EDRi

🔴 EDRi is looking for an Executive Director who will step into the difficult-to-fill-in shoes of Claire Fernandez, being an inspiring person, committed to a collaborative approach to leadership, with strong experience in fundraising and a strategic vision, and who brings a strong commitment to human rights.

⏳ DDL: 9 March 2025, 23:59 CET
📝 Contract: full-time, permanent
⏲️ Work hours: 32 hrs
❗ Start date: May 2025
🌍 Location: Brussels, Belgium
👥 Reports to: EDRi Board
💸 Salary: €103,000 gross

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🚨 #X, #Meta and other corporate social media have been in the news for scandal after scandal recently.

With X's owner, #ElonMusk now effectively a part of the US government under the #Trump administration, and Meta degrading their #ContentModeration policy, what should the #EU do next? 🤔

Read more to find out ⤵️
https://edri.org/our-work/meta-and-x-are-going-rogue-here-is-what-europe-should-do-now/

A #EUTravelApp proposal by the European Commission would let you upload your biometric data to a database for pre-travel controls.
Many of you have told us you share the concerns we raised about the proposed regulation such as data protection risks.
📣 You can participate in a public consultation to voice your opinion until tomorrow (January 8) and share this blog to inform more people about the proposal.
https://edri.org/our-work/pre-travel-controls-digitalising-travel-documents/

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1/4 📢Today, 64 orgs & experts urge the @EU_Commission to halt proposals for using #AgeVerification tools when implementing #DigitalServicesAct & #eIDAS.

Evidence & lived experiences show these tools are dangerous, discriminatory & unsafe.

READ MORE: https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-the-dangers-of-age-verification-proposals-to-fundamental-rights-online/

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1/3 🤩 @edri's 2023 Annual Report is here!

We’re excited to present the many ways our resilient network defended and advanced your #DigitalRights in Europe!

Let’s look back at some key achievements ... ⤵️
https://edri.org/our-work/edri-annual-report-2023-our-collective-impact-defending-digital-rights-in-europe/

1/3 Today, @EUCouncil will discuss #GoingDark High-Level Group's recommendations on law enforcement's access data.

🚨TL;DR: The group's report failed to provide rights-respecting solutions. Their solutions are invasive, enable bulk surveillance & increase security risks.

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1/5 🚨 This week, the @europarl_en is taking their final step on the #AIAct, moving it closer to becoming a law.

In case you missed it: The final law is full of gaping holes & falls short of protecting our fundamental rights 🙅‍♀️

Read our full analysis: https://edri.org/our-work/eu-ai-act-fails-to-set-gold-standard-for-human-rights/

1/3 48 civil society orgs & 26 individual experts call on Member States representatives to ❌REJECT @eu2024be's latest #CSAR compromise.

The text is flawed & harmful. It will enable #MassSurveillance & undermine #encryption.

Read more: https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-mass-surveillance-and-undermining-encryption-still-on-table-in-eu-council

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1/4 🚨Belgian Presidency of the Council of European Union's new #CSAR proposal is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

The new approach suggests a number of harmful & privacy-eroding ‘solutions’. Once again putting people's digital safety at risk.🤐

Read more from @ella @je5perl https://edri.org/our-work/rearranging-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic-belgiums-latest-move-doesnt-solve-critical-issues-with-eu-csa-regulation/

112 civil society groups, including @edri have come together to urge EU lawmakers to #StopEURODAC ✊🏾

EU lawmakers must protect the human rights of migrants, refugees & asylum seekers by rejecting the expansion of #EURODAC.

Read our statement ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-calls-for-an-end-to-the-expansion-of-eus-eurodac-database/

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