Release Type: Press Releases

New legislation will undermine the security of communications platforms, threatening the rights to privacy and freedom of expression.

The ‘Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online’ does not accord with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Evidence-based measures can better achieve the Regulation’s stated goals.

Together with 37 consumer organisations, NGOs, and internet companies, we are urging the European Council to advance the ePrivacy reform.

The project is an online hub for staying up-to-date on the new EU data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation.

Human and digital rights organisations published a joint report evaluating the European Commission’s online disinformation and propaganda initiatives.

Regardless of the legal standards at play in this incident, it is imperative that users are notified of any security breach that may implicate our rights and interests. Google failed to do that.

On behalf of the more than 170 organizations from over 60 countries, the #KeepitOn Coalition urges Cameroon authorities to keep the internet on.

Today the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing to consider data privacy and the potential for new legislation to protect consumers.

Bangladesh’s Parliament passed the new Digital Security Act with the intention of ensuring national digital security and preventing and prosecuting digital offenses, but in practice it poses significant threats to free expression.