other Open Letter on the Hungarian Bill Entitled “Transparency of Public Life” On 13 May, 2025, a member of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, submitted a new bill entitled the Transparency of Public Life, which would enable the government to target, defund and dissolve any organisation it designates as “a threat to Hungarian sovereignty”. 22.05.2025
other Reopening the GDPR is a threat to rights, accountability, and the future of EU digital policy In a joint letter, EDRi, together with 107 civil society organisations, academics, companies, trade unions, and experts is calling on the European Commission to reject any reopening of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and to reaffirm it as a cornerstone of of the 19.05.2025
other Academics, technologists and other experts call for a key role in EU Technology Roadmap on encryption We are concerned that the foreseen framework for access to data by law enforcement authorities risks undermining the exercise of fundamental rights and our collective cybersecurity. 05.05.2025
other Comments on European Board for Digital Services and European Commission Report on Systemic Risks and Mitigations under the Digital Services Act European Board for Digital Services and European Commission Report on Systemic Risks and Mitigations under the Digital Services Act.Comments of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) and Panoptykon Foundation. 07.04.2025
other Joint letter: Strengthening and shielding European democracy with the upcoming MFF We ask for strengthening the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme financing as one of the crucially needed tools of the European democracy shield, the Civil Society Strategy and the European Equality Strategies in the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework 07.04.2025
other Initial Analysis on the First Round of Risk Assessments Reports under the EU Digital Services Act 17.03.2025
other Now or Never: Strengthen GDPR Procedural Rules to Hold Big Tech Accountable Once and for All We, the undersigned civil society organisations - based also on direct experience as complainants in cross-border GDPR cases - write to express our concern regarding the development of the proposed GDPR Procedural Regulation, which we believe represents a missed opportunity to 19.02.2025