is incompatible with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights ❌ On Monday, the French supreme administrative court rejected our arguments and refused to refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Read more why we're disappointed ⤵️
La Quadrature du Net
French Administrative Supreme Court illegitimately buries the debate over internet censorship law
In November 2023, La Quadrature du Net, Access Now, ARTICLE 19, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), European Digital Rights (EDRi) and W...
The EU wants to expand deportations, including of children 🚨 The new Deportation Regulation fuels detention, criminalisation, and digital surveillance. As the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, we call on the EU to withdraw its proposal ❌ Read more:
The EU must stop the digitalisation of the deportation regime and withdraw the new Return Regulation - Access Now
👏 It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of @Amber Sinha as EDRi’s new Executive Director! 👏 He will join us in late 2025, as responsible for leading the organisation in achieving its mission and strategy, securing its financial sustainability and ensuring oversight, and the daily management. Amber brings a vision that recognises Europe’s role in the world, civil society’s need for intersectional work and for a justice lens in EDRi’s strategy. ➡️
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Welcoming our new Executive Director Amber Sinha - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of Amber Sinha as EDRi’s new Executive Director.
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🤔 Yesterday, European Parliament's LIBE committee vote on a reform of the #Europol Regulation was a mixed bag 🛍️ Although the vote was a blow to the European Commission's original proposal, it still legitimised an expanding #surveillance regime thanks to Europol's ever-growing power and resources 🚨 Read the full press release by the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition ➡️
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5/7 On Friday at 8:45, find EDRi’s @ChloBemy at the panel: “The World Is Watching – Us Lawyers?” This session will explore the role of lawyers in granting access to justice, necessary limits of surveillance and imposed duties in the interest of preserving the rule of law. 🔗 More info:
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The World Is Watching – Us Lawyers? - CPDP Conference 2026
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