🎁 Just before the holidays, the EU Commission granted Big Tech its Christmas wish-list: an unprecedented attack on our digital rights. Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands. 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...

✨ CDT Europe wishes you happy holidays! ✨ As 2025 ends, we reflect on progress and challenges in a shifting political landscape. We are proud of our continuous work safeguarding fundamental rights under EU #digital laws, and looking forward to an impactful 2026! 🌟

Glad to see this article published! This follows the work done by our team on a brief on the way pornographic platforms tackle Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in their DSA Risk Assessment Report. You can read it here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...

📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here! 👁️ Our research on the EU Dual-Use Regime for #spyware 💬 Brief on #GBV on pornographic platforms in the #DSA RA reports ⚖️ New Tech Talks podcast episode on fair & accountable #AI ✂️ Analysis of the Digital Omnibus 👇 More about EU tech policy:

📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out! This edition covers: 🔹 The Digital Omnibus’s timeline 🔹 EDPS’s mapping of high-risk #AI systems used by EU authorities 🔹 The new AI Act Whistleblower Tool Read more & subscribe 👇

🟣 To mark Human Rights Day and the end of the 16 days of Activism, we’re publishing a brief on “Gender-Based Violence on Pornographic Platforms: A Gendered Reading of DSA Risk Assessments Reports” 👇🏻 Read more here: #TFGBV #GBV #DSA #16Days

📢 Last but not least, here is the final member of our Advisory Council! 🟣 Dr @abeba.bsky.social founded and leads the AI Accountability Lab, while being an Assistant Professor of AI at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in @tcddublin.bsky.social 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

A new @cdteu.org report looks into export licensing systems in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇳🇱 & finds that existing frameworks are not ⚠️fully equipped to address challenges related to #spyware trade, incl. current market dynamics (e.g. complex corporate structures) that prevent oversight & control. cdt.org/wp-content/u...

CDT Europe is releasing its first report on how the EU’s current approach to spyware is failing to protect democracy. Spyware is being used across the Union to target journalists, activists, political opponents and public officials. The risks keep escalating. 🧵

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! 🟣 Dr. Sabine K. Witting, co-founder and CEO Africa&Europe of Tech Legality, with a background in the intersection of human rights, children’s rights, and digital technologies. 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

🟣 During the #16Days of Activism, on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (Nov 29), we spotlight online gendered disinformation targeting women rights activists & politicians, aimed at silencing women’s voices and pushing them out of public life. Read more: cdt.org/insights/an-...

Last Friday we hosted our annual roundtable with the #DSA CSO Coordination Group in Brussels 🎉 Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act. It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! 🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research. 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here: 👁️ New proposal on #CSAR 💬 The annual #DSA Civil Society Roundtable 🟣 16 Days of Activism ⚖️ Policy brief on the AI Act obligations vs other EU laws ✂️ The Digital Omnibus Package rolling back on key protections 👇 More about EU tech policy:

✍🏻 On day 2 of the #16Days, we are glad to join UN Women’s campaign “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”. 🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV 👇🏻 Learn more #NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence

🟣💻 For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re proud to bring CDT Europe’s long-standing work on #TFGBV into the spotlight, starting with a new webpage gathering all our research and advocacy. 👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa #NoExcuse #16Days

📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out! This edition covers: 🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit 🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package 🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace Read more & subscribe 👇

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact. She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet. 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

Today the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus Package, reopening and weakening core parts of the EU’s digital rulebook, including crucial safeguards in the AI Act. This is a seriously concerning shift for rights and accountability in Europe. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

CDT Europe joins 126 orgs in warning the EU not to dismantle core rights online. Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy. Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! @jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance. 🌟 Excited to have him on board!

📆 Happening today! 👇 Join us if you're also at @mozilla.org Festival. #MozFest

As the European Commission moves to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook, CDT Europe urges policymakers to protect and swiftly implement the AI Act. It’s the cornerstone of Europe’s human rights–based approach to AI and already strikes the right balance. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social. With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.

✍🏻 CDT Europe responded to the public consultation on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act #DFA It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users. 👇🏻 Read more on our website:

📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here! In this edition: ⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation 👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl 💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering 📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member! 👇 More about EU tech policy:

New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! @andre.netzpolitik.org is an investigative journalist for @netzpolitik.org, focusing on #encryption, data retention & state #surveillance in Europe. He is also a founding member of @digiges.bsky.social & @freiheitsrechte.org.

🗓️ On 7 Nov, our Equity & Data team is participating to @mozilla.org's #MozFest 2025! Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.

📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out! This edition covers: 🔹 New EU #AI strategies: ApplyAI & AI in Science 🔹 Civil society and industry’s takes ahead of the Digital Omnibus 🔹 The Commission's 2026 work plan: more simplification and key AI files Read more & subscribe 👇 cdt.org/insights/cdt...

