Notices by EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social), page 2

3/3 ❌ This is a huge missed opportunity to protect people's sensitive #BiometricData in the EU.

The 'landmark' #AIAct deal has prioritised state control and industry profits over people's fundamental rights and freedom.

2/3 Despite agreement at the final negotiation to at least limit retrospective #FacialRecognition to serious crimes, this part of the deal has since been watered down and meaningful safeguards removed 😟

1/3 🚨The EU AI Act is set to give a green light to public #FacialRecognition & biometric categorisation - going against the mandate of @europarl_en.

This endorsement of dystopian #BiometricMassSurveillance is unprecedented in the EU.

Read our take here: https://reclaimyourface.eu/eu-ai-act-will-fail-commitment-to-ban-biometric-mass-surveillance/

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7 people are put on trial in France for:

🔐using encrypted apps like Signal
📚participating in digital security training

That's used as evidence that the accused in #8December case attempted to hide criminal activity.

This is important to everyone. Here is why: https://edri.org/our-work/8-december-case-why-is-encryption-on-trial/ @LaQuadrature

3/3 💪 Read the full statement by over 115 civil society groups calling on EU lawmakers to regulate the harmful use of tech by law enforcement in the #AIAct:
https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-statement-regulate-police-tech-ai-act/

2/3 Civil society are urging the EU to ensure that the #AIAct includes:

🚫 a ban on harmful uses of AI like #PredictivePolicing & public #FacialRecognition
✅ public transparency when police, migration & security agencies use high-risk AI
🙅♀️ NO blanket exemptions for national security

1/3 🚨 #AIAct 🚨

On 24 October, EU lawmakers will meet to tackle what rules to set on AI use by police, migration & national security authorities.

‼️This is critical for everyone who cares about #HumanRights- it will decide how discriminatory #MassSurveillance tech use by police is regulated.

6/8⚠️concerns about #DetectionOrders mandating #MassSurveillance

Instead of implementing sweeping surveillance measures, we suggested:

➡️alternative, structural approaches to tackling the root of the horrific crime of child sexual abuse: https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CSAR-summary-booklet.pdf

5/8 EDRi supported the 23 activists to come to Brussels & meet with several dozen MEPs.👏

📢They spoke as students, parents, tech experts & researchers about the:

🔐importance of #encryption to ensure digital safety
🛂risks of #AgeVerification to everyone's data protection

4/8📢EDRi has been sharing legal & technical analysis on children's safety online since 2012, calling on EU lawmakers to ensure their #privacy.

Now our concerns with the dangerous measures in #CSAR have been voiced by an extremely wide range of experts: https://edri.org/our-work/most-criticised-eu-law-of-all-time/

3/8 👁️ promoted surveillance industry interests in the #CSAR draft : https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-csa-regulation-who-benefits-from-the-eu-commissions-mass-surveillance-law/

It's key that Members of @europarl_en hear from these activists & ensure everyone's digital security. https://edri.org/our-work/activists-come-to-brussels-to-tell-meps-to-ensure-everyones-digital-security-amid-mas-surveillance-measures-in-csa-regulation/

2/8 Public scrutiny is more important than ever!

Recent scandals show that @EUHomeAffairs

🎯illegally targeted people based on their religious & political views to manipulate public & political opinion in the states where govs opposed #CSAR: https://twitter.com/edri/status/1712769534191378779

1/8 Between 9 & 11 Oct, 2⃣3⃣ activists from Greece, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Denmark, Romania, Germany, Spain & France came to Brussels to:

tell MEPs to ❌ reject the #CSAR proposal to prevent mass surveillance.

https://edri.org/our-work/activists-come-to-brussels-to-tell-meps-to-ensure-everyones-digital-security-amid-mas-surveillance-measures-in-csa-regulation/

WEBINAR: Activists and NGOs under watch! Are you in Europol's databases? 🗃️

Join @edri & @statewatch as they explore this question and unveil a new guide to help counter abusive surveillance practices by law enforcement.

Registration & details: https://edri.org/take-action/events/webinar-activists-and-ngo-europol-databases/

"You don't have to be a civil rights defender or an opposition voice to end up on a police list. You don't even have to commit a crime."

Could you be in the Europol databases? How do we counter such police overreach?

✍️ Read an op-ed by Romain Lanneau & @chlobemy in @euobserver https://euobserver.com/opinion/157513

1/5 @edri & over 87 human rights orgs call on the EU governments to NOT agree to the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation #CSAR proposal.

🙅♂️No one can be protected by making the internet less secure.

Read & share our public letter: https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-eu-countries-should-say-no-to-the-csar-mass-surveillance-proposal/

Encryption enables confidential communication & sustains our capacity to work, organise, socialise & love.

🚨On 26 Sept, EDRi will bring key experts to Brussels to share their knowledge & explore how encryption allows us to live safely & with dignity. https://edri.org/take-action/events/save-the-date-join-edri-to-talk-encryption-surveillance-and-privacy/

@signalapp @Mer__edith @CommissionerHR, @dunja_mijatovic & @epfl @carmelatroncoso @LaQuadrature Beatriz Ramalho da Silva @lhreports Bart Staszewski, Basta!Fundacja

📢 Over 100,000 people across Europe want to protect patient privacy in the European #HealthData Space #EHDS!

Last week, we took the people's demands to MEPs to make our voices heard as the @Europarl_EN discusses this law ✊🏾

@echo_pbreyer

🛫Passport and ID cards – soon available only through a smartphone app?

@EU_Commission plans to digitise travel documents & introduce contactless border controls with biometrics.

🚨This could affect all travelers in the future.

More by @digitalcourage in the latest #EDRigram: https://edri.org/our-work/how-eus-plan-to-digitising-travel-documents-might-affect-you/