One year on, the new European Commission is abandoning human rights
2 Dec 2025
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A year into its new mandate and the European Commission is reversing course when it comes to safeguarding human rights in the EU.
Five years for fundamental rights: Access Now’s vision for an EU digital rights agenda
3 Oct 2024
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As the EU’s new 2024-2029 mandate begins, we invite EU policymakers to join us on our mission of defending and extending digital rights of people and communities at risk around the world.
Raising the alarm: online tracking harms human rights
14 Dec 2020
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The EU is launching the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. These two key pieces of legislation will impact the future of digital policies and rights online, specifically in relation to online platforms and competition, including the regulation of online advertising.
Access Now presents the European Human Rights agenda for the digital age
17 Feb 2020
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Access Now has put forward concrete policy objectives for European Union lawmakers in the areas of data protection, content governance, artificial intelligence, surveillance, and connectivity.
Access Now’s European Human Rights agenda for the digital age
17 Feb 2020
European Parliament shows (again) its stance on Artificial Intelligence
14 Feb 2020
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The ongoing work on this topic signals both an awareness of the issues to be addressed and a commitment to address them. We hope to see regulatory initiatives turn “Trustworthy AI” into more than a slogan.
Access Now at Privacy Camp and CPDP 2020
20 Jan 2020
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Our EU policy team participated in this year’s Privacy Camp and the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP) conference in Brussels, Belgium. Here’s a guide to our activities.
In the EU, facial recognition in schools gets an F in data protection
10 Dec 2019
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No matter what new technology is deployed, the EU and its member states must implement and uphold the GDPR.
Meet the European Commissioners: Who will shape the next five years of digital policy in the EU?
27 Sep 2019
On its first birthday, the GDPR needs to grow some teeth
26 Mar 2019
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For the data protection regulation to reach its full potential in protecting our rights, we need to move from the implementation to the enforcement stage.