Last week, CDT Europe announced the creation of its new Advisory Council. Today, we present the Council’s Chair: @sophieintveld.bsky.social Former MEP & rapporteur of the PEGA Committee,she has collaborated with our Security & Surveillance team in events on #spyware 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

🚀 We are excited to welcome a new team member! @selisegraham.bsky.social is the new EU Schuman Fulbright Fellow, joining the Security & Surveillance programme to work on EU #cybersecurity policies about intrusive and harmful uses of technologies, ranging from #spyware to social media platforms.

⏰ Only two days left to apply to become part of CDT Europe’s team! 👇🏻 Learn more about the position here:

📢 Today, CDT Europe is proud to announce the creation of its new Advisory Council, an exciting milestone for our organisation as we strengthen our work at the intersection of #technology, policy, and democracy in Europe. 👇🏻 Read more on our website: cdt.org/insights/cdt...

👁️ Today, our Secretary General @ashaoallen.bsky.social participated in MFRR Summit on “Safeguarding Journalism, Defending Democracy”, speaking on a panel on #spoofing, #surveillance, and #spyware against journalists.

💬 On 22 September, CDT Europe and @opengovpartnership.org brought together around 50 representatives from civil society, European institutions, Member States and regulatory authorities to discuss the implementation status of the #AIAct. 👇🏻 Here is what came out of the discussion:

✍🏻 CDT Europe has recently submitted its feedback to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the retention of #data by service providers for use in criminal proceedings. 👇🏻 Read the full submission here: cdt.org/insights/cdt...

💻 Yesterday, our Sec Gen @ashaoallen.bsky.social took part in a webinar on #ChatControl, stressing how the proposed legislation undermines #privacy, freedom of expression & rule of law. Thank you to @greens-efa.eu & MEP @marketkag.bsky.social & all participants for the important discussion!

📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here! In this edition: ⚖️ Joint letter to EU Commission & MSs on the #AIAct ’s implementation 👁️ Danish Presidency’s proposal on EU #CSAR raising concerns on #encryption 💬 Our response to the Gender Equality Strategy’s consultation 👇 More about EU tech policy:

📆 Join us tomorrow for a webinar hosted by Greens MEP @marketkag.bsky.social, where our Secretary General @ashaoallen.bsky.social will discuss the proposed Chat Control legislation, with civil society & industry experts. 👉🏻 You can follow the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/L6YmQJ9...

🔙 The back-to-office edition of the #AIBulletin is out now! In this edition: 🔹 Discussions on simplification and the #AIAct implementation 🔹 Consultation on transparency obligations for AI-generated content 🔹 The #DFA filling the gap on #AI and consumers protection 👇 Read more & sign up:

On Monday, together with @opengovpartnership.org, we hosted the latest edition of our Civil Society Roundtable Series on one of the most urgent issues in European tech policy: how to ensure the effective implementation of the EU AI Act. 🧵👇

📢 Together with 30 CSOs, we sent a letter to the European Commission and MSs to urge them to uphold their commitment to swiftly implement the #AI Act, without any delay or reopening of the legislation, and appoint national competent authorities. 👇🏻 Read the full statement: cdt.org/insights/joi...

📆 On 30 September, our Security & Surveillance Policy Officer Joanna Tricoli will be participating in #PrivacyCamp25, facilitating a conversation on #spyware trade & regulation in Europe, together with representatives from EDRi & SHARE Foundation. 👇🏻 Find more and register here: privacycamp.eu

Join CDT Europe’s team! 🌍✨ We’re #hiring our next Policy & Research Officer for the Security, Surveillance & Human Rights programme based in Brussels. 👁️ Are you passionate about EU tech policy, and an expert in #spyware & #encryption issues? This might be the right position for you! 👇🏻

✍🏻 CDT Europe, together with the Steering Committee of the Global Encryption Coalition, wrote to express our concerns with the Danish Presidency’s Compromise Text on the EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (#CSAR), in particular relating to scanning & end-to-end #encryption. 👇🏻 Read the full statement:

🟣 CDT Europe responded to the European Commission’s Consultation on the next Gender Equality Strategy, urging stronger action on #TFGBV, women's political participation & gender-sensitive digital policy. 👇🏻 Read our full response: cdt.org/insights/res...

Our Equity & Data programme director @lauralazc.bsky.social spoke on the #AIAct & the Code of Conduct for #GPAI models during the latest episode of @euronews.com’s EU Decoded, emphasising the need for a strong safety framework promoting fundamental rights & people-centred AI systems. 👇🏻 Watch here:

Earlier this week, @cdteu.org submitted feedback to the European Commission’s consultation on high-risk AI systems—calling for stronger safeguards where AI systems impact people’s fundamental rights, and clearer guidance under the AI Act. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

📆 Today marks the full entry into application of the European Media Freedom Act (#EMFA), a landmark step towards strengthening media pluralism and independence across the EU.

📆 Happening right now! 👉🏻 Tune in to follow the livestream of the event: www.youtube.com/live/6YRZE8A...