Civil Society Calls for an Ambitious Digital Fairness Act on World Consumer Rights Day
On World Consumer Rights Day, a coalition of civil‑society groups, led by EDRi, urged the European Commission to adopt an ambitious Digital Fairness Act (DFA). The letter argues that current EU rules—GDPR, DSA and DMA—do not cover manipulative design, addictive interfaces, and exploitative profiling that erode consumer autonomy. It calls for modernising horizontal consumer‑protection law with a structural fairness duty that obliges digital services to respect fundamental rights. The proposal seeks coordinated enforcement across consumer, data‑protection and competition authorities.
The eID Wallet Still Doesn’t Deserve Your Full Trust
The EU’s new eID Wallet, mandated by eIDAS 2.0, remains stalled because the Commission’s draft implementing acts weaken core privacy safeguards. EDRi and eight NGOs warn that the proposals reduce untraceability, mandate facial biometric data, and limit pseudonym use, shifting privacy...
EDRi Files DSA Complaint Against YouTube for Undermining User Autonomy
The European Digital Rights (EDRi) organization has filed a formal complaint with Belgium’s Digital Services Coordinator, the BIPT, alleging that YouTube violates the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). The complaint focuses on YouTube’s deceptive interface that pushes users toward a...
Outsourcing Crime Control: How EU Anti-Money Laundering Rules Threaten Financial Privacy
The European Union’s revised anti‑money‑laundering (AML) and counter‑terrorist financing framework transfers crime‑detection duties from public authorities to private banks and other obliged entities. By mandating extensive collection of personal and transactional data, the rules compel institutions to flag customers as...
Chat Control Is in the Final Stretch – but It Could Be a Marathon, Not a Sprint
The EU Council, led by Denmark, has rejected mandatory scanning of private messages and added safeguards for encrypted communications in the contentious CSA Regulation. While the Council now proposes a voluntary detection framework, the European Parliament still backs limited mandatory...
Czech Ministry Apologizes to Journalist for Blanket Collection of Mobile Phone Data
The Czech Supreme Court ruled that the country's blanket retention of mobile phone metadata violates EU law, labeling the practice a long‑term and serious rights infringement. Following the decision, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a formal apology to...
Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Starts with Open Source
EDRi, together with Access Now and Vrijschrift.org, submitted a response to the EU’s Open‑Source Digital Ecosystems Strategy, arguing that free and open source software (FOSS) is a strategic foundation for Europe’s digital sovereignty. The brief highlights how Europe’s current reliance...
Ensuring Human Rights-Based, Global Perspectives in the DSA Enforcement: The DSA Human Rights Alliance’s Guidelines
The DSA Human Rights Alliance released an eight‑principle guide urging the European Commission and national regulators to embed a human‑rights‑centered approach as the Digital Services Act moves into enforcement. The recommendations stress cross‑border effects, inclusion of diverse civil‑society groups, and...
How Recommender Algorithms Threaten Election Integrity
A study by ApTI examined how Facebook, Instagram and TikTok recommendation algorithms delivered political content during Romania’s 2025 presidential election. Using four controlled accounts, the researchers found that algorithms routinely overrode explicit user choices, showing adult users political posts from...
European Commission’s Plans Will Lead to Worse Regulations
EDRi warns that the European Commission’s plan to amend the Better Regulation framework will degrade EU lawmaking by introducing procedural shortcuts, reducing scrutiny, and favoring private interests. The civil‑society group submitted evidence highlighting failures in impact assessments, a politicised ‘urgency’...
